bhahhahhaaha....relax....just spent 9 hours on the tractor yesterday. Traveling is fun...and it's great to take you guys to all these fun places....but It puts me behind on the farm for sure....this was an awesome trip..and it took my mind off a few things I've had going on here at the house
Thanks for posting this Josh. Something like this might seem trivial to most people but this is the kind of stuff America was built on. Hard work, ingenuity, love of labor, and pride are the cornerstones of our society that have been lost on our current generation.
Great video 👍 I like the parts when they ask question and how each builder explains his process and thoughts. It's great to bounce ideas and skill around a group any true Craftsman will never stop learning more about his craft/trade. One of the best quote I have ever heard (You can learn a lot from a lazy man because he will show you the easiest and fastest way to get the job done)
This is like a class. From here anyone can go and do his fencing. Wow man, what a video! Thank you brother! You're doing lots of favors with this videos!
You guys Should see the speed, quality and workmanship in an 🇳🇿 kiwi fencing comp your jaws would hit the floor. I see you all utilise a lot of our fencing products it's really neat to see
I hate fencing but I do do enough of it to appreciate how easy using a post driver makes things. I've never used pine poles for fencing. Big arse hardwood strainer post and lots of star steel pickets. The girl with the "hi" made me smile. 11:17
As a fencing contractor here in New Zealand we regularly use an angle stay shown at 13.20 a lot of our work is done on steep high country and these last for years, good and solid if done right. I prefer them to the box stay as there's no wire to loosen up with stock pressure over time. Also if the box stay isn't notched in to the strainer post it can have a tendency to fall out over time if the wire stretches and loosens up.
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I figured you would have more info...I expect you have quite a bit of footage that will depend on viewer interest. I find it fascinating. And, the openness of the contestants to share and critique is wonderful...and it is how people improve methods.
Awesome farm protection! Amarok Perimiter Security, formerly Electric Guard Dog, is the nation's premier commercial perimiter security fencing! Brothers in Arms!
I put up enough fencing in my farming days to know I don't ever want to drive another post or string one more inch of wire....... Have you ever had to cut a bundle of old fence wire out of the undercarrage of a dozier? Very rough on the seals. I know there is a purpose and a reason for fences and fencing in general I am just glad I don't do it anymore. Lot of folks put a lot of money in fencing only to neglect the upkeep involved with them. Encroachment by vines and trees and other things can take their toll. Also you have to inspect and maintain fencing for loose posts and wire. Can't just put it up and forget it. These guys show a lot of pride in their work and the workmanship shows. While my fences probably weren't the same caliber as these guys it kept the livestock in and the unwanted out. Hats off to these people for a job well done.........
I love this !!! Being a cattle owner and raise feeder cattle and cow/calf pairs we have our share of fence issues sometimes or know some who don’t have good fences and their livestock gets loose and out on the highway or in someone else’s pasture . We thankfully have good fences but we’d love to learn a more efficient & more effective way and less time consuming!!! Life’s busy and every lil “ work smarter , not harder” counts & is something we strive for in our house and raising twin girls , time and efficiency are just a few things that i take pride in doing to accomplish everyday things & to insure things to run smoothly throughout our daily routine!!
I liked the Scottish connection off one of the guys. I’m around 3 hours from Scotland and there are some bleak places up there. A lot of folks built the dry stone walls and just maintain them as they have been there for centuries. The first question in my head was why not sharpen the bottom of the posts, but you answered that in the video just as I was thinking it. Another great video 👍
CC TV Depends in NZ posts are nearly always pointed ( 95%) It actually works the other way round pointed post finish up tighter in the ground when driven. And flat end posts suffer more top damage than pointed ones.
Thanks for putting the time in to make this video. It’s was a great watch. I have some property in Qld Australia & currently fencing to keep my sheep in. 👌
I had planned on being there to watch and learn as well but was trying to finish a fence here in Kentucky. Thanks so much for these videos that make it possible to see the contest.
I will gladly say I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would. It was informative and it was nice to see people who are passionate about what they do.
