That re-bar used in the brace to tension the wire is extremely dangerous. I have found if anything is left to chance, it will happen. I got anxiety seeing your little girl near it. A better approach is a wooden stay that when tensioned on that brace wire is sticking up at least 6 inches over the wood cross brace. If the fence wire is going over the top of that tensioner piece then a lot better. I have built miles of fencing contracts for the government and that's how we do it. Wood, and never metal because you never know who will be touching it in your brace system. The contracts also stipulated to never have spikes sticking out on the ends of the post for the brace wood because someone could be climbing over the fence, slip and could hit a body part on the spike sticking out. Everything flush driven.
Thanks for this post. I am redoing my corner braces on my fences. Love the baby, she is too sweet. And the cats remind me of mine, always helping in the yard. have a great evening.
Thank you and Yes. They were sitting on the ground next to the camera. I always wear them. Years ago making this video, I was more worried about setting up the camera and kept forgetting the glasses.
Great video. Moving my property fence back 18 feet to where it belongs and this will help out when I have to redo the corner. big help as it cleared up all my concerns.
nice video. Have seen this rebar method a bunch of times now, but wondering why not just drill a hole in the bottom of your lateral member and pull down and slide it into the hole, leaving it no chance of "lettin go"
Good idea. They never have let go. If they did, they are twisted toward the fence. So, if one slips, it will just spring out 3 inches and hit the fencing.
I have put up a lot of fence in my life so I know what I am talking about, Your brace rail ( on top) is good ,BUT you should have run your brace wire from the bottom of your corner post to the top of your line post to have a more solid corner post.
See colliefarm.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/the-case-for-the-h-brace The correct implementation: fig. 3, incorrect: fig. 6 which it looks like you're doing to Rick and myself. Great video otherwise.
Glad it was helpful. Very excited for you to get out into the country. Are you talking about spacing at the corners? or along the actual straight run fence line? etc? Spacing of the corner posts is somewhat important but if you have too great a spacing you will not get the stability needed if the ratio of post thickness is smaller. Say if you have 4" posts, you need them closer to each other than if you have 8" posts to gain the same stability. You can see that I had 6" posts and I spaced them about 8' apart. Hope that helps.
Country Living Experience: A Homesteading Journey Yeah, we’re excited. Traded the Viper pictured for a ‘63 Ford 4000 tractor😂. All in bro! I was asking about the spacing of the two vertical posts. Is there a certain space they need to be for the brace to go in between? Thanks man!
How deep did you bury your posts for the fence? My male goat is pretty strong and he bent my fence at another location. Please respond. I need to make it strong enough to withstand the weight of a herd
The best recommendation is 80% the height of the fence. I did a 52" fence for my goats and horses, so the posts were in the ground 41". Along with the proper bracing, your fence will hold up for a long time.
Cross bracing solidifies the frame. It provides rigidity against racking. The single cross brace creates a triangle which will transfer and distribute loads on the fence across all members of the frame evenly. This is a structural engineering basic. Thanks for your question.
@@CountryLivingExperience How do you stretch it? Mine is floppy! I have it nailed to wood posts but between each post, the wire is floppy! Thank you for any suggestions.
@@sloanehodge6065 Take two 2x4's and sandwich them together over the fencing. Bolt them together. Attach a chain at the top and bottom and pull it tight with your tractor or truck.
If your corner posts are in the ground the proper length and the backfill material is tamped properly, the ground support will be stronger than concrete.
From a engineering point of view tthis is not the best way to brace a post the cross brace should be angled from the bottom of the inside post to the top of the corner post then a wire in tension using a turnbuckle from the top of the inside post to the bottom of corner post. Doing it the way in the video causes racking which can allow the fence wire to sag and loosen the posts. This may be good for a garden.but it would never be any good for livestock
If that is the case, then every single rancher in the whole of East Texas is doing it wrong. There is no racking and we have sandy soil. There is no fence lag here nor on any ranch that I drive by.
