Greg gives you tips for building your own hi-tensile electric fence on your property.

Greg gives you tips for building your own hi-tensile electric fence on your property. With hi-tensile 170,000 psi wire, building electric fence is a snap once you know the proper techniques.
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[@terryquaintance3634]

In my experience working solo and pulling wire off a spool I find it best to pull slowly without fast starts and stops. When you have to walk back a couple hundred feet to untangle wire you catch on pretty quick.

[@jmhamilton87]

@@terryquaintance3634 I agree, slow down as you approach your hole so that the reel isn’t freely spinning and unspooling wire while you feed it through the hole.

[@Schoepffer]

I made a jenny out of some lumber and made the arms extra long and now it never jumps out. I would get some flat bar or something and extend those arms out and you wouldn't need someone to sit there and watch it.

[@jeaniepartridge6701]

We are glad we took your fencing advice we are on a very busy highway 6 miles from a popular state campground and also a major truck route!

[@marvinbaier3627]

Thanks for the video! You need 2 spinning jennys that way when coming back they can run another wire on the way back. It would take twice as fast then. Our longest run was around 1400 feet going down a big hill and then going up a big hill. It was hard to pull the wire because there was swales too. It’s so exciting to get fences up and get your livestock grazing too.

[@jeremylaufenberg8091]

Hi Greg and Jan, can you show how you’re doing the corner wiring please? I’ve got some fencing coming up and need to decide how I’m going to do my corner wiring. Thanks

[@practicalsheepman]

Set up your spinning jenny half way down the fence line where you are going to install your tighteners and springs. That way poor Dakota can pull each direction and doesn't have to drag so much wire at one time.

[@richdobbs6595]

In an earlier video, you were using the daisy tensioner without springs. This one used a ratchet tensioner with springs. Have you changed your practices or is there a difference in situation here?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

You cannot use springs with Daisy Tensioners. The springs definitely help relieve pressure on your corners when trees fall on the fence or when deer run through the fence at a full run.

[@Ezmoshe1]

Great Tips!!

[@MichaelDarst]

Happy New Year Green pastures farm!!

[@michaelmay6859]

Lots of building happening at Green Pastures Farm. Building land base, fence, ponds, skirts, watering points, a shed, herd size and most of all soil. Should be a great 2025.

[@dantheman9135]

ThankQ

[@wadepatton2433]

That 10% is handy. I got a big order on the 20% but didn't order the spinning jenny. Just ordered the Jenny here because all the rest look like junk or have extreme shipping costs. My localist Timeless dealer is about an hour away (Greeneville is 4), so I'll truck it over there for the posts.

[@brianhoxworth3881]

Im sure you've explained it before, but I'd like to see your earth ground set up for that fence.

[@benbirdman53]

Greg, would you ever use railroad ties as a replacement for the wood posts if it was a cheaper option?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

No they rot off to quickly

[@jeremylaufenberg8091]

Also, I’m assuming they do but do those black insulators provide enough distance on your wood posts to prevent voltage leakage? Seems like the wire gets pretty close to your wood posts…

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

You have to pay attention to your brace wire and get your spacing right with the insulators

[@keatonnicholson4571]

For your fiberglass fence posts are you getting those at power flex or elsewhere?

[@donaldrobinson4734]

Hello Mr Greg. I’m in the process installing a new fence around a new piece of land. Did you install the tensioner to the spring or can the be purchased with the tensioner?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

You have to install the tensioner to the spring. I have a video coming out explaining how to do it.

[@bryanblackburn7074]

Greg what's your Timeless posts spacing on this farm?

[@jmhamilton87]

What’s the benefit of offsetting the springs? Also I’ve always just gone through the spring back on itself and crimp. Is that special loop supposed to resist breaking better?

[@SolarSolaceFarms]

If the wire gets to swaying or gets hit by an animal or a tree, or fence jumper, if they are offset there is less of a chance they get tangled. I don’t use springs, but I do the same offset with my fence strainers. If your fence gets tangled, hot to ground, bad news.

[@jmhamilton87]

@@SolarSolaceFarms Good to know. So far mine are all hot except the bottom wire.

[@financedfish6852]

Greg, do you run a string when setting your post to make sure they’re in a straight line?

[@michaelmay6859]

I think I heard him say they use polybraid wire for that.

[@benlamborn7196]

You get your end posts in and run your 1st wire....get tension on it and you have your straight line. If it's a long pull you'll want to get some line posts in....needs 2 people to line them up...put a staple in them to get wire off ground and there's your line. You can't get string or polywire tight enough

[@markpiersall9815]

Why is the wire going on the exterior side of the wood posts?

[@i_be_eternity]

That’s one thing I love about Idaho. If your cow gets out and someone hits it. They pay for the cow. Tho that never happens because one, people pay attention. 2 the cows hang out on the side of the road eating grass. Not on the blacktop. 😂 regardless I’m still putting a 5 wire high tinsel electric fence in.

[@laineyboy]

You need steel tooed boots for that Jenny reel

[@Schoepffer]

I know a guy that hit a cow at night on the road. He had to wake up the farmer, turned out the cow was his neighbors, but it wrecked his Jeep.

[@brocksargeant2549]

Greg can you explain how you get 7-8000kv my fence seems to only get 3000kv.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Use a bigger charger and good posts and insulators

[@BJSmith-ll3uw]

And good/multiple ground rods.

[@i_be_eternity]

Just don’t ask your wife to watch the spinning jeny. I have 4 kinks in my 5 wire fence. I’ll put a crimp on when it breaks tho.