Fencing Through a Low Area

[@NorthernMontanaHomestead]

This is the best fencing video I've found. Everyone else is fencing on nice flat ground which is something we don't have where I live.

[@robinpearson4583]

Evan, When you were attempting to pull the fence down by standing on it, if you had previously driven a screw in the post at the lowest level you wanted, with Rebecca's assistance you could have secured the fence at the required level before you stapled the fence to the post. Hope this helps, Cheers Robin.

[@arthurdewith7608]

Staples will pull out. Barb wire the dip u will eventually anyway

[@billclaussen5255]

That's a mighty fine looking fence line, Good job!!! I love the idea of the boss post, it's doing exactly what his name says...Being the BOSS!!! Thanks Evan, you're doing great!!! Peace!!! Bill

[@mimicolvin3200]

Fantastic job. The fence really looks good and sturdy. The animals will have plenty of space to roam. Love watching your videos and see the improvement on your property. You both are blessed. Be safe, healthy and God bless you both.

[@CentralNH]

When you stepped on that been wire I flinched thinking man if he slips that's gonna hurt! Great job.

[@kellykopsa384]

It would have ripped his coveralls and possibly worse right up to his @9:48 ... you get the idea.

[@CentralNH]

@@kellykopsa384 exactly lol Becca wouldn't have been impressed 😅😂🤣

[@jkdubs2]

Looks good! Doesnt matter how you do it as long as it works for you and you're happy with the result.

[@PhantomrpH]

Evan, I really enjoy your channel thank you for reminding a down to earth genuine homestead channel. I'm getting tired of the other homesteaders that have to mention the name and model number of the products they use every other sentence. They are becoming a big infomercial and not enjoyable to watch.

[@timetable620]

An option also is to tension the fence off something past the end post. Something heavy like a truck, tractor or maybe a side by side using the electric winch

[@geraldskaggs3903]

He don't listen to those who have erected hundreds of fences. There was a number of followers that told him the same thing you did the last time he stretched a run of fence.

[@corydriver7634]

@@geraldskaggs3903 yeah he kinda likes to learn for himself I guess, to bad because there’s a wealth of knowledge here.

[@huntermay1968]

Omg I agree so much. Very stubborn and stupid

[@timetable620]

@Angel because we subscribe and are faithful. Just because we dislike the way someone is doing something doesn’t mean we will just abandon someone. It’s called a option or Suggestion. Not a dislike

[@timetable620]

@Angel if you think of it. ANY comment is engagement and is very good for the KZbin Algorithm.

[@vaeagle1]

i think the fence is looking great , can't wait to see the all the farm animals enjoying the pasture.

[@Formerlywarmer]

Learned more about field fencing here than any site I’ve looked at. Thanks and great looking job

[@rickswildhorses]

Great job Evan! That's not an easy fence to build. That's your best fence build yet!

[@everettarthur6525]

Always take your tractor and park it 6 ft past your last end post, secure your come along to the tractor then tighten fence. Put in staples on your end post (both ends) then take tractor with forks and pull fence down at your high spots.

[@larrysmith2481]

I always enjoy watching you guys it makes me miss home more and more each time I see you all....Mount Vernon and St Louis we miss being there

[@patwanner1781]

Well Evan, I don’t have any advice or suggestions for you. I think you do a good job, and your working with Rebecca, you guys make the A team. Merry Christmas to you and Rebecca. 🎄

[@robertfeagley9304]

This was great! because, I have some dips that are maybe a foot and a half drop. I was told by people that I have tried to hire to help me finish that the fence would bust if I tried to do the same thing you are doing. Great Job!

[@Tomhohenadel]

Rebecca, you’re looking sharp in those jeans. What a nice thing for Evan to say”you don’t weigh enough “. Merry Christmas guys.

[@sczorroc1552]

Great job for a do it yourself fence have learned a lot from watching and reading the comments. Merry Christmas...