I am an Architect. I understand force and load distribution through triangles. The cable completes the triangle and the load is distributed properly. You didn't address my rancher comment. Come out here and tell them they are wrong too...lol.
That re-bar used in the brace to tension the wire is extremely dangerous. I have found if anything is left to chance, it will happen. I got anxiety seeing your little girl near it.
A better approach is a wooden stay that when tensioned on that brace wire is sticking up at least 6 inches over the wood cross brace. If the fence wire is going over the top of that tensioner piece then a lot better.
I have built miles of fencing contracts for the government and that's how we do it. Wood, and never metal because you never know who will be touching it in your brace system. The contracts also stipulated to never have spikes sticking out on the ends of the post for the brace wood because someone could be climbing over the fence, slip and could hit a body part on the spike sticking out. Everything flush driven.
Thanks for this post. I am redoing my corner braces on my fences. Love the baby, she is too sweet. And the cats remind me of mine, always helping in the yard. have a great evening.
Thank you Val. Good luck with the fencing.
I love your assistant! 😊
Thank you
Helpful video and great Dad !
Thank you
good job on the brace, I like it. Your daughter adds a great lesson as well.
Thank you.
Great and simple job. Thanks
Thank you
Have done lot of this.... But I still enjoyed watching your video. Thanks
Awesome! Thanks.
its a good idea to have eye protection any time you work with wire...personal experience
Thank you and Yes. They were sitting on the ground next to the camera. I always wear them. Years ago making this video, I was more worried about setting up the camera and kept forgetting the glasses.
I have the same red handled claw hammer. Had it for over 25 years now.
Awesome!
Very helpful and informative, and you have a cute little daughter!
Glad it was helpful. Thank you, she is a great helper.
Great video. Moving my property fence back 18 feet to where it belongs and this will help out when I have to redo the corner. big help as it cleared up all my concerns.
Glad the video was helpful. Thanks for watching
Hedge post set in sack Crete and an 8’ piece of 1 1/4” pipe or bigger is what I use for brace
That works too.
your little girl throwing her toys in the background , so funny 😂😂😂
She is a trip.
Great job
Thank you
Thanks for sharing...good video!
Thank you
Your staples are left cut, and will hold better if they are clocked to left about 11 oclock.
ok
Right cut at 1 o clock?
Great video, thanks for sharing!
Thanks man!
Your brace wire is done backwards. Leverage is now pulling your corner post over..
Very easy. Good
Great
The cats are having a good time also.
Where are your safety glasses
dont forget gloves, mouthguard, full body protective suit and constant disclaimers lol
Lol
I couldn’t find any 6in diameter posts in my location. Could I make a H brace fence with 4in diameter posts?
Sure
nice video. Have seen this rebar method a bunch of times now, but wondering why not just drill a hole in the bottom of your lateral member and pull down and slide it into the hole, leaving it no chance of "lettin go"
Good idea. They never have let go. If they did, they are twisted toward the fence. So, if one slips, it will just spring out 3 inches and hit the fencing.
I have put up a lot of fence in my life so I know what I am talking about, Your brace rail ( on top) is good ,BUT you should have run your brace wire from the bottom of your corner post to the top of your line post to have a more solid corner post.
I may be misunderstanding you brother. That it what I did. The wire is run from the bottom of the corner around the top of the line post.
I thought that's what he did ?
Rick Hicks That's what he did!
See colliefarm.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/the-case-for-the-h-brace
The correct implementation: fig. 3, incorrect: fig. 6 which it looks like you're doing to Rick and myself. Great video otherwise.
From a city slicker with no farm experience who just bought one, many thanks!
Does spacing matter? Maybe I missed that
Glad it was helpful. Very excited for you to get out into the country. Are you talking about spacing at the corners? or along the actual straight run fence line? etc? Spacing of the corner posts is somewhat important but if you have too great a spacing you will not get the stability needed if the ratio of post thickness is smaller. Say if you have 4" posts, you need them closer to each other than if you have 8" posts to gain the same stability. You can see that I had 6" posts and I spaced them about 8' apart. Hope that helps.
