We Imported This Insane Fence-Building Machine

[@AuldScot1888]

Good to see our wee country still coming up with good ideas. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@MyScotty7]

You mean 🇬🇧 😎

[@AuldScot1888]

@@MyScotty7 have you no got some boots tae be licking?

[@torsten6777]

Great inventions are done outside of the US, and the inventions inside the US are done by immigrants.

[@Jimbowhocares]

@@MyScotty7you must have missed the part of the video where he said it was Scottish. Maybe you’re English, that would explain it!

[@tullochgorum6323]

Sadly the days when we led the world in locomotives and ships and engines are long gone - but I guess this is better than nothing...

[@cincyjohn69]

No clue why I spent 20 minutes watching a fencing video but i enjoyed it nonetheless

[@SWiFence]

I like to hear that! 😁

[@TheChodax]

Me too! 😂😁

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

Same here! Although I did work for a fencing contractor right out of high school for a couple of years. Lots of hard work but lots of fun.

[@Lost_on_stage_again]

I was waiting to see someone "pound a hole". Wrong web site.

[@TheChodax]

@@Lost_on_stage_again indeed and if they'd just grease the end up they could definitely get that extra 6 inches.

[@gjc9801]

I'm retired now but as a heavy equipment operator for over 35 years I can tell you that is one of the coolest machines that I have ever seen and you are an absolute RockStar at delivering the information about how to use it, and what it's capable of because I feel like I could walk up to that machine after having just watched your video and pick up the controls and go to work with it. absolutely awesome demo!

[@georgieporgie9273]

Same sentiments on the demo i just feel when you can look at at video for what it is and comment only on the video then that great such a shame the poor guy has to listen or see all the idiotic comments from daftys😂

[@georgeross9834]

Great machine made in Scotland fantastic

[@SWiFence]

Indeed it is!

[@oBseSsIoNPC]

Wow, this video is an absolute gem. What a great demonstration and intelligent way of including all relevant information. Leave it to a guy who actually builds fence to demonstrate a tool the proper way

[@SWiFence]

Hey thanks!

[@intrepidapollo]

Perfectly said.

[@jeffreynolds3848]

Totally agree. Best presentation I’ve ever seen. Very informative, instructive and most of all likeable - made you want to see this post(!) thro’ to the end.

[@jasonnorris2979]

I know this company well. I live in the area they call home. Would recommend this company to anybody building any type of fence. I remember when they were starting this company on a little price of land right down the road from my parents house,and have grown to what they are now. Impressive

[@SWiFence]

Hey thanks for those kind words!

[@alienapks]

Cool.

[@gingerindian1141]

​@@SWiFencethe company I believe is Terex. Well it's known that locally because I live 5 minutes from where these are made. Lanarkshire, central Scotland, 15 miles outside Glasgow. Been seeing these huge yellow steel machines being delivered for years.

[@crazymtbrider]

​@@gingerindian1141jock Bryce post driver's are made in the Scottish borders though

[@patsquach4080]

As a professional hole digger , for power line companies. ( hand digging a power pole hole 7 feet deep with hand tools 12 foot spade ,12 foot spoon ,12 foot bar .. , holes big enough to line the inside with 2 .. 45 gallon drums ,top and bottoms cut out , to hold hold up the sides from sluffing in ). Hand digging in places that they can’t get equipment close to .. seeing how the compactor works for holding and compressing the sides just makes so much sense for a more stable post system…. Nice !!!

[@cashtimevideo1501]

Ah yes, world-renowned Scottish engineers👍 - the reason why Star Trek had one on the Enterprise😁

[@gingerindian1141]

Your the only person who iv heard say this. Well recently anyway. Because of the Scottish enlightenment and USA wanted the best so sourced Scottish to provide engineering for the construction and education in USA, not forgetting all the other invention and academic gifts to the world. If KZbin existed 400 years ago Scotland would be the most watched channel. Pitty Scotties accent was terrible played by James doohey Canadian guy. He sounded more Irish lol but a great nod to Scotland and monumental contribution to science, medicine, academia, engineering, philosophy, economics, political science.

