I watched this video again after I did some rail splitting of Cedar logs. Now, my logs were younger and slimmer than the one he used in the video and I didn't get to pick out a straight and knot free trunk. But, I must say Pa Mac is a "WORLD CLASS LOG SPLITTER" to get 19 rails out of a single tree trunk. Comparatively, the most I got was 5.
Thanks, Pa Mac! Looks like I've got everything I need now to fence in the homestead. Now all I need are some trees. Let's see here... trees... Darn it. I bet they've all run off and hid in that forest.
maingun07 yep, I catch mine hiding out there all the time. But you know, sometimes if they’ve been hiding from ya a lot over the years, they have gotten so good at hiding behind another tree and can stand so still that you can walk all around in that forest and be right beside them and not see em at all because they are standing so still!!
This was a fun and educational watch. I loved it. Amazing what a simple line from a book will get you to research! "The right of the regiment rested near the dirt road, and at right angles to it. The ground before us was open for more than half a mile. It sloped down gently, then it rose gradually to a long, bare ridge, or slight elevation of ground, which extended parallel to our front. The road was enclosed by an old-time staked and ridered fence, of the "worm" pattern." -The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865, by Leander Stillwell I had no idea what a "worm" fence was, but it appears to be a variation of the split rail fence at the beginning of the video. This was the best video I've found on the various fence designs of early America.
This is a great entertaining and educational channel and we appreciate all your time and effort you put into your work. Thanks for sharing with us. Fred.
Thanks so much for the amazing content you make. The FMC show is absolutely my favorite place on the internet! It is a calming spot during an uncertain time. Please stay safe and well.
slowdaze I second your opinion,, his videos are extremely soothing, relaxing, and educational!! This is by far, in my opinion, the very best channel on TH-cam for this type of content
Awsome insight into the old ways. Becoming less spoke of although more and more valuable. Bless you and yours and thank you for your time. Always entertaining and informative. 👍
I dont believe this !!! My favorite show is on. Still say better than 3 stooges. So much info. You put a great deal of hard work into this an we all appreciate your brainstorming. Alabama loves fhc absolutely my favorite. STAY SAFE AN HEALTHY AN EAT WELL MY FRIEND.
@@farmhandscompanion l was wondering something. Did you chainsaw mill most of the lumber on your shop. Or did you buy some. Its alot of work ive been chainsaw milling some so l know how hard an time consuming it is
Great video!! My grandad was a dairyman. I remember him cutting fence posts from what he called “hedge trees”. He would cut a point on one end with a buzz saw belted to an allis chalmers WD45. When he built or fixed fence, he would start a hole with a rock bar, stick the pointed end in the hole and pound it in with a sledge. He used barb wire for his fences to keep the cows in a pasture. While watching you split that cedar log I was thinking about how good it must have smelled.
I'm not nearly as creative so all I can do is say: awesome, thanks, keep them coming. BTW, never done a Patreon for anyone elses channel but I'm going to see if this old non-tech south Georgia boy can figure it out. I sincerely hope that someone, or something, out there gives you the type of satisfaction we get from "farmhandscompanion".
So good! Very useful information and entertaining as always. When you put a video up I always stop what I am doing and watch it right then and there. Just took a break from clearing our hazelnut orchard to spend a few minutes relaxing - watching some of the very best content on TH-cam!
Always a good day when pa mac puts out a video. I'm figurin on maybe doin a mortise and tenon fence round one of the garden spots and maybe attaching some wire fencing to it so I can train blackberries up them
You and I are a lot alike, I've been watching your shows since the beginning you inspire me, I have a smaller 30 acres farm in North Carolina and I love it, I'm 35 years old, lords willing I have many more projects to do, thank you for these videos and God bless buddy.
Thank you so much for what you do for these videos ! Makes the soul come alive, the simple ideas of the past forgot by the complex of today !! Awesome video ! 👍👍
I’m from Harlan Kentucky and have only seen the remains of a few of these type fences around here. Being that this town is all steep mountains most old timers here used rock fence to keep livestock in. Although speaking about Abraham Lincoln, I visited his birth place and school in Hodgenville Kentucky and all those places has miles of these split rail fences.
