Good "field expediency" for an emergency fix. Small contact area where loops engage will quickly rub off galvanizing, allowing rust, and fence will fail prematurely. Better, more permanent fix is called the "western union splice" requires some fence pliers and a fence stretcher or come along . Takes longer, more difficult to do, but lasts as long as the fence. IMHO South Texas Rancher
A supposed Mark Twain quote: When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
I always say… the times I miss my dad most, are those times when (if he were still here) I would turn to him and tell him he had been right about one thing or another.
I don't have a ranch and I have never worked with barbed wire - and unlikely will ever do so - but I still watched this from start to finish. 😂 Thank you sir.
Still can use it for any other wire and some extent on string too. One i have been using is the bow saw tightening method with stick and two strings being rotated, but this seems far better in that extent. Could maybe even use it to create pull on smaller tree if you dont have ratchet strap or dedicated felling tools around.
I’m 74, lived on a farm growing up and helped my uncle run fencing for the cow pastures. We used stretchers to tighten wires but I never saw this trick before. Pretty slick
I'm 57 years old and know absolutely nothing about barbed wire fence, but I can offer another great tip... next time tell your camera guy to GET CLOSER !!!
@@montanawarren8462 Remember..technique demonstration, not application.. illustration purposes(and possibly saving the cameraperson's back..if they arent 3-4' tall kid..), show the top wire, so viewer can see clearly, and also so instructor shows a more "relaxed' working pose.. Instruction has 3 distinct parts: demonstration, student learning, and application.. Someone else's Dad taught me to see the bigger picture, & to not keep it to myself..
@@jbuckley2546 ? You got ponies to clean up after I guess..was a neutral comment, not trying to one up anyone..but seems you need more attention than how life lessons work..
@@jbuckley2546 ..Just curious , if you have ever heard of a tool called a field expedient..it's kinda like a Swiss army knife in a way.. ("thistle" give us all a laugh!)
I love that he’s handing down knowledge that his father showed him. The older you get the more you realise what a privilege it is to have things like this to draw on from people you care about and to be able to share that knowledge with others 🙌💕
Thats good, these damn 20 year olds now probably are too scared to get sweaty or dirty. You probably put more work in per day at 86 than the average 20 year old does in a week.
Done it with a hammer, modified fence pliers and home made t handles. The wrapping trick is the key and your explanation was excellent. Some will say it weakens the wire but then again doesn't everything. Years of mending fence says this works very well.
Agreed. Weakened wire is better than a hole. You have to be practical when you have livestock, that you don't want roaming. This is a fast and efficient way to repair a fence with minimal tools. If someone is stuck on one particular way they can always come back later and re-do it.
It would be interesting to know the history of some of these tactics. I am 51. My dad showed me this and I am sure his dad showed him. I am 51. From Alberta, Canada. Thanks
You need to force metal rod into wood to tie two peaces together=rock, nah it does work but might hit your hand between so lets add a handle=stone axe if sharpened peace is added and hammer otherwise. Well now i need to remove it to salvage nail since those are extremely valuable at the time. Well cant pull it or hit it out effectively.. perhaps something that goes around the nail back end= peace of metal with slot in the middle. Hey lets add this to hammer so it can both remove and install nails and lets make it from metal! Ou there is not much force to pull the nail, not enough leverage, lets add this bend on the puller side for that=more of less modern hammer. Then someone needed to tighten wire and realized you need more leverage, had seen how pulleys and hoists worked to decided to use hammer head as a pulley and use handle as leverage since that was all he had around that the time. Something like that in short form is probably what happened.
@@mattbrown837 I've done this to tighten wire because, being a girl, I'd only ever been told to "stay back in case the wire breaks" instead of being taught how TO do such things. (Glad to know I wouldn't have been laughed at for my figure-it-out fix.)
Same here 74, I don't work with barbed wire a lot, but I like videos like this . We can learn a lot from our dads, if they will take the time & we will listen and pay attention.
Damn, I have not seen that method used since my dad taught me 70 years ago. As I recall, we doubled the splice wire and only used the hammer on one strand so the other strand could easily be folded back and twisted. Then the hammer could be easily unwound and that strand also twisted around the spice wire.
i'm not a rancher. i've never messed with barb wire. this just seems to be one of those 'nifty' tricks that is good to know. good job showing how to pull through the loop and then how to roll the hammer back over the loop to lock it in. this was cool. nice video.