[@archersanonymous3003]

@@gingerindian1141 I heard that Scotty getting the chief engineer job was a tribute to the Scottish engineers in the ship building industry on the Clyde, where the guy that was responsible for building and installing the steam engine in the big ships, because he knew the engine and ship better than anyone else, would often end up sailing with the ship around the world, to make sure the engine was well maintained and treated well.

[@gingerindian1141]

@@archersanonymous3003 it may well be. Or part of the reason for Scotties character. It's a multicultural ship too.

[@davidness5491]

The SI unit for power, the Watt, is named after James Watt the brilliant Scottish engineer, who hails from my home town Greenock

[@angussoutter7824]

@@gingerindian1141😌thank you

[@125spectrum]

I am Scottish. I really want this to work! Really enjoyed your video and have Subscribed. Paul, Scotland.

[@samspade5648]

That machine is totally kick ass. It blows away anything made Stateside.

[@Anamalfarm84]

The scottish really are kicking ass in farming and agriculture. Wish we had more of these here.

[@b4804514]

Such a joy to find a well engineered piece of equipment that solves every problem. Great job Bryce

[@michaelschneider-]

This bad boy certainly has a place in the market; .. Big boy fencing companies will use strategy more than you know. .. Cheers, Vail, Colorado. .. Every post is balls-on plum.. Real-world execution of the gear.. Nice. P.S. Many thanks for the introduction !!

[@SWiFence]

You bet

[@alibali193]

Proud scot here. Not surprised at all that we invented this. Just the last of a long list. Telephone, television, steam engine, seismometer, pneumatic tyre, tarmac roads and penicillin ❤❤

[@ThePurpleLlamaGetsIt]

Deep Fried Mars Bars, too, dinny forget

[@alibali193]

@@ThePurpleLlamaGetsIt and a pie on a roll

[@paulmccormick]

​@@ThePurpleLlamaGetsIt still never tried one yet

[@nicholaslacovara2381]

Been driving steel post (for chain link) for 15 years with a Rhino PD50. Mostly 8 foot fence using 12 foot posts 4 foot in the ground. Most of the time if the post are hit by a vehicle they bend at ground level. When driving one, I once hit a large rocks (2-3 feet) and ended up, after hours putting post in between boulders on a 20 degree angle. Used a compact 4x4 tractor to bend the post perfectly level. Pipe bent at ground level. No one can tell which one was bent straight. Sometimes you have to bend the rules and the steel post. PS Your videos are great.

[@nicholaslacovara2381]

I finally realized why driving post works so well. We might assume that as a post is pounded all of the compression goes straight down. But also pushes soil to the side - Like the top of a steel post wants to mushroom - the ground below does the same thing. That mushrooming soil below in essence tamps the side walls of the walls around the pipe as it is being driven.

[@bobmahnamahknob]

There are things called friction piles that work on this same principle. Steel I-beams are driven in to the ground and used as load bearings for huge buildings.

[@davidg8032]

@@bobmahnamahknob For over 50 years I've worked many different aspects of high-rise construction, and I've never seen I-beams driven into the ground and used for load bearings purposes. I'm sure it's done; I've just never seen it. In South Florida, I typically see holes augured to 100 feet, filled with concrete and then a steel rebar cage inserted into it. Then later a cup is placed on top of numerous pilings. I'm guessing these are similar to the frication piler you are referring to? kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6qqY4qKfpymnaMsi=VcwFycMyoGe0AtHf

[@ProfRCook]

I'm a professional engineer. You're right that the pounding is better than the digging because it's packing the surrounding earth (compaction). This means the post will be much stronger in the end as the surrounding soil is so much stiffer.

