As someone who has watched a thousand how-to videos on youtube, this one is perfect. All the info needed without a lot of useless jib-jab and wasted camera time as you spend two minutes drilling a hole or explaining what tools will be needed to complete the job, etc. When you're finished covering all the farming stuff, please consider doing a how-to video on how to do a how-to video.
Hi John, lol! Yep, I got tired of the same thing. But when I watch car repair or appliance repair videos they're straight to the point. I don't care for long shots of pretty scenery; I can watch National Geographic for that.
This was, hands down, the best fence video I have seen. Especially since I am doing my fence mostly alone and without a tractor. Thanks much for the outstanding video!
I've taught for 40 years. I've also used video a lot in my presentations. You have a great ability to narrow down what's important and make your presentation precise. Other DIY videos guys on RUclips make you watch as they hammer in the third nail. You video the first occurrence of each step then assume that your learner is smart enough to duplicate that as many times as necessary also using slip time to show the passage of time to the completion of that task. Very well done and helpful. As a suggestion, you might want to mention the names of all of your tools and fittings, eg. "crimping ferrels" for the tension wire, so DYI dummies like me will know what to ask for when we go to Tractor Supply or Home Depot :).
** TIP - using your technique of tensioning, install a horizonal member between the temporary tensioning post and your end post, to avoid concern of bending the post. You don't even need the temporary post to be secure in the ground. I used 3/8" steel pins to do this. ** I installed my first farm fence 15 years ago. There are better "how to" resources today - this video! A few of my posts have rotted and I need to redo 3 sides. I am interested to see you used the same technique of boards to stretch, BUT you did something critically different - wrapping the wire! I remember mine all slipped. Using a tractor I had not considered - I set an extra pole, which required digging two extra holes per corner. I also used 3/8" round stock to pin the braces, but I like your method - much faster. This is great - thank you.
I don't know if you'll see this on a 2yr old video. I thought I knew how to build fence, I have a 1000 pairs. Oh boy, you taught me loads on how to build fence that will hold/last a long time. My hats off to you.
Just another guy chiming in that your video is by FAR the best I've seen. I cannot praise this highly enough. I feel much more confident about building my fence. Thank you!
Ive watched a bunch of fence stretching videos and this is the best ive seen. I really appreciate how slow and detailed you go with each step and the angles you filmed really helped. Thanks Pete.
I followed this for the installation of my wire fence, except I used my back hoe for stretching. You really did a great job on editing/producing this video. Explaining and sound is great stuff.
This is amazing. After watching so many videos you have nailed it. If you weren't an educator you should have been! Thank you for putting this together
Great instructions. I watched about 10 previous videos on how to stretch a woven fence. Nobody but you showed how you apply the stretcher and do the actually stapling at the end. Thank you for being clear and concise
Wish we found this video first. It is very concise. I feel confident in building a woven wire fence now, and installing the gate! Thank you so much for creating this tutorial.
You've added a few more steps than what I learned growing up but still pretty good how to video. To twist the wires we used a flat piece of steel with holes drilled in it.Easier on the hands. Well done.
Thank you for this video! I too had to learn how to build fences through a whole bunch of different RUclips videos. I also appreciate you doing this without a tractor.
thank you so much for this video!!! i have very little experience building stuff and your info and editing has made it totally possible. i've watched your video countless times for reference as i move along in the process- thanks again!!
This is the best video I've seen on putting up woven wire. Every farmer has a little bit different way of building fence, usually passed down from one generation to the next. I would suggest wearing safety glasses especially when putting tension (we call it stretching) the wire. If you've ever seen a strand of barbed wire break while being stretched, it will make a believer out of you. A fencing contractor I know, who has built many miles of fence, nearly lost an eye when a fence steeple came loose and hit him in the eye while he was pounding it into a post.
HI there Pete. Great video...I agree that some videos get a bit long. In NZ we call them Netting fences. They are 900mm high and may have a wire at the top and bottom. The wire at the top could be set up to be hot. I like the way you strained your corner posts. That way you can come back and tension it later.