Country Living Experience: A Homesteading Journey Yeah, we’re excited. Traded the Viper pictured for a ‘63 Ford 4000 tractor😂. All in bro!
I was asking about the spacing of the two vertical posts. Is there a certain space they need to be for the brace to go in between?
Thanks man!
Country Living Experience: A Homesteading Journey okay, just saw your complete answer. Many thanks
How deep did you bury your posts for the fence? My male goat is pretty strong and he bent my fence at another location. Please respond. I need to make it strong enough to withstand the weight of a herd
They are 2ft in the ground.
The best recommendation is 80% the height of the fence. I did a 52" fence for my goats and horses, so the posts were in the ground 41". Along with the proper bracing, your fence will hold up for a long time.
@@coryvann9631 didn’t your goats just step
Over your 11”high fence ?
@@timothybint4960 😂
great thank
You are welcome
What is the bracing for? I just did a similar fence for my friend's property and I used 8" ledger lags.
Cross bracing solidifies the frame. It provides rigidity against racking. The single cross brace creates a triangle which will transfer and distribute loads on the fence across all members of the frame evenly. This is a structural engineering basic. Thanks for your question.
Cat is boss.
what gauge wire did you use for the bracing on the corner post.
Hello. We used 6" posts and 10ga wire. Thanks for watching.
Very cool, thank you
Hope it helped. Thanks for watching.
How do you make a TIGHT chicken wire fence?
Chicken wire is too think to really tighten well. It just stretches.
@@CountryLivingExperience How do you stretch it? Mine is floppy! I have it nailed to wood posts but between each post, the wire is floppy! Thank you for any suggestions.
@@sloanehodge6065 Take two 2x4's and sandwich them together over the fencing. Bolt them together. Attach a chain at the top and bottom and pull it tight with your tractor or truck.
Did you use 6" or 8" post on the corner post.
what size posts? how many times did you wrap the wire? what gauge wire ?
6 inch posts minimum, 10 gauge wire, wrap around at least once.
Country Living Experience cool thanks, you make it look easy
No problem. Good luck building your fence.
So, does the rebar stay there permanently?
Yes, it does. It remains to hold tension on the wire.
I'm not at all an expert but I think that this little thing rebar could be dangerous at her low part .
Gripples
No Concrete?
We did a different video on setting fence posts. This vid is about bracing. Thanks for watching
If your corner posts are in the ground the proper length and the backfill material is tamped properly, the ground support will be stronger than concrete.
Dude, get your daughter! She’s in dangerous space.
She's fine but thanks for your concern.
From a engineering point of view tthis is not the best way to brace a post the cross brace should be angled from the bottom of the inside post to the top of the corner post then a wire in tension using a turnbuckle from the top of the inside post to the bottom of corner post. Doing it the way in the video causes racking which can allow the fence wire to sag and loosen the posts. This may be good for a garden.but it would never be any good for livestock
If that is the case, then every single rancher in the whole of East Texas is doing it wrong. There is no racking and we have sandy soil. There is no fence lag here nor on any ranch that I drive by.
force pulling on them. By using a crossbeam on a slant as i suggested you create a triangle which is a much stronger structure.
I am an Architect. I understand force and load distribution through triangles. The cable completes the triangle and the load is distributed properly.
You didn't address my rancher comment. Come out here and tell them they are wrong too...lol.
Beautiful little girl you have there.
Praise God she looks like her mother.
Hammering that spike so close to your face. Consider some eye protection.
wear your eye glass sir
Where are your safety glasses?
What does he need glasses for ?
At the safety glass store
Please dont smack your gum!
Evie DeChant I’ll smack my gum whenever I want
@@AJ-eg3yr lol