THIS is the kinda thing we need as the young people getting back to the land, one of two generations removed from farming/ ranching I've built some fence and learned a few lessons but it would have taken me a couple seasons just to learn what this videos got to offer in less than 20 minutes. Thanks as always. Great video.
Definitely I am looking to buy 20 - 4O acre homestead. I grew up on a modern conventional factory farm. Greg has shown me another way. And learning a lot of little things to make it even simpler with lower input costs. Timeless posts and those style tensioners are big time game changers !
Thanks for this one. I'm going to use timeless posts as it ends up being far cheaper once I figure in using fewer posts and the insulators cost (plus those things break frequently). I like the low maintenance and cheaper cost, but the icing on the cake is how much better those crisp white posts look 😍 We have everything from rabbits (in tractors) and chickens to cows and sheep that will be going in our pasture, so we are going a little overboard with using every hole on the post, but I know my animals will be safe. It'll also act as a physical barrier in addition to the psychological one with electric
Just looking at the pounder gives me ptsd. Great looking fence. I will definitely consider doing something like that in the back part of my property . I'll have to clear a trail but it looks a lot easier than barbed wire.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is one of the things that I "got" from the grazing class but seeing it now it makes a ton of sense! boom! Shazaam! Cow-abungah!
Those Timeless posts look great Greg, I'd love to be able to get them in Australia. I've tried fibre reinforced plastic posts available here, but they were too weak and brittle. I've been using some of your techniques on my property and have uploaded some videos of our cattle. Thanks for sharing your knowledge mate.
Don’t get a cheap spinning jenny. Learned the hard way. With the 5 wire high tensile fence, do you make one continuous wire around your whole section that you are building fence or do you start and stop at each corner? Thanks again for all your wonderful videos.
You stop at each corner and start with a new section of wire. If you try to tension the whole 4 corners with one pull and tensioner, you will have a very loose fence!!!!!
I've never had one break. If I did have one break, I get a free post to replace it. To get the wire back through the hole you would need to splice the wire. I would just wire it to the side like my video shows instead of cutting the wire.
Dear Greg, over the years I've grown up around dairy and horses. Very interested in a hand shake from ya one day, but also the knowledge your willing to teach. How does one go about the "internship" you keep referencing? I've grown up in Southern Mo, so know the seasons and land to an extent. But I would greatly appreciate your knowledge, eventually to be able show others. We run 5 strand, but also looking into your method of utilizing poly.
Thank you very much for your videos! What dimensions of fiberglass rods and timeless posts would you use for a 5 wire perimeter fence about 4 feet high?
5' Timeless posts would give you 2' of post in the ground. For 5 wires, I would use at least the 1-3/4" width Timeless post. For corners you need 8' minimum conerposts.
I tried ordering some of those daisy wire tensioners from power flex after watching this but they are sold out. Damn! Great informative video sir thank you for sharing.
Would you recommend longer posts in loose soil? I'm planning to fence a hill side that is ancient flood plain. The silt is so loose I can step a three foot ground rod all the way down when I move the solar energizer with my hogs.
Very helpful...Love the way Greg explains things...Very much a story teller...Definitely a gift...🙏 Need some clarification. I saw that Greg mentioned “power feeder” and “poly braid”, but only briefly touched on it. I see the electric high tensile wire for the electric fence. Is the poly braid used to feed power to another location? I assume that power wire is run on the ground along the fence line, but Greg only briefly mentioned it. If so, how much power V/A is on that line?
Does the tension on the wires present a hazard? I'd think not, considering I've seem similar wires on different fence systems, but just wondering your experience. Ever had any snap?
Fence lookin good buddy.......it's that time of year! #stoneyridgefarmer If ya get a chance Greg...come over and check out our land clearing project on our NC farm!
Thank you for your quality videos - I have been learning a lot and am very grateful. I have been looking for wire for a while now and I am only finding 12.5 gauge wire. I am not sure what difference that .5 will make. Since I don't seem to have any option I guess I will have to get it. Will you tell me if I will be running into trouble - or any hints you might have? Thank you for your time.
So in another vid you mentioned the soft galvanized wire being used... is that just for tying to the post or for the electric fence itself? I have about 8000 feet to run for KuneKune and eventually goats so trying to figure out the most economical way to tackle this. Thanks for sharing all of your knowledge!
