How to get started building your fence...tools and tips from the farmer! 

Hey Josh, just bought a shirt! Thank you for sharing, great informative stuff, keep sharing. Thank you very much for your service as well.

this is why I love ur videos they r so educational and helps me become better with equipment and tools and how to do things better

People don't realize.. that's a lot of hard work. Great job👍

I live this channel I used to watch it all the time on my old account

Time to get a helper on this big project. Thanks for the video.

The problem with building a fence solo is if its crooked, there is nobody else to blame :D

Josh, I really like watching your videos. I had a couple of small tips for you. When you place your level on the side of the post that is called, plumb. It means straight up and down. Just like a plumb bob. Also, you can cut off the tops of your posts, but you will need to re-treat them with a wood preservative. Take care and keep up the great work.

I can give another recommendation for Farm Fence Solutions, Luke and his crew are top notch!

Great job Josh! A second person would make it go much faster. If it weren’t for the quarantine mess I would love to come help for the day. Take care and stay safe!

Thanks for the awesome video Josh. I hope you and the gorgeous wife are doing very well and staying healthy. much love from West Virginia brother.

Love it, seems a pointed post would be better but putting a point on a post =, nightmare. Great, can’t wait for the next video , 😀👍🏾🚜

.. ( 22:03 ) Watching you struggle to lean-over to reach the controls, as you tried to steady and "center" the Post-Driver over the post, and Not Get Your Head Knocked-Off by the Post-Driver was Truly Hilarious .. like watching a "Stoned" Ridge Farmer .. Seriously, though, You are an Excellent Teacher and a Wonderful Example of Love for your home and Dedication to the Hard-Work process needed to be successful .. All the Best ..

Thats going to make a good looking fence that will last for a long time. My kind of fence. Have a good day Josh. 👍👍👍❤️

Neat project. I have a 16 year old son that is going stir crazy. You feed him, he helps you. Suggestion on your PVC pipe for the spacing (instead of paint and tape measure) - Make is outside edge to outside edge of the post so that you don't have to "guess" where the center of the post is ; just lay the PVC down against the previous edge and put the current post again this end of the PVC. Also, we plumb our posts in the south. Yankees level their posts.

You bought that wood, just in time!

Make sure you put a coating of preservative on the top of any post you cut. Even though they do normally rot on the bottom, I have seen many fence post rot from the top on our family farm. Especially frustrating when a gate is hanging from it. & since your getting fences & gates, always climb over your fences on the hinge side & not on the end. Old rule I learned from my dad.

Man, your gonna have a pretty fence. Keeping everything uniform wow it'll all be worth the extra time. Good work Josh.

we just hang a chain the right length for post height off the driver and when it touches the ground you are at the right post height and stop pounding....that would keep you from holding that pvc pipe to get your height....just a thought for you

Stay motivated! That's a job right there.

Thanks for the informative video! Takes me back to my first job in High School, building farm fence by the mile. Find you a helper, goes much faster ;-)

good Farmer i used to be a farmer nice watching you

hope you have fun constructing the fence by yourself

Glady help ya on the farm for a place for a powered Paraglider fly in

GREAT video!!

Josh look into getting a post level. You wrap it around the post with a small bungee cord that way you don’t have to keep checking at the level will be there when you’re done just take it off and move to the next one

I don't know if anyone else suggested yet but go to the big box store and purchase a plumb level for fence posts. I bought one years ago but bought two moe when I built my deck roof. It attaches to the post via rubber band or long twist the and leves both the X, Y and Z axis at the same time. Each was about $10.

Josh, I may be wrong, but I think that level is for horizontal surfaces and “plumb” is for vertices surfaces.

Awesome shirt!

My grand pa saved plastic coffee containers and that’s what he put on all the wooden post with a roofing main on the side and he had tin cans put over the top of all the smaller post UE needs to do this with all poles because the way wood is with the grain is open on top so water can get in and if you look at these telephone poles rot out the tops first.

Put points on the posts and make the job 100 times easier!! It’s easier to keep the posts bumping true and so so soooo much quicker!!! It’s also a hell of a lot quicker to level the mast, then just eye your post to the mast…..if you’ve got a critical eye you’ll get them just as straight but a lot quicker! Appreciate it may not be your own machine but if it is, permanently mount two small spirit levels on the mast, saves ridiculous amounts of time and the job will still be as it should be 👌🏻

Been waiting for this video to come out since you got the lumber delivered

Josh it looks awesome I’m happy for you place is really coming together. He’s just a suggestion on the street side of the fence plant wildflower you won’t have to mow it and it’ll look beautiful god bless stay safe

Hey Josh, Great job on tackling that task by yourself! I’ve got a Shaver HD-10 Post Driver and it’s hard getting posts in the ground by myself. Holler if you need a hand! I’ve still got at least 7,000’ of fence to go!!

