It's never hard work when there is a beautiful woman present who laughs along with you
@JT_709 ай бұрын
Paige, love hearing your laughs and giggles!
@jeanlawson91339 ай бұрын
I still have black locust posts around Grandpa's house and pasture he hauled from a sawmill up in Virginia when I was a child of 7 years old,I am 59 and was gifted Grandpa's house in Alabama 😎 the post faired well over the years and seems Petrified now.... Awesome video...
@contemporaryprimitiveman34699 ай бұрын
I've built a lot of fence and gates over the last 60 years and used a lot of hedge aka osage orange. I chuckled out loud when I saw you pull that cordless drill and big forstner bit because I could predict exactly what would happen.
@RatdogDRB9 ай бұрын
Well, there's yer problem, Jeff! You allowed the magical blue smoke which makes things work to escape from the drill motor. What was that, Osage Orange (Bodark)? Well seasoned and dry, that's for certain. Proper gates are a wonderful thing. Nice work.
@adrockey9 ай бұрын
Great video!!!! Yeah... Hedge/Osage Orange... If you are using it for a corner post or gate.... Drill when it's green. I have a friend that lives on a 130 year old family farm. His corner post is 130 years old and shows no sign of rot.
@chrisbarr13599 ай бұрын
Jeff, Happy Thanksgiving to you and Hanna! Remember, your subscribers "Appreciate Y'all".
@BigBear-qr4zn9 ай бұрын
That looks like some really hard wood. Jeff hope you and your family have a happy thanksgiving
@mikemccloney56409 ай бұрын
Old Hedge posts are a pain to drill . I have done that with a hand brace and bit . Looks like a job well done . Have a safe hunting season !
@DanKlein_19 ай бұрын
had fun today too. needed to take my bull to the auction. He didn't care to go. I have a gate across the middle of my barn acting as the end of a stable or box stall. he tried to jump it, landed on it and his weight pretty much bent it in half. looks like I will be in the market for a new gate. Good news is we did get him loaded and made it to the sale. so.. he will end up buying the gate he broke.
@bhappy39 ай бұрын
Steaks all round😅
@Wil_Liam19 ай бұрын
Why not unbend it using a winch or a portable power.. we do it all the time whenever a bovine gets too excited and damages a panel or gate... Beats replacing one again and again and again every week or three..cheaper too..
@DanKlein_19 ай бұрын
@@Wil_Liam1 good idea. I just used the hi-lift because it was effective and handy. Tractor is near the barn where the gate was. It didn't do a bad job and is still usable. But, I can see how a winch will finish the job nicely and be more targeted as to where the bends are. Thanks.
@jeffreylocke88089 ай бұрын
No good deed goes unpunished is just too true. Super gate design though.
@CCRider53129 ай бұрын
Now ya know why Locust posts are still in the ground on farms and Ranches that was put in the ground over 100 years ago! Locust Trees was abundant in the USA until a bug was brought in from another country with imports and nearly wiped out the locust trees in America. But there’s one thing about it if you could build a ranch with all locust poles your great grandchildren could farm the same land and never have to replace a post, some fence and wire but not the fence post. Locust trees once cut into poles for fence and they dry out they get extremely hard, rot resistant and termite resistant. The termites try what you was with the drill and say the hell with it we’re breaking our teeth let’s move on to some softer wood!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@jameskilby6728 ай бұрын
Kansas Yellow Hedges Post, hardest in the world. You anywhere you get rock.
@mikeryan31888 ай бұрын
Those are Osage orange trees actually we call them hedge apple here in TN my property is full of them.
@johanmeischke91898 ай бұрын
Yeah how about some Gramma, " that WERE put in the ground. Not that was😂
@Davidstone5683 ай бұрын
You go Jeff 😮. Hard work and clean living is you!!!
