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!
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
@@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.
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.
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.
@@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!!
@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!
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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