[@jimdevlin2138]

As the saying goes " if you want something invented "ask a Scotsman", you are welcome , greetings from Scotland

[@stephenizzy1]

Makes you proud to be British 😉

[@RickyD1968]

What an Awesome Machine !!! The Bryce Powershift 180 Pro Tracked Fencing Machine for $141.000 would pay for it's self in no time !!!!!!!

[@toberwine]

Interesting to see a machine built for the worst of Scottish conditions - where the problems are usually wet not dry - works in other places!

[@lolington]

Really cool to see this in action. My business makes the exhausts for these. Awesome machines and such fantastic guys to deal with too!

[@SWiFence]

Right on!

[@anthonywilson4873]

Concrete sucks in water and rots you post think sponge it’s an area just at ground level that is prone to decay. Why is it the post always turn to mush in the concrete and the bit above and below is still in good condition concrete sponge is why. If you have to use concrete wrap or treat the post in that area to prevent moisture ingress from the concrete sponge. You can get pre prepared post wraps or treat with tar or creosote like material. Many farmers store prepared posts in barrels with dirty engine oil and diesel soaked into the wood. You can see a post driven into the ground no concrete is going to last longer probably best with pressure treated preservatives if you cannot pre soak them.

[@kettlekorn471]

Auger video! (you asked...)😛 That Bryce machine is pretty brilliant, totally compressing everything with little to no loose material.

[@jessebeiler5235]

That is the slickest device I ever saw for putting fence posts in!

[@l.lehrer7124]

Europe is ahead of the US in regard to equipment, construction, road work, house building, heavy cranes, especially in the these types of jobs that use a remote to operate the equipment.

[@torsten6777]

Lehrer = teacher

[@PeterPaul175]

If the machine had that safety stop, it would perfect. Bryce, you have got good feedback.

[@adambergendorff2702]

I used to be in the excavating business, I just like well made machines, Excellent video, good luck with it!

[@SWiFence]

Thanks!

[@donaldmatthies6026]

That machine makes a ton of sense. I'm curious as to how it would work building a five strand barbed wire fence? I'm gonna have to look into this machine. Thank you for taking time to film, edit and post this video.

[@AxleBoris]

Great video Mark looking forward to see this Bryce Machine in person at the upcoming East Coast Fence Rivalry

[@Downsviews1056]

Hi folks Thank you Mark for a fantastic video on the tracked post Driver 🎉

[@SWiFence]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@alisigdeniz9286]

I’m not even in the fencing game and you did a pucker job of promoting this product. Ps subscribed 😂.

[@sarkybugger5009]

Pukka! Pucker is something entirely different.

[@donepearce]

The main difference between a drilled and pounded hole is the quality of the ground left surrounding it. When you pound a hole the surrounding ground is compressed and strong. When you drill the surrounding remains loose and starts collapsing. Always pound if you can.

[@seeker1432]

My Girlfriend said that, I never knew she was into fencing.

[@donepearce]

@@seeker1432 The mesh facemask should have been a clue

[@mariaclark7358]

Always glad to help out our friends across the pond.

[@JamesSmith-wh4xe]

Dang! Just dang! ❤❤❤❤ With several miles of fence in my future I’m amazed and very jealous. Sweet piece of machinery. Hope it makes you a kajillion bucks!

[@shawnferrell8557]

I would definitely like to see an auger video. Been watching a bunch of your videos. Started a fencing company and you have been a wealth of knowledge.

[@thomaspotter5637]

Scotland masters of innovation in all areas

[@TheChodax]

Very true, hundreds of years of exceptional engineering and innovation.

[@humphrey4976]

From the steam train to Irn bru. Scotland is a powerhouse of innovation

[@TheChodax]

​@@humphrey4976​@humphrey4976 don't forget the Buckfast!

