One thing I started doing with the braid on the reel is I slip a little piece of heat shrink tubing on the tail end of the braid and go over it with a little torch or heat gun. Stops it from fraying at the end
I can't afford to even cry once. My off brand stuff is still holding up year 4. I sit like a 7 year old looking in Macy's window at christmas wishing for that expensive trainset. Someday my geared reel will come
@@roscorude I hear you there. It's definitely better to start grazing the right way with whatever you have and what you can afford. Then move up the ladder diligently
I know about using what you have. When I started many years ago, I wrapped my polywire up on a 5 gallon bucket. It worked, but it was slow and sometimes in the dark with my coon light on, I would have a wreck unwinding the wire!!!
The Master of Masters Greg Judy and his wife, great team work! Thank you for all the wisdom and great results! Greg your wife does great with her camera job and support assistance, thank you! I watched lots of you in other's videos, am happy you opened a video channel, as soon as I heard Justin Rhodes announcing it, I came, subscribed to watch them all before I even watch one video lol. I already watched 2, so thank you!!! Long live to the Judy's!!! May Jah bless you!!!
Greg, this is my first year moving livestock with temporary fencing. I picked up 4 taragate reels from Timeless Fence from your recommendation. Thanks for your help, it means a lot for a newbie like me
I'm looking at your broken spool and think you could 'fix' it by using a paper plate and epoxy. Us the plate as a mold, then mix your epoxy, spread it over the plate and reel, then when dry, sand until smooth. You can reinforce the seal between the 'new' part and the old by using super glue and baking soda mixed and applied. I'm thinking that may well work.
Thanks for the video. You do a great job explaining everything like usual. I bought some power flex poly braid and that stuff is awesome but I bought the reel from them though. You want to take your time unwinding and winding up your polybraid because it will make a mess. I had one of my kids help me and not paying attention and it look like a birds nest on the side of the reel.
The geared reels are awesome 👍 I love em!! A plastic garden hose reel does a fine job on polywire. They are super cheap at garage sales and they hold way more wire
Thank you! We’ve been having a terrible time and I gave up and they have the whole field now. My first mistake was letting my 5 & 7 yo wind the wire onto the new reel....
The closest I will ever get to filling a reel is filling the bobbin on my sewing machine. You are so right about the mess you can create. I have one bobbin that I messed up so badly I never got it properly filled. Its just not worth the time to get the tangled mess off. Is that stinking thinking? Now for the next installment. Grampy drove the wagon full of kids to the train station and they walked along the tracks to the red school house. It wasn't a long walk but they had to cross the railroad bridge and mum was afraid so she would get down on her hands and knees and crawl across it, ending up a lot dirtier than her first grade teacher liked. She felt that the teacher held it again her as the woman hit her with a ruler across her hands every day. Some how that ruler got tossed into the river on the last day of school that year by someone who shall remain nameless. As a side note I attended the same school for four years I used to have nightmares about crossing ihe bridge. The school still had a well for the water supply and two outhouses out back. To be excused you had to put your hand up with one or two fingers displayed so the teacher would have an idea how long you would be out there 😊.as Mum would say enough of that. Have a great day ! I still have lots of mum stories if you are still interested!😘💞🖖🖖🖖🖖👍👍👍👍🛤️🚂🏤
ok, where do I send my reels to get reels rewind by you???? except to not over winding the reel I have made most of your mistakes but now I know what to do and most of all what not to do!!! thanks again
Love these videos you should get sponsored by some companies I wonder when people order stuff they like Greg Judy sent me so they know you da send folks their way
And like the label says 13:26 - six stainless conductors and 3 tinned copper conductors. Nine total--mixed metal because the copper is a far better conductor, but also very expensive to use. It doesn't have "9 steel wires".