I'm 72 but a newby to fence fixin and have been trying to use a fence stretcher to tighten up the fence I built a few yesrs ago, just me & my tractor. Now THIS method looks much more affective! Thank you!
This is such a cool trick! I used to do something similar with pliers but I just couldn't get it out in the same smooth way. Hammer saves the day, once again.
Some many “amazing” technique videos on RUclips are a complete waste of time / impractical. It is lovely to finally find one that is so useful, thank you.
Very nice! Thanks for sharing! After I get the splice done I usually just bite a piece anywhere down the length between the posts in question, and twist my lineman pliers (I think the tool is actually called a fence multi-tool pliers, but look a lot like lineman pliers), and make a "fold" or a "Z bend" then I can crimp it shut to flat. This can be done anywhere on the line, but they will occasionally cause the old, crappy, rust fence, that we've adopted on our 24 acre property, to break clean at the crimp point. I think your spice system might be a bit better, since I can use the mechanical advantage of the twisting with the hammer to get tension back to the next barb on both sides, thus avoiding the weak point(s) that I'm creating down the length of the fence. Cool idea, and thanks!
Wow, I don't have anything to do with fences, but I believe this could come in handy for many other applications. It's one of those tricks you want in your bag of tricks. Especially when SHTF. Thanks for sharing.
A so turning the wire around the handle of the one screw driver and using usually there is hole for hanging it on the wall, but you put second driver trough it to increase leverage, the pulling back using rest of the handle and another end? Sounds pretty good actually, except slight torture for the tools. No thank you for sharing, didnt consider this and now its on my mental tool bag.
Been doing this for many many years. Yes the loop ends are sharply bent and weaknd but usually the fence is old and weak anyway. Otherwise would not need fixing. Actually used this method just yesterday.
Taught by my uncle back in '61 (after Carla hit) and sent out to repair "several" breaks. And yes, he inspected the first 20. Paid me a $ for each one and trusted me for the other 25. Whole lot of money for a 10 year old 😅
I’m sorry but I was shocked to see your video is only 7:59 instead of 8 minutes therefore forfeiting your opportunity of monetization! I love the tricks though and just wished you got paid for this one. Remember 8 minutes minimum for RUclips to pay Adsense monies!
There are tricks to every trade, thank you, this is a great idea. We’re from Missouri, the show me state. Appreciate your efforts to make the video to show us how it’s done.
That's a great tip! Here's one that helped me: Get some compound diagonal cutters. Cuts through double strand like butter. My forearms actually got smaller after I bought one, it's amazing how much force you have to use to cut wire.
I learned this hack way back in 1978. My Dad taught us all how to splice barb-wire fences that were damaged/broke/cut. This is the first time I've seen it demonstrated.
@@ianmacfarlane1241 Also just looked at it apparently in 1955 MIT nerds were using the term... so maybe you need to research before just commenting random stuff
@@tristancoffin Ah, another smartarse - must be something in the air. I obviously wasn't talking about the term "hack" being used in the World of computing, unless you see fence repair as being part of the computing sphere. I was talking about "hack" being used as a substitute for "tip" throughout the general population - decorating hacks, baking hacks, gardening hacks, cleaning your bathroom hacks, homesteading hacks etc etc. None of these have anything to do with the computing World. "Hack" meaning tip only entered general usage a few years ago, even if, decades ago, it was used in a different context in the coding World. Next time you want to shoot someone down over an Innocent comment, it'd probably be a good idea to engage your brain first.
There are various ways of doing fence splices. This one is interesting if you want to use a hammer instead of a stretcher. It seems debatable as to the advantage but it would mean one less tool to carry around. The thing about a lot of this work is you are balancing practicality and time against quality of work. On our ranch my dad wouldn't be caught dead doing this kind of splice. He was also an engineer so his anal retentive side came out in things like this. Still this is a good trick to keep in mind for when you might need it. As an engineer myself I too prefer my dads method but it doesn't lend to undoing and retightening but with the way we did our fences that wasn't really an issue (We broke long fence runs with braces. The made a sturdier fences and prevented most of the sagging in the first place.)
