Daniel, you have a “drive to work” that many people do not have today. You probably don’t have much available time away from your state job but you appear to make the best of it. And your willingness to show how a job can be accomplished as a one man project requires a lot of thought on your part. And you spend much time editing your project videos. Your instructions make the task less complicated and are helpful to your followers. Thank you for sharing your family and work activities out on “the place”....we look forward to each and every blog.
I am a grandmother of five and I watch your channel all the time. I am raising two of them and you know I don’t have much of a life. I love ❤️ watching your channel! Yes I did see the dirt on your face .Funny!!!!
So many kids these days don't have a responsible Dad to show them how to do these things. Your videos are so valuable to show kids you can do just about anything if you will be patient and learn and have a good resource to turn to. That resource is you. :^) Thanks for sharing.
Well the good news is I got my fence up using your guidance. The bad news is I'm five digits in debt after I had to buy a tractor to tie the come-along cable to.
I watch plenty of how to early in the morning, just to see if their is a trick I don't know. This is one of the better overall videos I have seen in a while.
You are so very fortunate to have had a professional fence builder dad to learn from. 99.999 percent of people have not had that opportunity. He also obviously taught you the value of hard work. Great looking fence so far!
My twin sister and I just bought our property and we're going to use mesh fencing for our horses and this has been THE most helpful fencing video I've come across! Thank you!!
Best video I've found and I've looked! You showed how to wrap the end while keeping it tight. Newbies don't know these things and I helped to see it done.. Thank you
Great video...just put in about 200 feet of wire. So, glad I saw how you put the wire between two board. I used 2x4x4 and bolted them together. saved us so much time. we were able to pull 100 ft. at once. it was nice and tight and straight. Thank you for the video.
Built my first pasture with woven wire in 2015. It has since: gotten loose from the end posts, been pulled out and loosened by the sheep so they can jump it, had trees fall on it and snap the wire, and so much snow fall the sheep could walk out of the pasture with a bunny hop. My 2020 fence is going to be ROCK SOLID. Especially with your advice and tips. You'd be surprised how common sense your little demonstration was NOT. You didn't use a single nail(I was told to use u-nails when I built mine before). I'm very excited to begin the last phase of my new fence. Thank you so much for posting this and giving us layman a hand out here.
I like your way of putting up fence. The way we do it takes forever. My husband one of those people that everything has to be perfect. He gets mad at me if the wire on the fence does not line up perfectly straight with the T post. I tell him I don't care, the neighbors don't care and the cows certainly don"t care. He said I care. It's funny now but not when I am putting up fence. LOL
Excellent video to show us how to stretch woven wire fence. Plus your instruction on installing t post clips is so easy. For a novice, looking at those clips is pretty confusing.
Thanks for this buddy, just simplified my day tomorrow (even though it’s just me), because today I did it all wrong and I want to go back and do it right now that I know better. Thanks again!
I know its been a minute since posting this video, but thank you for the clear and informative instruction on how to tackle this solo. I'm starting my goat fence this week (likely alone) and this video has been the best one I've found with some great techniques to "keep it simple stupid." Keep up the good work brother.
Awesome! I made my own version of the boards, and used a ratchet strap wound through the brush guard on my truck to tighten some new fencing for our rams winter pasture and it worked beautifully. Now I can finish their fencing nice and tight and get the ewes new winter paddock in place before the snow comes in a fraction of the time. Thanks
Great job, Daniel. That clamp is the only way to stretch wire. We had one on our farm down in South Georgia that was bought somewhere, that was much thicker and rounded on the edges. That was over 60 years ago. Awesome video. 👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️
Daniel, you make that look soooooo easy! like you said it's a much better process if ya have extra hands, and the right tools which you seem to have covered pretty well ! your animals will love their new grazing area! Thanks for sharing life on Arms Family Homestead over your RUclips channel.
I installed a welded wire fence, and a friend asked me why the t-post weren't vertical. I went and got a level to prove they were plumb, and then explained that fence posts should always be plumb, and the fence should follow the lay of the land, hence the post and the wire not being at the same angle. Great trick with that set of clamp boards!
Great minds think alike. I always stretched my wire sandwich between two boards like you did. You learned very well from your dad how to build a fence.
Thanks dude! Just landed a 3000ft fencing job using no-climb fencing which a bit different than build then my normal cedar requests but this helped me visualize some key steps
Super informative video Daniel, thanks! I'm getting ready to replace about a 100ft of woven wire myself and your instructions wrt stretching the fence will make it that much easier, thanks again!