Hey Greg, I enjoy your common-sense approach. I've watched several of your fence instructions with references to various suppliers, however I did not see a Brand recommendation for the 180,000 psi 12 gauge wire. Thanks, Dennis
If this is meant to be electrical wire, don't you actually need something inbetween the main wire that will be electrified and those of the posts that are made of steel? Or wouldn't it matter to electrified line if it is connected to a steel post directly with galvanized wire despite those parts all being conductive? Btw, during wintertime, wouldn't your bobcats EAT those bunnies when they both seek refuge against the snow and the elements under the same pile of dead pine trees? And in fact I wondered why you wanted to have such a fence run right trough those woods, they doesn't look like any cattle would go in there anyway? I do apologize for writing a comment with so many question-marks tho, but there you go!
Great videos, as always! How long does a fence like this remain there? When u remove daisy tensioners is the wire shot and need to be cut and then later spliced?
How do you move the fence to move the sheep everyday? Or do you just move the wire to different sets of posts, which means you're going to need like 10000 fence posts?
In your previous videos you talk about the importance of a perimeter fence, is this the same material you use for a perimeter fence and do you just add more "runs" of high tensile?
Putting the fence inside the Forrest is interesting. Do you sometimes let your herd into the Forrest for any kind of grazing or is this not practical due to the large herd size?
I love the videos where you show your tools. Could you do a video talking about how you handle transportation? I seem to recall you saying in your book to arrange for pick-up and delivery by others, but do you at least use a small stock trailer at this point, to carry pairs around for culls? Can a little Toyota handle that? Thanks for everything!
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher lol I’m and idiot, sorry. So you have change my young fencing mind about how fence is done. I wanna to fence the 2 acre pasture next to my for a home cow and two goats. Would the 1” fiberglass post work as the start of the fence Vs a h brace?
Excellent content as usual. How do you paint the post?. Does the paint affect the conductivity if it gets in contact with the wire?. I don’t have this post in my country. I use pvc post instead. I have to paint them if I want to extent its life. I wonder why the last post is not bended even with daisys at the other extreme of
Mr. Judy, Would you consider this fence in the video a “permanent fence”? It’s hard to get an understanding of the farm you are working on but I watched your 5 video series from December and your example is to run the 2 wire on the inside of a barbed wire fence in that video. You recommend if no fence exists to do a 5 wire fence. Are you only running 2 in this video because your stock is trained to your equipment? Also, I watched the H brace video on your website. How are you driving those? If it’s that huge hand driver I’m not picturing how you make that work. Your posts are pretty long and I’m not imagining how you are able to stand on the ground and drive a straight post. If you have an H brace going in anytime soon I’d be interested in seeing how that’s done. Love your methods and your videos. I’d love to get to your grazing school when I leave the Army.
Your animals need to be trained to hot wire to call thus 2 wire fence a permanent fence. Will do a video on driving our corner posts in the future possibly.
Thank you. Really do appreciate your videos. I can’t find a resource link page on your website for all the things you recommend so I’m working on one myself. Seems like most items are through PowerFlex. If you’d like I will send the link list to you when I’m done. Maybe you can add it to your website to give folks who want to emulate your operation a one-stop shop. Thanks again!
I'd like to build with these fiberglass posts along the road on a rented farm, but the landlord likes to burn off his grader ditch in the spring. How do these stand up to fire?
Hey everybody! Trying to learn how to create the knot to the strainers and end posts. Practiced with some non-high tensile 10 gauge and can do it fine, but when I try with high tensile 12.5 gauge it looks like a mess. Any suggestions?
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher thanks, I actually have some Premier One poly rope still around from when we used to do M.I.G. with our dairy cows. I'm finally getting the burning desire back to graze ruminants again so I really appreciate your videos - I've learned quite a bit! I might have to see about getting the Graze paper again... Appreciate ya Greg!
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher thank ya sir. We reclaimed some acreage this summer and are pushing our perimeter fence deeper into the woods. Timeless posts ordered! I can't find a place that has those big foam filled fiberglass corner posts that you use. I don't think timeless or powerflex has them. Let us know if you have a recommended dealer.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher they looked great I hope your customers know how fortunate they are to have you as a producer. Everyone I talk to up here in Mass. And New England for that matter say you can't have enough local beef. I think I might just focus on grass fed ground beef. I've got to get in the game. Thank you for all you do for us.
Yes I love to see bobcats on our farms. We have 6 guardian dogs with our sheep flock. We don't lose anything to predators. Bobcats help control the rabbit and squirrel populations.
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THIS is the kinda thing we need as the young people getting back to the land, one of two generations removed from farming/ ranching
I've built some fence and learned a few lessons but it would have taken me a couple seasons just to learn what this videos got to offer in less than 20 minutes.
Thanks as always. Great video.
Definitely I am looking to buy 20 - 4O acre homestead. I grew up on a modern conventional factory farm. Greg has shown me another way. And learning a lot of little things to make it even simpler with lower input costs. Timeless posts and those style tensioners are big time game changers !
