I messed up and the cows are destroying it!

[@ajlewis9454]

I've been telling you to put that hot wire up since you had the fence put up. I disagree with you about not capping the posts. Water can be destructive to the posts if they are sitting filled with water!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I agree to a point. However, hear me out, and this is advice right from the post manufacturer. Water alone isn’t the problem, water and oxygen is the main problem. We must have both for oxidation. So a capped post will have humidity and oxygen sealed inside the post. A post full of water will rust slower than a post full of air and condensation. That’s directly from my post supplier. Whatcha think

[@geoff6651]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Water has oxygen in it, thats what the "o" is in "H2O". The posts will fill up with water if you have poor soil and the post has been driven into clay not allowing the water to drain out from the centre of the post. All that being said with the galvanising and the thickness of the steel the fence wire is more likely to fail first, especially the lower runs where they are in constant contact with wet grass.

[@tomvalentine9985]

I've had uncapped 4 inch galvanized steel posts full of water for 40 years post doesn't show a sign of rotting

[@CliffordHenley]

I was thinking of ice maybe split it out I've seen a lot of split posts and those bolldog jacks on my implements​@tomvalentine9985

[@CliffordHenley]

Josh i love your humor you do a good gump voice with jenny

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol thank you

[@leer-winnobbeefarms2131]

Hay, Josh! Cool video! I've built 2-mile of fence on the farm, 30 years ago. My winter project is repairs and upgrades to all of it. Lee

[@bob7478]

Since I have no termination knot tying skills, I used the Gripple T clips yesterday, installing welding wire fence. Easy to use. What a time saver.

[@connieguillot6999]

GREAT LEARNING VIDEO ! My grandson kept still for awhile so we enjoyed !! 👍🏼👊🏻

[@migstafford5167]

Great edutainment!

[@andreasherzog2222]

I'm not a farmer and will never have to build a fence, but I still enjoyed the video. Good edutainment :)

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@fredeerickbays]

good old fencing Lesson well done

[@georgedurkee5859]

Damn good looking fence and I am sure that the cows will not critique your fine work

[@ResourcefulLivingHomestead]

Recently subbed from another channel shout out. Work on a homestead is never done! Thanks for sharing.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

awesome!! Thank you!

[@TheTriangle4]

Jenny, building fence is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna get. Lol, I wonder if the youngsters get your Jenny reference. Nice work today.

[@SoundTheAkoben]

Safety glasses Josh!!!! You're making me nervous! We only get two eyes. Love your content, keep it up brotha.

[@toddpacheco4748]

Josh,excellent job on the fence but lots of miles to go with it oh my gosh Josh 😮😊❤

[@Clawson_customs]

As a coal miner I use a spud wrench every day that and a miners wrench (they have a hammer head on the end of it)

[@dillonsmart6556]

Will I ever need to know how to run a hot wire on a fence? Probably not. Did I watch every minute of this video and take notes? Absolutely 😂

[@Texes7777]

Your awesome so many new ranchers me being one. I really hope you have kids someday you would be a great father

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

farmfencesolutions.com get ya one ordered my friend. Call them and tell them you want a jenny just like mine!

[@stevesundberg5956]

Lots of work but well worth it.

[@amossnowdaharleyman9179]

Good job.

[@olebluemoon958]

My cows use my fence as a scratching area pushing out on the center of the fence rather than the top. This bows it out in between posts. I put the electric wire slightly above mid high so they could not rub on it. Just a different way to do it. Your fence looks nice.

[@mcchupka9718]

Great vid. Thanks for the lesson.

[@Timbo1]

Enjoyed that 😊.

[@maddmaxx6730]

I learnt something brother 😉👍 Wooooooo!!

[@jamesweston3679]

Also, on spray lubricants....wet = dirt and dust collector. Dry graphite spray is your best friend on a farm.

[@jeramyshumaker398]

Never knew you could put the wire straight through the ratchet. I will be trying that.

[@why-be-normal7014]

Great video definitely learned some info from this video.

[@bohammarberg4072]

Good morning !!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@charliecameron2551]

Love the video

[@coreylongbottom]

Gallagher makes a tool that makes doing those wraps a breeze. And it's the best for terminating or joining sections of your field fence as well to get those tight wraps, especially on the big wires. I'm sure a guy could make one too. It's just a 5 inch or so long solid 3/8 rod with a flattened end on it about 1/8 thick with three different size holes drilled in it for the different wire thicknesses. Some have another shallow hole drilled in the round end as well for the last bit of your tails on a splice or for leverage when making a loop. Last time I bought one it was the best 7 bucks I ever spent on a fencing tool.

[@jeffeubanks370]

Great video as always Josh!!

[@johnsandell4501]

Better luck this time 👍👍👍

[@briangrammer898]

❤❤VIDEO ❤❤ great information ❤

[@RobertPearce-u6n]

I was taught to pass the two wires through each other on the corner post so they stayed together.

[@georgefarning69]

Thank you. Very interesting

[@petermavus4131]

Makes sense about that fence 👍

[@markglonek490]

Yep learned a lot thanks

[@johnbennett5932]

today I learned correct way to use a racheting tensioner

[@TheTriangle4]

@@johnbennett5932 Right!! I've installed dozens & that's the 1st time I saw one used like that. Makes me want to go out & add one more strand around my pasture!!