I came to this video figure out how to anchor at the end of a run, and you said it! Use the tractor as an anchor! Doh! Why didn’t I think of that?!? 😂 thanks! ❤
We just used this video to do a corner and fencing for the first time! I watched so many videos and was afraid to tackle it. This video was easy to understand and follow! Thank you so much!
This video was Very helpful & Very inspiring. I was thinking I could not do this by myself until I watched your video. Thanks so much for making it. My fence is 50" tall so my corner horizontal posts needed to be taller, which meant I couldn't support the horizontal post with my knee. To solve that (I thought, what would Pete do?) I put a large V-notch on the ends of two 4'x2"x8" boards and leaned them against the corner vertical posts so I could rest the horizontal posts in the V-notch while I drilled the holes & put the spikes in. It was easy enough to kick the bottom of the boards to make the horizontal post go up or down to get it level. Now, if I could just think of a use for that bucket of vertical woven wire pieces.
We always did barbed wire in the west. I loathed fencing. Cowboy work, awesome. Mechanic work, treat. Mucking, cool. Fencing. Nope... unless I couldn’t help it. Solid video. How do you tell the real cowboy in a truck? He rides in the middle. He doesn’t have to drive or open gates.
Pete. Thank you for putting this video together. Been watching your videos on Dexter cattle and really appreciate your honest feedback on your experience. This video will help me build/rebuild my farm’s fencing. All the best. GG3
You are the best. Quick video, exact description/procedures. nice editing to keep it short but long enough to understand each step, and fun to watch you, as well.
This is definitely a great way to do it. I do have to say though, the Gripple Brace kit is so much easier to work with. If you haven't tried them and you're doing lots of fence, give it a go.
I had my doubts at first, for whatever dumb reasons, but...wow. Excellent video. Thorough, efficient, no fluff instruction. What really stands out, IMHO, is your vocabulary and terminology. It makes a big difference, understanding better, on my end. I've watched a few, and I still had a few questions, particularly on stretching and the corner wires. I really appreciate your video. I feel more confident in how and why to do what I need to. Thank you. Btw, my own vocab, terminology, punctuation, spelling, etc. is horrible, I know, but I still feel I'm correct in recognizing how good his is.
Here in the UK we generally put 1 or 2 strands or barbed wire above the woven wire (netting) which stops the cattle pushing the netting down. They will push it down despite you tensioning it. I was really interested to see you taking out all the verticals. We just attach the horizontal wires to the post and then bend those wires back over the staple and add another staple to pinch it off. Beautiful job.
That was amazingly clear! Thank you. The detail you gave and the angle of your camera made it so clear. I definitely saved this one, it is my next big project. Again Thank you.
Very nice sharp-looking fence when you got done. Your method for building fence is about 95% the same as we used to build fence. However a few of the things you did are probably better than the way we did it. But our method seemed to work, I guess. Too bad we didn't have RUclips back in the days when we were building fence, as we could have picked up a few better ideas from you.
I'll echo what many have said here. Both thank you for taking the time to make this video and this was one of the most concise, well planned and informative DIY, Tutorial Video I have watched. Outstanding job.
Pete, I hook the wire inside (ie post side) the loop then the outside of the loop - this helps hinder any slipping of the wire longer term. Also when you do the other end and cut the wire inside the tension board, I prefer to do it the other side, so when the tension board is released the knot as tighten up with the strain.
I highly recommend lag bolts versus nailing the horizontal. Lag keeps it tighter over the years when things start to relax. I realize the tension wire should do that job, but the number of times I've had to re nail a horizontal due to neglect is crazy.
Hi Almin, I need to build a fence around my garden to keep deer, bear and rabbits out of it. I have cedar posts and woven wire with small holes in the bottom and larger ones going up. Since the I want to keep animals out, I thought of placing the wire on the outside of the posts, by doing so I would use the whole length of the post plus the nails to hold any pressure instead of placing the wire on the inside (like Peter) and leave all the pressure just on the nails. Would that work or should I stick with Peter’s method to have a better fence? Thanks
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I feel like I’ve watched every fence video on youtube and finally found one that showed the process in an understandable way… great work!
Piyup
I feel exactly the same.
@Trent Clark I feel the same.
Greetings from Portugal.
Totally agree. He explains the “why” which so many people don't do in “how-to” videos.