We used to loop and get as much out as possible and then put something smooth metal between like a piece of conduit and turn that until tight then back off 1/4 and slide out. I like this trick and will try this next time. Never too late to try something new
I used to do what you described with 14 gauge wire. You can twist it with the handle of your cutters or a screwdriver. To me, it seems quicker than the hammer trick. Plus, If what you're using to twist has a taper, then you don't even need to back it off to get your tool out.
I moved onto a remote 1883 farm with about all the skills of first visiting my uncle's dairy farm as a kid. What a learning curve just for basics! I've almost got coiling down but nothing close to the stunning tight coils of those before me. Learned I had made a hash on DIY tightening as the elderly owner came out and slung around a heavy "goldenrod" like a maestro and schooled me right. Also very impressed with an old fencing wagon that was abandoned and melted into the grass. Tripped over metal and recovered 4 pre-1900 iron straighteners I thought were some kind of steampunk industrial come-alongs. Holy hell, how did they even LIFT those things much less WORK them? Good tip. 5,765 more lessons to go to just attain greenhorn status.
When your doing wire fence work in a field that will have cattle be sure to keep track of any bit of wire you trim off.If it gets dropped on the ground they will swallow it.Then your trouble begins.
Nice job! Seems like you could tie off that final loop with the hammer, too. After lifting and rolling back, instead of removing the hammer, take a couple turns around the standing wire to lock it off. Then remove the hammer. Less chance of losing the tension, less direct hand-to-wire contact, etc. Regardless, nice technique, and thanks for sharing.
Thank you, for sharing your Dad’s great information on splicing barbed wire fencing back together. My wife and I inherited the small family farm. We are dealing with unscrupulous hunters that cut the wire to poach our deer and other animals that we have posted no hunting on our property. I need to repair the fencing that they cut, I really appreciate the tip that you have demonstrated in your video that your dad taught you, it is great. Thank you, and I really appreciate it very much and glad that your dad took his time and his patience to teach his skill onto you so that you could pass it on also.
As a hunter, I would say… Put up some hidden trail cams, and then turn in the poachers (so they will never get a license again)! And sue them for the damages!
An older friend had the same situation with poachers on his place. He solved the problem by leasing his property, for hunting, to just one hunter. He checked him out and got references. By doing that he knew how many deer that one hunter would take, which was far fewer than poachers. The hunter did all the work to catch the poachers on "his" lease. The friend also made a little money for the lease.
Just spin the hammer around the wire after you tighten it and fold it back, saves tying it by hand. Built and repaired many miles of barbed wire fence in my life.
My dad taught me to start with the top strand because if you start with the bottom strands the top strands will get tangled up with the bottom strands.
Lee Valley Tools sells a kit that uses the same principle to make hose clamps. When done right, the result is a clamping effect that's smooth and pleasing to the eye , and when wrapped with tape is almost invisible.
The “clamp tite” wire tool. I repaired a 12lb sledgehammer handle with three DOUBLED bindings, and some hockey tape. We used that hammer for another three months before the handle broke again in another spot. The manufacturer (not Lee Valley) sells versions of that tool that will tension up to .250” wire.
That is ingenious! I would have gone for a fence stretcher instead but they are much more cumbersome than a hammer and still leave a bit of slack. Thanks, I'll be using that technique on my next fencing project.
I have a 20-acre farm, I wanna go find a section of busted up fence right now, just so that I can try this trick out! But seriously, I'm going to have a bowl of people kibble (breakfast cereal) and then head out. (Dogs get dog kibble, people get people kibble. That's how I explain it to my Canine Groupies...)
Instructions unclear, I now own 47 hammers and 46 of them are stuck in my fence.
😂😂😂
You've just made a hanger system for your tools! The next step is to build a shelter so they don't get wet...
Hammer-barb fence
Look at the bright side, Any rogue hordes of nails will think twice about crossing your perimeter 🤷🏼♂️
🤣🤣🤣
Was that one of the intended uses of that tool? Love the generational knowledge.
Good "field expediency" for an emergency fix. Small contact area where loops engage will quickly rub off galvanizing, allowing rust, and fence will fail prematurely. Better, more permanent fix is called the "western union splice" requires some fence pliers and a fence stretcher or come along . Takes longer, more difficult to do, but lasts as long as the fence. IMHO South Texas Rancher
For cutting the wire I highly recommend Knipex high leverage cutters. I've cut 3/16" bolts with one hand, and no leg needed.