[@guyapeterson]

That's a nice looking fence! Congratulations on another finished project

[@irmalittell-edelen8562]

Your fencing job is getting better and better as you find the best way to stretch it.

[@moerftown1]

I think your idea of running a barb wire below the actual woven wire is a fantastic idea, one - which I have not come across yet. It will discourage animals digging in, or dogs digging out. Like you, I have undulating country, and will have to block off some small dips, to keep my dogs at home. Thank you for your patience and kindness - in passing on your experience.

[@mmanut]

BEAUTIFUL JOB GUYS. Building Fences is Hard Work, Your Farm Looks Fantastic ‼️‼️. Vinny 🇺🇸

[@lancewheat67]

you should have tightened up your wire on your corner post first , stick a claw hammer with a long handle half way between the 2 post and give it 10 turns or so , you can feel when it is tight enough and when it is tightened remove hammer , and when you are stapling the wire in the low area put a staple sideways on the bottom of your post than you can push the wire down and hold it in place keeping your hands free , one last thing in the low laying areas find some big rocks and tie the rocks with a number 9 wire and wrap the #9 wire to your post in the low laying area and also add a couple of rocks between the posts to kee the wire from lifting in time hope this is helpful in future fencing projects .

[@csnanny1882]

Evan,if you and Rebecca are happy with your fence ,that’s all that matters. I did hear you say you are happy with it. I am proud that you try to do a nice looking job in everything you do. Some day I will read about your beautiful homestead in my Southern Living magazine.God bless you and your family ,and remember the reason for the season.

[@stanleyjohnston5876]

I would put a horizontal swinging gate in front of the culvert. When you have heavy rains, the rushing water won't take out your fence. You can add woven wire to the gaps at the bottom of your fence or use hog panels trimmed to the contour of the gaps.

[@johanbotha1665]

You're a brave man, putting the crowned jewels in harms way by stepping on than barbed wire...nice job.

[@derekadams9856]

Nothing but admiration for you and Rebbeca. Doin all that work in between full time jobs. You must have 30 to 40 hours per day their man. Love watching all your struggles and successes

[@artushgukasyan3229]

Plant running roses in that gaping area 👍✊and it’s looks nice

[@NarrowWayFarm]

Lots of great info in this video!! I have been stretching fence the past few days, this is how I have been doing it!

[@vintagetractorollie9421]

Well done. It looking good

[@lucasbailey619]

I always crank my come along off the hitch or front tow hook of my pickup. Gives you plenty of length of your come along cable

Good looking fence. 👍

[@cathiwim]

Another alternative is to stretch the fence, get it down vertically as far as you can, the fill the gap underneath with a cattle panel cut to fit. Thats what we do in our mountainous terrain. The spring wire clips need to be clamped down onto the fence too. An enterprising goat can get a horn under it and pull the clip off

[@pboyd7007]

You are going to have a very nice pasture area once you finish. Congratulations!! Thanks for working so hard to get projects filmed while completing them. I certainly appreciate and enjoy watching. Rebecca and Evan, Merry Christmas to you and your family, may the Lord bless and keep you safe in the coming year.

[@lorenmeyer5290]

Very very nice Evan and Rebecca That fence look for nice! God-bless you and your homestead!

[@boathead22000]

good job Evan and Rebekah. you may fill in that gap at the bottom with a short run of barbed wire below the one you already ran and some soft wire to space the 2 strands apart

[@sharonanspach2734]

great job today!!

[@Johnrider1234]

We are fencing too. We do 8 foot centres. Double the posts. But twice as strong.

[@olewillvarner]

Great job

[@juantransportador]

HELLO from las Vegas Nevada, thank you for sharing this video and have a marry Christmas, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

[@hankfacer7098]

Great way of making a video over a number of days. Place really taking shape.

[@CycloneJackHH]

Exciting to see you getting the new pasture fenced in. That means your getting closer to getting in some beef cattle and I’ve been looking forward to watching and learning from your journey in raising the larger livestock.

[@TheWddacd]

Amen Margaret, this is quality work.............