It’s amazingly that for a minimal manufacturers input they just need to increase the reel diameter by 1”. I have been using the doublhook 2” wider version sold by power flex fencing. Like it so far ( been using for a year). Regardless of my 2 cents, thanks Greg
Hey I'm buying fence supplies and the only reel available locally is a Speedrite. Also got my first 10,000' of HT wire today, 170k rather than 180k, because I didn't want the 215k and those were my two options. Back to the reels, the Speedrite looks just like a Taragate (and is made in NZ), but it's not a Taragate. You said everyone else's brake sucks, so I'll hold out for a Taragate (pay shipping). But if anyone is using a Speedrite with great success (on an ATV with no brake issues) I'd be glad to know it and might get the locally available one.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher They look like standard wire spools. You can probably pick a few up at a place that sells wire/cable by the foot. The crucial detail is what the hub diameter. By that, I mean the hole in the center.
Pasture management systems makes a braid just like that powerflex that’s just as good or better and it’s available but for 3 times the cost. I don’t care to pay more if it’s actually better just per say the O’Brien fence post but that’s not the case with the braided fence.
Does the temporary fence have to make a complete circle to be effective ? Meaning both ends going to hot. Or can a single strand ran to a insulated post be dead ended and still be active.
I may have missed it but do you use a metal fence post driver or something else to drive the timeless fence post. The old fiberglass post I use to use would splinter off if they weren’t hit square. I really enjoy your videos.
My guess is you sell a fair amount of Timeless Fence products with your recommendations. You should ask them for an affiliate link, so you an get a little kick back for your efforts. Thanks for sharing your experience! Us newbies need the advice.
Greg how do you keep the reel from free spinning when you need to stop and hook it on something? The bearings are so good and free the spin and I get lots of back lash and haven’t found a good way to stop it any suggestion would be appreciated thanks
In this video Greg goes over his energizer recommendations. Make sure to read the comments on that video (Stafix = Speedrite) ruclips.net/video/iOFroOnXTUY/видео.html
Greg I’m wanting to build a 3D fence for my orchard. I’ve seen some people using poly rope in the back and ribbon in the front. Would It be better just to run rope all the way around it in the front and back? What would you recommend? I’ll be using a 3 strand in the back and 2 strand in the front. Thanks!
If I'm connecting to high tensile wire and using step in post do I go from hot to hot which completes the circuit or non conductive plastic on one end and Tara reel to hot.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher FYI, no clue why I'm getting this message when I click on the "Check out our September 0th and 10th..." button I get "Unauthorized. You may remove the customize_messenger_channel param to preview as frontend." That said, I can still get there through the pulldown menu at the top so there might be an issue with the button
Is the figure 8 knot like a baler knot? Grab both ends together, make a loop and feed both ends through the loop and pull tight. 6 seconds and will not pull loose.
Timeless Fence does also carry Terabraid which as far as I can tell is exactly the same as the Powerflex braid and you can buy pre loaded Teragate reels with their braid on it and it's actually cheaper than buying the reel and braid separately. Go figure
Yes i saw those options when I was first looking these things up. Haven't bought any yet, no animals-still working on my acreage. BUT if they're full to the top with wire, I'd pull off the amount needed to slightly below the rim, just as Greg shows in the video. I've been fooling with fishing reels long enough to know that one--and know it well. Nine conductors with some copper in there--that's the same too if I recall correctly.
We use slip knots to join up to 4 reels together for long cattle moves, works great. Just untie the slip knots when your done. Always leave your empty geared reel where it ran out, on the ground, opposite from the cattle traffic. This way it is right where you need it when you wind up the numerous reels after your done.
Thanks for the great advice! Can you tell me which size 1.25,1.75,2.25 post you use? Also wondering how you drive these. I'm down in Springfield and know it's hard to get a steel post in the ground. Are these rigid enough to use a driver on?
If we have a new farm that is mostly broomsedge, we will take soil samples to see where we are at. It does no good to put down fertilizer if your ph is extremely low. Get your ph fixed first, that may take care of it. Phosphorus may be needed to completely eliminate broomsedge.
One thing I started doing with the braid on the reel is I slip a little piece of heat shrink tubing on the tail end of the braid and go over it with a little torch or heat gun. Stops it from fraying at the end
Great video, would love to see a video showing where you plug the charger in, how it's connected to the fence and how you ground it.