Not that it matters now, but I was told to put the fat part of the post in the ground. After the post is in, the soil will close in around the post and in winter when it freezes, it won't be able to drive the post out of the soil because the fat part is at the bottom. If the skinny part was in the ground, there isn't anything keeping the post from being pushed out by the frozen soil expanding.

my grandfather used to char the post at the groundline

If you used the rock driver as your Centre, or centering point. The post would be directly under the drive weight atvthe start. Just my two cents

Put your posts in plumb at corners and end of lines first then run two strings , top and bottom , make it a lot quicker and more accurate ; doesn't matter if bottom shifts out a little as long as you get top close, that's what you'll see. Also run driver square to fence rather than on angle makes things easier, just use swing for hard to get corners.

Nice T-Shirt.. like the trucker girl

Cracking vid some good tips. Defo looks hard work doing it on ya own

Level is horizontal, plumb is vertical!

The ProTech 200S is made in England and costs approx. £5,200 c/w rockspike. That's about $7,200 at a UK port. Andrew at ProTech is happy to field calls and enquiries, he designed it, and can accommodate alterations if desired. I've had two, and they are great products. The 230 is even better, but is more into the contractor spec. From a very satisfied customer.

You could get a 50+ gallon sprayer and spray weed killer right under the fence so you don’t have to weed eat all the fence you have. It has saved me many hours of weed eating.

A very happy palm Sunday morning. Seems odd to not be able to go to church today. Stay safe all.

Posts are plumb when putting vertical level on side of post and level when putting level horizontally, like on the fence boards.

The first drive should just be on the correct spot; don't worry about the level yet. After the first 4~6 inches into the ground, then check and correct the level.

@20:45 RE: "Conical" post; I believe that is INCORRECT. Especially if dealing with frost-lines. The larger diameter end goes in first; the top part will soon enough be snug in the ground, and the post won't get pushed back up in Winter.

Hey Josh, I've got a bone to pick with you! I watched this video yesterday morning and guess what happened this morning? I got a half dozen voicemails from my neighbor informing me that my cows were enjoying his grass! I believe that as a result of me watching this video caused a ripple and made that dead tree fall on my fence, allowing my cows into the next pasture over! RUDE! (love the vids by the way)

I've seen some 20 to 30 year old PT fence posts that had rotted from the top on the inside. Probably was a couple of bad posts but there were a handful on a 50 acre pasture...

Don’t the 3 spikes creat wells for the rain to sit in and rot the top of the post?

I'm digging that shirt !

Slow and steady wins the race. That post driver should be named Eileen (I lean).

FYI, in case someone didn't say so already. You drive the fatter part of the post into the ground and you never sharpen a post. The reason is when the ground begins to freeze it will push the post out of the ground if the bottom is skinnier than at ground level.

Maybe try hanging a string with a weight onto the edge of the plate that goes on top of the post. That way you can get a good eye on if it’s level without having to check so many times with the level

If it aint tight it aint right with the figure of a hot girl...i don't get it 🤪

It's always a good idea to use a piece of "tooling", even if it's just a piece of PVC pipe, to do measuring/set up when it's repetitive, instead of measuring with a measuring tape. You figured that out quick. Good job!

What some do is nail a lead cap on the top of the pole to stop water getting in

Hey Josh I didn’t quite understand all of this. Can you please come show me on my land? Since you’re doing such a great job on yours. Lol. Love the channel man keep up the great work

Man that looks like a right real PITA. Do you think it's faster than a 3 pt auger, and a cement mixer. My neighbor rented a bobcat with an auger attachment and cement mixer. Pulled ths string, painted post location, etc. It seemed much faster. I'll take a shirt if you put the logo on the back !

Get G to help He could build a post driver out of A rear axle, old boom of a tow truck, fire extinguisher and a rubber chicken

Just a guess but even if you don't cut the tops off, I'd coat the tops because of the 3 line up holes. Water will sit in the holes?

Hey Josh. Are you setting the posts 90deg to the ground? Following the contour.. that’s how we fence in New Zealand.

First tip - Rock spike every post hole. The posts will then drop in quickly and dead straight, as they follow the route of the pilot hole. Other tip - I keep two decorators poles in the A frame on the post driver (the rectangle tunnel). I set the length of one pole to the exact distance from the side of the previous post to edge fo the rock spike (i.e. if 7'11" centre to centre. set it to 7'11" minus radius of post (2") and radius of spike (1.5") so 7' 7.5") Then line rock spike up with edge of pole. The second pole is set to the height of the post. Also, try swinging the arm to be more to the right hand side of the tractor. It makes it easier to line up on the next post from the drivers seat.