Red Brand won't say if the bottom wire should be on the ground where it will corrode.
As someone who has watched a thousand how-to videos on youtube, this one is perfect. All the info needed without a lot of useless jib-jab and wasted camera time as you spend two minutes drilling a hole or explaining what tools will be needed to complete the job, etc.
When you're finished covering all the farming stuff, please consider doing a how-to video on how to do a how-to video.
Hi John, lol! Yep, I got tired of the same thing. But when I watch car repair or appliance repair videos they're straight to the point. I don't care for long shots of pretty scenery; I can watch National Geographic for that.
This was, hands down, the best fence video I have seen. Especially since I am doing my fence mostly alone and without a tractor. Thanks much for the outstanding video!
Great way to explain. No unnecessary blah blah, straight to the topic. Well explain topic. LOVE IT.
I've taught for 40 years. I've also used video a lot in my presentations. You have a great ability to narrow down what's important and make your presentation precise. Other DIY videos guys on RUclips make you watch as they hammer in the third nail. You video the first occurrence of each step then assume that your learner is smart enough to duplicate that as many times as necessary also using slip time to show the passage of time to the completion of that task. Very well done and helpful. As a suggestion, you might want to mention the names of all of your tools and fittings, eg. "crimping ferrels" for the tension wire, so DYI dummies like me will know what to ask for when we go to Tractor Supply or Home Depot :).
Wow, probably the best fence video on youtube
When you lifted that roll off the ground...OLD MAN STRENGTH. Impressive.
It’s like my dad teaching me! Perfect explanation!!!
** TIP - using your technique of tensioning, install a horizonal member between the temporary tensioning post and your end post, to avoid concern of bending the post. You don't even need the temporary post to be secure in the ground. I used 3/8" steel pins to do this. ** I installed my first farm fence 15 years ago. There are better "how to" resources today - this video! A few of my posts have rotted and I need to redo 3 sides. I am interested to see you used the same technique of boards to stretch, BUT you did something critically different - wrapping the wire! I remember mine all slipped. Using a tractor I had not considered - I set an extra pole, which required digging two extra holes per corner. I also used 3/8" round stock to pin the braces, but I like your method - much faster. This is great - thank you.
I don't know if you'll see this on a 2yr old video. I thought I knew how to build fence, I have a 1000 pairs. Oh boy, you taught me loads on how to build fence that will hold/last a long time. My hats off to you.
Excellent video. Love the ones on the basics like fencing and water infrastructure.
Just another guy chiming in that your video is by FAR the best I've seen. I cannot praise this highly enough. I feel much more confident about building my fence. Thank you!
Ive watched a bunch of fence stretching videos and this is the best ive seen. I really appreciate how slow and detailed you go with each step and the angles you filmed really helped. Thanks Pete.
I followed this for the installation of my wire fence, except I used my back hoe for stretching. You really did a great job on editing/producing this video. Explaining and sound is great stuff.
I've debated on whether or not to tackle this project. I appreciate the insight. You are just adding to my confidence!
This is about the 8th fencing vid I’ve watched tonight and I rate it as the best. 🙏🏼
This is amazing. After watching so many videos you have nailed it. If you weren't an educator you should have been! Thank you for putting this together
Thank you for getting to the point. I appreciate this as I had difficulty watching other videos that stopped, talked some and showed scenery.
Great instructions. I watched about 10 previous videos on how to stretch a woven fence. Nobody but you showed how you apply the stretcher and do the actually stapling at the end. Thank you for being clear and concise
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Simple and straight to the point. Thank you 👍🏽
Wish we found this video first. It is very concise. I feel confident in building a woven wire fence now, and installing the gate! Thank you so much for creating this tutorial.
Very informative, step by step and no nonsense! Excellent job educating. Thanks
You've added a few more steps than what I learned growing up but still pretty good how to video. To twist the wires we used a flat piece of steel with holes drilled in it.Easier on the hands. Well done.
+Excellent Audio! Very good and descriptive language. A great teacher. Thanks.
Thank you for this video! I too had to learn how to build fences through a whole bunch of different RUclips videos. I also appreciate you doing this without a tractor.
thank you so much for this video!!! i have very little experience building stuff and your info and editing has made it totally possible. i've watched your video countless times for reference as i move along in the process- thanks again!!