[@scottsmith6846]

Hey Josh thank you for the video and I learned that you need to put down a piece of cardboard when working in the back of your tailgate specially if you're going to spray chemicals woo

[@JammyCrackcorn]

We called that an “ alignment “ wrench when we were installing steel beams…Align the holes for bolts to drop in and tighten…

[@larrypalmer2415]

Oxygen Acetalene torch to heat the bend red hot then bend it straight. Easy peasy..

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I’d worry about heating galvanized. May ruin the wire

[@larrypalmer2415]

@StoneyRidgeFarmer just the Jenny, not the wire...the part you hit with the hammer...after heating and straightening, throw a little paint on it. Good as new!

[@amossnowdaharleyman9179]

Torch will burn off the zinc and then wire will rust and fail.

[@larrypalmer2415]

@@amossnowdaharleyman9179 not heating the wire!!!!

[@dennissweeney7743]

Awesome!

[@ShortbusMooner]

Tap-tap-taparoo!! 🔨

[@FloridaGator76-j6l]

💛

[@ClickinChicken]

Big question: What kind of winter is it going to be? Mintisota viewer. I've discovered, that I'm scared to work, unless it's at work (punching in). Not being critical Josh, with such a sturdy/stout fence, why do you need an electric line? I see, the cows seem menacing on the fence line. Give them Joules to get them off from scratching their backs! Sorry 4 the book.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

ya need a hot wire up top to keep the cows from mashing down on the fence...no matter how tight ...cows tear stuff up my friend

[@coreyanderson2687]

heat on metal is your friend

[@jerrybrown4658]

Put some spinning scratchers out there for them beeves.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

$2000 per scratching post...the cows move almost daily so we'd be moving a scratching post every day.....just not feasible just yet

[@patricksmith3316]

Josh, for joints like that, shouldn't you heat the metal first, bend it to where you want it, then let it slowly cool, if needed? 😊

[@georgedurkee5859]

YOU SHOULD maybe use some leather hand shoes, you have to protect your best tools, as you will use them for the rest of your life.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

a man needs to have tough hands right lol.....gloves are appropriate in most any case, however could become cumbersome when doing fence work like this

[@karlsening7726]

Awesome video

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Thanks!

[@shawnsavage9015]

Hey I noticed that you have a farm use tag on your side by side. Does that allow you to drive it anywhere on the highway?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Here's how I see it.....if they pull me over I'm the dumbest farm boy around. They can't tell me I can't run a tractor on the road...how could they tell me I can't run a SxS on the road right? It's a farm vehicle with a farm tag...that's my take on it. I'd beat it in court

[@ptrs.7367]

Do you have suggestions on removing old rusty barb wire?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

fencing pliers, knipex cutters and start pulling the wire out...it's work!

[@scottquenstedt1]

Seems like material manufacturers would come up with a pre made or pre tied bull nose insulator. Like a round plastic piece that the wire could be wrapped around… It’s just looped around the post, seems drastically over complicated for what’s it’s doing.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

you'd still need to tie it in....just a life skill that takes a few mins to learn my brotha....however...I agree...time to get to inventing!!! How bout a gripple inside a bull nose insulator!

[@devinsullivan7233]

Hey Josh. Why not just do a termination knot on the insulator as well as the post? You are only as strong as your weakest link.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Great question! Simply not necessary and holding the bullnose insulator while tying termination knot is very difficult

[@alletechniek]

What's up with the Guineafowls? You feed them somewhere or ar they just living around there by themselves?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

neighbors guineas they roam all over the place

[@pistolpete349]

Josh put on your gloves and save your hands so they work for you.

[@tabranch3165]

🙋🏼‍♂️ 4:38 aka HAMMER 🤠

[@geesss8675]

How long did you do nursing? What did you do as a nurse. . . Very tough business. Sadly there are very few really good nurses and millions of them who would be better off delivering white castle or taco bell for Door Dash or Uber Eats. Edit: I am not insinuating that you were/are not an excellent / good nurse... just making the statement that many should not be treating or providing care to animals let alone humans.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I was ICU, Neuro, Trauma, Cardiac and Post Surgical for 13 years. Taking care of the sickest of the sick....most of those type nurses are very hard working and studious folks. Most RNs are very hard working dedicated folks....but there are lazy one's....worse there are lazy and horribly incompetent physicians out there too. Nurses get burned out, they're mistreated and paid poorly for the amount of abuse they take from folks/physicians and even the hospitals piles of overdocumentation. I'm so glad I'm no longer in the hospital...I miss being a caregiver, but I don't miss the abuse of my character

[@cadillacedwards2450]

On your Mineral ox did you make it yourself or unit if so were think

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

??

[@davidkennerly6692]

I ran over my chainsaw with my tractor. Amazingly nothing got broke. I just disassembled the heck out of it.

[@kathrynbraun2073]

I have met the only perfect person to have walked on earth and He changed my life. 🌟

[@larrypalmer2415]

Me too ❤

[@jlkkauffman7942]

Just out of curiosity why did you go with woven wire instead of 4 to 5 strands of electric high tensile fence? Getting ready to build fence myself.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

One answer….goats! We wanted to be able to raise multiple species