Greg's recommendation for gear have been so helpful to me. I've literally just purchased what ever Greg uses. It's so nice to buy once and cry once.
I can't afford to even cry once.
My off brand stuff is still holding up year 4.
I sit like a 7 year old looking in Macy's window at christmas wishing for that expensive trainset.
Someday my geared reel will come
@@roscorude I hear you there. It's definitely better to start grazing the right way with whatever you have and what you can afford. Then move up the ladder diligently
@@roscorude kencove sells a decent economy geared reel for like half the price. Not quite the quality but pretty damn good for the money.
Yea they should pay him for his advertisement
I know about using what you have. When I started many years ago, I wrapped my polywire up on a 5 gallon bucket. It worked, but it was slow and sometimes in the dark with my coon light on, I would have a wreck unwinding the wire!!!
Tools can make or break the job!
Have a good day🌷🌷🌷
You got that right!
Your channel is a beautiful mix of practical how-to and amazement of creation!
She is a damn good guide for his tutorial
Tools of the trade, gotta have the right tools to be efficient.
Great details , Greg. I will rewatch this several times.
Jan did a great job shooting this video!!!
The Master of Masters Greg Judy and his wife, great team work! Thank you for all the wisdom and great results! Greg your wife does great with her camera job and support assistance, thank you! I watched lots of you in other's videos, am happy you opened a video channel, as soon as I heard Justin Rhodes announcing it, I came, subscribed to watch them all before I even watch one video lol. I already watched 2, so thank you!!! Long live to the Judy's!!! May Jah bless you!!!
Greg, this is my first year moving livestock with temporary fencing. I picked up 4 taragate reels from Timeless Fence from your recommendation. Thanks for your help, it means a lot for a newbie like me
That is awesome!
Hey Greg, you should do a video on how you keep track of the calves parents and what a good family tree chart looks like. Thanks for the great videos!
Noted!
I'm looking at your broken spool and think you could 'fix' it by using a paper plate and epoxy. Us the plate as a mold, then mix your epoxy, spread it over the plate and reel, then when dry, sand until smooth. You can reinforce the seal between the 'new' part and the old by using super glue and baking soda mixed and applied. I'm thinking that may well work.
Thanks for the video. You do a great job explaining everything like usual. I bought some power flex poly braid and that stuff is awesome but I bought the reel from them though. You want to take your time unwinding and winding up your polybraid because it will make a mess. I had one of my kids help me and not paying attention and it look like a birds nest on the side of the reel.
The geared reels are awesome 👍 I love em!! A plastic garden hose reel does a fine job on polywire. They are super cheap at garage sales and they hold way more wire
"we can send people to the moon..." Hahahaha. Nice one Greg
Thank you! We’ve been having a terrible time and I gave up and they have the whole field now. My first mistake was letting my 5 & 7 yo wind the wire onto the new reel....
The closest I will ever get to filling a reel is filling the bobbin on my sewing machine. You are so right about the mess you can create. I have one bobbin that I messed up so badly I never got it properly filled. Its just not worth the time to get the tangled mess off. Is that stinking thinking? Now for the next installment. Grampy drove the wagon full of kids to the train station and they walked along the tracks to the red school house. It wasn't a long walk but they had to cross the railroad bridge and mum was afraid so she would get down on her hands and knees and crawl across it, ending up a lot dirtier than her first grade teacher liked. She felt that the teacher held it again her as the woman hit her with a ruler across her hands every day. Some how that ruler got tossed into the river on the last day of school that year by someone who shall remain nameless. As a side note I attended the same school for four years I used to have nightmares about crossing ihe bridge. The school still had a well for the water supply and two outhouses out back. To be excused you had to put your hand up with one or two fingers displayed so the teacher would have an idea how long you would be out there 😊.as Mum would say enough of that. Have a great day ! I still have lots of mum stories if you are still interested!😘💞🖖🖖🖖🖖👍👍👍👍🛤️🚂🏤
Linda, love your mum stories, keep them coming!
