Building a barbed wire cow pasture on our homestead.

Рет қаралды 26,520

Maynard Family Homestead

Күн бұрын

Пікірлер: 22

@Homested_Happenings Жыл бұрын

I always wondered how those wire stays were installed. Never would have guessed they were twisted on.

@tanneradams20 10 ай бұрын

I know I’m late to the show, but when you put your tension wires in you want a shallower angle. Usually 20 degrees is max. What happens if it’s too steep is it literally creates a lever and lifts instead of applies down force. I learned that myself the hard way.. had a corner lift and catapult nearly 16 feet to the t post down the line

@MaynardFamilyHomestead 10 ай бұрын

Hey I appreciate the tip! I have noticed that before but didn’t know it was from the tie wire angle.

@tanneradams20 10 ай бұрын

@@MaynardFamilyHomestead easy mistake to make! I did many fences without a problem, but the first time I ever used tamped posts instead of big concrete footings and combined that with my first ever high tensile pull. It was a good field lesson lol.

@MaynardFamilyHomestead 10 ай бұрын

lol I bet that was exciting!

@lukem2452 2 ай бұрын

New to cattle, whats the purpose of the posts built into an H with the tensioning wires connecting them?

@MaynardFamilyHomestead 2 ай бұрын

It’s just a corner brace, it ensures when you stretch the wire tight that the two corners don’t pull in and make the wire loose. The strongest brace would be having the horizontal post at the top, but this offers me way to climb over the fence without damaging the wire.

@BenWorrell 11 ай бұрын

Nearly 6 years ago had our 3 of our 4 property lines dozed and about 7,500' of 6 wire fencing put up. After a few days of placing posts it only took 2 men and a skid steer about a day and a half to put up the wire. I hoped to learn from them more about how they went about stringing it, and took off work early both days to be able to watch part of the process unfortunately I didn't get home early enough either day. I do know that they laid out all 6 wires at one time using a jig they built for the process but I am not sure if they strung/fastened the top or bottom wire first. Driving by other properties I have seen others fencing their own property and about half of them string the top wire first while the other half string the bottom wire first. My son in law who did a bit of fence work during his high school and college days tells me you have a lot less interference with the processing stringing the top wire first. Now I have about 3,000' that I plan to do myself (the 4th side of our property and some cross fencing. Curious as to your logic of doing the bottom wire first ?

@MaynardFamilyHomestead 11 ай бұрын

I’ve tried it both ways, but starting at the top is the best in my opinion.

@brucethoel3636 2 жыл бұрын

On your corner post, it would be better to run a brace from the top of the corner post to the bottom of the adjacent post to brace it. After time the wire will stretch. On the gate post a post brace might work, maybe a wire too so it doesn't come apart. Cement might work, but with your sandy soil nothing is 100%.

@BigDaves-FarmLife Ай бұрын

Galliger recommends 6 inches under top strand for brace post height. Staples should not be driven all the way in and should not be driven in vertically. This pinches the wire and increases chances of post splitting, respectively. Instead,put a slight angle on the staple and leave a little gap to allow wire to shrink and contract. I realize you are using the staples to hold tension. Instaead, try holding tension with a tensioner and make TWO wraps around the post, then do your twists. Staples can work their way out either way. But this way,with two wraps, ive never had a termination come undone unless a wire breaks. I drove staples in the exact way you did at first as well. So I'm not pointing fingers. Also, i recognize sometimes its just about getting it done and carrying the smallest amount of tools. Still, if its me, if im building a fence from scratch i wanna do the install so it lasts as long as possible. Just trying to help you learn from mistakes I've done as well. Ive got a youtube channel as well. You should check it out 😊 Good luck,and if you have any questions, let me know

@BigDaves-FarmLife Ай бұрын

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e37GY3iYbLKjoNksi=6lrtH_Xwi9c8kZ1A

@princesaprebava 9 ай бұрын

This is a bit older video, but do you remember how far apart you set your posts? Thank you!!

@cherylmurphy6400 11 ай бұрын

Your stay should be higher and butted into both posts. Then run a double plain wire around the base of the corner post to the top of the front post and twist it off half way up. You obviously haven't done much fencing. In New Zealand we don't use barbed wire like you Americans, we use high tensile plain wire with great success. You could learn something from us.

@adailestuart 8 ай бұрын

South african fencing