That was very cool!
My 1st thought would have been to use a "Come Along" in some awkward and useless way!
Thanks from South Africa.
Your Dad is a smart guy!
Just when I thought I knew it all then comes this one. Haha great video thanks for sharing :)
Happy to help!
Good to know! Now, I just need some barbed wire, posts and land.
Thanks that was really cool 😎 I will definitely use this in the future
Cool trick, man.
Very slick! Great tip 👍
Thanks 👍
OK, so where do you get barbless barbed wire? Thanks for re-doing this again!!
Imagine all the high density population folk seeing this vid and saying "I literally have no idea what I am watching"
When I saw the thumbnail I was like "how the heck is he going to get that hammer back"?
Brilliant! Very helpful.
Glad to hear it!
You clever clever clever boy you. Dang!
I do the same thing with fencing pliers.
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Need just one tool? Only the hummer? No, Sir!
Isnt barbless barbed wire just wire?
That's what it's called when I order it in.
Handy
This is the type of content that I've always thought makes RUclips special.
He feiled to mention something important....being of the right side of the repair. Or you have to climb trough the fence to get bck to your truck...
Agreed.. use to be.. now yt thinks I wanna watch crap mainly. Glad this came back up though
71 years old and learned a great trick before breakfast. THANKS!
DITTO
@@industrialathlete6096 me too! only now I dont have any fences haha
Our pleasure!
I'm 72 and didn't know this. He had a good dad and teacher. And looks like his dad had a good student.
44 and same boat. Still feelin just as old, haha!
I have, at present, no practical need for this information. And yet, im glad i watched. Something to file away, just in case. Excellent video.
My thoughts exactly.
You never know.
Glad it was helpful!
It never ceases to amaze me that the older I get, the smarter my dad becomes.
Well done.
Well said
A supposed Mark Twain quote: When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
I don't think I realized this until I was almost 30. That old man worked my tail off before I went off to college and got drafted.
I always say… the times I miss my dad most, are those times when (if he were still here) I would turn to him and tell him he had been right about one thing or another.
You need more close ups off what your exactly doing!
I don't have a ranch and I have never worked with barbed wire - and unlikely will ever do so - but I still watched this from start to finish. 😂
Thank you sir.
Still can use it for any other wire and some extent on string too. One i have been using is the bow saw tightening method with stick and two strings being rotated, but this seems far better in that extent. Could maybe even use it to create pull on smaller tree if you dont have ratchet strap or dedicated felling tools around.
@@Hellsong89 Great points! Thanks buddy. :)
You’ve learned something, it is applicable to other situations. Try it next time you see the opportunity! Shalam
Same here. I'm in Chicago..😂
Same
I’m 74, lived on a farm growing up and helped my uncle run fencing for the cow pastures. We used stretchers to tighten wires but I never saw this trick before. Pretty slick
You can be ignorant at any age. Never used a clamper before?
@@AFMR0420We are all ignorant in some areas. Understanding this is surely part of wisdom.
Me too!!!
I'm 57 years old and know absolutely nothing about barbed wire fence, but I can offer another great tip... next time tell your camera guy to GET CLOSER !!!
Ha!
Thinking same
The second demonstration can't get any closer...are you people blind?
That’s why you need the camera closer….
He’s probably using a camera pod that’s why it’s far away
Why am I watching this? I don’t even own a ranch
Ahhh! But you want to own a ranch after watching this! Subdivisions are so boring, once you leave the city, you will never go back.
You get fewer gouges on the forearms if you start on the lowest wire first.
This is an experienced barbed wire fixer....
@@montanawarren8462 Remember..technique demonstration, not application.. illustration purposes(and possibly saving the cameraperson's back..if they arent 3-4' tall kid..), show the top wire, so viewer can see clearly, and also so instructor shows a more "relaxed' working pose..
Instruction has 3 distinct parts: demonstration, student learning, and application..
Someone else's Dad taught me to see the bigger picture, & to not keep it to myself..
@@francisconti9085 What a load of pony. You just don't like the fact the dude is much smarter then you.
@@jbuckley2546 ? You got ponies to clean up after I guess..was a neutral comment, not trying to one up anyone..but seems you need more attention than how life lessons work..
