DIY Hogwire Panel Fence using Dado groove on a sloped yard 

always nice when someone posts their project with their accounts of the process. no sponsorship, no reviews. just honest sharing of ideas. very well done and beautiful fence, cheers

That looks as good as it could get. I like the results and I’m going to attempt to follow your video. Good job🤙🏼

Just seeing your dog run like that probably made it worth all the time and money! I am looking to do something similar to this and thats how I stumbled upon your video. I also live in Southern Indiana so that made it even cooler! I have a weird shaped yard as well so thank you for documenting this!

I know it’s too late, but this may help your listeners... A cantilever auger is the way to go. It’s about 1/3 the size of a golf cart and rents for a little more than what you rented that for. It’s on wheels and small enough to roll up in the back of a truck, but large and heavy enough with enough power to easily drill holes. I drilled about 25 holes in 4 hours. The weight of the unit also makes it stable enough to take any sudden jerks from catching the occasional boulder while digging.

Just wanted to thank you for posting this video. This is going to help me a lot. Great job .

Very cool that you acknowledged others videos. And your fences turned out awesome.

Amazing, looks great. I like how you thanked the other RU-vidrs also. Building a fence like yours is on my Honeydo' list. Buying an auger is the best thing to do. Harbor Freight has one for $200, which is the same as renting it twice.

Wow!!! That’s so impressive to not have any previous experience and to put up that nice fence! We are looking to get this type of fence too.

Just saw your video, thanks for the info. I wanted to state I absolutely love the end, so glad you included the puppers response... priceless.

Wow... !!! It's always great. Your video is excellent quality. We liked and enjoyed to the end. Thanks

Thanks for your video. I learned a lot from your descriptions of what worked and what didn't work.

This looks really good. I’ve been thinking about doing something like this and seeing your results and your comments is very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to share this.

Looks great. I’m going to do the same on my property. 👍🏻 Answered most of my questions. Thanks for taking out the guess work.

Excellent video, thanks for documenting your journey. I loved how your dog was like "hey, there's supposed to be a fence here!" at first.

Awesome fence...I am thinkin of the same style but was stumped on the slope design...seeing your video helped me with my vision and to go for it...thanks👍👌✌

Extremely impressive DIY project!

Nice job, 2k saved, some new tools to boot, and nice call out to the other content providers, very cool.

Looks great. Your dog and kids are going to love the huge yard

Wow , I’m voting for you as president. Nice job bro

Tysm, was trying to find a cheaper and not terrible looking option since we live in a multifamily in a busy area. Was worried about my dogs safety before we move in officially.

Looks great!! Amazing job! Thanks for sharing 🙂

I have good luck starting the holes with the post-hole shovel. Fill the started holes with water several times during the day and let stand overnight before renting auger.

Thank you so much for sharing!

Nice job! Very rewarding project.

Thanks for taking the time to document you own version of my design. This will be very helpful for many out there looking for this fence but have a slope. I get email questions for slopes all the time. I hope you dont mind that i put your video link in my video description. It turned out great! If you havent already seen it, i have a Part 2 video of my fence build: 18 month review and staining tutorial.

Gator_Overland is my son-in-law. I just watched your video as I am going to build a short stretch of fence and was looking for good ideas. I actually came up with this fence design, and the Dado grove concept, to save him money on lumber while still having an attractive, functional, and durable fence. I am so happy to see that my efforts helped you, and probably many others, as well as him. 😃

You did a great job!!!

nice build . . . very well made helpful video . . . thank you !

You did an awesome job.

You did a fantastic job.

That’s a happy dog! Good job

Thank you!

Great idea thanks!

Looks really nice👍👍

Awesome job and good video.I appreciate you 💪🏾

Thank you, man this video was truly helpful.

Looks awesome!

Good Job, love your humility :)

Great vid. Awesome job !

VERY NICE WORK FOR NOT EXPERIENCED 👌👏👍

Looks great. I have been filming making my fence. I cut my own posts. I think for the backyard I'll do something like you just built. Your fence looks great!

Awesome it looks great

Nice work!!!

Was actually coming up with a similar idea for my large livestock and chicken pasture. I'm going to add strands of electric fence on the inside to double up.

Great video. I’m only making a 15’ section (including a 3’ gate) but it’s still a little nerve racking.

Great Job!

Nice job. appreciate the video.

Beautiful mate.

Damn that auger sucks. That’s the one Home Depot offers for rent. I rented one from the Ace down the the road; it was a Little Beaver where the actual motor and control apparatus are to separate pieces connected by the rotating cable and a safety bar. That thing was pretty easy to use and I finished all my holes in one morning. I’m glad I didn’t get the one he’s using. The fence design is very nice BTW

You did great look good.

Nice work

I had the same issue with the auger. I’m in Texas so I could not even get the holes started. What ended up working for me is pairing water on the areas I was going to dig let it sit for an hour so it could penetrate down and was able to dig all of the holes in no time with very little kick back or anything.

very nice.