Love getting the notifications for your videos!! We just cut a few cedars off a fence row that would be perfect for this. Thank you so much for sharing! God bless y’all❤️
Excellent. Nice to have a new show to watch while in lockdown mode and spring is coming taking the snow away and the possibility of planting the garden seems like a reality after a long winter. Thanks for sharing.
Made my day this morning with another PaMac video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and ideas with us. You are a literal wealth of information for homesteading.
Yay! How delightful to wake up to one of your spectacular videos! My favorite fence is the wire and board - and the split rail with the double posts connected by blocks that hold the rails. And of course, I love how the boy comes out of you at the end and you can't resist playing with your farm toys!😂💕 Thanks Pa Mac.
Since I am tired of digging holes I am giving a lot of thought to growing a hedge and then laying it, like they do in England and Ireland. Have you given that a go yet, Pa Mac?
Hi Pa Mac, KBL Homestead sent us over. Love your channel. I love the efficiency of hand tools and you are a true master. Hope to see more videos in the future.
Just saw your VOA video that had your family and you spoke! Enjoyed seeing that side with your family and your reasons for the channel etc. Good job my TH-cam friend!
thank you so much for another history lesson so many ways to build a fence I bet you could use pallet wood for pickets and save some wood for a new pig house or barn
Thanks for this....am too familiar with most these methods...and your wisdom and resourcefulness will become even more valuable in the near future....Might add that...on wooden posts....charring with open fire or a torch will lengthen post life past yours....every archaeological site uses embers/carbon for dating.... also...roofing asphalt liberally applied is fine stuff...and no cross contamination to food, ground water or stock.
I would have thought another major advantage of this technique was the fact that it could be put up and taken down so quickly, without damaging the materials. Movable when there was new harvest to protect, seedlings etc. Once the logs are split, the can be used time and time again.
Lots of good ideas. Didn't know mulberry was rot resistant. Lately I've begun wondering if sometimes the _wild_ poles in the air with split rail fences can be to fend off deer.
i feel yer pain , my yard is 90% rock. so im going to go split rail no holes and put them on bricks i have plenty of 4" and smaller trees i am using then treat them with diesel or Thomson's.
You make some great deer fencing but what about your bear fencing? They can just swat most of those fences over. Around where I am I have to also plan for bears...
I think it bears mentioning for the non-woodworking crowd that historically an extremely common type of hardwood used for these post and other things where the American Chestnut tree which covered the forest of the eastern U.S. sadly in the 1900's a rich businessman in New York imported Asiatic ones which contained a blight they held no resistance towards, as a result between 1900 and 1960's millions of trees died before they went all but extinct.
Interesting. What happened to the apple trees planted some years ago? Get any fruit last fall? Bet some apple cider would go good after all that hard work on the Fence
My only question is about to secure those joint of fencing ….. is that ok to use 10inch screws to secure those joints Bcoz it will gonna fall down from heavy wind blowing or thunder storms
Hey Pa Mac, when you split rail from pine is it best for them to dry? I cant split a rail from a green one with out it busting I know I will only cut locust or oak for rails now. Pine is awful hard to split rails from
Hey there, Lance! Great to hear from you. It's hard to tell why you're havin' trouble with those pines without lookin' at em, but here's my experience with splitting the pines: I have better results splitting em green, though the sap is messy. Seems like the more they cure the more they split unevenly, and in some instances they'll just break on me. Those two that I split in the new episode were very well cured, but just short enough I could get away with splitting em without a problem. If you can get em, black locust would be preferred, and will probably last till you're an old man.
I watched this video again after I did some rail splitting of Cedar logs. Now, my logs were younger and slimmer than the one he used in the video and I didn't get to pick out a straight and knot free trunk. But, I must say Pa Mac is a "WORLD CLASS LOG SPLITTER" to get 19 rails out of a single tree trunk. Comparatively, the most I got was 5.
WOW! Two videos within 30 days of each other! Sounds like temperatures have dropped below freezing in the underworld!
