How to fix a fence on a budget

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5 жыл бұрын

Using reclaimed, reused and donated second hand materials I rebuild a stock fence for a farm used by a local young farmers club for under 300 dollars! This video follows the week or so of after hours work I put in to repurpose a paddock to safely house sheep. During the week I remove and repurpose the old fence wire, drive in steel posts, build end assemblies, hang a gate, strain sheep mesh, run out and strain up new wires. I ended up having to get one roll of sheep mesh to replace a badly damaged section. I also used 10 gripples, 700m of 2.5mm plain wire and purchased a small pack of staples. All this cost about 300 dollars in total. All posts were old raspberry trellis posts, which I had to cut and reseal. Most of the sheep mesh was reused and clips to the posts were fabricated out of plain wire. There are links to specific videos on all of the knots used in this episode.
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@andydelarue9344 10 ай бұрын

Gee you do Very real . Good . Honest . Solid info great video! Thank you

@andrewandrew5245 Ай бұрын

Thanks Tim

@JoLynch0 5 жыл бұрын

so good to see how more aussies get it done! it's boring seeing so many videos with people and their perfect scenarios on perfectly mown grass with brand new materials. like you said, so many of us are building what we can with what we have, and if you do it well, the fence will last decades and you'll probably have to repair it a few more times in it's life. even treated pine is a luxury over here, we're still on the old school hard wood split posts and big round posts for strainer posts.

@astonmcleod5344 2 жыл бұрын

My Father, his prize boar could not perform, the vet found a fencing staple in his back foot, had gone all nasty and septic. Every time father and fenced we had a bucket for staples and short wire and of course I had the boar story.

@LibertyGarden 5 жыл бұрын

I've rescued a couple of railroad ties and telephone posts from pasture and just buried them upside down. For treated pine, I still paint them with a 50/50 diesel and used motor oil mix.

@BacktotheBasics101 5 жыл бұрын

Good Video, I like it when you do your occasional close up “the one time they used a barbed staple” 😁 Keep up the good work. Happy trails Luke 🇺🇸

@billroks313 Жыл бұрын

Watch the Master do the work😊always amazing work of art Mr Tim.

@carlmcgoldrick7398 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are brilliant Tim. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

@marks938 5 жыл бұрын

Love your work Tim. Your videos have made my fencing life on our modest 15 acre plot in south west Vic a delight to do, thank you.

@allandriver2066 4 жыл бұрын

I've been out of the game for 15 years, but was in it for more than 20. Good to see those old school skills again. Still got all my gear.....might give Blaze Aid a call and see if they could use another old fencer.....🤔

@andrewsteele7663 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, you really had a hard time with the wind and the old fence, cheers

@glennsmethurst2235 5 жыл бұрын

“And it’s been bent” 🤣 , all my years of fencing I have t laughed so hard. Thanks for the great vids

@thriveimagedesign 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video, thanks for sharing your knowledge mate 👍🏼

@waderyan1812 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate this has helped a lot

@iconictoursnz 3 жыл бұрын

Great video well done👍

@PapaRug.58 Жыл бұрын

As always great job and video Wire knots are my down fall lol but have got better in past year

@DesignedinAustralia0 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Tim, nice videos, more tutorials and Tips&Tricks would be great! Subbed!

@reginaldhowell2261 3 жыл бұрын

Like your channel mate , I 'm a big believer in reusing old fencing materials i 've retrieved km's of posts ,ringlock,barb steel posts , steel end assembly 's pine strainers over the years the years and even burnt wire ( still get at least 10 years out of it ,especially away from the coast) its amazing what is discarded when cockies go crop only theirs pros and cons like anything if your got the time or a helper that is capable of working with old wire , wages being quite high you need to get the fence up quick before cost blow out , still I think its darn near criminal when I see materials that are not even half-way through life time in landfill, that's the situation in south East WA at least .R

@FarmLearningTim 3 жыл бұрын

Can’t agree more. Cast off wire is all I used when I started this project. Even now, with sponsors, I’ll reuse wire when I can.

@lindsaybrown 3 жыл бұрын

How about a short video on the commercial twitching tool? The one I bought has three holes, which do I use when, etc?