You're really an inspiration, Sir, having so much patience and effort in doing your planned task. And, your Dad really taught you well! I hope Weston and Houston will earn those traits as they grow up. Anyways, i'm guessing you're getting ready to care for bisons as well?! Or maybe those big cows so there'll be enough meat to last for months. The kids are growing fast and of course their body requires more food as they mature. Thanks again for sharing this. I surely learned things about keeping fences sturdy, though i have no need for that. It's just nice learning something new from a professional like you. Until then, Sir. More power to you!!
Fantastic! Being in the middle of building a goat shelter & larger fenced in area for the goats to run around, this is a great help! I’m hoping this works as well as you say because my goats have horns 🥴
At around 6:00, I'm curious why you wouldn't have the board clamp attached to the fence closer to the end that you're tying off? Seems like that would make it easier to avoid any slack.
Love your fence but I do have a suggested tip that was taught to me by my Father many years ago You have your nice tidy stock netting on probably not a cheap item to purchase and you have your barb at the top put a barb stand on the bottom this will insure sheep and goats manly won't push under netting at the bottom as they will try to do . The netting wire is also up out of the grass and will last way longer free from rusting up. Cheers from New Zealand.
Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing. Especially how the t post strap works and up close where we can see. I was actually looking for something else and found your video. I definitely needed that info. Now, to find how to use a staple gun on how to staple wire fence to wood.
Yeppers let me repeat myself from the last video (barbed wire). This is going to help fix a previously paid for bad job. Stupid simple....live and learn. Thanks!
I made one of those stretchers 50 years ago but I used two 2x4's instead. After stretching a section I cut off the wire but left enough extruding that I could tie in the wire for the next stretch without having to unclamp the board.
If you do exactly what you did, but stretch from 3 or 4 feet past where your last pole is, it is even easier...…..just cut one wire at a time and transfer the tension to the pole.
I was going to ask why such a large distance between the stretcher and the corner post, but going past and doing one wire at a time is a great idea! Thank you for suggesting that.
I use a single wire fence stretcher to tighten individual strands. When you wrap one horizontal wire around the pole, attach the stretcher to the wire end, then attach the stretcher to that same horizontal on the other side of the pole. When you tighten the stretcher, the horizontal strand above or below the tightened wire also gets tight. Wrap that one around itself. Repeat the procedure until you run out of strands to tighten.
Tell you what sir! I just happened to come into one of your videos over the paint mitt. But I love your drive the be self sufficient in more ways then I'll seen in a long time. Great job. Howdy from Texas, El Paso. Keep up the great work!!
Looks like you are doing good. The puller you used is the same kind we used 40 years ago except we had 2x4's instead of 1x4. That was for FDOT when I worked there. The bad thing was we used the same puller when stretching 3 strands of barbed wire at once too, in non traffic areas, which can be quite tricky (and prickly). Great job Daniel. Stay Safe. Later Okie
Thanks for the idea of using tractor forks to unroll the wire. Years ago I scored a fence stretcher at an auction for $5. After hooking onto the wooven wire I hook the stretcher on the winch cable of my UTV and slowly snug-it up. Works perfect every time.
We use a board on one side and a cut down piece of old stop sign post on the other. Metal clamps tight into board and is stronger. Those stupid things at TSC are over $50. Free is so much better!
I don't have a come along or tractor or any good tools so I stretch my wire with hammers and then nail it or clip it while holding tension. Never gets the fence as tight as I'd like but like you said Daniel it gets the job done. Oh and its very hard to do by yourself the way I do it. I'm lucky to have enough family that will help out if I ask. My brothers have come alongs tho so maybe Ill just borrow theirs next time. 😉
Question, why not grab the wire further back to put tension on it with the come along? Seems like it would be easier to make sure there would be less chance of slack
I have a quick question. What happens when you tighten the fence, put in the clips and get the fence secured to the t-post and release the tightener, the fence comes somewhat loose? I'm having that problem at the moment putting in horse fencing. Thanks!
It can also help to have a strand of plain wire at the top bottom and middle this support the fence from animals that lean on it goats and some breeds of sheep mainly border lei tears are inclined to jump or push under fences but if your animals are really bad the a hot wire even if only temporary will encourage respect
Daniel, you have a “drive to work” that many people do not have today. You probably don’t have much available time away from your state job but you appear to make the best of it. And your willingness to show how a job can be accomplished as a one man project requires a lot of thought on your part. And you spend much time editing your project videos. Your instructions make the task less complicated and are helpful to your followers. Thank you for sharing your family and work activities out on “the place”....we look forward to each and every blog.
Thank you! I really do appreciate the kind words. I love working outside and it is a huge stress reliever for me.
