The cows are destroying the fences...so I'm building this! 

so, here's why. I spoke with the rep from strainrite and asked him about the power output of this, and told him my exact plans, they recommended I consider a 100Ah battery...so I went a little overboard and got the heated 200Ah battery for peace of mind. So...it's overbuilt, but we have a massive amount of power storage which is key. It's actually only 4 times the size recommended 50Ah v/s 200Ah my brotha

I've gotta read up on that remote and figure out the best way to use it for sure...it's pretty complex

it's the whole addage: How do ya eat an elephant? One bite at a time lol

You bet!

My pleasure brother.....hope ya enjoyed this little piece of daily farm life...headed out now to install 700 insulators!!!

Don't try and ever do your self with the flew you are just getting over. Take some rest periods and carry a lot of fluids.@@StoneyRidgeFarmer

While I can appreciate what you are saying here, It's honestly best to have a stand alone ground rod my friend. I do ground my portable fencing chargers to the actual fence but here's why that's not good for permanent. LIGHTNING RISK....think about this...if I ground it to the entire fencing system, there's a much much higher chance of lightening striking and feeding down the fenceline v/s a single ground rod system. Now...I didn't just pull this idea out of thin air....I'm a trained electrician and lineman by trade, lightning hits metal and will fry everything attached to it. Hence the reason transformers and some switch gear is grounded individually at the poles. Make sense brother....I totally hear ya, but lightning only has to strike anywhere on the farm near the fence to fry this system v/s one single ground rod driven to depth right beside the fence charger

So a one in a million lightning strike verses no or weak fence power far from the ground stake. How many miles of wire from the ground? Every fence post is a ground steak. I understand your point but this seems like a risk/reward subject.@@StoneyRidgeFarmer

yep....called a drip loop...totally correct!

I've found that anything that moves like that doesn't last. if the solar panel gets damaged then the battery has enough charge to run this fence for probably a month, plenty of time to get a new solar panel up for charging. Wind systems are cool....but moving parts wear and break

She won't be in the videos moving forward my brother....more on this soon

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I know this this never ends

shew...when I had that cold a few weeks back, I had a reaction to some sort of medication....it was so itchy I had to let it go...but it grows so fast it will be back in a few weeks! Spring beard right! Wooooo!!

Tom has a dairy.....he doesn't move his cattle every 12 hours like I do. Putting a $2k scratching post in for the cows to pass by it every 90 days doesn't work for me. I've been to Tom's place.....we have something he doesn't have....TREES lol....there are 10k trees on the farm for scratching, but the cows still use the fence. Price one of those scratching posts.....unbelievably expensive!

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer lol true maybe a tree trunk and a few corse brushes from the shop would do 😂

yep....we all do things a little different that's for sure

send me some links buddy

Care to share how you do it?

I'm not cutting power from the fence charger to the fence...I'm cutting power from the battery to the fence charger

this container will breath my brother....but I get what you are saying totally...might need a little thermostat in there with a couple computer fans.....I'll keep an eye on it

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer sounds good

Go for it!

You must not know much about solar panels they are designed to handle hail. Now hail that is to large will damage it but that's going to damage everything anyway

We have a solar well, soar fence chargers and solar cameras all over the property and have yet to have an issue. I do have insurance to cover hail damage....and we do get hail sometimes, but if it's that bad there are much bigger fish to fry....buildings and cars getting damaged

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer most insurance doesn't cover panels you have to call your insurance and have them covered separately in most cases.

yeppers....mentioned I'll have to move it ....but I think that's when my audio messed up

shew....no telling how long...I put a link down there for ya....check it out for some research

Thanks Josh

I'll keep an eye on it...it's not Styrofoam it's very dense foam so I think it will be just fine

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Hi Josh, Hope there will be NO problems with the set-up.

barbed wire is great.....woven wire is better....it's just that simple. How many infections, cuts, hardware disease and other disparities have been created by barbed wire my brother. I'm not arguing that barbed wire will suffice.....but we chose to not use t-posts and barbed wire on our farm. It's about personal choices my friend...1 330 ft roll of wire is about $500. 5 or 7 strands of barbed wire with all the connectors is probably 30cent cheaper per foot. We chose net wire for the farm....neither would be wrong though ...would you agree?

You move your cattle every day?

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I know some people who just run three wires of hot fence. I guess it depends on one's budget. I've never experienced any deep cuts from barbed wire on my cattle. Then again , no fence will stop a 1,000 - 2500 lb bovine of its needs are not met. I've heard of bulls plowing through all types of fence to get to a cow in heat. It also depends on breed of cattle. Some breeds are more aggressive than others. Good luck with your hotwire. The only downfall to hot wire is grounding out or a down electric grid or bad battery. Like any fence, they all require maintenance. I'm regularly removing large trees off my fence and having to splice and retitening it.

Most farmers put a strand of barbed wire at the top of the woven wire to keep cattle from rubbing it .

I'll keep an eye on it, but I don't think so

box, remote, padlock, hasp, wire, grommets, connectors, crimps....keep on naming stuff lol....kinda hard to get away from the global economy my brother....

I used "beard be gone" spray lol....na...had that nasty cold and decided to shave it as it was getting on my nerves, couldn't sip a bowl of soup

I use both grounding rods and fence, the fence will likely be in moist ground somewhere 😊🤠

lightning strike risk

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Thanks. I'd be interested in any info on that. We've used the fence for years. It seems like if the strike was enough to electrify the whole fence then the ground rod would get it too. It'd be nice to see if there's any data on it. I've driven many ground rods for grounding panels, but have managed to avoid it for electric fences.

we have about 10,000 of them.....trees my brother lol....however in this high traffic shaded area they just rub....no matter if we had a $2k cow scratching post or not, they'd still rub. Cows tear stuff up lol....man...look at the prices of those cattle scratchers! Insanely expensive

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Remember Happy Cows make tasty Cows!🤣

I think it's actually called a "bull nose" insulator ....I couldn't remember while filming but looked it up later

yep...they're on the solar panel my friend...that battery is 4 times what the charger needs...so it's gonna be plenty good...I overbuilt the system

Could you write that in english?

time will tell....I'd imagine it won't self heat when it's hot outside, only when it's cold

Bam!!! That's the word I couldn't think of!!