[@afuzzybearsyoutubechannel2812]

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[@FlatDerrick]

Aye what this fella doesn't realise is he's using it backwards, it's the machine we use for pulling the cabers up for caber toss ;)

[@stevemckerroll4865]

nice machine... tip... when we drive pile we mark the pile with depth marks right on the pile so we know exactly how far it has been driven. so if you have to drive the post 48" in.. mark 48" on the post and drive until the mark is flush with the ground.

[@chris-non-voter]

Clever piece of engineering.

[@SWiFence]

Indeed!

[@strangelee4400]

Using a haggis womper to make a hole? Ingenious.

[@chadjelliston5652]

A mini driver. Too dang cool. I bet the hole is super compacted all around also. Nice.

[@sfkid57]

howdy, i have been watching your video's lately. i don't build fences, but i like learning new things. funny i worked in Wyoming back in 1977 in the Oil Patch. watching this machine reminded me of drilling for oil back in the day.

[@SWiFence]

I could see how it's similar! 👍🏻

[@Bigsoot7393]

cool machine! I live in Australia and we just use rock breakers on steel posts with a dolly that slips inside the post!

[@claudewilliams8000]

Very interesting piece of machinery all the applications that you can use it for thanks for taking your time and doing a show and tell you guys look like a great Fence Company that doesn't spare any money on getting good equipment thanks again

[@SWiFence]

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@rwg727]

Thanks for the demonstrations, Mark! You guys have shared so many different machines with us on your channel! You're the coolest!

[@SWiFence]

Hey thanks!

[@markhorton8578]

This is a really good video about a machines capability.

[@rodmcisaac3]

I am enamored with this machine. Thanks for the introduction. After watching this video I viewed the video of your trip to the Bryce Suma plant. I noticed something which is bothering me: the method that the rope attaches to the drop weight looks incorrect and dangerous. With wire rope (cable) the clamp has the saddle positioned on the live end, and the U-bolt on the dead end, opposite of how Bryce is assembling their units. I doubt if the guidelines for using this type of clamp will vary between rope types. The U-bolt deforms and damages the strands of the Live side....not good. Please investigate, clarify and correct if necessary. Thanks.

[@JamesCopeland-i1j]

Oh man... HUGE labor saver in your neck o' the woods 💪👍

[@ContraVsGigi]

What a nice machine!

[@paul4124]

What a fantastic machine, it looks like they’ve thought of everything. Really good explanations on your part, made for a very informative video.

[@SWiFence]

Many thanks!

[@DJC995]

Very Nice Top of the range post driver Thanks again

[@NoahDevine91]

Awesome video Mark and that’s a nice machine great job Bryce and team SWI 💪

[@artphotoscamp5788]

Congratulations on 100,000 I'm glad to be watching this channel!

[@SWiFence]

Hey thanks! We're pretty excited about this milestone!

[@CharltonLatchford]

I believe that the dirt you removed from the pounded hole came more from your spade scraping the sides than was left at the bottom of the pounded hole.

[@d2sfavs]

nice machine im restoring an old agri cat dozer that the under carriage was completely worn out so im looking into a newer under carriage from another manufacture.i will look into the hinowa as a possibility or some others.thanks for the idea and sharing

[@LubbeArt]

Wow, love this machine

[@ghostofcato3052]

Outstanding video! Thank you! Bruce

[@SWiFence]

Thanks for watching!

[@iainhetherington4608]

Great video, just goes to show when you hit THAT rock , doesn’t matter what you are using there is no more down , beaut bit of machinery though best part is 1 guy runs the whole thing Cheers from Aus

[@SWiFence]

Thanks 👍

[@Anamalfarm84]

I have driven medium metal y post right through a 1 1/2 foot granite rock. Also, into bedrock but not quite that deep.

[@SMITTY19722]

You guys are definitely on top of your game

[@torsten6777]

This is not a game, this is real work!

[@torsten6777]

These guys are not playing!

[@rogernewman3612]

Wow great speaker Mark!! Driver's have come along way !