The good old days
Very informative.
ok, where do I send my reels to get reels rewind by you???? except to not over winding the reel I have made most of your mistakes but now I know what to do and most of all what not to do!!! thanks again
Thank you so much Greg!
Thank you!
Love these videos you should get sponsored by some companies I wonder when people order stuff they like Greg Judy sent me so they know you da send folks their way
And like the label says 13:26 - six stainless conductors and 3 tinned copper conductors. Nine total--mixed metal because the copper is a far better conductor, but also very expensive to use. It doesn't have "9 steel wires".
Great video. I learned a lot. Ty vm.
Thank you ! 👑👑
It’s amazingly that for a minimal manufacturers input they just need to increase the reel diameter by 1”. I have been using the doublhook 2” wider version sold by power flex fencing. Like it so far ( been using for a year). Regardless of my 2 cents, thanks Greg
I need a tee shirt with a cartoon picture of you saying "DON'T DO THAT!" 😅
Hey I'm buying fence supplies and the only reel available locally is a Speedrite. Also got my first 10,000' of HT wire today, 170k rather than 180k, because I didn't want the 215k and those were my two options. Back to the reels, the Speedrite looks just like a Taragate (and is made in NZ), but it's not a Taragate. You said everyone else's brake sucks, so I'll hold out for a Taragate (pay shipping). But if anyone is using a Speedrite with great success (on an ATV with no brake issues) I'd be glad to know it and might get the locally available one.
I have Gallagher 6 stainless steel 3copper strands.
Do you have a video showing the moving/takedown of a 3 strand rotational pinwheel design with a centralized water area?
Any specific knot to attach the poly braid to the reel when adding a new stand?
I prefer the Powerflex over the terabraid
No cameras on the pastures today. I bet you the aminals are all just laying about shooting the breeze.
Plus sized models must have a day off too. 😆😆
Those reels look like standard wire reels. They can certainly be sourced if they can be replaced without damaging the reeling mechanism.
Yeah, there has to be a way.
Let me know when you find them.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher They look like standard wire spools. You can probably pick a few up at a place that sells wire/cable by the foot. The crucial detail is what the hub diameter. By that, I mean the hole in the center.
Pasture management systems makes a braid just like that powerflex that’s just as good or better and it’s available but for 3 times the cost. I don’t care to pay more if it’s actually better just per say the O’Brien fence post but that’s not the case with the braided fence.
Does the temporary fence have to make a complete circle to be effective ? Meaning both ends going to hot. Or can a single strand ran to a insulated post be dead ended and still be active.
How many strands does the best poly braid have?
I may have missed it but do you use a metal fence post driver or something else to drive the timeless fence post. The old fiberglass post I use to use would splinter off if they weren’t hit square. I really enjoy your videos.
Yes we use a metal steel post driver to drive the Timeless posts, works great.
I couldn’t find that t post on their website
Bought 3 rolls and 1 reel
Need to come check out a grazing diary in swmo 700 cows all grass
Greg, are there no reels that have a traveling guide like those on baitcaster fishing reels? Thanks
Not any that I know of
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thanks. Seems like it might be useful (or maybe not? idk), maybe somebody will make one.
My guess is you sell a fair amount of Timeless Fence products with your recommendations. You should ask them for an affiliate link, so you an get a little kick back for your efforts.
Thanks for sharing your experience! Us newbies need the advice.
Timeless Fenceposts are the best post made. It's easy to promote what works best and is proven to last.
a good opportunity for someone in manufacturing to improve on the reel, maybe they can make the spool out of metal instead of plastic
An aluminum spool reel would be awesome, it would last forever.
Greg how do you keep the reel from free spinning when you need to stop and hook it on something? The bearings are so good and free the spin and I get lots of back lash and haven’t found a good way to stop it any suggestion would be appreciated thanks
What energizer down you use? Also can you put the info you use in the comments so we can search for it?
I'd like to know the same thing!
In this video Greg goes over his energizer recommendations. Make sure to read the comments on that video (Stafix = Speedrite) ruclips.net/video/iOFroOnXTUY/видео.html
How do you put a new spool on that reel?
