Fencing Tips and Tricks. Taranaki Gate and 4 main fencing knots.

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Making a Taranaki gate with a tensioner, also the main fencing knots I use on the farm. Hope this helps.
My Name is Alistair Bird and My wife Genna and I farm on 'The Grange" near Oxford, North Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand.
Join me as I document our daily life bringing you the highs and lows on a New Zealand Sheep and Beef farm.
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Our on-farm accommodation is listed on Air BnB www.airbnb.co.nz/rooms/20445220
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Mail: 211 Ashley Gorge Road, Oxford, New Zealand. 7495
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@BevanHand 18 дней назад

I could watch this all day! Awesome video mate!

@kiwifarmernz 18 дней назад

Thanks very much

@jacobdegeling Год назад

The tip about putting a little extra tension at certain parts of the knot tying process is just brilliant, master-level stuff. I learnt the speed knot last night and was tying it today. Its so easy to keep tension on the wire with it and to me it looks more secure than the double loop knot. Thanks for sharing, NZ is beautiful!

@kiwifarmernz Год назад

Thanks for the feedback mate. Glad you found it usefully.

@Lindz37 Год назад

Mate its very nice watching someone doing a very good job and taking pride in their work, hard to find people these days that do this! Another great video, subscribed

@kiwifarmernz Год назад

Thanks Mate.

@royervalleyfarm4568 10 месяцев назад

I just watched this video and found your channel. Can you share some dimensions for the gate closure mechanism? Thank you for sharing your fencing experiences, enjoyed seeing your technique on tying some of the old knots in a different way.

@kiwifarmernz 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching. I will get some dimensions up on the channel soon

@ianbell735 Год назад

Thanks for the heads up on knot tying love the speed knot I have trouble with trees landing on wires and breaking them

@champbk2bk575 2 года назад

I am impressed, great job!

@garymadden2656 2 года назад

Great video Alastair nice work 👌

@business_time2610 3 месяца назад

Awesome mate thanks for sharing

@caveweta 2 года назад

Those knots are a work of art!

@kiwifarmernz 2 года назад

Thanks very much

@ozlakota1 Год назад

also can never undo them

@cowboy2180 Год назад

Beauty mate! Masterful work of art!

@kiwifarmernz Год назад

Thank you

@LaidBackHomesteader Год назад

Good video. I'm trying my hand at a bit of fencing. There is a few good tips great job

@kiwifarmernz Год назад

Thanks mate. Got a few fencing videos coming up soon as well.

@raymondtapatu6869 2 года назад

Chur bro another green clip looks like better weather ✌️👍❤️ much love

@kiwifarmernz 2 года назад

🤙

@warrenjohnknight.9831 2 года назад

When I purchased my section in 1979 I purchased a bundle of number 8 wire, I still have 1/4 of the bundle. It was one of the best purchase ever even used at work on many occasions, obviously another magnificent day on the land even the shorts are back, 😊.

@kiwifarmernz 2 года назад

Haha the shorts, so much hate. That's a good investment.

@JoeSmith-ph2wq 2 года назад

Awesome

@user-jr3it2ys9b Месяц назад

Hi I like your video

@thecraftiekiwi4919 2 года назад

thanks for share your Knowledge Alistair i used your termination knot method today worked great just need to do the first kink tighter next time! ps the naki gates flash as i've only every seen then with a battern and a couple no.8 wire loops!

@kiwifarmernz 2 года назад

No worries, those cranks are pretty good.

@Wornout1 7 месяцев назад

Long time since i saw genuine rabbits teath pliers. We only seem to see single tooth in the uk . I bought my hayes wire strainers in 1978 and their still going strong. Identical to yours with the threaded handle too. Excellent video.cheers . just noticed your springs have disappeared on the strainers . Mine don't help much.

@kiwifarmernz 7 месяцев назад

I took mine off. Found they are more dangerous with them on.

@ronaldlucas5360 10 месяцев назад

Enjoyed

@warrenjohnknight.9831 2 года назад

The electric fence is another Kiwi bloke invention, 💪👀👍.