[@SWiFence]

Yes indeed!

[@boblordylordyhowie]

The good thing with this is, it compacts the hole, making it more stable than an auger driven hole, Scots, still inventing great things in the 21st century. When we were erecting lamp posts, we used the twin wall method. We buried a length of twin wall into the ground and concreted it in, then put the lamp post down into it and compacted sand around it capping it with cement, then if it ever needed to be replaced it was an easy job.

[@K-Effect]

A strong industrial vacuum would work really good instead of a shovel, but that cost money. Could you make a steel tube cap that could go over the top of the wood post, that way it wouldn’t destroy the post?

[@richardmeo2503]

Very cool. Far better than digging

[@mattp4079]

Soon at harbor fraught for $2500, some assembly required.

[@robertallardice8119]

Maybe if the handicap was longer it would stop it bouncing off. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@FjHenderson]

Italy makes really good equipment. My shop bought a piece of equipment from Italy to make parts for the automotive industry and it never quit. Just keeps on going and going.

[@markcoughlin6806]

Hearing protection, you’ll thank me in 15 yrs

[@mattywho8485]

What ?

[@bch5513]

He wasn't wearing hearing protection for all the pounding right next to him..

[@gregmize01]

Auger video would be great!

[@B_Rad4Real]

Nice video for sure. Glad to see this in the USA. Hopefully when things calm down here in the states they’ll look at making these machines here in the states. Probably sale lots of them if reasonably priced

[@andyglegg]

Hello from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 looks a great piece of kit !

[@SWiFence]

It is!

[@stevenross-watt8640]

I see these machines in the fields and Muir land of central Scotland all the time. Working away on fences. I had to watch an American video to see a close up demo :). Thx

[@SWiFence]

You're welcome! 😁

[@saltymofo5870]

Undoubtedly the best engineered fencing machine I’ve seen, definitely needs a safety for that head. I’m sure you can come up with something even if it’s just a chain.

[@DadofScience]

That is a mighty fine bit of machinery. The lack of a lockout for the weight and head would really worry me too, and I think the pull chain should have a sheath on it to reduce the risk of injury should the chain slip or break, but otherwise, wow, what an awesome bit of kit. Makes me want to do fencing again! (Almost 😆)

[@jayjones6904]

Awesome machine brother ty for showing me what is out there in the market

[@SWiFence]

You bet

[@doriglenn1358]

I don’t know about anyone else but I’m totally crushing on Dan! If he had more screen time- this video would have been perfect! 🤘 Seriously- great vid, Mark! Very impressive piece of equipment!

[@Overpar73]

Very nice piece of equipment for your Team!

[@seagullsbtn]

Great machine. Big market potential

[@We-re.doomed123]

Should come in handy for that Big Big fence you boys are planning..😂

[@hootowl6354]

Europe is THE place for equipment innovation. Australia can also be good. Asia sometimes too. U.S. can be good too, but Europe is where they think outside the box. Vibratory pounding is another cool technique, instead of a big weight slamming down like this. That pounder has the added benefit of compressing the ground around the post. Even rubber tracks will damage ground in sensitive places when turning. You'd have to lay down mats in someone's yard.

[@DaveGreeneramblingcarpenter]

Clever versatile machine,, and Scottish,👏👏

[@GeneHutchings]

You should make pole Toppers that are round or Square to put on top of them to keep them from splintering is easy

[@henry8909]

Congrats on 100k subs!

[@SWiFence]

Hey thanks! We're pretty stoked!

[@redrocklead]

Great edit. Cool Tool.

[@SWiFence]

Thanks!

[@Doooooooooooood]

I have absolutely no idea why this video appeared in my feed but I watched the lot of it!

[@SWiFence]

I'm not gonna complain about that. 😁

[@ChrisM541]

That's one super spicy, multifunctional meatball. Well done Bryce!

[@michaelmartin2276]

Fantastic machine ! Why doesn't some company here in the USA manufacturer this !

