Nice to see someone else is using cedar posts still. I just (somewhat) recently discovered the cedar post as my farm has a lot of red cedar with some being very nice dense growth with low taper. I cut 6.5’ posts and cut a point on them. I got a big 6” bore post driver (like for TEE posts but bigger) that I use to direct drive the posts. 4-5” diameter posts for pull/corner/end structures, 2-3” for line posts. I build new fence for the cost of the wire only!
as a kid the neighbor had a wooden gap. Looked like a long section of slat fence, with 10 inch spacing. thing was the bottom was not fastened. When a big flood came the bottom would float up and be near horizontal. When water receded it dropped right back into place.
Like the 2 post theory but we use a top swinging gap with horizontal posts or cattle panels. If you place old tin on up water or stream side then the water gap floats up and back down with the creek rise and fall. Also no trash catches to tear gap out!
@@thechangechannel285 We build water gaps with a sold panel of some sort, that is split vertically...Kind of like a plastic hanging curtain in a warehouse that a forklift can drive through...with solid bracing on either side, and a sturdy cable to suspend the curtain from. My preference is conveyer belting, but barn metal will work. The reasoning behind this is, debris does not get hung in it, and destroy it every time it rains. The flip side is, I don't ever argue with the man doing the work. Just because I would do it differently, does not make Dr. Clower wrong, or me right. I have a fencing friend that puts a boat trailer winch on all of his gaps, so he can easily let them down/up for servicing. He likes to use cattle panel on his, which is great for his neck of the woods. Where I am from, when we get water, it comes with full grown oak trees, and that just wouldn't work. We are surrounded by coal, limestone, and gravel mining industry, so conveyor belting is easy to come by for us.
@@farmfencesolutionsllc oh for sure man fellow rancher in mt and trying to get out of the box ideas for fencing on a large ranch and every fence is absolute shit so im trying to learn new techniques
Well my dad taught me the opposite; he taught me to "tighten it till it strips - then back it off a quarter of a turn"... Opposite approach similar outcome 😊
Safety glasses are a must. They may look goofy but your life can change in an instant.Tree branch could poke your eye too. Great video. I'm looking for ideas so my cows won't get out.
Love the standing steaks in the back ground watching and listening. Good lookin cattle. Mm mm. Mesquite fire and baked potato with a salad and blue cheese dressing would top off a beautiful steak!
Please tell me what that black material is. I'm so desperately trying to find something that work. However my creek is probably 4 times that. Thanks in advance
