Gabion Fence Posts and Barbed Wire Fencing Mistakes

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Жыл бұрын

In this video we are sharing some of our barbed wire fencing mistakes and also showing you how we are building our gabion basket fence posts as the brace for our fence.
We are Douglas and Keri! In May of 2022 we quit our jobs and sold our home in Denver, Colorado to move to our off grid homestead property in the high desert of Cochise County, Arizona. Follow along with us as we build our homestead from the ground up!
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It feels like this fence is taking us FOREVER!!! And, along the way we made some barbed wire fencing mistakes that we hope you can learn from :) With the very intense monsoon season, we have had a lot of rain and lightning delays, so we are taking a bit longer than we expected! BUT, once the fence is done, it’s DONE!
Our three (3) main reasons for the fence are:
To fence OUT livestock because Arizona is a “fence out” state meaning livestock can wander around and graze on your land and it’s up to the property owner to protect their land from this.
To fence IN the livestock that we will have some day soon.
To create a barrier to people accidentally or purposefully wandering onto our property. An example of this would be a hunter who is crossing our land to get to public lands to legally hunt.
As most of you know we have a TON of rocks on our property which is actually AWESOME because they are a 100% FREE RESOURCE…woohoo!!! So, some areas of the fence we were unable to drive the T post in very far, so we are making gabion baskets around the saggy T posts to fortify the fence and we think they look pretty cool too!
For the gabion baskets, we used these things and here are the prices at the time of this video:
*Concrete mesh from Home Depot…$309 for 5 foot high and 150 foot roll: www.homedepot.com/p/5-ft-x-15...
*14 gauge wire to connect the 2 sides of the basket together…$7.93 for a 100 foot roll:
www.homedepot.com/p/OOK-100-f...
*ROCKS…luckily free for us :)
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@tjport1980 Жыл бұрын

Good fences make good neighbors

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

So true!

@bondpaz Жыл бұрын

You definitely want to keep the cows out because our friends have no fence and the cows were doing a lot of damage. Y’all did a great job. I like the gabions. 😁👌🏽❤️

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Agree! We heard they will rub against your trailer and can do serious damage. Glad you like the gabions...we love how they are turning out :)

@Back2GoodOG Жыл бұрын

Solar panels, batteries, and controllers oh my! The 3 main things you need...a fence...water...and power...so it has to be the power because you already have the other 2! 😜🤣 Love the gabions...was thinking I would love to do a gabion style short fence around our RV area to help block the winds especially at night in the winter. We just put up some mesh and wire fencing for now to keep the cattle from collapsing the trench I'm trying to dig and I put some solar mason jar lanterns hanging from the t-posts and it looks pretty cool at night! Now we need a gate...🔨👷‍♀️

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Yep, we need all those things! Glad you like the gabions...they are super solid, so would probably work really well as a wind block for your RV, especially if you've got a lot of rocks laying around :) Never heard of solar mason jar lanterns...was that something you made? We are gonna need a gate soon too!

@wonderbubbles4092 Жыл бұрын

Firstly, I love this channel. ❤ Secondly, the Galion posts will last until your grandchildren have kids, at least. Highly approved! Thirdly, my bet is on a tractor. I can't think of a more useful thing to have after the fences. Food, shelter, water, security... a good tractor will help make all of those things happen more efficiently.

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Awe, thank you so much!!! We agree about the gabion posts...we love the way they look too :) A tractor...that's an excellent guess! Thanks for commenting and engaging. Have an excellent day!

@chase9558 Жыл бұрын

Been following on and off, I am weary excited for you two, and love you’re ideas!! Ok I’m a fencing contractor..LoL.. so yes I wish I could help you guys.. If you are still fencing, I use string to keep the The post straight as possible, Leave the tops random if you cannot get them all the way down, every 10 poster should have a diagonal post to the ground to support an anchor, can you get a come along and pull that top wire with a come along, and then use a measuring tape measure to set the top wire to make it roll with the hillside..then you can measure and find the lower barb wire location.. You both are doing a great job, I admire your perseverance…🕺

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Thank you! We are thinking you meant "very" not "weary" LOL, but we do get weary sometimes!! haha Oh wow, good to know and those are very good tips! We actually did buy a chain fence stretcher and that is working much better than our "pull tight with the nail pull end of a hammer" method we were using! Thank you so much for following along and all this great info! Take care!

@Lifeis2Short2NotCare Жыл бұрын

Wonderful, informative, and authentic videos. I'm going to say, your buying a tractor with attachments..whatever it is, definitely needed, as 2 people can only do so much physical labor in a day!!.....God Bless the 2 of you!!

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Excellent guess :) Thank you and God bless you as well!