@gunsandgear2689 5 жыл бұрын

I know you don’t like them mate but I’ve found that gripples are invaluable for fixing very old fences, as the old wire becomes very brittle, tying conventional wire knots under strain will almost always result in snapping the wire or at least a messy knot, where a gripple allows you to put maximum strain on an old wire as it’s pulling straight with no bends without risking snapping it. Give it a go and let me know what you think. I’ve also found if your worried about gripples letting go (I’ve never had one do it), put 5 tight twists in the wire after the gripple and no chance of it happening. Cheers mate great video

@coen555 5 жыл бұрын

@@FarmLearningTim I don't know how I'd fence without gripples. I avoid them at every opportunity but If a mesh strain is under 60 meters, you lose to much strain when letting off the wedge lock clamp. I also use them for tensioning wallaby wire footer or with plain wire strains less then 10 meters. I work with a lot of small property's though, I'm sure it would be quite different on the big expanse of the mainland. Btw I also twist off my gripple ends, one flush and the other with 2-3 inches loop so the tool can still be used but it will never slip far or stab anyone.

@gunsandgear2689 5 жыл бұрын

Tim Thompson totally agree with that philosophy, good skill to be able to fix a fence in the middle of no where with a set of strainers and pliers... love your videos mate keep up the good work

@gunsandgear2689 5 жыл бұрын

Coen I find when straining up hinge joint in 100 meter sections, tie it off on both ends first without strain so you can get both ends knots even, cut it in the middle of the fence and strip off two verticals off each side then put chain strainers on top and bottom of hinge joint to take up the slack and use gripples to join it back together under tension. That way you end up with even knots on both ends of the fence, an even strain in the whole fence and if you do it right, where you join with the gripples will be the same size square as the rest of your fence

@gunsandgear2689 5 жыл бұрын

The reason I prefer that over the hinge joint wedge strainer thing is that you have to tie one sides termination knot under tension which is a pain to do nearly, and like you mention, loose too much strain in a short tension and usually get an uneven tension

@coen555 5 жыл бұрын

@@gunsandgear2689 You can get that god awful bow in the verticals if you strain it traditionally. That's why I was avoiding mesh with different top and bottom wires. I don't mind tie'ing off under tension though, just make sure your chains are located on the post wisely, and remember to flatten the wire coming out the back of the clamp. I think the clean look of not having gripples and the money saved is worth it.

@peterschmidt9942 4 жыл бұрын

Just want to say I'm enjoying the video's Tim. I've got some old fence I need to fix (as the neighbours an arsehole and lets his cattle run riot). This is perfect as we both don't want to spend money on it (him because he's a prick and me because I don't want fund his cattle). I also wanted to get up to speed on new stuff to use as well. A couple of things with second hand stuff - Treated pine posts you can just turn upside down and reuse if the bottoms were still OK. - Ringlock you can do the same and run it upside down from how it was originally installed and just run a plain wire in place of the rusted part. It's good to see real scenarios like this, unlike a lot of the American stuff with perfect flat ground and quite frankly, over engineered end posts tied up with their dodgey animal mesh and staples.

@wyomingpark 2 жыл бұрын

I think I need to steal you to do my small horse yard. As a female, I wouldn't be able to do this. I'm trying to learn as much as I can from all your videos to do it myself. On my own I think this is impossible. 😢 I use polywire but they are freying. And snapping. I don't really like to use wire. I've seen the damage it's caused to some horses. Not nice. Maybe mesh might be the go, I don't know. My solar energiser has fried so I'm having problems right now. Waiting for new one to arrive. And my star pickets are loose. All the rain we have had have loosened them out of the ground. It's awful. My horses keep getting out 😢. Need to get really long star pickets I think. Thanks for all your education. I'm enjoying learning everything about fencing. Just have to try and implement your techniques and hope I do it right. Otherwise, I'm kidnapping you for a few hours😂😂😂

@FarmLearningTim 2 жыл бұрын

See my reply to your other comment - oh, except braid is generally only a short term solution for strip grazing. Use wire for permanent fencing. Never braid. Unless you get the really expensive stuff

@wyomingpark Жыл бұрын

@@FarmLearningTim I'm going to buy the thunderbird thundercord. Equirope. It's 3.5ml I think. My polywire is way too thin. I'm not really a fan of wire. I have a mini and he's fine with electric fencing but without it he's challenging that bottom wire. My bottom strand is wire for my earth. Scared he's going to hurt himself. Thanks again for your advice. Taken all of it on board. 😁

@dandybounddandybound1064 4 жыл бұрын

@Tim Thompson can you show a old style split gum Post fence repair to show that using onsite trees can be more enviromental than using plantation Timbers in a future video.