Thank you for showing the daisy tensioner. Great video!
Thanks for this one. I'm going to use timeless posts as it ends up being far cheaper once I figure in using fewer posts and the insulators cost (plus those things break frequently). I like the low maintenance and cheaper cost, but the icing on the cake is how much better those crisp white posts look 😍 We have everything from rabbits (in tractors) and chickens to cows and sheep that will be going in our pasture, so we are going a little overboard with using every hole on the post, but I know my animals will be safe. It'll also act as a physical barrier in addition to the psychological one with electric
Just looking at the pounder gives me ptsd. Great looking fence. I will definitely consider doing something like that in the back part of my property . I'll have to clear a trail but it looks a lot easier than barbed wire.
Reminds me of when I used to set up sugaring line with wire! Thank you so much for these videos Greg! Keep em comming!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is one of the things that I "got" from the grazing class but seeing it now it makes a ton of sense! boom! Shazaam! Cow-abungah!
Those Timeless posts look great Greg, I'd love to be able to get them in Australia. I've tried fibre reinforced plastic posts available here, but they were too weak and brittle.
I've been using some of your techniques on my property and have uploaded some videos of our cattle.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge mate.
Thanks Greg. I always wondered how to keep from making spaghetti on a spinning jenny. I appreciate your showing us how-to. Enjoy your day.
Always look forward to seeing your new postings!
Agreed
@BD Lit . I see what you did there - postings - LOL
Don’t get a cheap spinning jenny. Learned the hard way. With the 5 wire high tensile fence, do you make one continuous wire around your whole section that you are building fence or do you start and stop at each corner? Thanks again for all your wonderful videos.
You stop at each corner and start with a new section of wire. If you try to tension the whole 4 corners with one pull and tensioner, you will have a very loose fence!!!!!
Thanks!
If you run the wire through the posts and one of the post breaks for some reason or another, how are you fixing that?
I've never had one break. If I did have one break, I get a free post to replace it. To get the wire back through the hole you would need to splice the wire. I would just wire it to the side like my video shows instead of cutting the wire.
Dear Greg, over the years I've grown up around dairy and horses. Very interested in a hand shake from ya one day, but also the knowledge your willing to teach. How does one go about the "internship" you keep referencing? I've grown up in Southern Mo, so know the seasons and land to an extent. But I would greatly appreciate your knowledge, eventually to be able show others. We run 5 strand, but also looking into your method of utilizing poly.
Thank You for this video, really helpful in understanding how the entire system works.
Thank you very much for your videos! What dimensions of fiberglass rods and timeless posts would you use for a 5 wire perimeter fence about 4 feet high?
5' Timeless posts would give you 2' of post in the ground. For 5 wires, I would use at least the 1-3/4" width Timeless post. For corners you need 8' minimum conerposts.
I tried ordering some of those daisy wire tensioners from power flex after watching this but they are sold out. Damn! Great informative video sir thank you for sharing.
Wellscroft carries them
@@swamp-yankee thank you for sharing
absolutely beautiful!! wow the daisy, amazing!!
Would you recommend longer posts in loose soil? I'm planning to fence a hill side that is ancient flood plain. The silt is so loose I can step a three foot ground rod all the way down when I move the solar energizer with my hogs.
I would go with a post length that would allow 2-3' in the ground.
Appreciate the knowledge. I actually built my own spinning jenny, as I'm thrifty and it works as well. Save money for animals and such.
Daniel you will go far in the grazing business with your thrifty habits!!Good job sir!
I like this system a lot. I make similar fence with 3/8 rebar 5’ long. Those corner posts are quite something tho!
Do you use insulators?
Very helpful...Love the way Greg explains things...Very much a story teller...Definitely a gift...🙏
Need some clarification. I saw that Greg mentioned “power feeder” and “poly braid”, but only briefly touched on it.
I see the electric high tensile wire for the electric fence. Is the poly braid used to feed power to another location? I assume that power wire is run on the ground along the fence line, but Greg only briefly mentioned it. If so, how much power V/A is on that line?
Very informative. Team-work makes the dream work haha!
Can you show us the electricity set up. Enjoyed the video thanks heaps.
I bought $900 of material from timeless because of u ! Lol
So you got 10 fence posts? lmao
whointhe hecko truth!!!
Does the tension on the wires present a hazard? I'd think not, considering I've seem similar wires on different fence systems, but just wondering your experience. Ever had any snap?
Fence lookin good buddy.......it's that time of year! #stoneyridgefarmer If ya get a chance Greg...come over and check out our land clearing project on our NC farm!