@jimkingk95979 ай бұрын
The best firewood you'll find in the lower 48. Got tons of it on our farm here in S C PA. Never ever rots. Hard to find trees big enough to get lumber out of, but if you can get it, you can almost name your price. Makes absolutely beautiful flooring
@Shaw.779 ай бұрын
The price of everything these days it’s easy to spend a pile of money. Great video. Your my hero pullin that 😂
@peterm.eggers5209 ай бұрын
For future reference, a cowboy gate is far less trouble and expense. You did show the original full length, so i will assume it was twisted barbed wire with a few sticks between the strands locked-in with the twists. So, the big change with the original would be a single loop on the ground over a depression of a couple of inches. The other key is a 2 to 3 foot stick with a piece of barbwire twisted on about 4 to 6 inches from one end. The length of the other end of wire is adjusted so the short end of the stick reaches just past the barbwire gate, then wrapped tight to the fence post. Put the gate into the bottom loop, then pull the gate up and hook it with the short end. Push the long end around tensioning the gate and lower the long end behind the gate. Quick and easy to open and close.
@user-fm8sp3sh5x2 ай бұрын
Putting Together A Crew Hope all is well! And You are A Hell of a Dad
@clarenceburton96549 ай бұрын
Great job 👍lot of fun to watch 😅 !!!
@ericphillips38109 ай бұрын
Hey Ole Boy I'm awatchin ever video still so we can keep ya in drills and drill bits and fence gates and what have ye!! 😂👍
@mikecurtis25859 ай бұрын
Tough work 💪💪 but you got it done!!!
@kimdavis24409 ай бұрын
Outstanding. Shoulda bought a generator and called it an even 750K Lol. Loved the video and the giggles 😂
@raymondrobinson52519 ай бұрын
I have done the same thing. We had to use metal drill bit. Heck of a post!
@RexH00ligan9 ай бұрын
Hilarious, good humor about it all. Hope you get to enjoy a tasty beverage and get yer feet up.
@jamesbrown64779 ай бұрын
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you and crew. Loved the video. Keep hunting. ❤
@Sword-Shield9 ай бұрын
Those fence post are as hard as Chinese arithmetic 🤣
@fred78549 ай бұрын
Hey Jeff, This video has to be one of your funniest. I never heard you joke around so much. Anyway, have a Happy Thanksgiving and your family and friends. Wish I could be there for dinner. Love your channel and videos. Take care and be safe.
@chadnikolich37348 ай бұрын
Love this one Jeff
@paintedwarrior5167 ай бұрын
Hope you are recovering well and taking care of yourself Jeff. Only saw videos on others KZfaq channels. Love and prayers young man!!
@robertsmith75809 ай бұрын
Awesome video Jeff and Paige !
@larserickson28629 ай бұрын
We have Locust on Cape Cod that is just like that. It burns up drills something fierce. I enjoy your content! All the best!
@gmass72389 ай бұрын
That mud cured Osage is some hard stuff... but it makes some awesome turkey calls etc...
@CharlestheDeaver9 ай бұрын
LOL!! That wood is petrified.
@jimherron55408 ай бұрын
You’re a good man Jeff. God Bless 🙏🏼
@stanleyfrom9 ай бұрын
Great Gate! Good Job!
@sphincter64018 ай бұрын
Had that problem with the 1930 pine fatwood beams under my house that my dad built decades ago. That drill bit would not drill that wood either. Found a flat spade bit and chewed right through that old wood.
@terryquaintance36348 ай бұрын
Hand a length of chain off the end of the gate to drag the ground. This helps keep it from blowing shut when you are trying to drive through
@sgtayl2218 ай бұрын
Welcome to Kansas fence repair 101. Hedge tree posts, rocks and all this during a 100 year drought. Nothing worse than a smoking drill…LOL
@ronaldcarter98609 ай бұрын
Good Job Jeff ..
@terryquaintance36348 ай бұрын
Run the drill at slowest speed you can. Once the screw on end of the bit strips out it will not pull itself into the wood.
@timothysmith21289 ай бұрын
I live in Oklahoma, there is rock 5 inches below the top surface. YOu need dynomite just to plant as bush, Post hole augers, sheer bolts, cn you say multiple sheer bolts. So, I can commiserate witcha. I out in hog and horse wire and barbed wire and t posts, but every 10 or so feet and all gates, telephone poles or 8 inch posts. So, we are in a special club. preciate chall.