We always point them up in Australia too but we use hardwood posts. The strainers which are normally around 10-12" diameter we go down 4 feet and the split posts 3 1/2 feet
This is great , most of us poor people have to dig a hole with post diggers that you buy with the local hardware store . I'm doing it right now, the old-fashioned way.
IN Australia they have a fencing setup on a trailer.. The load a rack of steel posts and run all the wire through them (slick Wire) they set a pulling brace and off the go. Every 8' they stop operator on trailer drives post and off they go again
Down here in South Australia I can remember drilling for at least 4 hour through granite and limestone with tungsten tip orgers. it's amazing how you guys can hit the posts straight into the ground.
Cool competition, but i think its crazy not pointing the posts. We always point our posts and we would almost never have posts driven off line. Even when it does happen it is much quicker to lift the post, pull out whatever rock is in the way and redrive it. The posts are going in so slowly without a point that you are losing a huge amount of time in the day. I dont believe it weakens the post either. Source fencing contractor for over 30 years.
Why pound the posts instead of drilling holes? Here in the west, there is lots of rock and hard clay. What's the best method for putting in posts in to rock and/or very hard clay?
We generally use a rock auger or pilot auger in those situations. The "dirt" in this video is very hard and dry clay. Pounding the posts makes for a stronger fence, it's faster to install, less expensive, and requires less labor.
Awsome video josh thank you for all your hard work you put into making the videos for all of us to learn from God bless.how is miss Stoney ridge doing ?
Thanks for the info on fencing. I'm fix'n to redo and update all my fencing here on the farm. Been looking at different systems ( high tensile/barb wire/page wire/electric ) just not sure what I'm going with yet. Diffidently sure the post will be driven in ( over digging and setting ).
As an Aussie, I'm almost speechless at the fact you can even drive posts of that diameter into the ground! There aren't many places in the Great Southern Land with soil soft enough to let you do that. Most rural fencing is made up of steel "star" pickets, ( there are probably other names for them ) and in some places, even getting them into the ground requires a lot of faith in the Lord and an equal amount of bad language. It all balances out in the end, because what we lack in the former, most of us have an oversupply of in the latter! I once worked on a job putting in a telephone line from Croydon to Normanton, up in the Gulf country of Queensland, over what the locals called "ironstone country" and they sure weren't joking. Almost every post hole we put down required drilling and firing. There was no competition going on that job- we just wanted it to end! There's no sour grapes in this post - I just envy the amount of soft topsoil you have in the U.S.
This was awesome to watch. Can you do a live their so we can ask questions? The reason why is so some of us can learn more about this. I can't speak for everyone but I love to learn more about this.
Wish i would of know about this, i would of come down and said hello. Glad you got to do something new and you can think about the best way to do your fence. Maybe one of these days i'll stop by your place and hang out for a day or 2. Keep up the video's and look forward to many more, Tell miss stoney ridge i said hello and hope her arm heals up fast without any other issues.
I've never seen something like this but that was very neat. Most importantly the really down to earth conversations these guys have. Everyone taking in whatever criticism they had, good or bad to learn. I live in the city so you don't see much of this, but just this past week we had a private company replaced quite a few power poles in the area with just a couple of large trucks. One has the large drill for the hole. The other carries the pole, the other has the claws to move it. Another truck has that bucket for the workers, I think it may have been the same truck with the claw. Just some amazing stuff what they did in just about a week, not to mention running all new cables to each of those.
I stumbled across this on TH-cam looking at residential fences. ABSOLUTELY loved this. I love working with my hands and love to see how things are done by professionals. Though I will never have a need for a fence like this I really enjoyed this. Now I am off to watch day two. Side note did only the first 6 place or did you cut it off. I am from Aurora, Ohio and I was happy to see the Akron boys Forever Fence and Rails but I did not hear where they placed unless I missed something.
Josh...a really interesting video. I assume you know Galax, VA has a old time Bluegrass festival yearly. It is in the boonies...my Dad, a Dobro and Steel guitar player, really enjoyed going.