@karenlara9739 Жыл бұрын

Wow. Fence looking great !! Hope y’all don’t get all scratched up !! Love those “rocky” baskets!! They are so rustic looking !! You “city slickers” sure look like you know what you’re talking about !! Love hearing y’all talk and explain everything so well !! I so enjoy watching you !! RANT DOUG !! Tell it like it is !! Common sense speaks for itself!! Hmmm large purchase huh? Hmmmm ? Swimming pool ??? Jk. Lol. Hmmmm?? Storage shed ?? I give up !! Lol Tell me.. Tell me..lol. I’ll stay tuned to find out. More Hugs to you both. Stay safe and don’t hurt yourselves building stuff !! Talk soon !! XOXO 😘

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Oh, we totally get scratched up! LOL We love how they turned out too and they were so inexpensive to make...we figured we have all these rocks, we might as well put them to work! Oh yeah, Doug was ranting, wasn't he?!! Oh my gosh, could it PLEASE be a swimming pool?!!! That would be so amazing! I would actually be very happy with a swimming hole or a what some people call a swimming pond :) Our dog Willow found a natural little swimming hole yesterday that we are going to share...not quite bit enough for us humans, but great for dogs! Only one injury so far where I (Keri) accidentally dropped a rock on my hand that was on another rock...got a wicked big blood blister on my middle finger, but luckily nothing broken. Take care and appreciate your support!!! :)

@wendycdrake Жыл бұрын

The gabions are beautiful; must have been a hella workout. And, can't believe how GREEN it is!

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much...we love the way they look! It was definitely a good workout ;-) It's crazy how green it is out here right now...doesn't even feel like Arizona!

@NonaMaryGrace1952 Жыл бұрын

Hello Dug and Keri, wow that snake was really big and moving along. The gavion posts are really nice looking. Nasty Ants.💕thank you for sharing this with us. A tractor 🚜.or trailer. 💕NonnaGrace

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Yes, it was! That one was on the road going out of our neighborhood and luckily we still haven't seen any snakes on our property...we are sure they are there though! We have heard that the rattlesnakes in this area are not very aggressive, so that's reassuring too :) Thank you so much! Yes, the ants are the worst which we never would have expected!! Excellent guess :)

@Buzzard2014 Жыл бұрын

we have been able to go back to the mayflower which was fun to learn. love what you have done keep the great work and have a great weekend

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

That is so cool! Thank you so much...we appreciate your encouragement. Hope you had a nice weekend too!

@AnnaBananaRepublic 10 ай бұрын

26:11 ranting is cute 🤣 common sense “Full blown that me like a re”wind 😂

@tworebelsoffgrid 10 ай бұрын

Ha ha! Yep, it happens :)

@pmlm1571 Жыл бұрын

Cairns--i think "kay-rns"--it's a pleasure to hear someone actually use that word, a first for me! That, or gabions--excellent, so handsome, strong and useful. I can't believe you have all that great rock just lyin around. I had to go back a ways to find a video I hadn't seen from you: I love and agree with the rants, Doug! Except there is NO down side to the you-know-what on the southern border--that's totally a one-party socialist lock-step-poverty-for-all system down there. My town in southern CA is vast majority escapees from there. Great fence!

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! We agree with you on the rock...we are really looking at it as a free resource and will be incorporating into as much of our building as possible! Appreciate you following along!

@drillsergeant623 Жыл бұрын

One of the first things I would get is a smaller sized backhoe/excavator.

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Another excellent guess!

@MJ-wz6jo Жыл бұрын

Grandpa did stones wire pillars back in the day.

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@kerrymandry262 Жыл бұрын

You have rocks breeding on your property, as does Building with Todd, so gabions are a way of controlling them. Good job.

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Lol, that's very true! Yes, a great free resource :)

@valerieandrews7940 Жыл бұрын

building with Todd =another you tuber ciose to you built his solar array with gabions . He put feet on his posts & buried the posts in gabions . Sounds somuch better than digging holes!

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

We will check his channel out! We have so much to learn from other people out here doing the same thing. Yesssss...I would lift a rock over shoveling any day :)

@AbidAli-bv2gl Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, I was waiting for your video. Lot to learn. Hope you will not mind , what kinds livestocks will be in your property

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! We still have a lot to learn too :) We plan on having goats, chickens, guinea fowl for sure and possibly sheep, turkeys, and possibly some horses down the road. Appreciate you following along :)

@AbidAli-bv2gl Жыл бұрын

@@tworebelsoffgrid , Appreciated for your excellent reply

@gregstravels1121 Жыл бұрын

Enjoy your channel. A tractor in my mind is necessary. Excavator. With a thumb.

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Thank you! We will have to check out what a tractor "thumb" is :)

@gregstravels1121 Жыл бұрын

Sorry. The thumb is connected to a backho. Easier to pick things up. 😂

@seebee8528 Жыл бұрын

I guess you would have to define "huge". Could be the difference between a cement mixer and a bulldozer.

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Lol, that's true! Closer to the size of a bulldozer ;-)

@vivienhill7934 Жыл бұрын

the gabions are great --I am wondering how the stones confined in ancient times--?