What a surprise!! YAY!!
Thanks, Pa Mac! Looks like I've got everything I need now to fence in the homestead. Now all I need are some trees. Let's see here... trees...
Darn it. I bet they've all run off and hid in that forest.
Funny how they seem to congregate there, maingun07
maingun07 yep, I catch mine hiding out there all the time. But you know, sometimes if they’ve been hiding from ya a lot over the years, they have gotten so good at hiding behind another tree and can stand so still that you can walk all around in that forest and be right beside them and not see em at all because they are standing so still!!
Another one of your fine programs. I'd love stay and chat, but I have to split. See ya.
Pa Mac is our children's favorite show creator. Always entertaining and always building our knowledge and appreciation for our fathers of past time.
Thank you for your kind words, Faithful Nation. Tell your kids Pa Mac says "Hey!"
@@farmhandscompanion I will! Thanks! Edit: Children said hello!
This was a fun and educational watch. I loved it. Amazing what a simple line from a book will get you to research!
"The right of the regiment rested near the dirt road, and at right angles to it. The ground before us was open for more than half a mile. It sloped down gently, then it rose gradually to a long, bare ridge, or slight elevation of ground, which extended parallel to our front. The road was enclosed by an old-time staked and ridered fence, of the "worm" pattern."
-The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865, by Leander Stillwell
I had no idea what a "worm" fence was, but it appears to be a variation of the split rail fence at the beginning of the video. This was the best video I've found on the various fence designs of early America.
Im soooo glad you still make videos! Theyve been alot of help for me so thank you Pa Mac
You're so welcome, okie dokie. Thank you for watching
This is a great entertaining and educational channel and we appreciate all your time and effort you put into your work. Thanks for sharing with us. Fred.
Yes: thank you! Good job!
I'm in charge of 10 acres in Lake Hughes and I am for sure using these methods to build some awesome old-fashioned fences. thanks for sharing!
Lots of great ideas. Thank you for your knowledge and kindness in sharing these things with us.
I appreciate that, Homer. Thanks for takin time to watch
Thanks so much for the amazing content you make. The FMC show is absolutely my favorite place on the internet! It is a calming spot during an uncertain time. Please stay safe and well.
slowdaze I second your opinion,, his videos are extremely soothing, relaxing, and educational!!
This is by far, in my opinion, the very best channel on TH-cam for this type of content
Awsome insight into the old ways. Becoming less spoke of although more and more valuable. Bless you and yours and thank you for your time. Always entertaining and informative. 👍
I dont believe this !!! My favorite show is on. Still say better than 3 stooges. So much info. You put a great deal of hard work into this an we all appreciate your brainstorming. Alabama loves fhc absolutely my favorite. STAY SAFE AN HEALTHY AN EAT WELL MY FRIEND.
Thank you, Bobby!
@@farmhandscompanion l was wondering something. Did you chainsaw mill most of the lumber on your shop. Or did you buy some. Its alot of work ive been chainsaw milling some so l know how hard an time consuming it is
Great video!! My grandad was a dairyman. I remember him cutting fence posts from what he called “hedge trees”. He would cut a point on one end with a buzz saw belted to an allis chalmers WD45. When he built or fixed fence, he would start a hole with a rock bar, stick the pointed end in the hole and pound it in with a sledge. He used barb wire for his fences to keep the cows in a pasture. While watching you split that cedar log I was thinking about how good it must have smelled.
I'm not nearly as creative so all I can do is say: awesome, thanks, keep them coming. BTW, never done a Patreon for anyone elses channel but I'm going to see if this old non-tech south Georgia boy can figure it out. I sincerely hope that someone, or something, out there gives you the type of satisfaction we get from "farmhandscompanion".
WOW! The inside color of that log is incredible!! Beautiful!
Digging out the rock when making the post holes had to be my favorite part 🤣🤣🤣
So good! Very useful information and entertaining as always. When you put a video up I always stop what I am doing and watch it right then and there. Just took a break from clearing our hazelnut orchard to spend a few minutes relaxing - watching some of the very best content on TH-cam!
