The BEST, CHEAPEST, And EASIEST Rotational Grazing Fencing Setup EVER!
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It's been 3 years since he's done this video. I'm wondering if he would recommend any changes. I'm thinking about doing this system.
Oh man, I am so glad to see this video, just wish it was before now! I’ve had my place about 20 years with a good bit of acreage and a variety of livestock. When my family was still alive (hubby died at 45 daughter was 26) we had gone out pulling tposts for the cost of the posts; A lot of labor, but a lot of payback! Ended up with some fifteen hundred posts. When all but 50 of them were stolen we had nothing to fence with and nowhere near enough cash. To this day, I have been unable to get a fence going and hay has been so expensive, it’s been torture, feeding the animals every day with this much property, especially on my own and disabled now. If I didn’t have to get rid of everything, I’d be building this quicker than you could blink an eye. If I’m not living in cardboard next season, I’m going to do it but I still need to figure out how to attach those to the top of t-posts, to keep my mule in. 🤣 if you figure that one out, lmk. Great work!
This is awesome. I've seen your three videos on this. The fiberglass poles are up to $2.19 at TSC so these are cheap and easy to use. And yes you have inspired me for a fence that needs to be built for cheap.
They are 2.79 now. Ugh.
After seeing posts at our local farm store for $5 each I thought about the snow stakes. Fiberglass …. Then I went to you tube. Glad you posted the video. Makes so much sense. (Cents)😜. They have went up a little on Amazon now. Trying to keep pigs in. This will be perfect. Great video. I’m running with it.
Your idea using the snow marker poles is brilliant
With a good wire loop/wrap you won't have to drill press. just wrap the wire tightly... if you find it's slipping, 3-5 wraps of duck tape under the wire will give enough "smoosh" to let the wire dig in and not slip. much less labor intensive.
I might have to try that!
@@AgainstTheGrainDiet I think a box of cotter pins would work excellent in the holes to hold the wire. Great idea on the poles for sure.
Thank you!
And i just realized that it might not be clear, by wire, i don't mean your conduction wire, i mean your support hook wire.
I was going to ask…. What kind of wire do you use for the “support wire”? Wouldn’t regular metal wire conduct electricity?
Thanks so much for these fencing ideas. They will do a lot for helping us take good care of our animals. I am so glad I saw this before I spent a ton of money on fence.
Thanks for the support! This is the best way to do the cross fencing! Sooo easy!
I bought the same fiberglass posts and instead of drilling them I used electric tape to attach them. I wrap a loop around the post then tape it every 3-5 posts(not every single one) so far it’s working great. It’s really easy to undo and it doesn’t mess with the integrity of your post. Thanks for sharing
That was a great video ! Those were the ones I was going to buy, so glad you are sharing this with everyone. I do have a recommendation for the swampy area if you haven’t done anything to it yet. I live in Hawaii up high in the mountain and it is swampy and wet. The only nitrogen fixer that does well is birdsfoot trefoil. It loves waterlogged soil. I just seeded a few acres and it is coming up great. Its perennial , adds nitrogen and excellent quality feed and does not cause bloating. I will absolutely be buying these. I am fencing 10 more acres and wanted to add some electric fence to do intensive grazing. Thanks again
Will look up the Trefoil! Make sure not to use these as perimeter fence. Only cross fence
Why not as a perimeter ?
You just saved me a butt load of money! Thanks bud!!
You’re welcome!
Dude this is a GENUS idea! I will be doing this. I thought about using zip ties to hold the fence wire to.
Excellent! Thank you for sharing your great ideas! Dermot
Man... thank you so much I can finally put some cattle out now❤
Beginner's question. With the mobility of the motorcycle, how did you solve it?
Regarding fences, I see that it is a good method that speeds up the work.
The numbers don't lie👍
Great vid brother, thank you so much! Just used your link.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I never would have thought of that!
No problem! Simple and works super well!
Long horns, long necks, and blondes . its a great herd. the fence looks great.
Thank you! It’s been working so well I’m going to put it everywhere!
This is great! Maybe a silly question but is this electric fence, or just the wire with no electricity? I have two highlands, they are pretty mellow and I want to rotate them to the back paddock, they have never been exposed to wire fencing with or without electricity, would this work for them do you think? Don't want electric because my two Mastiff's will never go in the back pasture if they get zapped. Just looking for something for the summer months, temporary and inexpensive. Thx.