Thank you Sir, you made the best video of how to build a fence! Very good!
Thanks again!
Butch
Ashland Ohio
Excellent video Pete!
This will help me with my new fencing.
This is the best video I've seen on putting up woven wire. Every farmer has a little bit different way of building fence, usually passed down from one generation to the next. I would suggest wearing safety glasses especially when putting tension (we call it stretching) the wire. If you've ever seen a strand of barbed wire break while being stretched, it will make a believer out of you. A fencing contractor I know, who has built many miles of fence, nearly lost an eye when a fence steeple came loose and hit him in the eye while he was pounding it into a post.
I'm a beginner farmer trying to figure out how to run a fence for goats. Thank you for this informative video!
HI there Pete. Great video...I agree that some videos get a bit long. In NZ we call them Netting fences. They are 900mm high and may have a wire at the top and bottom. The wire at the top could be set up to be hot. I like the way you strained your corner posts. That way you can come back and tension it later.
Best fence installation video yet.
Best video yet on doing a woven fence, extremely to the point and good picture and video.
Best fence video yet. Thank you so much!
La meilleure vidéo à ce propos que j'ai pu voir 👍
I came to this video figure out how to anchor at the end of a run, and you said it! Use the tractor as an anchor! Doh! Why didn’t I think of that?!? 😂 thanks! ❤
I wish I’d seen this video on fencing before I attempted to build fence. Thank you very much, I’m going to build some fence.
Very informative. Thanks for sharing!!!
We just used this video to do a corner and fencing for the first time! I watched so many videos and was afraid to tackle it. This video was easy to understand and follow! Thank you so much!
so incredibly clear. well done, I feel like I can build a woven wire fence now!!
Quite amazing video! What a help! Finally I found a simple yet PRECIOUS video about fencing
Thank you so very much and greetings from Portugal.
Wow watching you sure brings back memories with my dad. Thank you Pete.
Thank you. This was a very helpful video as I’m putting up my own woven wire fenced area for my dogs.
Best fencing video I have seen. Thanks, Pete
Best video I've seen on farm fence. Very informative. A+
Excellent video. You made it easy for this green horn to understand.
Amazing video. You make me want to go out and try it myself.
This video was Very helpful & Very inspiring. I was thinking I could not do this by myself until I watched your video. Thanks so much for making it. My fence is 50" tall so my corner horizontal posts needed to be taller, which meant I couldn't support the horizontal post with my knee. To solve that (I thought, what would Pete do?) I put a large V-notch on the ends of two 4'x2"x8" boards and leaned them against the corner vertical posts so I could rest the horizontal posts in the V-notch while I drilled the holes & put the spikes in. It was easy enough to kick the bottom of the boards to make the horizontal post go up or down to get it level. Now, if I could just think of a use for that bucket of vertical woven wire pieces.
Best fencing video ever. Thank you.
Super informative. I’ve read of this technique but was very confused before seeing this!
We always did barbed wire in the west. I loathed fencing. Cowboy work, awesome. Mechanic work, treat. Mucking, cool.
Fencing. Nope... unless I couldn’t help it.
Solid video.
How do you tell the real cowboy in a truck?
He rides in the middle. He doesn’t have to drive or open gates.
ohh Pete, thankyou for such a lay persons version... I totes can do this. Thankyou again!
Thank you! I have this project coming up and needed a concise and complete explanation.
Pete.
Thank you for putting this video together.
Been watching your videos on Dexter cattle and really appreciate your honest feedback on your experience.
This video will help me build/rebuild my farm’s fencing.
All the best.
GG3
Finally a video that gets straight to the point.......thank you!
Thank you. Wish I came across your video first.
Bar none, the best video on the topic
Best fence video yet! Thanks for the help!
There is always something to learn from Pete. Keep the instructional videos coming.
Quality video. Short, sweet and clear.
You are the best. Quick video, exact description/procedures. nice editing to keep it short but long enough to understand each step, and fun to watch you, as well.
Excellent job Pete!!!
And get the tool!!! You won't be disappointed.