@@jbuckley2546 ..Just curious , if you have ever heard of a tool called a field expedient..it's kinda like a Swiss army knife in a way.. ("thistle" give us all a laugh!)
I love that he’s handing down knowledge that his father showed him. The older you get the more you realise what a privilege it is to have things like this to draw on from people you care about and to be able to share that knowledge with others 🙌💕
This is what a clamper does. E clampus vitas.
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Pro tip. Start at the bottom and work your way up so you aren't chewing on the top wire while you're working on the wires below it.
Good demo. I'm 86 and been stretching barb wire this way for a looooong time.
Hi Det, how is Barb doing? Still feeding the maggots?
Thats good, these damn 20 year olds now probably are too scared to get sweaty or dirty. You probably put more work in per day at 86 than the average 20 year old does in a week.
This method was used before God's dog died using sticks ... without a tool bag new hammer new pliers & never used gloves ...
Done it with a hammer, modified fence pliers and home made t handles. The wrapping trick is the key and your explanation was excellent. Some will say it weakens the wire but then again doesn't everything. Years of mending fence says this works very well.
Excellent!
Use the correct tool once you will be amazed.😂
Agreed. Weakened wire is better than a hole. You have to be practical when you have livestock, that you don't want roaming. This is a fast and efficient way to repair a fence with minimal tools. If someone is stuck on one particular way they can always come back later and re-do it.
@AL4N. Yes, but sometimes you dont have those tools
Jake’ wire tighteners. Far quicker and easier. This is a good trick if you are in a pinch, but I keep 50 of the Jake’s around.
It would be interesting to know the history of some of these tactics. I am 51. My dad showed me this and I am sure his dad showed him. I am 51. From Alberta, Canada. Thanks
64 my dad showed me this 50 years ago. He was from Texas.
You need to force metal rod into wood to tie two peaces together=rock, nah it does work but might hit your hand between so lets add a handle=stone axe if sharpened peace is added and hammer otherwise. Well now i need to remove it to salvage nail since those are extremely valuable at the time. Well cant pull it or hit it out effectively.. perhaps something that goes around the nail back end= peace of metal with slot in the middle. Hey lets add this to hammer so it can both remove and install nails and lets make it from metal! Ou there is not much force to pull the nail, not enough leverage, lets add this bend on the puller side for that=more of less modern hammer. Then someone needed to tighten wire and realized you need more leverage, had seen how pulleys and hoists worked to decided to use hammer head as a pulley and use handle as leverage since that was all he had around that the time.
Something like that in short form is probably what happened.
@@mattbrown837 I've done this to tighten wire because, being a girl, I'd only ever been told to "stay back in case the wire breaks" instead of being taught how TO do such things. (Glad to know I wouldn't have been laughed at for my figure-it-out fix.)
@@dawnmcr802women should be protected from injury. They bring forth more of us. Protecting those that bring life is good.
@@Hellsong89 huh? what you on?
I’m 70 and you taught me something new today. Thank you.
I'm 69. Eeeehhh.
Me too.
68 here in East Texas. Easier than a come-a-long on small project.
Same here 74, I don't work with barbed wire a lot, but I like videos like this . We can learn a lot from our dads, if they will take the time & we will listen and pay attention.
lol im a townie with no real need for this knowledge but for whatever reason i found this really satisfying to watch
Damn, I have not seen that method used since my dad taught me 70 years ago. As I recall, we doubled the splice wire and only used the hammer on one strand so the other strand could easily be folded back and twisted. Then the hammer could be easily unwound and that strand also twisted around the spice wire.
i'm not a rancher. i've never messed with barb wire. this just seems to be one of those 'nifty' tricks that is good to know. good job showing how to pull through the loop and then how to roll the hammer back over the loop to lock it in. this was cool. nice video.
I’m 143 years old and i learned something new today
How many days is that?
@@AFMR0420 that's 52,195 days not including leap years
Lol I'm 144. Get out of here youth.
I got ya beat. I'm three days older than God's dog. 😅
I am god’s dog 🤔
Getting the wire tight by hand is never enough. I'll be using this trick. Thank you and your dad.
Your video needed to be zoomed in when you inserted the hammer.
Must of viewed it on your (not so) smart phone.
Thank you for a clear and concise tip.