@jackamelung87059 ай бұрын
those old iron wood post you have to do a pilot hole (1/2 size) first and use a metal cutting bit. Some of those post are probably 50 years in the ground
@diverdave40569 ай бұрын
use a 1/4 inch first then a 1/2 then a 3/4 ....
@kcosten9 ай бұрын
Genie, then a 120v hammer drill corded. Drill pilot smaller, then work up on it. It sucks and the older it is the harder that damn stuff is. If you can't get the tools a post replacement is the way to go, well if you can get the old one out. Had to do about 12 of them 10 years ago, learned the hard way and the stuff was over 50 years old perhaps over 100.
@nealpizza75319 ай бұрын
Very educational, Thank You!!!!
@warrenfranklin81918 ай бұрын
Jeff you earned your stripes on that one... as my step father always said to me "you did a Yeoman's Job on it!" 😎🇺🇸
@ironjawwills9 ай бұрын
You r completely right Osage orange is harder than a nubs of hell they make great knife handles
@user-wq9rx6xi5q8 ай бұрын
My grandfather used burdock and ironwood to build fence. It is okay when it is green but after it dries try getting a staple in it. I dealt with it my whole young life.
@michaelmcauley55268 ай бұрын
I really was 😂at your expense I can relate ,I did the same thing on my uncle's property but it was a hour drive back to the shop and broke 2 bits 😅so mine cost more but I had a 6ft timber rattler trv to bite my dog
@a.o.35239 ай бұрын
"That's nice you got there, who put it up for ya?" 😂😂😂
@TigerHawk468 ай бұрын
Two words. Hammer Drill.
@MrSilverado19829 ай бұрын
That is my luck anything and everything always goes wrong on everything I do
@joeshmo53999 ай бұрын
Reminds me of the time I cut a chunk off a tree and it flipped vertical and took out my fairly new 40ft fiberglass ladder. Bent the rung like a battering ram and cracked the fiberglass. Nice:)
@Wil_Liam19 ай бұрын
Unbeknownst to Jeffe that electricians bit is for soft white pine or yellow pine only, and not for hardwoods nor ironwoods,hence its stalling and not boring past the initial 3/4"... However using a sharp wood boring spade bit,or a steel drilling bit will get the job done,especially if one uses a bit,or spade extension bar to make the full drill or bore... 😉
@terrydarow84018 ай бұрын
Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy family time❤
@DeanEicher9 ай бұрын
I don't know Jeff but you would have used for different sizes Of. bit starting small and going to large. It may have worked easier God bless
@The78CJ59 ай бұрын
Happy Thanksgiving Jeff, Be Safe.
@davewarner33879 ай бұрын
you got new gates, put in some new fence posts. It does make it easier and more sense. If you'd like to pop down to Queensland Australia I'll show you how..
@garyaxsom18159 ай бұрын
Crazy tuff, looked like the drill was in reverse! Lol
@cedricbroussard87389 ай бұрын
Awesome video
@stevengunter28439 ай бұрын
You did a great job on gate 65!!
@jamespavliska70116 ай бұрын
Stay safe continuing prayers for you and your family 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@kathyjean47859 ай бұрын
Looks wonderful!
@styxfan40229 ай бұрын
It's always the simple task that become nightmare's.
@joshhughes63169 ай бұрын
Great video, no problem, take it slow and keep smiling 😀... This is exactly how most my jobs go but you learn that it makes for good memories. Thanks for the share and have a Happy TanksGiven
@Wil_Liam19 ай бұрын
That sorta reminds me of Saskatchewan Canaduh where an old gf lived,and there is like millions of square miles of wide open country like that and some pretty cool Canadians to boot ,eh..
@waynem48449 ай бұрын
Jeff, gettin done!
@corydart2579 ай бұрын
You are my people, when the world goes to shit, Oklahoma has ur back
@israeladams64399 ай бұрын
osage orange..
@66mymouse9 ай бұрын
Well at least that was a nice quick little project. Looks easy peezy.