This video is aces! Well done!
This is a phenomenally helpful video. Thank you
This is definitely a great way to do it. I do have to say though, the Gripple Brace kit is so much easier to work with. If you haven't tried them and you're doing lots of fence, give it a go.
Thank you Sir! I'm going to do my fence according to your video, what a great totorial.
You make a great teacher
Best fencing video I have seen. Clear and concise.
Great video, Pete. As you mentioned “a well-tensioned fence is a thing of beauty”, I couldnt
Thank you!!! Clear and to the point! And it's perfectly explained for someone with no experience!!
I had my doubts at first, for whatever dumb reasons, but...wow. Excellent video. Thorough, efficient, no fluff instruction. What really stands out, IMHO, is your vocabulary and terminology. It makes a big difference, understanding better, on my end. I've watched a few, and I still had a few questions, particularly on stretching and the corner wires. I really appreciate your video. I feel more confident in how and why to do what I need to. Thank you. Btw, my own vocab, terminology, punctuation, spelling, etc. is horrible, I know, but I still feel I'm correct in recognizing how good his is.
Learned alot Pete👍👍👍👍
Everything you've ever wanted to know about stretching a fence. Pete, where were you 50 years ago and I could have really used this information?
Great video Pete
beautiful property
Thank for sharing this information. Judging by the two gates and their location you can tell you put a lot of thought into it.
Thanks so much very clear and easy to understand, appreciate your time doing this video.
Here in the UK we generally put 1 or 2 strands or barbed wire above the woven wire (netting) which stops the cattle pushing the netting down. They will push it down despite you tensioning it. I was really interested to see you taking out all the verticals. We just attach the horizontal wires to the post and then bend those wires back over the staple and add another staple to pinch it off. Beautiful job.
Thanks for the video! Very helpful.
Good video! I just ordered a Milwaukee fence staple gun hope it helps have a large fencing project
That was amazingly clear! Thank you. The detail you gave and the angle of your camera made it so clear. I definitely saved this one, it is my next big project. Again Thank you.
Thanks, I love the low cost and simple approach to every problem! We are inspired
Excellent video.
Did not expect that. Great job! I hope I can find some tensioners like that
I'm in fence school too! Thanks for sharing
very informative tutorial.
Very nice sharp-looking fence when you got done. Your method for building fence is about 95% the same as we used to build fence. However a few of the things you did are probably better than the way we did it. But our method seemed to work, I guess. Too bad we didn't have RUclips back in the days when we were building fence, as we could have picked up a few better ideas from you.
Very well put together and how to build your fencing
Thank you so much for this video !
Great video Sir! You eliminated all the BS !
Butch
Ashland Ohio
I'll echo what many have said here. Both thank you for taking the time to make this video and this was one of the most concise, well planned and informative DIY, Tutorial Video I have watched. Outstanding job.
I found this at the perfect time! We are about to do some cross-fencing on our new place in about a week...👍👍
Well done video. God Bless you and your family
Another good vidio I wish we could have seen the entire process like attaching to th barn this was a good one thanks
Pete, I hook the wire inside (ie post side) the loop then the outside of the loop - this helps hinder any slipping of the wire longer term. Also when you do the other end and cut the wire inside the tension board, I prefer to do it the other side, so when the tension board is released the knot as tighten up with the strain.
I just added a new pasture for our goats in May. This video would have saved me a lot of time. Great content.
wow, this finally makes logical sense.
Awesome video!!!!
Thanks.
I’m about to take on the same project. Thanks so much for this video
I highly recommend lag bolts versus nailing the horizontal. Lag keeps it tighter over the years when things start to relax. I realize the tension wire should do that job, but the number of times I've had to re nail a horizontal due to neglect is crazy.
Hi Almin, I need to build a fence around my garden to keep deer, bear and rabbits out of it. I have cedar posts and woven wire with small holes in the bottom and larger ones going up. Since the I want to keep animals out, I thought of placing the wire on the outside of the posts, by doing so I would use the whole length of the post plus the nails to hold any pressure instead of placing the wire on the inside (like Peter) and leave all the pressure just on the nails. Would that work or should I stick with Peter’s method to have a better fence? Thanks