Greg I’m wanting to build a 3D fence for my orchard. I’ve seen some people using poly rope in the back and ribbon in the front. Would It be better just to run rope all the way around it in the front and back? What would you recommend? I’ll be using a 3 strand in the back and 2 strand in the front. Thanks!
If I'm connecting to high tensile wire and using step in post do I go from hot to hot which completes the circuit or non conductive plastic on one end and Tara reel to hot.
Greg, just went to your website and I don't see where to sign up for the September class
It's on our website: greenpasturesfarm.net. Just put it up there.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher FYI, no clue why I'm getting this message when I click on the "Check out our September 0th and 10th..." button I get "Unauthorized. You may remove the customize_messenger_channel param to preview as frontend." That said, I can still get there through the pulldown menu at the top so there might be an issue with the button
Greg,
What are other brands that might work if I can’t get taragate in my country?
Strainrite make a very similar reel to Taragate. Gallagher geared reels are the best i've used, not cheap but very good.
Mr. Judy can you join polybraid lines with a knot, if so what is the best way to join two lines together?
We use a figure 8 knot to join them, works great.
Is the figure 8 knot like a baler knot? Grab both ends together, make a loop and feed both ends through the loop and pull tight. 6 seconds and will not pull loose.
What kind of charger do you use with it?
SPEEDRITE and Cyclops chargers are our favorites
Any links to where you get the stuff from?
HeyGreg, do you use a lot of anti-mating aprons?
I just got my first lease. It’s only for five years but it’s a start. Would it be a mistake to make the perimeter fence from poly braid?
Poly braid is not a perimeter fence, Hitensile wire is
Timeless Fence does also carry Terabraid which as far as I can tell is exactly the same as the Powerflex braid and you can buy pre loaded Teragate reels with their braid on it and it's actually cheaper than buying the reel and braid separately. Go figure
Yes i saw those options when I was first looking these things up. Haven't bought any yet, no animals-still working on my acreage. BUT if they're full to the top with wire, I'd pull off the amount needed to slightly below the rim, just as Greg shows in the video. I've been fooling with fishing reels long enough to know that one--and know it well. Nine conductors with some copper in there--that's the same too if I recall correctly.
What is your longest stretch you run the poly raid? Do you ever go more than 1300 feet and need another reel? How do you hook that up?
We use slip knots to join up to 4 reels together for long cattle moves, works great. Just untie the slip knots when your done. Always leave your empty geared reel where it ran out, on the ground, opposite from the cattle traffic. This way it is right where you need it when you wind up the numerous reels after your done.
Thanks for the great advice! Can you tell me which size 1.25,1.75,2.25 post you use? Also wondering how you drive these. I'm down in Springfield and know it's hard to get a steel post in the ground. Are these rigid enough to use a driver on?
The 1.75” is a very durable post. Timeless Fence I believe sells a rock bit for installing posts into very rocky soil.
Thanks Greg
WHy is poly braid better than old metal wire?
If we have a new farm that is mostly broomsedge, we will take soil samples to see where we are at. It does no good to put down fertilizer if your ph is extremely low. Get your ph fixed first, that may take care of it. Phosphorus may be needed to completely eliminate broomsedge.
We have poly braid that we use every day that bus 15 years old. The old twisted poly wire lasted about 2 years.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher I believe he's talking about soild wire
What fencing do you use for permanent fencing on the perimeter? I hope you will be able to answer, I realize this video was posted awhile ago.
Hi-tensile 5 wire electric fence is our perimeter fence.
Why are those posts superior to the metel "t" posts?
T metal posts are potential ground rods. These posts are non conductive, no worry of shorting your fence out.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher thank you
Braided poly wire, Bovine dental floss !...
Have you ever used the mixed metal terabraid? And how does it compare to the powerflex?
It is good quality stuff too. I really can’t tell much of a difference from it and my PowerFlex
@@treybrake7516 so you use both also I'm wondering what fence charger he uses. An how many runs of wire
Them Darn Latches 😡
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