@-RONNIE9 ай бұрын
Good video 👍🏻
@MrEferrell9 ай бұрын
Good thing about Osage Orange(Bois D'Arc) it lasts forever. Best use good wire and staples, because after it is seasoned you can't drive a 10 penny nail in with a 3 pound hammer.
@JT_709 ай бұрын
Pontotoc, MS has an annual Bodock (Boris D’Arc)festival each September.
@kevinroberts95808 ай бұрын
$657,000 later...you wanted new tools anyway 🤔🤨😁
@dick38729 ай бұрын
Osage orange is amazing stuff.😁👍
@CPUDOCTHE19 ай бұрын
Most of my lag bolt hinges in hedge posts have lasted over 40 years.
@bobbygable38919 ай бұрын
I hear paige gigglen in the backround
@kevinmcdonald31927 ай бұрын
Its called heagde apple in kentucky
@robertwarren60207 ай бұрын
Welcome to Kansas Doherty
@davidblalock99459 ай бұрын
Cattlemen of 37 years here. 🤦🏻♂️ Jeff. Well its the thought that counts I guess.
@RyanCampbell-hu3tz9 ай бұрын
The color of that bodart would make some pretty lumber, if a bandsaw blade could get through it!!lol
@kevinsimpson76879 ай бұрын
That's why I don't use bore bits man lol only paddle bits even if I have to buy a 16 incher. At least you got'r done before dark.
@diverdave40569 ай бұрын
and you can resharpen a paddle bit
@kevinmcdonald31927 ай бұрын
Dont let cows out jeff
@royandrews58869 ай бұрын
That drill bit probably cost more than everything else put together!
@dankreoger6119 ай бұрын
I have a 7/16 and 1/2 inch out at the farm. About 20 to 30.00 each. When you're doing what Jeff is doing, worth every penny.
@lukelond8 ай бұрын
Hardcore fun time ❤❤❤
@jenkins21628 ай бұрын
Osage and black locust lasts forever
@tjb50cal9 ай бұрын
murphy's law was against you trying to do that gate job, the only way to do it better was heavy equipment to dig deeper holes for concrete or steel posts . good job, whos farm was it for?
@stevegodfrey449 ай бұрын
Been there Bro. It's rough sometimes 👊😁
@firemanj359 ай бұрын
You forgot the pick axe and the stick of dynamite. Lol or maybe a spud bar
@josephpedone20049 ай бұрын
Watched and liked, glad I could help 😎👍 That was some tough wood, curious about the species that burned up a Dewalt
@jimmylester45399 ай бұрын
Bois d’arc (Osage orange) I believe.
@retireddec049 ай бұрын
Osage orange, otherwise known as hedgeball, hedgewood, or bow de arc (french). If you burn it in a woodstove you need to be careful, it gets very hot.
@davidkirkpatrick7128 ай бұрын
Should got Hannah to help more
@EndoftheBlock72249 ай бұрын
That wore me out just watching it
@jodywells75199 ай бұрын
Need a millwakee drill 😂
@beckyumphrey26269 ай бұрын
Wedding bells ahead....
@johnstephens52278 ай бұрын
I have to ask a fundamental question, thank you in advance, tiger or tide fan.
@tacocin9 ай бұрын
Good job Paige! Oh ... and Jeff did pretty alright too! 🤣🤣🤣
@hawkeye78349 ай бұрын
That's some impressive wood wow
@spiritnsage9 ай бұрын
Hope you saved the "Indian bow"
@davidkirkpatrick7128 ай бұрын
Get a Milwaukee & diablo bit
@beeamerica50249 ай бұрын
That was a job one of them kind it'll give you a defeatist attitude but you didn't let it whoop you 🐝
@51-FS9 ай бұрын
Looks good
@kevinmcdonald31927 ай бұрын
Hegde apple they put the fruit in the house to keep the spiders away
@jakeboward61459 ай бұрын
If this was anything like the projects i get into, You probably started out thinkin "This won"t take long". (A few hours later... Good job on it tho.