Great video. I have put in . MYSELF. By HAND with post hole diggers, 2000.LF. of field fence in Plant City FLA. I do not like the Pounding Eq.But, thanks for showing.
As a contract fencer my tally is over a thousand miles, if it wasn’t for driven posts I would have been dead years ago,for speed and tightness you will never get better.
I, for one, would really like to see videos of each of the fencers describing what they did and why. I'm an engineer, which means I deal in theoretical stuff all the time. But I really like to see how the rubber meets the road, or the post meets the rock, or whatever.
If they want some rough country farm to demonstrate fencing instead of flat country, I have the prefect place for them next year. Rolling hills ,bends , dips. it will be challenging for them. lol
How are the fences judged? How does the point system break down? I like this kinda thing, because just because the fence was put up the fastest doesn’t mean they won if they are lacking in bracing or something. Do you put a load on the fence and see if posts start breaking or if bracing gives out depending on design of bracing or posts spacing?
Don’t know what it’s like in US but here in UK it’s the same people that enter every competition. Not because they’re good and certainly not because they are the best. But because they aren’t that busy. The good fencers couldn’t even think about entering a competition as they have way to much work ahead of them
Now that all your farm projects are done you finally got a chance to relax and enjoy yourself.
bhahhahhaaha....relax....just spent 9 hours on the tractor yesterday. Traveling is fun...and it's great to take you guys to all these fun places....but It puts me behind on the farm for sure....this was an awesome trip..and it took my mind off a few things I've had going on here at the house
Think I need to host a fencing competition on my farm. 🤪
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HAHAHAHA!!!! "done" ... a farm is NEVER done!
Thanks for posting this Josh. Something like this might seem trivial to most people but this is the kind of stuff America was built on. Hard work, ingenuity, love of labor, and pride are the cornerstones of our society that have been lost on our current generation.
Millennials are killing the fencing industry 😭
Informative! Never heard of this. These guys take their job seriously! I sure could use them here. Thanks for the vlog.
Great video 👍 I like the parts when they ask question and how each builder explains his process and thoughts. It's great to bounce ideas and skill around a group any true Craftsman will never stop learning more about his craft/trade. One of the best quote I have ever heard (You can learn a lot from a lazy man because he will show you the easiest and fastest way to get the job done)
This is like a class. From here anyone can go and do his fencing. Wow man, what a video! Thank you brother! You're doing lots of favors with this videos!
Even better vid coming this saturday....check out the fencing series!
I'm a retired Lutheran Pastor, living in Davenport, Iowa. I learned somethings in your video. Thanks for sharing.
I loved the idea notching that the guy was doing. I wished you had shown how it worked.
More detail in video 3
That's exactly how we do it in Australia but we mostly use hardwood posts not treated pine.
Needs to build a router template to speed it along.
You guys Should see the speed, quality and workmanship in an 🇳🇿 kiwi fencing comp your jaws would hit the floor. I see you all utilise a lot of our fencing products it's really neat to see
Good times for all. Everyone picking up tips about making a better fence and you got some tips too.
Hi..... Thank you 🎥👍👍👍
I hate fencing but I do do enough of it to appreciate how easy using a post driver makes things. I've never used pine poles for fencing. Big arse hardwood strainer post and lots of star steel pickets.
The girl with the "hi" made me smile. 11:17
I need to have one of these competitions on my property....
Nice to see a few local Indiana boys building fence.
As a fencing contractor here in New Zealand we regularly use an angle stay shown at 13.20 a lot of our work is done on steep high country and these last for years, good and solid if done right. I prefer them to the box stay as there's no wire to loosen up with stock pressure over time. Also if the box stay isn't notched in to the strainer post it can have a tendency to fall out over time if the wire stretches and loosens up.
Very cool! A lot of knowledge and skills hanging around there. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for spending the time to share this is an awesome vlog. Looking forward to part 2. 👍🏻
Cool. More footage of machines and debriefing is always appreciated.
More video coming my friend for sure!
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I figured you would have more info...I expect you have quite a bit of footage that will depend on viewer interest. I find it fascinating. And, the openness of the contestants to share and critique is wonderful...and it is how people improve methods.