Kentucky is known for a five board or five rail fence , just so you know .

No disrespect btw.Good vid.

3 1/2 miles of fence this summer. Sounds like a long summer but will be great when your finished with all the new fence that will last for many years with know worries.

I tell ya Josh I wish I lived closer to ya cause I love fencing exspecialy if I don't have to hand dig lol but I'd love to help ya whith your farm fencing and what have it be ..but I have a big water troff for animals and I don't have animals and it's brand new I'd like to send you somehow it's pretty good size but as allways I love your channel and the farm and ya all ..keep up the great vids and godbless

I know it will take time to build that type of fence but at least once the fence is finished you will proud of what you have done every time you see that fence driving in or out of your property. I enjoy the great information on machinery you pass on to us.

Whoa ,,, 1000 post ,, its going to take forever ,, I know a lot of $$$ ,, but I would have to think seriously about having someone drive them for me ,, just seems it would be better because of all the other chores you have to do this time of the year ,, garden comes to mind ,, and I am sure lots of other stuff ,, anyway tagging along to watch the progress :)

Looks like the 3 spike holes in the top of the post are going g to hold water and cause post to rot.

Speaking of fences, a few months back you tried out some vinegar-based weed killer along your fence line. I probably missed it, but how'd you end up liking that product? Thinking about trying it out this year as an organic weed control method. Thanks for the great content Josh!

You've probably got the hang of by now. But you shouldn't need to back up with the tractor with all that adjustment on the post driver.i use a spike for every post to save time👍

Josh, if no one has brought this up, you my want to look into a post level. It id a 90 deg plastic level that raps half way around the post there you pull the rubber bands that it has on it too hold it in place. It should put up with the pounding and you will not have to use a straight. This should free you up a step.

Did you blue stake? Or is that necessary in your part of the country?

Is there a reason your posts don't have points on the end to make it easier to drive them in? In the UK they come with points on. Just curious. Great channel btw Josh.

in freezing area big end goes down or frost will push it up

Sorry if I missed this - how do you maintain tension in your fence while having the fencing on the inside of the posts? I want to put the fencing on the inside to stop animals from being able to push against it too much, but we just put up H braces and I don’t see how fencing on the inside of the posts will maintain tension.

y arnt the posts pointed on the end that goes in the ground would drive eayser

Glad to see the new project start on the farm being waiting for this upload

Considering paying someone or doing it myself...although i would have to rent the equipment

Tip: It's better to run your string line first before laying out your post. Why? Layout your post later so your not moving them out of your fence line later. No need to handle material twice.

Josh if you need a hand let me know I'm about an hour and half from you. I

Wouldn't a plumb Bob, hanging from the post driver, allow you to set up machine before placing post?

Good morning/Evening. New subscriber here, thanks for the videos. I’m wanting to fence up my property and try to keep my kids a little safer from the speeding vehicles. I’m currently deployed at won’t the military it after seeing these videos definitely going with wood on the front and around the house part of the property. Thanks again!

Can I get a little help with posting and fencing a 16×20 area only doing 2 sides

Appreciate the videos. I may have missed this, but any reason you didn't set the posts with concrete? Our soil here is pretty sandy. Also, I noticed in another video, you recommend NOT painting if you're going to use face plate boards. Is it alright to paint if you don't use face plate boards?

It would be so much easier if you had 2-3 people working on it.

Just wanted to let you know that I hired CREEKSIDE FORESTRY MULCHING to clear some of my land. Thanks for the information.

Man you really need at least one more guy.

Definitely a two-person job! But that driver is SAWEET!

PLUMB --- Your posts should be plumb, not level. Plumb is up and down. Level is side to side. Other than that... Good video. Thanks.

Leveler on the arm?,stick on levelers from rv store

Why isn't mrs stoneyridge helping on this project? You don't need to be strong to move those levers on the post driver! :)

Nice video. Forgive my ignorance, but what is the difference between saying "The price point on this machine" and "The price of this machine"?

Can you attach your level to the driver.????

How far apart a post must be from one another? I have an acre property and want to start setting up a fence similar to yours with just a couple of variations.

That one post that is higher than the rest...you can put a bird nest box on it after the fence is done to make it look like you meant to leave it high...

Bro.. I've done this thousands of times.. imo You're way better off taking the time to set up two guide wires, then away you gooooooo no problem 👌 It's a fantastic series much appreciated 💪

Sweet video! What year and model is that John Deere she's a beaut!!

Give the string 1/8" clearance constantly. You fence will be straingt.

Morning guys! Hope you have a great day playing with the new equipment. God bless and thanks for the video 👍