NEW FENCING - Stock fence up and new tools to try

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Жыл бұрын

We are slowly getting this farm fenced! Last two sections of the hill field are secure at last. Tornado Lambsafe sheep netting is up with the top stands to follow soon.
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@JamesHardiman99 13 күн бұрын

The best thing you have on your farm for making life easier is definitely Eden!

@stephengent9974 Жыл бұрын

Put staples in on the diagonal ass straight up and down can split a post

@markmurphy3578 Жыл бұрын

Nice work. Even better if you can get a young helper. I love the way you get your girls involved. Although I was confused when you called out ‘staples’ as I thought her name was Eden! 😂

@diyfarm Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@johnsweeney1712 Жыл бұрын

Great video, interesting to see the staple gun and hear the logic of the fencing system ref lambs’s heads and goats as occasional hedge trimmers.

@54mgtf22 Жыл бұрын

Love your work 👍

@diyfarm Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@judyking9171 Жыл бұрын

I've found that goats (dairy) tend to rub against fences, you might find that a strand of electric fence projecting slightly and at mid shoulder height helps to prevent this.

@diyfarm Жыл бұрын

Thanks great advice.

@justwannaridemabike Жыл бұрын

First, I love it!

@diyfarm Жыл бұрын

thank you!!

@EM-fh2tx Жыл бұрын

Baby goat update needed!

@diyfarm Жыл бұрын

its coming i promise!!

@vaalrus Жыл бұрын

The Dewalt looks interesting. I fell in love with the Paslode fence stapler I rented when I had about 2km of horse fencing to stand up, but at the time I would have had to bring it in from New Zealand or Australia, at over a grand Canadian, so I didn’t feel like acquiring one for myself. Now it might be time to start looking again.

@diyfarm Жыл бұрын

wow thats a pretty penny! 😱

@nwg8847 Жыл бұрын

if you like that you'll love the Milwaukee one i got it down side is you have to buy their staples but in my opinion after having the DeWalt one its leaps and bounds better

@diyfarm Жыл бұрын

Hoping to give if a go soon. Seen it but not used it. 👍

@richardstevenson2727 Жыл бұрын

👍

@stevenwright6869 Жыл бұрын

We got 3 of them dewalt staple gun and there amazing. Not as good as a stockade but that's on compest air more consistent. I owe a equine,agricultural fencing along being a farmer I don't have much time! so the dewalt speed things up making it much quicker for my team don't get bad wrists and less hassle then use compressed air. The big thing for us is trying to get a constant supply of staples seem to be difficult to get hold off any we would go through around 20-24 box a week at busy times we can't always get hold of them so have to go back to stockade gun. As a dewalt fan everything I owe is dewalt I am disappointed that the staples are not more ready available. Have to put a Oder in several weeks ahead and at £80 a box you would think company's would like that turn over. screw fix sell the gun but not the staples and this don't make any sense to me. ITS have them only 40mm rarely in stock I much prefer the 50mm as the cost is not much different but as my names on the fence I would like it to strong. I now use are fencing suppliers to get the staples now but there delayed they have to a special order for us. It's not the cheepst way but for a health and safety and body care there so worth the prise and dose speed us up so much gone form 2 minutes a post depending on what types wire we are using to 20 seconds soon adds up. I will add I had a Milwaukee on demo didn't like knots on the post in my opinion the dewalt was better.

@diyfarm Жыл бұрын

thats an interesting comment about staples i hadnt thought about this.

@gilesfitzherbert7725 9 ай бұрын

My son recently bought a house which came with 50 acres of Oxfordshire countryside, about 30 acres of fields, about 10 of planted woodland and the remainder being the house, garden, orchard, two ex-farmworkers cottages which are in a very poor state, a large blockwork barn (partly clad with asbestos) and various outbuildings and hardstanding. It hasn't been farmed or even maintained for quite a few years so he has a huge task ahead. He is going to have to put up / renew at least a kilometre of fencing. What are the posts you are using here and why did you choose them? I have been researching fencing posts for him and have found the following, all to comply with Countryside stewardship as he hopes to get some grant money to help out: Untreated softwood £4-5 each, which last about 5 years? Treated softwood £10-11 each, which last about 10-15 years? Clipex metal post system £10-20 each, guaranteed for 30 years. I was going to suggest he used the Clipex system. I'd appreciate your thoughts, thanks.

@diyfarm 9 ай бұрын

Hi. Sorry for delay. We have used just about all the options as I like to try different things. Started out with Creo but not nice to work with and leach all sorts of nasties especially by water. We used tanalised on the holly bits mainly because supply of other options was poor, they are ok though but would avoid using them on most of our fields. May use clipex for a run this winter but not a fan of the look and if you don’t get them straight then they stand out in the sun. We have just a had 2km worth of robinia delivered. Equivalent of acacia or black locust. I can honestly say I’ve never seen a more dense timber. Chestnut another option but really confident they will outlast most things on the farm. Scan pole is worth looking at as it’s supposedly a nicer form of creo. I have a video out soon on them but in summary they are cheaper than clipex and creosote. Main thing I’ve learnt is fence posts are not equal. Every supplier has varying quality wood and preservatives.

@diyfarm 9 ай бұрын

Shop around too as those prices seem quite high. All options are less than £8 I think

@gilesfitzherbert7725 9 ай бұрын

Many thanks, will do.@@diyfarm

@tonymcallister Жыл бұрын

Any tips on where to get the stretcher bar and walkers?

@diyfarm Жыл бұрын

Ours were from Stow ag I think. 👍

@rosehawke2577 Жыл бұрын

When did people start using "floor" when the ground is meant? I *swear* I've only started hearing this in the last few years. A "floor" is what I think of as in a man made structure, the ground is everything outside. That said, I may have used "forest floor" in the dim and distant past, but always with the "forest" identifier.

@zzydny Жыл бұрын

I suspect this to be more of a British usage because I have not noticed hearing this in the US. Language changes over time, of course, but there are still some new-fangled usages that confound me and the mis-use of "floor" is one of those.

@rosehawke2577 Жыл бұрын

@@zzydny I dismissed it as British until I heard it in some video or other (no way I'll remember where exactly) that I'm sure was North American based. It *may* have been Canadian which I'd also give a pass, but fairly sure it was American. And it just doesn't sound like the sort of thing that people would casually pick up. While I've picked up a lot of "Britishisms", calling the ground the floor is *not* going to be one of them!

@MKRM27 Жыл бұрын

Just forest? Never heard sea floor or cave floor?

@zzydny Жыл бұрын

@@rosehawke2577 Same here. The floor is the floor and the ground is the ground. 🙃

@bobafetish74 Жыл бұрын

@@zzydny more of an English thing than a British thing.

@chuckle30 Жыл бұрын

Why stretch the wire down after stapling make the top line of the fence look awful?

@diyfarm Жыл бұрын

Yeah stopped doing that when I saw it dip a little on the first few posts. It does need a little weight or pulling up to make sure it’s fitted flat though. 👍