Awesome farm protection! Amarok Perimiter Security, formerly Electric Guard Dog, is the nation's premier commercial perimiter security fencing! Brothers in Arms!
Very I informative and happy ya brought us along bro allways enjoy watching you...till the next vid godbless
The classic Tom Sawyer.
Next competition is
County Inspectors : First to approve permits.
I think the record is 6 months, bahahaha
I put up enough fencing in my farming days to know I don't ever want to drive another post or string one more inch of wire....... Have you ever had to cut a bundle of old fence wire out of the undercarrage of a dozier? Very rough on the seals. I know there is a purpose and a reason for fences and fencing in general I am just glad I don't do it anymore. Lot of folks put a lot of money in fencing only to neglect the upkeep involved with them. Encroachment by vines and trees and other things can take their toll. Also you have to inspect and maintain fencing for loose posts and wire. Can't just put it up and forget it. These guys show a lot of pride in their work and the workmanship shows. While my fences probably weren't the same caliber as these guys it kept the livestock in and the unwanted out. Hats off to these people for a job well done.........
Wow Worthington. That’s only 40 miles from me. I would have liked to come see this. Great video!
I love this !!! Being a cattle owner and raise feeder cattle and cow/calf pairs we have our share of fence issues sometimes or know some who don’t have good fences and their livestock gets loose and out on the highway or in someone else’s pasture . We thankfully have good fences but we’d love to learn a more efficient & more effective way and less time consuming!!! Life’s busy and every lil “ work smarter , not harder” counts & is something we strive for in our house and raising twin girls , time and efficiency are just a few things that i take pride in doing to accomplish everyday things & to insure things to run smoothly throughout our daily routine!!
Enjoy watching your video
Never thought fencing could have be this interesting.
I liked the Scottish connection off one of the guys. I’m around 3 hours from Scotland and there are some bleak places up there. A lot of folks built the dry stone walls and just maintain them as they have been there for centuries.
The first question in my head was why not sharpen the bottom of the posts, but you answered that in the video just as I was thinking it.
Another great video 👍
CC TV Depends in NZ posts are nearly always pointed ( 95%) It actually works the other way round pointed post finish up tighter in the ground when driven. And flat end posts suffer more top damage than pointed ones.
This is an awesome concept! Fencing building contest. Welcome to America 👍🏻🇺🇸
I had no idea there was such a thing as a fence competition.
Sure, it's even a sport. "Fencing". lol
Now this is an event I would attend and take the family with me!
Thanks for putting the time in to make this video. It’s was a great watch. I have some property in Qld Australia & currently fencing to keep my sheep in. 👌
Would gladly have them all come have a fence building contest at my place. Fence some of my property in
I had planned on being there to watch and learn as well but was trying to finish a fence here in Kentucky. Thanks so much for these videos that make it possible to see the contest.
Hope you enjoyed Greene county i sure do being home to my farm.
This competition would have been nice to have in Texas on the Mexican border. Lol. Enjoyed the video.👍🏻
“Slept on a couch with a cat; got a lot of action”. Great editing brother!!! I chuckled 👍🏻👍🏻
Just love the guitar picking music.
I will gladly say I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would. It was informative and it was nice to see people who are passionate about what they do.
Glad ya liked it Josh
If we try to drive posts with no points in Ireland stones will split them but if pointed they will go between the stones and go in a lot faster
The stones must be small then if the point helps that much. Maybe your post are to small or metal would work better.
Rob Isaac's the stones would between brick size and football size if the land is dry and stony we could be down to 60 posts per hour
The posts are 4 to 5 inch diameter but only in 24 inches in the ground as we don’t have deep frost to jack them out
We always point them up in Australia too but we use hardwood posts. The strainers which are normally around 10-12" diameter we go down 4 feet and the split posts 3 1/2 feet
Claetus Woodroofe You are quite right same in NZ.
This is great , most of us poor people have to dig a hole with post diggers that you buy with the local hardware store . I'm doing it right now, the old-fashioned way.
I work for a fencing company and a lot of times we have to dig by hand.