Fence looks great! If you painted it would it last longer? Any ideas for how to fill the gap underneath? We get foxes and some coyotes near us

Hey buddy! I know it’s a little late but I think I know why your auger stopped so shallow, I ran into the same issue a few years back. Once my Home Depo auger hit my clay layer the auger didn’t like it and just spun, I returned it and explained what happened and apparently they have a clay bit but never offered it which surprised me knowing that all of the soil around north Texas is clay after 6-10”. I got the same heavy pick and wore myself out with it and I only dug 6 holes lol

I love the look of this. Seems like a great solution that would work in our yard! How wide were each of your sections?

Found your video through @gator_overland’s video. Appreciate your video, too, as we have an incline & I wasn’t sure how to deal with it. Awesome & helpful video! TY!

It's a beautiful fence and you did a great job. I'm planning one similar but I also want semi-privacy. Every other panel, I want to run corrugated tin vertically. On the wire part of the fence, I want to use it as trellis to grow flowers, vegetables and grape vines. Any suggestions you have are appreciated.

Great job man! Who’s a happy puppy?

Great job on the fence, it looks awesome!

Great job !

You could of rented a trailer with augor or ask a farmer or landscape company to drill holes @ much cheaper and less body fluids out of body lol !

really thorough video, thanks! would there be any reason not to assembly-line-style make all your panels first and then dig posts where/as needed?

Awesome video, I'm getting ready to do a similar sized fence, if you don mind what did something like that go for in material?

Very nice! You are very good son.

Looks good not bad

Great Video ! Question did you Paint that Sheep/ utility Panel.. if so what were the Preparations to make sure the pain sticks to Galvanized wire.... thanks

Nice fence, can you please let me know where you bought the hog wire . Thank you so much in advance.

Well done brother Lowes quoted me 11k for 183 ft fence. Insane I'm gonna try to duplicate Appreciate your vision & sharing

Starting my fence soon but curious to what the bendable hinges are called I’ve been asking around and nobody knows what I’m talking about. Thanks for the great content

Great video! What table saw and dado saw set combination did you use?

Love your video. Thank you. Where did you get those wires? Sorry noob question. What are they called?

How has this fence held up over time? Have the metal panels given out from kids pulling or weighing it? How have the dado grooves held up? Any 2x4's snapped at the thinnest section?

What was the name of the blade you used to but the slits for the fencing into the 2x4’s?

Curious as to what black paint you used on the galvanized panels and how well it's held up? Thanks.

Where did you buy the black fence panels? Can only find the gray galvanized type locally

I've been wondering about that exact solution for dealing with the gaps under the fence where the yard slopes. I was considering cutting the wire extra long so it would go into the earth a bit. How did you secure it to the bottom of the rotboards? Did you cut a dado under there too?

i want to try to attach the panels onto existing chain link posts and top/bottom rail. any suggestions?

hi, how did you make the gates? what hardware did you use? thanks so much!

how have those 2x4's at the bottom of the hog panel doing? that grove is a perfect place for moisture to collect and make it rot.

Great job! How is it holding so far?

Might seem like a stupid question, but what did you use to make the slits in the 2x4 for the hog wire to fit?

Hey Jade Forest, great video, I like you have watched a library of videos, and researched prices of materials. I picked up the first load of lumber today. I'm planning on doing 1&1/2 acres. But with the price of materials just doing 491 ft first. I heard you say you had a couple of 4x4s twist when they dried. I haven't seen your update yet, will after this. How bad? I saw a response from another viewer about cutting the dado in the 4x4 my thinking is the top and bottom 2x4 frames help to keep the uprights straighter. So my inquiry is were the 2x4s wet when you did the dado? I know cutting pressure treated lumber while wet put a strain on my crosscut saw building trellises for grapes and blackberries. Did you have any issues? Again great job and cudos for credits and the links of other inspiring DIY'S Just a note, I priced 40 16ft cattel panels at Tractor supply on Saturday 5/20/23 $28.79 per, today Monday the price is $34.99 go figure.

Thank you man! I’m copping this. Did you use a dado blade to cut that groove in the wood?

Can you link us to the table saw that you have?

Quick question with the fence panel is installed in the Groved of the 2x4 can a large/medium dog push the wire back enough to pop the metal out of its grove?

Nice video ! where did you buy the black hog wire ?

Less elegant but fast/east. T posts…hog panels and pipe clamps. Easy peasy

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Just wondering how much time did it take you to make one panel, and how long did it take for the whole project?

I built a fence almost exactly like yours! I bought my auger, more than paid for itself. Are your bottom boards sagging? Some of mine are.

Where did you buy the iron mesh?

How did you make the grooves?

Hey JadeForest, do you recall what those metal brackets to angle the attachment to the 4x4 is called?

Would you remember what size blades you used to make the grooves and how far apart they were 😅

How much is the 200 feet fence

I’m looking at this and wondering why is no one putting the dato groove in the 4x4? You could even make it 1” deep to hide any discrepancy in distance between posts. Than just slide the hog fence down into it and finish it off with a 2x4 cap after. This would also save on the costs of the side 2x4s.

Where did you get your paneling

That's great. I didn't catch how much did it cost?

Shit! well that's a damn good job