@digga1973 2 месяца назад

Great video would be intrested in the dimensions of the taranaki gate tension or be great to see a video of making one

@kiwifarmernz 2 месяца назад

I could do a video making one thats a great idea.

@raymondtapatu6869 2 года назад

Chur bro nice clip on the taranaki gate🤙

@gusgould4420 Месяц назад

That cocky gap gate strainer is mean as

@westonandelin4556 Год назад

Question from the USA. I recently switched to hi-tensile wiring. I love it. I've had succes using a 5 wire non electrified fence. My cows respect it the same as the barbed wire. (seems like the cows just like to scratch on the barbs) Do guys over there do anything similar? I run 300 mother cows.

@kiwifarmernz Год назад

We only use barb on the top wire of some of our fences. most are 5 or 7 wires of high tensile 2.5mm wire. most have some electric wires.

@gregholl5011 2 года назад

I like that, I think you called it strainer. Have had a hard time finding something like that that works on high tensile wire. You we wouldn't have a link to get one would you?

@kiwifarmernz 2 года назад

www.strainrite.co.nz/product/fx2-swivel-grab-fixed-handle-contractor-chain-strainer/ These are the ones I use.

@joepaullawncare7222 Год назад

Did that song popping anybody's head who wears short shorts

@steely9723 2 года назад

Thanks for showing us how you fit angle stay to driven stake. Have you ever wrapped wire round this to hold in place rather than use a nail? Your demonstration of fencing knots was excellent. Thanks again A video on how to set out posts and strain up wire fence on hills would be very useful. You touched on this in an earlier video

@kiwifarmernz 2 года назад

I still have a hill fence to do over the winter so I can do a set up video. I have used wire around the bottom sometimes, usually when the stake is a bit longer. Makes a small box stay.

@steely9723 2 года назад

Thanks that's would be great.

@bigears4014 2 года назад

Kiwis are good fencers

@thenewaquarist6318 2 года назад

Hi brother.. Ur filled with farming skills. Since how long have to been into farming brother.. Thank you for educating me. Ram from India 🇮🇳

@kiwifarmernz 2 года назад

Hey Ram, I was brought up on farm but have been farming in my own right about 15 Years.

@thenewaquarist6318 2 года назад

@@kiwifarmernz brother, lucky to be brought up on the farm. Fresh air, water, in the lap of nature and much more connected to mother earth. Hope you might have gone through the email I have sent to you a few days back

@rossgribbon6297 Год назад

Hi think your videos are awesome eh . I see you are using a impact driver with a forstner bit (65mm) does this have an adaptor for it . If so where do you get one of these? And the adaptor for screwing the gudgeons in where you get those

@kiwifarmernz Год назад

Thanks mate. Yes its an 11mm 6 sided socket. Then I just tape it on. The bit and gudgeon screw came from goldpine.

@trentcurtis9508 2 года назад

Nice knots. What do you think of crimps? I guess it saves money tieing them off..

@kiwifarmernz 2 года назад

Crimps are good in tight spots. I got told the electric crimp is better than a clamp and knot for conducting power

@astonmcleod5344 2 года назад

the knot at 8:40 genius

@kiwifarmernz 2 года назад

Thanks

@travissmith2762 2 года назад

Have you got any videos of your dogs and how you train them and how commands are done

@kiwifarmernz 2 года назад

No I haven't especially, I will do one soon.

@jst5262 2 года назад

What is the 15mm rubber? that you are running the underground cable through?

@kiwifarmernz 2 года назад

Just 15mm alkathene pipe.

@DanielJames97 6 месяцев назад

Speed knot is something I'll have to give a go, as for the 'double loop' or Farmers knot as we call them in Auckland, theyre dogshit, better off with a number 8 or reef knot, I like how you don't have to come back and wrap off the speed knot after its tensioned to 150 vs the speed knot. I was taught one lazy loop and 3 tight for a termination knot, and the loop on the termination knot is to be the size of a pea.. FCANZ for yah... as for the gudgeon with the driver thats neat, I've been using a gate strap like a ape for the last 3 years.