Educational. Thanks
Good vid Josh....Tks!!!
Really wish you went into details on machines used too
Wow. Really enjoyed this video. All those guys were awesome fence builders. Woooooo👍👍❤️
Thanks . Always like to see action.
IN Australia they have a fencing setup on a trailer.. The load a rack of steel posts and run all the wire through them (slick Wire) they set a pulling brace and off the go. Every 8' they stop operator on trailer drives post and off they go again
AWSOME people getting together and having fun it’s more of what the world needs so what if you got to do a little work lol
Down here in South Australia I can remember drilling for at least 4 hour through granite and limestone with tungsten tip orgers. it's amazing how you guys can hit the posts straight into the ground.
been looking for this video, just wow
Cool competition, but i think its crazy not pointing the posts. We always point our posts and we would almost never have posts driven off line. Even when it does happen it is much quicker to lift the post, pull out whatever rock is in the way and redrive it. The posts are going in so slowly without a point that you are losing a huge amount of time in the day. I dont believe it weakens the post either.
Source fencing contractor for over 30 years.
my fence building consisted of a posthole digger and a tamping bar
Another good Informational video. 👍
Why pound the posts instead of drilling holes? Here in the west, there is lots of rock and hard clay. What's the best method for putting in posts in to rock and/or very hard clay?
We generally use a rock auger or pilot auger in those situations. The "dirt" in this video is very hard and dry clay. Pounding the posts makes for a stronger fence, it's faster to install, less expensive, and requires less labor.
Awsome video josh thank you for all your hard work you put into making the videos for all of us to learn from God bless.how is miss Stoney ridge doing ?
Looks like a fun competition, send them good o'boys out to my neck of the woods! lol
👍Thats a lot of Fencin’ right there brutha man Josh! Good times🇺🇸
Really interested post.
Awesome and very helpful video! 👍🏼
Awesome stuff! Thank you!
I LUV BUILDING FENCE
All I can say is.....GREAT STUFF👍🏆🇺🇸
This was cool to watch...
Have a wonderful day🌻🌻🌻
Good show Josh
Thanks for the info on fencing. I'm fix'n to redo and update all my fencing here on the farm. Been looking at different systems ( high tensile/barb wire/page wire/electric ) just not sure what I'm going with yet. Diffidently sure the post will be driven in ( over digging and setting ).
As an Aussie, I'm almost speechless at the fact you can even drive posts of that diameter into the ground! There aren't many places in the Great Southern Land with soil soft enough to let you do that. Most rural fencing is made up of steel "star" pickets, ( there are probably other names for them ) and in some places, even getting them into the ground requires a lot of faith in the Lord and an equal amount of bad language. It all balances out in the end, because what we lack in the former, most of us have an oversupply of in the latter!
I once worked on a job putting in a telephone line from Croydon to Normanton, up in the Gulf country of Queensland, over what the locals called "ironstone country" and they sure weren't joking. Almost every post hole we put down required drilling and firing. There was no competition going on that job- we just wanted it to end!
There's no sour grapes in this post - I just envy the amount of soft topsoil you have in the U.S.
Could not agree more, down here in South Australia I can remember drilling for at least 4 hour through granite and limestone with tungsten tip orgers
This was awesome to watch. Can you do a live their so we can ask questions? The reason why is so some of us can learn more about this. I can't speak for everyone but I love to learn more about this.
they sure can build some fence hope you enjoyed yourself
Wish i would of know about this, i would of come down and said hello. Glad you got to do something new and you can think about the best way to do your fence. Maybe one of these days i'll stop by your place and hang out for a day or 2. Keep up the video's and look forward to many more, Tell miss stoney ridge i said hello and hope her arm heals up fast without any other issues.
I've never seen something like this but that was very neat. Most importantly the really down to earth conversations these guys have. Everyone taking in whatever criticism they had, good or bad to learn. I live in the city so you don't see much of this, but just this past week we had a private company replaced quite a few power poles in the area with just a couple of large trucks. One has the large drill for the hole. The other carries the pole, the other has the claws to move it. Another truck has that bucket for the workers, I think it may have been the same truck with the claw. Just some amazing stuff what they did in just about a week, not to mention running all new cables to each of those.