Dude…you just made my life SO MUCH easier!
You’re welcome!
Make a cheap jig and you can use a hand drill to drill them as accurately as a drill press.
Use 12" chunks of black potable-water 3/4" pipe, put a nail through each end with wire inside, make nail-end into hook shape, it's a fence handle
Dude thanks for the video
You need to make your middle wire a ground so the fence will still shock the animals in dry conditions. Keep the dirt around your ground rod wet during the dry season so you have a hotter spark.
Have you thought about putting a T-post in your lane fence everywhere you put a gate so you could pull the gates tight with a gate handle?
You are one step ahead of us! That’s exactly what we are going to do. We just need to see the exact spacing on the lane
Nice!!! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome - thank you so much!
May I ask what kind of wire you used for those “support hooks”? Going to buy the little fiber glass posts Now!!!
It’s just 17 gauge galvanized. But if you can get aluminum I would do that. If you have any questions I’ll be more than happy to help
Does it keep the boys in? Doesn’t look to high. Thanks 😊
15:03 It’s not necessarily the lushness of the grass. Protein does play a role in animal health but many people think if they raise the protein content of the forage ( by fertilizing with synthetic nitrogen) then they will get more and higher quality yields. This is a dangerous fallacy . Always remember it’s the balance of nutrients that matters. A diversity of plants is the easiest way to encourage nutrient balance in the animals, microbial populations, and mineral nutrients in the forage.
You should look up some presentations or interviews with Dr. Christine Jones she’s a soil biologist who originally set out to improve fleece quality of sheep. You are right that the quality of the fiber depends on the forage quality. Most important mineral for plant and animal health is calcium. With abundance calcium cows can even get fat off of standing stockpile and hay. With abundant calcium plants make calcium Pectate, when it’s in short supply they make magnesium pectate. With out getting to much into weeds I just want to encourage you to keep learning about plant and soil health. I think your doing great, keep up the good work.
Oh here are few great books that that will help you along the way, they’re on audible as well.“The soil owners Manuel” by Jon Stika is a great introduction into the basics of how soil, plants, and soil life work together. “For the love of soil” by Nicole masters is another great resource. Nicole is soil scientist and consultant and she share some of her experiences and knowledge of how to restore degraded landscapes, farms and ranches of any scale. Microbial inoculations, and biology friendly fertilizer recommendations are included. Last one is “From dirt to soil” by Gabe Brown.
We were just talking about wanting to set up a way to rotational graze we need more property
You’re grass will come back so much stronger! Which means you can have more animals on the same amount of land
With timeless fence post no insulators
so this would essentially be used for cross fences and then use polywire/reels for your daily moves?
Yes for cross fences, I use 17 gauge wire to make an acre paddock then use poly wire to divide if need be
How do they hold up to the hot sun in the summer?
Is that electric tape you are using?
17 gauge wire is not too strong. Think about 12 gauge 180 psi wire. If you use 200 psi wire you cannot tie a knot. I enjoyed the video.
The 17 gauge can be easily rolled up again and moved, and also the wire will snap before the fence posts so its and easier fix
Grazing both sides and you still have to move it once a year?
We will see definitely keep it fluid and see how it goes! I will have to try that gate handle trick!
how to you energize it?
Is this all you would need for a perimeter fence?
Debbie, no ma’am this is for cross-fencing temporary paddocks so you can move the mob frequently to new grass away from stool and flies, and let the grazed paddock recover. For perimeter fence you need a permanent fence to keep them inside your property.
I subbed a week or so ago. How are you doing the ground rods for your fences. Thanks
Thanks for the support! The ground rods are right near our energizer
@@AgainstTheGrainDiet I bought a 10 mile energizer what size is yours?
We have a 50 mile plug in and a premier1 120 solar
@@AgainstTheGrainDiet Thanks for your time. I will keep watching.
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Won't keep a bull in
Building community of friends is the key to surviving. Get out of the mentality to own everything. That's what ruined America and Americans. America was built by farmers helping one another. Go to a friends house who has a drill press and give him beef for Christmas;)
Using metal T-posts on an electric fence is a mistake! Too much potential for a dead short.
Good luck with your project. $30k in livestock and $3k In fencing... what could go wrong? Lol