Always a good day when pa mac puts out a video. I'm figurin on maybe doin a mortise and tenon fence round one of the garden spots and maybe attaching some wire fencing to it so I can train blackberries up them
You and I are a lot alike, I've been watching your shows since the beginning you inspire me, I have a smaller 30 acres farm in North Carolina and I love it, I'm 35 years old, lords willing I have many more projects to do, thank you for these videos and God bless buddy.
Thanks for posting another great video.
You betcha. Thank you for watchin
Thank you so much for what you do for these videos ! Makes the soul come alive, the simple ideas of the past forgot by the complex of today !! Awesome video ! 👍👍
so glad your back, thanks....
This is the one I was waiting for! If you ever have enough rocks you should consider making a dry stack fence.
There is so much joy in your childish frustrations of digging ‘Pa! Thank you for yet again, a great video!
Thank YOU for watchin, Kevin
Thank you for all the hard work you put into this. It's great!
Indeed, it's my pleasure
Thank you for more videos! Your stuff is fabulous and getting only 1-2 per year is near agony for eager watchers.
i remember, it was 1762 i built that fence for my cousins farm exactly like this bad boy, good old days.
I’m from Harlan Kentucky and have only seen the remains of a few of these type fences around here. Being that this town is all steep mountains most old timers here used rock fence to keep livestock in. Although speaking about Abraham Lincoln, I visited his birth place and school in Hodgenville Kentucky and all those places has miles of these split rail fences.
This guy is really cool. And I agree, this kind of work and training is definitely a character builder.
Can't believe I got to see two videos in less than a month!
Awesome 👍
This was a joy to watch. Excellent video.
Love getting the notifications for your videos!! We just cut a few cedars off a fence row that would be perfect for this. Thank you so much for sharing! God bless y’all❤️
Cedars are like gold, aren't they? Y'all take care
Little Country Cabin those cedars grew up wanting to become a fence one day and now they have Finally accomplished their life long goals!!!
Excellent. Nice to have a new show to watch while in lockdown mode and spring is coming taking the snow away and the possibility of planting the garden seems like a reality after a long winter. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely love this video! Thank you for showing the various ways to create a oie time homestead fence. Now to find the right trees! Blessings
Made my day this morning with another PaMac video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and ideas with us. You are a literal wealth of information for homesteading.
It is almost 2am and I am filled with the urge to build a fence… not sure how I got here but I’m glad I did
This is just what I've been looking for. The power co. dropped some of my cedar and I wanna put 'em to good use. And get a bit of exercise-ha!
Theres ALWAYS a big rock where your digging!!! :>)>
You know I really like your videos.
You alone taught me how to use a chainsaw to produce my own lumber.
Thank you farmhands Companion!.
I appreciate that, Jason. Thank you for letting me know.
Yay! How delightful to wake up to one of your spectacular videos! My favorite fence is the wire and board - and the split rail with the double posts connected by blocks that hold the rails. And of course, I love how the boy comes out of you at the end and you can't resist playing with your farm toys!😂💕 Thanks Pa Mac.
Thanks as always, TheBereangirl. Hope you're gettin along well!
@@farmhandscompanion You're welcome, and we are doing well, thank you! And I trust in the Lord, that you and your family are also safe in Him!💗
Since I am tired of digging holes I am giving a lot of thought to growing a hedge and then laying it, like they do in England and Ireland. Have you given that a go yet, Pa Mac?
A pleasure and delight watching you work !!
Good clear and entertaining information . Nicely done 👍🇬🇧
Best channel on TH-cam! God Bless and stay safe!
Once again a great video! Thanks and be safe everyone.
So glad to see more of your videos more often!!😃
Good to see you back at the videos again!
wow... what a great video. Thank you so much for posting. Here's hoping you don't run into too many more of those boulders when digging post holes!
As always, entertaining and educational. Thanks.
Hi Pa Mac, KBL Homestead sent us over. Love your channel. I love the efficiency of hand tools and you are a true master. Hope to see more videos in the future.
Oh how I love your show.
That is some beautiful cedar! It would make some nice paneling.