[@livelife4471]

A job well done. Take the rest of the week off and enjoy your Christmas.

[@mapleridgefarms6075]

That's a nice looking fence! I don't know why I like watching fencing videos cause I've certainly done enough of it personally, but it's just a satisfying job when its done.

[@ROGER99999]

You have to use the tensioner on the tractor past the posts, and attach each horizontal wire one at a time. The blocking on your boss posts has to be put in with horizontal grain.

[@tobaccoman1542]

I love to see a tight fence, something so satisfying about it!

[@johnr8439]

Great job on the fencing Evan, I very much enjoy all you do and your channel. Thank you

[@robertnelson8479]

Got to show that fence who's the boss. Looks really good! 🎄 🎅 ☃️

[@ronaldlee2376]

Too late , we notched 2 2/4s x 4'long set on 9ga. bottom wire, stood on same while applying staples. This held fence in place with less effort. good job

[@leol1682]

Good job guy's .

[@goingupcountry5670]

I agree with the other commenters another line of barbed wire at the low spots could work. Good job getting all that fence done, it looks great!

[@nadovidaich2364]

Great job!

[@micah_lee]

I like how you left that tree right infront of the pipe, hopefully grass can grow up in front of it and the tree and the roots can help slow the water down and filter it

[@csours67]

Greetings from Massachusetts! Thanks for the informative videos, good to see how you tackle the problems. Best of luck developing your property!

[@charleskirksey9934]

You do good work, like what you put out. Thanks.

[@margaretbedwell58]

This is such a great looking fence you and Rebecca have built. Would another short strand of barbed wire help in the places at the culvert then add some more rip rap.? Just a thought. I don't know beans about fencing. Thanks for sharing this with us. Y'all have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

[@williamlillibridge6055]

Hell man, that looks OUTSTANDING!!! I didn't know you had it in you keep up the great work.

[@JamesCouch777]

When you said you were fencing through a low area I had to see it. On our last farm we had to fence across two ravines that were about a hundred feet deep and three hundred feet across. They were so steep you couldn't get a four wheeler out of them. Glad you don't have to do anything like that. Your fence is looking good 👍😊

[@w056007568]

Good looking job Evan. An extra strand of barb wire low down across that culvert gap would be the best route for the time being depending on how much water comes through the culvert in a wet time.

[@abbo3272]

Just a suggestion, that block screwed on for footing, should be put on across ways, and in wet areas we used wider ones and pegged, each side, dig out recess at bottom of your hole to take the footing, this also gives more holding power. on shallower dips, we use steel picket, [waratah] we call them, 5 foot 6 in length, cut in half, drive in [10lb hammer] at 45% angle, just under dirt, with8 inch length S/S wire, in top hole, staple to bottom post bend over, then another staple. also look up ,Strainrite chain wire strainers, much better than those come alongs, nice stock proof fence,

[@2001joefox]

I enjoy watching your progress on the farm and especially your explanation of what you do and why. Great job and Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@bignorwegian3566]

Your fence looks really good. We are nearing the end of putting 660' of fence around the backyard area of our two acre lot; we have a sharp incline at the end, so I was looking for a video that showed stretching the fence down to the bottom of the post, just like you did with your boss posts; that was a great visual to let me know how to do mine. With regards to running out of come-along, I saw a video put out by a fencing manufacturer that said to start by coming 5' off of your end post, then add 1' for every 100' of fencing being stretched; that should allow you to fully stretch without running out of come-along wire. Great videos; thank you for creating them.

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi.... Evan nice to see you, great and amazing fencing, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐕🐖🐈🌱🐐🎥👍👍👍

[@HiddenCreekHomestead]

Looking good Evan. Merry Christmas to you guys!

[@oby-1607]

You have done a very nice job on your fence. Whenever you go around a corner, go on the outside of the wood posts to prevent staple pull out. Makes it way easier when installing the fence as well. Never drive your staples all the way into the post as well. If you do, you will take off the protective coating on the wire and it won't be able to slide when something hits it. The wire has to have give in it or will break if stressed too far.