@markzambelli 4 жыл бұрын

Fab vids Tim... or should I say (@15:28) Captain Archer (Enterprise) on shore leave helping out some alien homesteaders with their paddocks... maybe even 'Gripple-paddocks'...(Scott Bakula eat your heart out)

@ianclare4219 5 жыл бұрын

Have you made a video on tying off a box assembly?

@chriskennedy7534 2 жыл бұрын

Flash back time What did young Tim do with his "Stud Beef" shirt ? Haven't seen that one on rotation lately hahaha Evolution at work, wonder what 2030 Tim will be like ? Keep on keeping on mate

@FarmLearningTim 2 жыл бұрын

2030 Tim.... now there’s a thought.

@jamesliddell3038 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Tim, What are the products you use to fix the Koppers Logs together for the H brace and where do I get It? Thanks for all your help. Do you have a video on how to put up and strain etc hinged joint? any tips for doing it right? Thanks again for sharing everything

@boads69 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Tim, great videos for a first timer here, just checking do you run the wire through the star picket holes or outside? then attach wire to pickets with tie off wire? thanks mate

@fraforgt-350r2 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the video mate, 16:55 why do you strain the top wire like this, i just tie it off on one end and then strain it straight off the endpost and then do a termination knot - is that wrong? Also how do i stop the sheep mesh losing tension when straining my top wire. Thanks

@stevenwild39 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. I'm only just learning about fencing, so really helpful. A question - why do you need a top and bottom wire if using mesh? I would have just thought you'd attach mesh to the posts and leave it at that. Thanks.

@stevenwild39 4 жыл бұрын

Another question - how do you strain mesh if the ground is undulating?

@stubbenmonkeyfencingtractors 5 жыл бұрын

Ensele in a spray can. That looks handy can't get it in the UK.

@farmfencesolutionsllc7804 5 жыл бұрын

Is that a Hi Lift jack in the truck? If so, made right here in my hometown.

@farmfencesolutionsllc7804 5 жыл бұрын

@@FarmLearningTim I'll have to send you pictures of the one out front of their shop. Must be 50' tall, and it works! Lots of miles of fence around here that use miss punched jack legs welded together for posts. Locally, they are just called a Bloomfield Jack.

@Smokie1969 2 жыл бұрын

OMG......you used grippers!!! I just watched another of your videos and you said never to use them!!! 🤔🤔🤔😝😂 Also I've heard that painting posts with used motor/vegetable oil can prolong theory life in the elements too, have you heard/done this before?

5 жыл бұрын

What were you banging in to the top rails to hold them to the posts?

5 жыл бұрын

@@@FarmLearningTim Thank you.

@sandydelosrios5959 4 жыл бұрын

Not to clear on the strainer part is there a video just for that?

@two_in_tasmania 4 жыл бұрын

So with your timber posts, did you just tamp them in? Or did you put in some quick set concrete? Whats the best way for farm fence?

@JayDee-xj9lu 4 жыл бұрын

@@FarmLearningTim The problem with using concrete is that you create a bucket for the water to sit in and rot your posts. Love your channel. I'm just fixing fences for the first time and it really helps. What do you think of the drum type tensioners to fix an old fence? JD

@cheryl4729 5 жыл бұрын

This video is for me...:-)

@coen555 5 жыл бұрын

What do you find the benefit of straining the plain wire in the middle and tying a strainer knot? I have always strained to a post and finished with the termination knot. Unless taking up a few centimeters on an existing wire, then I strain wire to wire and crimp. Another good video Tim, Keep it up!

@coen555 5 жыл бұрын

@@FarmLearningTim Love the old Hayes strainers. The first one I grab for anything besides putting on the wedge lock clamp. The short chains super handy for strainer assemblies and such but I use it with a new 1.5m hooked chain otherwise. Feeding the chain through the cam will kill it eventually. I give it another click before tying off to posts, rarely lose more than half a click on plain wire. Looking forward to the next video Tim.