[@crossfencecontracting]

I've definitely never broken chains trying to pull out a driven post... 😏 Awesome machine!

[@motel581]

Would love to see some old school 2 7/8” drill pipe driven into sole of your cobble, my man saver driver can put those posts through anything if you give them enough time (I think)

[@SWiFence]

Man Saver needs to send us a driver like these other companies so we can put it through it's paces. 😉 They do seem to have a loyal fan base.

[@harrygreen6935]

Well done Mark.

[@BigRick50]

Our fencing contractor had something like that on the back of his tractor over 30 years ago. Common in a rural setting maybe.

[@scotsmanofnewengland7713]

Nice machine you can use that as a log splitter also. Remember “ Call before you dig or pound “

[@Badge124]

Farmers and other fence builders have been using 3-point hitch post pounders for years. Probably not in the ground you show in the video, though. Cool.

[@jamesbooth3360]

Maybe that Handi-cap could be split and compressed around the post top with a clamp to keep it from bouncing off the post.

[@victory552]

Pounded many holes, very deep many times throughout my life

[@markhepworth]

😂

[@Nirotix]

We all have, some tighter than others.

[@mikeyd6031]

Have you ever used one of those motorized hand drivers to drive post and then determined what the bearing capacity of the post would be once it was driven to refusal? Driven posts can be used for elevated board walk, but it would be nice to be able to calculate a bearing capacity of the post driven to refusal with a particular piece of equipment. I know you're not concerned about bearing capacity for fence posts, but I just thought I'd ask in case you had encountered that or thought about it. Thanks for all your videos!

[@SWiFence]

Yeah, I've never thought about that much.

[@borabora4480]

I'm curious as to the effect to the surrounding ground, as clearly the bomb pushes the whole material to the sides and expands them somewhat up.

[@HootMaRoot]

That is why driven posts hold so much better, as the ground when trying to relax back after being compressed pushes on the post holding it tighter

[@ChileExpatFamily]

I earned my PHD when I was 8 years old. I broke the handles and replaced them with steel pipe. Thousands of holes dug back in the former USA in South Carolina and now in Chile. Jim in Chile

[@djackson1991]

Love your videos. You’re the real deal!

[@SWiFence]

Thanks!

[@sjaguartype]

Straight out of Scotland, came a crazy fence building machine…. Don’t quite have the same tone as NWA, but hey

[@Hellbillyhok]

Great wee machine 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💪🏻

[@clever_handle]

I would like to answer your question, but probably shouldn’t.

[@discgolflife]

I was a commercial Job Foreman for American Fence Company out of Sioux Falls SD for several years before moving out of state. First off, nice equipment. Second off, out here in ca skid loaders that dig all day have water tanks mounted somewhere on the cab rigged up to a spray nozzle. Spraying water while your digging is essential in dry conditions. Second off, why the heck are you using a shovel to clean out the hole? The shovel is used for pulling dirt away from the hole while you dig. After you reach your desired depth, use the auger bit to clean out the hole brother. It might take two or three stabs, but it works lol. In the rare case that the auger bit can't clean out the hole, a trusty set of hand diggers will finish the rest. I'm just giving you crap, I'm sure you know all of this lol. Minimum Two man crew when digging with heavy equipment in my opinion. The ground guy running the shovel is crucial. Most of the time we'd string up 2 to 3 thousand ft at a time. Mark it out, leave the string up. A good ground guy can pull the dirt away from the hole as the machine digs, while holding the string line out of the way with his leg. After the holes are dug, your string line is already up and running for the set!!!! Anyway much love , it's good seeing hard working folks out there getting it done ✊

[@alienapks]

Its the 💓 heart beat for me. Along with the machine 😂😂 that was funny

[@turb0b0ytim]

I want one so bad. And I don't even own a fence company... Maybe I should?

[@SWiFence]

Maybe you should!