This is a farmers dream ! All at one place! 🎼Woooo !
I stumbled across this on TH-cam looking at residential fences. ABSOLUTELY loved this. I love working with my hands and love to see how things are done by professionals. Though I will never have a need for a fence like this I really enjoyed this. Now I am off to watch day two. Side note did only the first 6 place or did you cut it off. I am from Aurora, Ohio and I was happy to see the Akron boys Forever Fence and Rails but I did not hear where they placed unless I missed something.
Awesome! Thank you!
amazing I want to see coz I am a driver applying for fence driver.
Next competition take them somewhere most every post hits ledge or a big rock. I need to learn that from the pros!
We'll do it on my place lol...lots of rocks!
Wow that's pretty cool, i had NO IDEA there was a real fence building compilation .
Bravo.
Slept on a crouch with a cat and got a lot of action. ;) classic.
Great job Josh
Josh...a really interesting video. I assume you know Galax, VA has a old time Bluegrass festival yearly. It is in the boonies...my Dad, a Dobro and Steel guitar player, really enjoyed going.
That was great!
I so wish I had known about this.
I live in WORTHINGTON and would've loved to come meet you and say howdy.
Dang man....sorry...pretty country out there
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer indeed.
When you came back into town and got to the highway, I live just across the tracks a piece.
Great video. I have put in . MYSELF. By HAND with post hole diggers, 2000.LF. of field fence in Plant City FLA. I do not like the Pounding Eq.But, thanks for showing.
You'd rather dig the holes and tamp them than pound them? Just making sure I'm hearing ya right
As a contract fencer my tally is over a thousand miles, if it wasn’t for driven posts I would have been dead years ago,for speed and tightness you will never get better.
This is sick!!
What they say about the fence at 13:20? Haven't seen it like before!
video coming out this weekend explaining some of the bracing and construction
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Awesome okay!!
I, for one, would really like to see videos of each of the fencers describing what they did and why. I'm an engineer, which means I deal in theoretical stuff all the time. But I really like to see how the rubber meets the road, or the post meets the rock, or whatever.
You'll like the last video in this series
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Looking forward to it.
Hey Josh thanks for the video man I liked it really enjoyed it
If they want some rough country farm to demonstrate fencing instead of flat country, I have the prefect place for them next year. Rolling hills ,bends , dips. it will be challenging for them. lol
How are the fences judged? How does the point system break down? I like this kinda thing, because just because the fence was put up the fastest doesn’t mean they won if they are lacking in bracing or something. Do you put a load on the fence and see if posts start breaking or if bracing gives out depending on design of bracing or posts spacing?
Look at the next video in the series...we break it down for ya
Don’t know what it’s like in US but here in UK it’s the same people that enter every competition. Not because they’re good and certainly not because they are the best. But because they aren’t that busy. The good fencers couldn’t even think about entering a competition as they have way to much work ahead of them
That’s some high quality fencers right there man! Impressive!
Howdy folks, I just watched "the art of fencing."
Good video like to see the difference in brace styles
From that 1st statement, I bet this is high dollar fence! Glad we don't tornado's down here
Wouldn't an auger to drill a hole then water and concrete be quicker?
No.
Who out there in the homesteading world that did not inherit their farms from Daddy and granddaddy could afford to pay somebody to put up a fence!?
Those making TH-cam videos. Most those homesteaders are you tubers first.
nice competition.
all cowboys look cool.
the technique is great.
thanks for sharing the video.
Lived here all my life, didnt know this went on
Welcome to Indiana!
Looks like the ground pretty hard what we used to do stick a car wash wand first where you want the post water works best
I need a fence around my 1.3 acre lot. saving up for it but its taking ages !
Rockbridge county VA in da ("house" doesn't fit, so...) field! Whoo Hoo!
Nice
So who do I gotta talk to about h
Possibly hosting one of these events. I could sure use the help to get sone fence built around here. Lol