I don't know what you're on about, lots of people have a drive to work that they do every day, followed by a drive back home.
J Odden why do you have to be so negative? Have you ever expressed a compliment?
do not have a tractor!
@@ArmsFamilyHomestead Daniel the background music sounds like something from a hank jr. Album.
I am a grandmother of five and I watch your channel all the time. I am raising two of them and you know I don’t have much of a life. I love ❤️ watching your channel! Yes I did see the dirt on your face .Funny!!!!
2 years later, super helpful, no special tools, doing it solo. Couldn't ask for more! Thank you for putting this out there!
So many kids these days don't have a responsible Dad to show them how to do these things. Your videos are so valuable to show kids you can do just about anything if you will be patient and learn and have a good resource to turn to. That resource is you. :^) Thanks for sharing.
Well the good news is I got my fence up using your guidance. The bad news is I'm five digits in debt after I had to buy a tractor to tie the come-along cable to.
Got exactly the same problem, no way I can use a tractor or 4 wheeler to use as anchor for the come along :(
@@emiliemaltais1309 a deep set post is good enough for tension we never used a tractor as an anchor for a come along
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City kids
@@tobakus2679 I know plenty country folk who can’t afford a tractor either.
I watch plenty of how to early in the morning, just to see if their is a trick I don't know. This is one of the better overall videos I have seen in a while.
You are so very fortunate to have had a professional fence builder dad to learn from.
99.999 percent of people have not had that opportunity.
He also obviously taught you the value of hard work.
Great looking fence so far!
Best tutorial I’ve found for putting up a woven wire fence. Thank you Daniel.
My twin sister and I just bought our property and we're going to use mesh fencing for our horses and this has been THE most helpful fencing video I've come across! Thank you!!
Best video I've found and I've looked! You showed how to wrap the end while keeping it tight. Newbies don't know these things and I helped to see it done.. Thank you
Great video...just put in about 200 feet of wire. So, glad I saw how you put the wire between two board. I used 2x4x4 and bolted them together. saved us so much time. we were able to pull 100 ft. at once. it was nice and tight and straight. Thank you for the video.
Built my first pasture with woven wire in 2015. It has since: gotten loose from the end posts, been pulled out and loosened by the sheep so they can jump it, had trees fall on it and snap the wire, and so much snow fall the sheep could walk out of the pasture with a bunny hop.
My 2020 fence is going to be ROCK SOLID. Especially with your advice and tips. You'd be surprised how common sense your little demonstration was NOT. You didn't use a single nail(I was told to use u-nails when I built mine before). I'm very excited to begin the last phase of my new fence. Thank you so much for posting this and giving us layman a hand out here.
I like your way of putting up fence. The way we do it takes forever. My husband one of those people that everything has to be perfect. He gets mad at me if the wire on the fence does not line up perfectly straight with the T post. I tell him I don't care, the neighbors don't care and the cows certainly don"t care. He said I care. It's funny now but not when I am putting up fence. LOL
Excellent video to show us how to stretch woven wire fence. Plus your instruction on installing t post clips is so easy. For a novice, looking at those clips is pretty confusing.
Thanks for this buddy, just simplified my day tomorrow (even though it’s just me), because today I did it all wrong and I want to go back and do it right now that I know better. Thanks again!
I know its been a minute since posting this video, but thank you for the clear and informative instruction on how to tackle this solo. I'm starting my goat fence this week (likely alone) and this video has been the best one I've found with some great techniques to "keep it simple stupid." Keep up the good work brother.
Have a nice day Arms family 😀😃😆😁💕. Your dad a Genius.
man, you just saved me a ton of time as a new property owner.
Awesome! I made my own version of the boards, and used a ratchet strap wound through the brush guard on my truck to tighten some new fencing for our rams winter pasture and it worked beautifully. Now I can finish their fencing nice and tight and get the ewes new winter paddock in place before the snow comes in a fraction of the time. Thanks
Great job, Daniel. That clamp is the only way to stretch wire. We had one on our farm down in South Georgia that was bought somewhere, that was much thicker and rounded on the edges. That was over 60 years ago. Awesome video. 👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️
Same with us,my dad who is 93,used that method
Im in the process of building a fence around .5 acre. Absorbing so many great ideas and tips by you and many other youtubers!
I appreciate you showing this, with the near future my wife and I will be purchasing some land, videos are amazing for little fella like myself.
It's amazing you were able to all that by yourself, good job buddy.
Very interesting and informative. It was especially nice that you shared your Father's method on the woven wire.