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! We found some info on the original technique and it goes back 7000 years to Egyptian times when they used them for flood control of the Nile river! They wove reed baskets to contain the rocks. They've also been used extensively by the military and Leonardo da Vinci designed one called a "Corbeille Leonard" that was used in construction of the San Marco Castle in Milan. Pretty interesting history!

@bobanderson0521 Жыл бұрын

A tractor of some kind

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Excellent guess!

@waywardescapes4384 Жыл бұрын

In Texas marking your posts with purple paint gives notice of being posted/no trespassing. Is it the same in Arizona? If so, you could dip the tops of future t-posts in a can of purple paint and call it a day 😊 no need for the posted signs

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Oh wow, we had never heard of or seen that! Good advice though and yes, that rule applies in Arizona as well...thank you for sharing!

@waywardescapes4384 Жыл бұрын

@@tworebelsoffgrid Sweet! I’ll do that when I build my fences. 🤣 I too had never heard of it until about 10 years ago. Since then I’ve seen it done mostly in West Texas. Good to know Arizona does it as well.

@0livelanette859 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see the fence going up, looks good to me. ~ (My guess.) Was it a Gate? 😀

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Thank you! We are definitely learning as we go and hopefully when we are done it will kinda look like we knew what we were doing LOL That's an excellent guess!

@thedatherful Жыл бұрын

I'm guessing a backhoe/tractor. Many things could be helpful but that is my thought.

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Excellent guess! You definitely got that right :)

@cpron9126 Жыл бұрын

The other Item that comes to mind is your solar system for needed power

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

We definitely need that soon!

@TravelingwiththeGramkracker Жыл бұрын

Question: why did you come in 20' from the property line? It has been my experience that once a fence goes up it is assumed that the fence is the property boundary. Therefore the adjacent land owner assumes that part of the property is theirs. I have land in NW AZ in Coconino County and am currently working on it. I think you bought a tractor. Or a big water tank. Both are much needed.

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

That's a good question...20' in was only in a small section of that fence line because we were working around a wash...where the property line is, the wash was super deep, so we pulled it in (was probably closer to 10 feet) to go through the more shallow area of the wash. The rest of the fence is on the property line. Coconino county is beautiful! Are you building a homestead? Both of your guesses are excellent!

@karenlara9739 Жыл бұрын

@@tworebelsoffgrid Traveling with the Gramkracker has his own KZfaq channel. I’ve been following for a couple years along with Ausia with Pandonium !!! They all have property in the same area. They are building homesteads too. Can ya tell what I do all day and half the night ?? Keep up with my fav peeps !!! Lol check them out !! Hiiiiiii Rainey !!! (Gramkrackers name)!!

@TravelingwiththeGramkracker Жыл бұрын

@@tworebelsoffgrid yes I am building a homestead. However, I'm only on it part time, spring-fall. I'm not set up for winter yet. I am a full time traveler of 7 years. You can see my progress on the property on my KZfaq channel...traveling with the gramkracker.

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! We will check out your channel :)

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Very cool...we will check out his channel and appreciate the recommendation! It's all good...we've been obsessing over all these homestead channels too...so inspirational :)

@melainethompson1880 Жыл бұрын

Did you purchase a septic tank?

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Excellent guess!

@ellafields9424 Жыл бұрын

Was there a survey when you purchased the land? So it was complete with permanent corner markers ect.? A fence line over the years supposedly can become a property line.?? Your recent big purchase is a big bad 🐕 to protect your stock and property from predators.? No? I worry most about 2 legged varmints rather than 4 as invaders / trespassing. Also I've seen a low wall made like the rock post your doing but they used goat / hog panels ( stronger / shorter than your wire ) and it was 24" / 30" tall in sections 14 ' / 16' in a yard that was on uneven land. Its also 18"/20" thick ? Really looks great and can act as a dividing fence / retaining wall.

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Hello! Yes, in fact, we were actually able to locate all the property pins. Yes, a property fence can become the property line eventually. We actually didn’t stray that far from the property line. We just came in a little bit to accommodate over a wash that was difficult to cross. A big dog sounds intriguing :-) you’ll have to stay tuned to see what we bought! We worry about the two legged varmints also Lol! we are tucked so far back off any main roads that we would be shocked to see anybody crossing our property that wasn’t one of our neighbors. We would know right away that they were probably there to do something bad! Fencing, uneven land, was definitely challenging!! Appreciate you following our journey :)

@wendycdrake Жыл бұрын

Skid Steer?

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Great guess!

@Youtubsucks5 Жыл бұрын

You need a skid steer and a pickup truck that's my guess anyway, I figure you're going to need it to get all that sand out of the wash to build your house

@tworebelsoffgrid Жыл бұрын

Those are excellent guesses...we are definitely seeing we are going to need some additional "equipment" for some of the things we will be doing...not feasible to do it by hand.

@cpron9126 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like something with wheeles and a motor. Can you say tractor boys and girls.