Clearing Old Fence Lines with Mini Excavator through THICK Brush
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- In this video, I use my John Deere 35D Mini Excavator to clear brush, trees, and old 4 board wood horse fencing to start the preparation for new fencing for our goats and sheep. As of right now, I think I am going to install a 7 strand high-tensile electric Timeless Fence system but I haven't counted out a woven wire fence just yet.
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Thanks for watching! If you have experience with high tensile fencing or woven wire fencing, I'd love to hear your feedback on what you think is best. Also, I'm going to be getting a new camera soon. My new GoPro Hero 12 kept overheating while I was filming this, losing a lot of footage. It was overheating while it was inside the cab of the mini-excavator with the Air Conditioning on!
What a daunting task! Hopefully the goats will appreciate all your hard work. 😀
I hope they will too! 😁
Im cleanig out fence rows right now. I rented a mini x. Cause thats what everyone suggested. It was slow going. Found and old backhoe for sale up the road. Bought it and have never thought about the mini again. I put the front bucket on the ground and go. Find something big. Turn around and dig it out. Backhoe has been so much faster than the mini x.
Edit. I building cattle pastures tho. So im taking brush and everything. To the dirt. Pushing it in piles and burning it.
I’m from New Zealand. We don’t do woven fences here except for deer farm fencing. High tensile 8 strand fencing is usually used for paddock fences for sheep and beef farming. I am fascinated by the numbers of Y posts you guys use over there and the flimsy white netting which can be electrified.
That is great to know! I've had mixed results with the netting. While it can work, it definitely isn't a permanent perimeter fence. I'm pretty sure I'm going with high tensile and your feedback helps. If anyone knows livestock fencing, it's New Zealanders! Thank you!
Hi, for first timer on the mini you are doing very well.
I don't think the mini is the right 'tool' for this job, when you do use it for this type I’ll suggest you place the vegetation on the side that you can chop it letter and the non on the other side, to save some time to separate all before chopping, for the vines the hydraulic thumb is perfect to pull it towards you and then to the side.
Don't ever drive where you can't see or sure it is safe the mini can flip, to use the bucket to pull, turn and support.
I'm sure you'll enjoy working with the mini as i was, have fun and be careful.
looking forward for some more new projects of yours.
Thanks for all of the good advice! Greatly appreciated! Take care and thanks for watching!
On the next show I hope you use the Mulcher, it's a little more exciting than watching the Excavator.Noisy,things flying everwhere, that's what I'm talking about .
The mulcher is definitely fun! I'll get it back out soon! Thanks for watching!
Let the goats do the work for you, they’ll be very happy
Absolutely! That area will be an all you can eat goat buffet!
Looks like you had quite a job there! Good work!
Thank you!!
I was just wondering today where y’all been. Glad to see a video. Hope yall are well.
We are well, thank you! We've just been super busy. We're going to work on getting more videos out soon. Take care!
Nice to see another video. I wish you guys could post more often. The right tool for that job is a Caterpillar D8!! Ha😅 dats alota vines
I want a dozer really bad! I wish we could make more videos too. We do them as time allows. I have one I'm working on now for next weekend. Take care!
Was this one day of work? How much linear distance did you clear? I have a similar project in front of me and probably a similar amount of time in a mini excavator as you. As cool as the videos of the pros are, this type of video is more realistic for me.
It's all going to depend on skill and how thick the area is. If I had to guess I would say plan for 100ft an hour and hope for 300ft 😁 good luck!
Man you sure are putting in tons of work around there, you have to be exhausted after all of that. Thanks for posting the video and looking forward to seeing more from you! Get some rest :)
I always have something to do 😁 Thanks for watching and yep, we are going to work on more videos soon as time allows. Take care!
I just started watching and wondering why your not using the mulcher, maybe i'm early and you used it later we'll see as I kept watching.
The fence boards have nails in them. I wasn't sure how that would be with the mulcher. Nails would probably be flying everywhere. But yes, for a lot of this the mulcher would have been a good choice but it was so thick, I didn't know where the boards were.
I’m starting on my Timeless fence now. I’m not going to use their corner braces though, I’ll use wood posts instead and for H braces. My supplier told me they use a large hammer drill with a 1 inch masonry bit to drill a pilot hole. This makes it easier to get them in straight also.
Harbor Freight’s Bauer 10 amp drill was not quite strong enough. I’ll try the 14 amp version and unfortunately, I will have to use my large generator for that one. Right now I’m trying to decide which height to use for the posts. I’m thinking taller is better in case I use these paddocks for more than pigs down the road. (This will be in the woods) So far, despite the learning curve, I really like the high tensile product.
That's really good info. Thank you. I like the Timeless corners but I think I may do wood instead too, for a fraction of the cost of the Timeless corners. The drill bit is a great idea for the line posts!
wow that is a huge job! great work!
i have seen other channels talking about cherry trees being toxic to livestock - is that all cherries or just some varieties?
I think it's all of them but I'm not sure. I've heard that when the leaves wilt, it forms cyanide and can kill goats and sheep. Thanks for watching. I hope all is well!
We enjoy watching your channel. How is the house coming along? Also what state are you in?
All the flooring and doors have been removed to let it "breathe". We still havent decided 100% if we are going to remodel and move in, or build on the back part of the property and rent out the existing house (to a friend or family). We are in Indiana. Take care!
Im 15 trying to find videos of turning undeveloped land into a homestead and also want to grow animals food anyone got any tips i can do to prepare?
We watched/followed many homestead youtube channels. Search homesteading and you'll find some great ones with tips on starting!! Good luck!! 💗 Allison
ruclips.net/video/5lzL4aBqT3I/видео.htmlsi=TanuI95ltsSKeGsy. Perhaps next step is to use a mulched to deal with all the unwanted growth
We actually do have a mulcher. Once I get all the metal nails picked up I may run a few passes with it. Thanks for watching.
why did you kill the cherry tree?? outta here.
It was in the way of where the fence will be, and the Cherry tree can kill goats and sheep. I'd rather have my goats and sheep alive than 1 of the hundreds of Cherry trees on the property.
Bye felicia