Good stuff, you'll have to show us how you trained those sheep for just one wire. My young rams need a lot of fencing.
Thank you for your quality videos - I have been learning a lot and am very grateful. I have been looking for wire for a while now and I am only finding 12.5 gauge wire. I am not sure what difference that .5 will make. Since I don't seem to have any option I guess I will have to get it. Will you tell me if I will be running into trouble - or any hints you might have? Thank you for your time.
The 12.5 gauge wire is fine, that is what everybody is using
So in another vid you mentioned the soft galvanized wire being used... is that just for tying to the post or for the electric fence itself? I have about 8000 feet to run for KuneKune and eventually goats so trying to figure out the most economical way to tackle this. Thanks for sharing all of your knowledge!
Hey Greg, I enjoy your common-sense approach. I've watched several of your fence instructions with references to various suppliers, however I did not see a Brand recommendation for the 180,000 psi 12 gauge wire. Thanks, Dennis
Bekaert is what we have been using. Timeless Fence I believe carries it.
With the type of tensioner you demonstrated here do you need to put tension springs on the ends?
If this is meant to be electrical wire, don't you actually need something inbetween the main wire that will be electrified and those of the posts that are made of steel? Or wouldn't it matter to electrified line if it is connected to a steel post directly with galvanized wire despite those parts all being conductive? Btw, during wintertime, wouldn't your bobcats EAT those bunnies when they both seek refuge against the snow and the elements under the same pile of dead pine trees? And in fact I wondered why you wanted to have such a fence run right trough those woods, they doesn't look like any cattle would go in there anyway? I do apologize for writing a comment with so many question-marks tho, but there you go!
Great videos, as always! How long does a fence like this remain there? When u remove daisy tensioners is the wire shot and need to be cut and then later spliced?
How do you move the fence to move the sheep everyday? Or do you just move the wire to different sets of posts, which means you're going to need like 10000 fence posts?
We use temporary removable step-in posts that are moved with the polybraid
In your previous videos you talk about the importance of a perimeter fence, is this the same material you use for a perimeter fence and do you just add more "runs" of high tensile?
Exact same materials except that I would add more wires and make the height at 42"
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thank you.
How do you decide whether to run through the pre drilled holes vs the wire clips?
Putting the fence inside the Forrest is interesting. Do you sometimes let your herd into the Forrest for any kind of grazing or is this not practical due to the large herd size?
Most of our farms the mob is allowed into our forest for short 4-8 hour visits, then that area is allowed full recovery.
Are timeless posts 4 or 4 @ 1/2. 24" in ground and 30" above is 54.
These posts we were using are 4' long. perfect for paddock divisions.
Ha ha! I don't have a prayer for stepping over a 29 inch fence without getting zapped! ( That's 5 inches higher than my inseam 😆)
Hate my cheap jenny. I need to find one like that.
I am using 4 wire fencing. Maybe over kill but it should work!
4 wire fencevis not overkill if your against a busy road or perimter fence.
Yes perimeter fencing I'm doing 4 wire. Internal will probably just be a single poly
I love the videos where you show your tools. Could you do a video talking about how you handle transportation? I seem to recall you saying in your book to arrange for pick-up and delivery by others, but do you at least use a small stock trailer at this point, to carry pairs around for culls? Can a little Toyota handle that? Thanks for everything!
Best truck for pulling a livestock trailer is a 3/4 ton pickup. A small Toyota is a bit light to be using to tow cows and a trailer down the road.
I wish I had seen this before I went nuts with wood posts and woven wire. How does the line stay conductive with the metal corner posts?
Those are not steel corners, they are fiberglass
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher lol I’m and idiot, sorry. So you have change my young fencing mind about how fence is done. I wanna to fence the 2 acre pasture next to my for a home cow and two goats. Would the 1” fiberglass post work as the start of the fence Vs a h brace?
Excellent content as usual.
How do you paint the post?. Does the paint affect the conductivity if it gets in contact with the wire?. I don’t have this post in my country. I use pvc post instead. I have to paint them if I want to extent its life.
I wonder why the last post is not bended even with daisys at the other extreme of
You do not need to paint the Timeless posts.
Thanks for the information great job.
Mr. Judy,
Would you consider this fence in the video a “permanent fence”? It’s hard to get an understanding of the farm you are working on but I watched your 5 video series from December and your example is to run the 2 wire on the inside of a barbed wire fence in that video.
You recommend if no fence exists to do a 5 wire fence. Are you only running 2 in this video because your stock is trained to your equipment?
Also, I watched the H brace video on your website. How are you driving those? If it’s that huge hand driver I’m not picturing how you make that work. Your posts are pretty long and I’m not imagining how you are able to stand on the ground and drive a straight post.