You're welcome!
great hammer trick,,,,ive spliced many broken fences,,,bit iam an old timer and love learning new tricks
Glad you enjoyed it
I'm 72 but a newby to fence fixin and have been trying to use a fence stretcher to tighten up the fence I built a few yesrs ago, just me & my tractor. Now THIS method looks much more affective! Thank you!
Good luck!
I learned that 45 yrs ago . Shocked many people when I did it
They all asked me how can I get the fence tightened lol 😂
It's not electric --- HAHA
Yeah, they probably wanted to do it the hard way and waste time.
I aint a rancher but I do like watching people being clever, this is awesome! Never would have thought it in a million years.
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I learned this trick at nine years old from my nine year old cousin in 1969 when I spent the summer on his families’ Iowa farm.
Why twist your wire to the left to secure? You're the woman I curse when the twist tie is going counter clockwise.
I learned that trick working on a cattle ranch in Southern Colorado about 45 years ago. Thanks for sharing so others could learn.
Readily useful info! Thank you! I may just go back to my shoddy splices and tone them up now. It's hammer time... 🔨
Rock on!
This is such a cool trick! I used to do something similar with pliers but I just couldn't get it out in the same smooth way. Hammer saves the day, once again.
Glad you liked it!
Some many “amazing” technique videos on RUclips are a complete waste of time / impractical. It is lovely to finally find one that is so useful, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks buddy all my hammers are now stuck in my fence haha
I see a lot of sticks incorporated into splices. 😆 🤣
That would be my luck too😅
Better watch again, took me several tries years ago 😂
Watch it all the way through. Lol
You clearly need more hammers.
Very nice! Thanks for sharing! After I get the splice done I usually just bite a piece anywhere down the length between the posts in question, and twist my lineman pliers (I think the tool is actually called a fence multi-tool pliers, but look a lot like lineman pliers), and make a "fold" or a "Z bend" then I can crimp it shut to flat. This can be done anywhere on the line, but they will occasionally cause the old, crappy, rust fence, that we've adopted on our 24 acre property, to break clean at the crimp point. I think your spice system might be a bit better, since I can use the mechanical advantage of the twisting with the hammer to get tension back to the next barb on both sides, thus avoiding the weak point(s) that I'm creating down the length of the fence.
Cool idea, and thanks!
Wow, I don't have anything to do with fences, but I believe this could come in handy for many other applications. It's one of those tricks you want in your bag of tricks. Especially when SHTF. Thanks for sharing.
I've been using 2 screwdrivers as a windlass, but I love how you use the hammer. Very clever, and thank you for sharing.
A so turning the wire around the handle of the one screw driver and using usually there is hole for hanging it on the wall, but you put second driver trough it to increase leverage, the pulling back using rest of the handle and another end? Sounds pretty good actually, except slight torture for the tools. No thank you for sharing, didnt consider this and now its on my mental tool bag.
Very welcome!
Been doing this for many many years. Yes the loop ends are sharply bent and weaknd but usually the fence is old and weak anyway. Otherwise would not need fixing. Actually used this method just yesterday.
Taught by my uncle back in '61 (after Carla hit) and sent out to repair "several" breaks. And yes, he inspected the first 20. Paid me a $ for each one and trusted me for the other 25. Whole lot of money for a 10 year old 😅
Awesome trick! Subbed and bell rang
It doesn't take too many times before you learn to do the bottom first and work your way up.
I’m sorry but I was shocked to see your video is only 7:59 instead of 8 minutes therefore forfeiting your opportunity of monetization!
I love the tricks though and just wished you got paid for this one. Remember 8 minutes minimum for RUclips to pay Adsense monies!
I don't farm or ranch, even though i would love to. I really like learning tricks like this to help with certain situations 👌. Too notch material!
Next time make yur vid 8 mins so u can get a mid roll add
There are tricks to every trade, thank you, this is a great idea. We’re from Missouri, the show me state. Appreciate your efforts to make the video to show us how it’s done.
Uncle Ben taught us this. My brother learned it but I forget it every time. Nice job explaining,I’ll try learning again.
You can do it!
All I learned from uncle be is that with great power comes great responsibility.
That's a great tip! Here's one that helped me: Get some compound diagonal cutters. Cuts through double strand like butter. My forearms actually got smaller after I bought one, it's amazing how much force you have to use to cut wire.