[@ticklefritz5406]

That's a mighty fine fence you built there, son

[@mrmiked48]

Good job on the fence, looking forward to the livestock that will benefit from the enclosure.

[@bigDH123]

I think the fence looks awesome Evan, you should be proud. A very Merry Christmas to you and Rebecca.

[@SikderDiamond]

I love to watch your video

[@ipro9302]

That looks amazing. Good job.

[@shaniaa9287]

Hard work is looking great 👍😄❣️

[@bobjoncas2814]

...lookin' good ,nice job, have a great Christmas...

[@lindasmith6654]

Merry Christmas Evan and Rebecca!

[@dcct1905]

I haven’t built a lot of fence but our bracing always run from top of the corner post diagonally down to the next post. The sturdiest part of a fence post is near the bottom where it enters the ground. The weakest point is the top. The cross brace at the bottom holds the corner post in place thus the rest of the fence stays taught. Also it doesn’t matter that you have 6” gaps between the fence and the ground. Coyotes or your dogs can dig under a woven wire fence. Just making comments, your fence looks very nice. I wish I had it on my farm.

[@conradbolton9232]

His bracing is correct.

[@douglaswilliams3161]

Nice job

[@micah_lee]

“I ran out of come-along” this is a pretty intense process! Great video

[@peteJoseph-x3h]

Dogs always seem to want to have nose in your work. Nice fence by the way.

[@twisterdude100]

nice job!

[@jerreyhiatte7644]

the fence really looks very nice

[@andylamm5571]

I think you did a fabulous job. I've just recently found your channel and will be going back reviewing other videos in hope of getting my questions answers. My Wife and I just bought a 12 acre farm here in NC. I'm retired and been keeping Honey Bee's 10 years but just bought a new tractor and hoping to do small farming and expanding into goats, chicken's, ect. So, I will need fencing. Thanks for your videos.

[@Bill-1005]

Excellent video! Learned a lot. Thanks!

[@larrykluckoutdoors8227]

The fence looks very nice

[@TheRbraxton2]

Looking forward to your 2021 Goals video!

[@Bex-rg8pj]

Great job and the fence looks great 👍

[@sapphirehorizons3279]

Great job :)

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Great job Evan and Rebecca, it’s good that lightweight stepped in to take care of the heavyweight work. You both work so well together. Thanks for sharing with us. Merry Christmas to you and your families, be safe and enjoy the holidays.👍👍👍👍👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@vichaven1795]

Stretch the fence straight, then "add on" to the bottom at the ditch area. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@thomasraynoha1732]

Nice job. Looks great.

[@springsy6210]

looks great evan.

[@MichaelJosephJr934]

Wow great tips. I'm using a few of these on my upcoming build. T.Y!

[@sroberts605]

A plastic jug? That far down... randomly? That's incredible!

[@jeanniearnold7906]

Your fence looks great !! MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all.

[@tommmarree3689]

GREAT JOB Evan! You should be proud of yourself! The farm is coming along nicely. MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and Rebecca and your boys. I hope you get about a foot of snow, and stay at home with a nice toasty fire going, and a few adult beverages!!!

[@peterbrodbeck7838]

Great fencing video.

[@catherinegrace6406]

Those post hole diggers are nice.. my fence guy has a machine on the front of his tractor that Pounds the posts in.. They don’t move..

[@aaronvincent7558]

Enjoyed the video looking forward to the next one that is a nice fence you put up you did a good job hope y’all have a merry Christmas and a happy one looking forward to the next video

[@Bernie5172]

I just screw a bolt in at the bottom and make the bottom wider , like you said, then toss in 2 bags of ready set cement

[@ronaldpietrowski7046]

Good looking fence nice job.

[@kayashmore4296]

Nice working as a team!

[@bustersmith5569]

Great job 👍👍 i learned a lot for sure,,,,,,, you did make it look easy,,,,,,, 👍