Daniel, you make that look soooooo easy! like you said it's a much better process if ya have extra hands, and the right tools which you seem to have covered pretty well ! your animals will love their new grazing area! Thanks for sharing life on Arms Family Homestead over your RUclips channel.
I installed a welded wire fence, and a friend asked me why the t-post weren't vertical. I went and got a level to prove they were plumb, and then explained that fence posts should always be plumb, and the fence should follow the lay of the land, hence the post and the wire not being at the same angle.
Great trick with that set of clamp boards!
Great minds think alike. I always stretched my wire sandwich between two boards like you did. You learned very well from your dad how to build a fence.
Thanks dude! Just landed a 3000ft fencing job using no-climb fencing which a bit different than build then my normal cedar requests but this helped me visualize some key steps
Most excellent tips that I WISH I would have known when I first put up our fence but I can most certainly do it this time. Thanks so much!
Glad I watched your video. I'm about ready to install my horse fence and learned the proper way to stretch it from your video. Thanks
The fence is coming along, looking good!
Thanks for sharing your wonderful information. I don’t have a tractor, but I will try to pull it with my pick up truck. Thanks again.
Super informative video Daniel, thanks! I'm getting ready to replace about a 100ft of woven wire myself and your instructions wrt stretching the fence will make it that much easier, thanks again!
I used this trick....AND IT WORKED AWESOME! thanks for the tip.
Great fence work. Your dad had a good student.
Nicely done - really appreciate you taking the time to help someone who needed to learn this.
Thank you for this! I don’t have a tractor so I’ll improvise. Looks economical. I think it will be a good mother & son job to do.
At ALL of my corners or bends, I always run my wire on the outside of my corner post then back to the inside. It gives you greater support.
Thanks again for another awesome video I really enjoyed it and as always I'm really looking forward to seeing the next video 😊
Great job!
Keeping It Dutch Is he getting sheep?
You're really an inspiration, Sir, having so much patience and effort in doing your planned task. And, your Dad really taught you well! I hope Weston and Houston will earn those traits as they grow up.
Anyways, i'm guessing you're getting ready to care for bisons as well?! Or maybe those big cows so there'll be enough meat to last for months. The kids are growing fast and of course their body requires more food as they mature.
Thanks again for sharing this. I surely learned things about keeping fences sturdy, though i have no need for that. It's just nice learning something new from a professional like you.
Until then, Sir. More power to you!!
Nice, you make things easy to understand. Our first fence is sagging pretty well so its the last one we will replace.
Ive been needing these fence videos. I'm going to start mine soon.
Fantastic! Being in the middle of building a goat shelter & larger fenced in area for the goats to run around, this is a great help! I’m hoping this works as well as you say because my goats have horns 🥴
This was AMAZING! Thank you my husband and I need to build a fence
At around 6:00, I'm curious why you wouldn't have the board clamp attached to the fence closer to the end that you're tying off? Seems like that would make it easier to avoid any slack.
Love your fence but I do have a suggested tip that was taught to me by my Father many years ago
You have your nice tidy stock netting on probably not a cheap item to purchase and you have your barb at the top put a barb stand on the bottom this will insure sheep and goats manly won't push under netting at the bottom as they will try to do .
The netting wire is also up out of the grass and will last way longer free from rusting up.
Cheers from New Zealand.
Great video! I am glad I found your channel. We are going to be starting our ranch this year for our channel.
Hi..... Thank you for sharing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🎥👍👍👍
Very professional and explained super easy. Thank you.
Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing. Especially how the t post strap works and up close where we can see. I was actually looking for something else and found your video. I definitely needed that info. Now, to find how to use a staple gun on how to staple wire fence to wood.
I use zip ties to hold fence to post, just too easy not to. Like your board pull design, great share
Yeppers let me repeat myself from the last video (barbed wire). This is going to help fix a previously paid for bad job. Stupid simple....live and learn. Thanks!
Thanks for the tip. I plan on getting this wire and a few T-posts to make some trellis’ for my Luffa and birdhouse gourds.
You made it look easy Daniel, great job!
Simple and to the point! Great vid!
We used the board like that to pull our fence tight as well, but we had six bolts going through it. Works pretty well for pulling hog wire
Cut a circle piece of plywood with a hole big enough to slip over your hayforks and you'll keep that roll from hanging up while your rolling it out.👍
I made one of those stretchers 50 years ago but I used two 2x4's instead. After stretching a section I cut off the wire but left enough extruding that I could tie in the wire for the next stretch without having to unclamp the board.
Thanks my friend a lot I’m doing it by myself too so it helped a lot. Thank you.