Great tip!
The mark of a great field mechanic is how few tools they need to do the job
I learned this hack way back in 1978. My Dad taught us all how to splice barb-wire fences that were damaged/broke/cut. This is the first time I've seen it demonstrated.
Surely in 1978 it would have been a tip.
"Hack" didn't seem to besmirch the English language until about 5 yeard ago.
@@ianmacfarlane1241 "Life hack" has been coined for 2 decades
@@ianmacfarlane1241 considering that coding goes back into the 80s (Apple 2c is 77) at least I think you just weren't the crowd for it
@@ianmacfarlane1241 Also just looked at it apparently in 1955 MIT nerds were using the term... so maybe you need to research before just commenting random stuff
@@tristancoffin Ah, another smartarse - must be something in the air.
I obviously wasn't talking about the term "hack" being used in the World of computing, unless you see fence repair as being part of the computing sphere.
I was talking about "hack" being used as a substitute for "tip" throughout the general population - decorating hacks, baking hacks, gardening hacks, cleaning your bathroom hacks, homesteading hacks etc etc.
None of these have anything to do with the computing World.
"Hack" meaning tip only entered general usage a few years ago, even if, decades ago, it was used in a different context in the coding World.
Next time you want to shoot someone down over an Innocent comment, it'd probably be a good idea to engage your brain first.
There are various ways of doing fence splices. This one is interesting if you want to use a hammer instead of a stretcher. It seems debatable as to the advantage but it would mean one less tool to carry around. The thing about a lot of this work is you are balancing practicality and time against quality of work. On our ranch my dad wouldn't be caught dead doing this kind of splice. He was also an engineer so his anal retentive side came out in things like this. Still this is a good trick to keep in mind for when you might need it. As an engineer myself I too prefer my dads method but it doesn't lend to undoing and retightening but with the way we did our fences that wasn't really an issue (We broke long fence runs with braces. The made a sturdier fences and prevented most of the sagging in the first place.)
We used to loop and get as much out as possible and then put something smooth metal between like a piece of conduit and turn that until tight then back off 1/4 and slide out. I like this trick and will try this next time. Never too late to try something new
I used to do what you described with 14 gauge wire. You can twist it with the handle of your cutters or a screwdriver. To me, it seems quicker than the hammer trick. Plus, If what you're using to twist has a taper, then you don't even need to back it off to get your tool out.
As soon as I heard the accent I knew I was going to see something new to me. Great trick, howdy from West Texas.
Get yourself down to Texas and show the National Guard this trick!
Mexico paid for a wall that 45 had put up from Calif to near Browsville Tx . I bet you forgot that ,right ?
That is hilarious but sad at the same time
I'll be happy to head down there. 😂
Yeah, and add a 2nd wire too!
They know how....they just don't
I moved onto a remote 1883 farm with about all the skills of first visiting my uncle's dairy farm as a kid. What a learning curve just for basics! I've almost got coiling down but nothing close to the stunning tight coils of those before me. Learned I had made a hash on DIY tightening as the elderly owner came out and slung around a heavy "goldenrod" like a maestro and schooled me right.
Also very impressed with an old fencing wagon that was abandoned and melted into the grass. Tripped over metal and recovered 4 pre-1900 iron straighteners I thought were some kind of steampunk industrial come-alongs. Holy hell, how did they even LIFT those things much less WORK them? Good tip. 5,765 more lessons to go to just attain greenhorn status.
This right here, is why youtube is handy,
clear video example, no fluff, to the point
When your doing wire fence work in a field that will have cattle be sure to keep track of any bit of wire you trim off.If it gets dropped on the ground they will swallow it.Then your trouble begins.
Nice job! Seems like you could tie off that final loop with the hammer, too. After lifting and rolling back, instead of removing the hammer, take a couple turns around the standing wire to lock it off. Then remove the hammer. Less chance of losing the tension, less direct hand-to-wire contact, etc.
Regardless, nice technique, and thanks for sharing.
Good tip!
How many feminists women has watched this video?
Just out of curiosity.
Thank you, for sharing your Dad’s great information on splicing barbed wire fencing back together. My wife and I inherited the small family farm. We are dealing with unscrupulous hunters that cut the wire to poach our deer and other animals that we have posted no hunting on our property. I need to repair the fencing that they cut, I really appreciate the tip that you have demonstrated in your video that your dad taught you, it is great. Thank you, and I really appreciate it very much and glad that your dad took his time and his patience to teach his skill onto you so that you could pass it on also.