If you have an H brace going in anytime soon I’d be interested in seeing how that’s done.
Love your methods and your videos. I’d love to get to your grazing school when I leave the Army.
Your animals need to be trained to hot wire to call thus 2 wire fence a permanent fence. Will do a video on driving our corner posts in the future possibly.
Thank you. Really do appreciate your videos.
I can’t find a resource link page on your website for all the things you recommend so I’m working on one myself. Seems like most items are through PowerFlex.
If you’d like I will send the link list to you when I’m done. Maybe you can add it to your website to give folks who want to emulate your operation a one-stop shop.
Thanks again!
Great informational video! Thanks!
How do you tell how tight to tension wire? Have u been doing it long enough u can just tell? I have seen springs but do have to cut wire for them.
I go by feel when tightening wire.
I'd like to build with these fiberglass posts along the road on a rented farm, but the landlord likes to burn off his grader ditch in the spring. How do these stand up to fire?
Not good
I think your using the 1.5" timeless posts. That's the smallest they make
Hey everybody! Trying to learn how to create the knot to the strainers and end posts. Practiced with some non-high tensile 10 gauge and can do it fine, but when I try with high tensile 12.5 gauge it looks like a mess. Any suggestions?
Use a shorter handle when you try and twist the wire. Keep your knot area tight when creating the knot.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thank You
Do you put any signage to keep the neighbors from touching the hot fence?
They only touch it once!!!!
Greg Judy Regenerative Rancher indeed
Greg,
Where did you get that Spinning Jenny?
I can't seem to find any of that quality.. Thanks
Powrflex Fence Company
why run hi-tensile and polibraid in the same run, how many wire if your running goats? love your discussions
I think he uses the polybraid as a guide to hammer the Post's in
Jacob your 100% correct
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher what number of wires for goats?
Great video
GREG, CAN YOU ATTACH A POULTRY NETTING FENCE TO THIS FENCE? OR IS THERE SOME THING / A BETTER WAY TO RUN POULTRY NETTING? GREAT VIDEO!!!
Yes you could power up netting from this fence.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher THANK YOU! poultry will be part of my operation. so many thanks GREAT VIDEOS!!
Hi Greg! At what distances do you put the t posts in ,how many meter??
25- 30 feet on flat ground is our spacing between posts.
Great video! What will you use for gates on this setup?
We use all 1/4" poly rope from Powerflex for gates. Strong and super conductive.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher thanks, I actually have some Premier One poly rope still around from when we used to do M.I.G. with our dairy cows. I'm finally getting the burning desire back to graze ruminants again so I really appreciate your videos - I've learned quite a bit! I might have to see about getting the Graze paper again... Appreciate ya Greg!
What is your post spacing?
20-30 feet
Who did he say you can buy the tensioners from?
Powerflex
The fence looks great. Are you a dealer for the timeless posts?
We sell fiberglass corner posts picked up at our farm. Folks need to order Timeless fence posts from the company.
What gauge/pound wire does he use? 180 ksi?
180,000
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher thank ya sir. We reclaimed some acreage this summer and are pushing our perimeter fence deeper into the woods.
Timeless posts ordered! I can't find a place that has those big foam filled fiberglass corner posts that you use. I don't think timeless or powerflex has them. Let us know if you have a recommended dealer.
That’s great!
How do you stretch your wire
Watch the video, the Daisy tensioner is how you tighten wire. I explained it in the video.
Do you sell the posts?
No you need to get in touch with Timeless Fence company. We do sell fiberglass corner posts, picked up at our farm.
How do those posts hold up to fires rolling through there? Lol
Can you do contours with the timeless?
Yes
Hand driver is What Diameter sir
Small driver is 2", large driver is 4" diameter
Ok now you gotta teach us how to train sheep to one wire.
Yes I will
When the next class
THIS September, first class is sold out. Couple spots left on second class.
Ok enough is enough how was the steaks and I don't want to here you had them ground or I'm out.
David both steers were awesome. Great flavor and tender.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher they looked great I hope your customers know how fortunate they are to have you as a producer. Everyone I talk to up here in Mass. And New England for that matter say you can't have enough local beef. I think I might just focus on grass fed ground beef. I've got to get in the game. Thank you for all you do for us.
You like Bobcats?
Yes I love to see bobcats on our farms. We have 6 guardian dogs with our sheep flock. We don't lose anything to predators. Bobcats help control the rabbit and squirrel populations.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher thank you sir!
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I like this system a lot. I make similar fence with 3/8 rebar 5’ long. Those corner posts are quite something tho!