Hey Daniel thanks for showing how to build the fence. Oh by way. Ole Dutch wouldn't have used gloves. Lol
Amazing video! You did an amazing job at explaining this and I feel confident at installing my fence.
If you do exactly what you did, but stretch from 3 or 4 feet past where your last pole is, it is even easier...…..just cut one wire at a time and transfer the tension to the pole.
I was going to ask why such a large distance between the stretcher and the corner post, but going past and doing one wire at a time is a great idea! Thank you for suggesting that.
Exactly. Why bother stretching if you're just going to wrap a slack end around your brace post?
Great Job Daniel!. We use the same system streching chain link fencing.
I use a single wire fence stretcher to tighten individual strands. When you wrap one horizontal wire around the pole, attach the stretcher to the wire end, then attach the stretcher to that same horizontal on the other side of the pole. When you tighten the stretcher, the horizontal strand above or below the tightened wire also gets tight. Wrap that one around itself. Repeat the procedure until you run out of strands to tighten.
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Tell you what sir! I just happened to come into one of your videos over the paint mitt. But I love your drive the be self sufficient in more ways then I'll seen in a long time. Great job. Howdy from Texas, El Paso. Keep up the great work!!
Looks like you are doing good. The puller you used is the same kind we used 40 years ago except we had 2x4's instead of 1x4. That was for FDOT when I worked there. The bad thing was we used the same puller when stretching 3 strands of barbed wire at once too, in non traffic areas, which can be quite tricky (and prickly). Great job Daniel. Stay Safe. Later Okie
Thanks for the fence building lessons! I've learned a couple of valuable things :)
Thanks for the idea of using tractor forks to unroll the wire. Years ago I scored a fence stretcher at an auction for $5. After hooking onto the wooven wire I hook the stretcher on the winch cable of my UTV and slowly snug-it up. Works perfect every time.
Another great video! Thank you for breaking it down and your absolutely right it's not rocket science thank you
We use a board on one side and a cut down piece of old stop sign post on the other. Metal clamps tight into board and is stronger. Those stupid things at TSC are over $50. Free is so much better!
I don't have a come along or tractor or any good tools so I stretch my wire with hammers and then nail it or clip it while holding tension. Never gets the fence as tight as I'd like but like you said Daniel it gets the job done. Oh and its very hard to do by yourself the way I do it. I'm lucky to have enough family that will help out if I ask. My brothers have come alongs tho so maybe Ill just borrow theirs next time. 😉
Love your channel brother! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for this video! This is exactly what I needed to know and see.
Found you on google maps nice to see view of where your at gives more prospective to the videos
Thanks so much I learn a lot today with your video!!!
Boy you taught me a trick today thanks alot man 😮
Yea tks for remembering that we need to see up close too.
That's a great job you dun there on the fence 👍👍
I'd like to see what clips you used to attach the field fence to the horizontal round pipes at the corners
Got 620 feet to stretch tomorrow thank god for your video
I do my fence just like you do, but I pull mine tight with the tractor man it sure makes it easier
How do you install the other three clips going down the post😮😅
Amazing, and you did it by yourself ☺️
Great job. my goat barn fell in because of snow but the goats were in my horse barn
Knipex Mini Bolt Cutters. Best tool I have for woven fence. Cuts the top and bottom wire with one hand even. 100% worth the $40 they cost me.
Bear made the drying paint video worth the watching.
man I tried that today and it worked great and it is keeping my goats in now
Please show me how your barbed wire works with the sheep and goat fence.
Are metal t posts better than wood posts for goats ? How did this hold up 5 years later
Thanks man! Going fencen right now!
You stretch fence exactly like I do :) Good stuff!
Question, why not grab the wire further back to put tension on it with the come along? Seems like it would be easier to make sure there would be less chance of slack
Good Job, When building a fence I like to say. "It needs to be tight and it needs to be good. But we're not building pianos".
Still catching up ! I wish the older videos showed # of subscribers at the time it was posted, I think it was around 200k on this, now 454k !
I fenced my farm the same way except where possible I used my tractor to do the stretching.
I have a quick question. What happens when you tighten the fence, put in the clips and get the fence secured to the t-post and release the tightener, the fence comes somewhat loose? I'm having that problem at the moment putting in horse fencing. Thanks!
This was very informative. Thank you.
It can also help to have a strand of plain wire at the top bottom and middle this support the fence from animals that lean on it goats and some breeds of sheep mainly border lei tears are inclined to jump or push under fences but if your animals are really bad the a hot wire even if only temporary will encourage respect
Are the 4x4 squares good for horned goats or will they get their heads stuck