We will keep sharing the knowledge.
As a hunter, I would say… Put up some hidden trail cams, and then turn in the poachers (so they will never get a license again)! And sue them for the damages!
easy fix. I.E.D's
Eye e dees
An older friend had the same situation with poachers on his place. He solved the problem by leasing his property, for hunting, to just one hunter. He checked him out and got references. By doing that he knew how many deer that one hunter would take, which was far fewer than poachers. The hunter did all the work to catch the poachers on "his" lease. The friend also made a little money for the lease.
Can you do this trick with the smaller bard wire?
Sure.
😊hey Neat Trick !!!!! I’m going to use it . I’m always having to fix my fence. Thank you so much & God bless you
You are so welcome
I live in a 300 sq ft studio apartment in the city and I watched the whole video
No more buying strainers for me thanks to your method, definitely going to save me money Thank you for sharing.
Glad to help
Purdy handy! My t-post driver and wire stretchers get "barrowed" all of the time, so I never actually know where they are at.
Nice trick. In our country "barbless barbwire" is called smooth wire.
Ok. Hey Billy go back to the barn and get some wire. Billy: You want barbed wire or smooth wire? Understand now Billy??@@williamsharp2532
In my country the [Gates] of h3ll is buying up all the grazing land.
It's actually called barbless barbwire when I have to order it. 🤠👍
Yes. It works great. There are quite a few nay sayers. Lol
Just spin the hammer around the wire after you tighten it and fold it back, saves tying it by hand. Built and repaired many miles of barbed wire fence in my life.
Excellent. Pick up the cut ends and start with the Bottom Strand in a real situation.
My dad taught me to start with the top strand because if you start with the bottom strands the top strands will get tangled up with the bottom strands.
I guess that is possible. My thought is that it could be painful working beneath taut barbed wire.@@hillsidefarmer6762
@hillsidefarmer662 My Dad taught me to always start with the top wire ,if you don't by the time you get to it, your other wires will be become loose.
Hmmmmmmmm. So then the Top Wire will become loose? Always more that one way to do things. @@davidgregg2778
Lee Valley Tools sells a kit that uses the same principle to make hose clamps. When done right, the result is a clamping effect that's smooth and pleasing to the eye , and when wrapped with tape is almost invisible.
The “clamp tite” wire tool. I repaired a 12lb sledgehammer handle with three DOUBLED bindings, and some hockey tape. We used that hammer for another three months before the handle broke again in another spot.
The manufacturer (not Lee Valley) sells versions of that tool that will tension up to .250” wire.
I bought one of those and have used it several times. Great for when you don't want bumps in the hose, like one you roll on a hose reel.
Thank you. Very clever. I’ll use it next time 👍
Great video, great idea ! Thank you !
Glad you liked it!
I have never seen that trick before. Unfortunately I still haven't seen it,your camera is to far away to see exactly what your doing.
I show it twice in the video.
Aha i guess I should have been more patient
I saw it just fine, and the second your is you're
Thanks for the English spelling lesson,you're so smart
Good fence fixing hack explained very well! May have to practice it a couple of times . Thanks for posting it .
Glad it was helpful!
Great tip, we have poachers who cut our wire so they can drive to their kill and load it up.
That is ingenious! I would have gone for a fence stretcher instead but they are much more cumbersome than a hammer and still leave a bit of slack. Thanks, I'll be using that technique on my next fencing project.
I'll never buy a fence stretcher. They end up rusting out in 2 years.
You can’t touch this trick.
I have a 20-acre farm, I wanna go find a section of busted up fence right now, just so that I can try this trick out!
But seriously, I'm going to have a bowl of people kibble (breakfast cereal) and then head out.
(Dogs get dog kibble, people get people kibble. That's how I explain it to my Canine Groupies...)
Its really good you shot a video about essentially tying knots from 25 feet away. Good job!
Do you people even watch full videos? He literally does it zoomed in later in the video...People have the brain capacity of a gnat...
Old timer showed me this. It’s my preferred method if I don’t feel like packing a stretcher. 👍🏻
Dude looks like the guy from the red green show.