@kiwifarmernz 6 месяцев назад

I have since changed the termination know to a lazy loop. always learning. The gate strap is still good as that tool doesn't fit all of the gudgeons.

@bigears4014 2 года назад

For short runs i like the cheap winches

@kiwifarmernz 2 года назад

Yea I could of used them a that short run.

@NZguy503 2 года назад

I want to be a fencer when I'm older

@justinpihama3405 2 года назад

Have you ever Tide off using a Texas Brown knot? When fencing

@kiwifarmernz 2 года назад

No I haven't used any of them before, I must try sometime.

@staceyelward8893 Год назад

Do you reckon an 8 or 9 string fence is cheaper than running a hinge lock fence for sheep? Just bought an 80acre property in WA and going to run 20 ewes to start with, I hate tying off hinge lock 🤣🤣

@kiwifarmernz Год назад

8 or 9 wires are defiantly cheaper. If you have electric fence unit that is a good way to go. 7 wires (3 electric, 4 dead). Depending on how pushy your sheep are you may need batons or droppers on the 8 or 9 wire fence.

@staceyelward8893 Год назад

@@kiwifarmernz yep got a stafix energiser, at the moment our property is a blank canvas only a 2m high boundary fence to keep the roos out but for the interim I've got gallagher temp fencing I can train them on. Thanks for the reply and keep up with the vids they are tip top 👍👍

@glenkoopman7347 2 года назад

Didn't know anyone still put in Taranaki gates. Also never seen one so flash

@kiwifarmernz 2 года назад

We still do have a few, only in tricky spots tho.

@paulveenings6861 2 года назад

Still putting them in in Western Australia . Wide gateways here for the big machinery . We call them cocky gates .

@phillipgrimshaw4934 Год назад

Guy from the US here, I noticed folks in your country frequently use non-electric high tensile fences with 8-9 wires and tons of battens. Is there reason you do this vs just electrifying 6-7 wires and running wider post spacings of 20-30 feet? It seems like more work and cost. Here in the USA, the standard high tensile fence is almost always electrified and you never see battens.

@kiwifarmernz Год назад

Hey sorry for the late reply. Not all places have electric fence setups so heaps of wires with battens keeps the small lambs in even when pushed. It could be a through back to hhe old days when all of the posts and battens were hand split from native timber on the farms as they were cleared out of Bush.

@phillipgrimshaw4934 Год назад

@@kiwifarmernz thanks for that info! Is wood still the dominant post material for new fences? I use wood posts for my ends, corners, and directional changes, but use PVC t-posts for line posts due to the cost and ease of installation. Timeless Fence System is who makes them. I do love the look of all wood though.

@kiwifarmernz Год назад

@@phillipgrimshaw4934 wood is still king here. We use steel standards as intermediate in some steep country. We have plastic posts and on the market here now but I haven't used them.

@maccaspope2275 Год назад

Some stuff will still get through a 7 wire electric fence, especially if theres pressure on them, be it grazing pressure or being chased by a dog or something. Maybe if you had the posts a lot closer it would be alright but still not as secure as battens or netting.

@grahampeters6609 2 года назад

That a flash Taranaki Gate stretcher

@zak2263 2 года назад

How come kiwis don’t use star posts?

@kiwifarmernz 2 года назад

We do in the harder to reach places. i.e. to rocky or steep for a tractor. They are the same price as a wooden post over here.

@gusgould4420 4 дня назад

Man fencing on hills is just something that I’ve never done, looks a bastard

@kiwifarmernz 4 дня назад

It's good fitness

@johnjordan4647 2 года назад

12 gauge Alistair. Thought it was a bit easy to wrap the wire around while you were doing the knots 🪢 No old school number eight gauge for you millennials 😅😂🤣😆

@kiwifarmernz 2 года назад

Oh we have plenty of No 8 wire fences, I just don't like the stuff.