Just saw your VOA video that had your family and you spoke! Enjoyed seeing that side with your family and your reasons for the channel etc. Good job my TH-cam friend!
Thank you so much, Mark. You're very kind
How did I miss a new pa mac show?! Great stuff as always. Best darn thing on here.
Got me a load of pine logs for free so I reckon I'll make me some fence like this. Thank ya pa mac. I'm gonna try and make a video of it as well.
beautiful video
pas de problème de sommeil !!!
What! Steel against steel with no eye protection! Eyes are precious. My cousin lost an eye that way.
Another wonderful video!
A really enjoyable video and worth a watch for sure x
If you ever wondered how old timers were so hard of hearing, just remember they rarely word ear protection doing this type of work back in the day.
...ThankYou Bro & Dankeschön aus Germany...
Sometimes when I watch these I feel my ancestors nudging me in the right direction ..
thank you so much for another history lesson so many ways to build a fence I bet you could use pallet wood for pickets and save some wood for a new pig house or barn
This video is fantastic, so well researched and presented 👍
Glad you enjoyed it, torque8899
Another awesomely entertaining and informative vid. Well done Pa
really enjoyed that there vernaculatin’
Inspiring, thanks for including the list of trees that make good posts. If post oaks make good posts I wonder if they'll make good rails?
Love it. Got lots of ideas now just need the snow to melt lol
Abe Lincoln - that was an average of 200 logs at 15 splits per log to equal 3000 rails. That was a lot of work!
Again, very many thanks!
Thanks for this....am too familiar with most these methods...and your wisdom and resourcefulness will become even more valuable in the near future....Might add that...on wooden posts....charring with open fire or a torch will lengthen post life past yours....every archaeological site uses embers/carbon for dating.... also...roofing asphalt liberally applied is fine stuff...and no cross contamination to food, ground water or stock.
Ouachita - *wash-it-ah* ( originating from the French translation of the Caddo Indian word) meaning TOO MANY DARN ROCKS!!!
Encyclopedia of knowledge on video
I would have thought another major advantage of this technique was the fact that it could be put up and taken down so quickly, without damaging the materials. Movable when there was new harvest to protect, seedlings etc. Once the logs are split, the can be used time and time again.
Lots of good ideas. Didn't know mulberry was rot resistant. Lately I've begun wondering if sometimes the _wild_ poles in the air with split rail fences can be to fend off deer.
I love your videos.
Well if nothing else at least that cedar sure smells good!
i feel yer pain , my yard is 90% rock. so im going to go split rail no holes and put them on bricks i have plenty of 4" and smaller trees i am using then treat them with diesel or Thomson's.
I had One horse that knew how to take split-rail fences apart. If I was lucky, the rest of the herd stayed put... LOL
Thanks!
Hey, the link in the video for your book and dvd works great!
This was great! Subbed.
Enjoyed the content, but enjoyed it more when I set the video speed faster. But, again, the content was real good!
You make some great deer fencing but what about your bear fencing? They can just swat most of those fences over. Around where I am I have to also plan for bears...
I think it bears mentioning for the non-woodworking crowd that historically an extremely common type of hardwood used for these post and other things where the American Chestnut tree which covered the forest of the eastern U.S. sadly in the 1900's a rich businessman in New York imported Asiatic ones which contained a blight they held no resistance towards, as a result between 1900 and 1960's millions of trees died before they went all but extinct.
awesome video. subbed!
Interesting. What happened to the apple trees planted some years ago? Get any fruit last fall? Bet some apple cider would go good after all that hard work on the Fence
Awesome video I'm thinking there's some fencing happening during the corona virus shut down On my farm.
My only question is about to secure those joint of fencing ….. is that ok to use 10inch screws to secure those joints Bcoz it will gonna fall down from heavy wind blowing or thunder storms
That'd probably be fine if it got the job done. The settlers would've used 'em if they'd had 'em.
Thanks
I need some good old fashioned tools! There's so much wood on my land going to waste.
Hey Pa Mac, when you split rail from pine is it best for them to dry? I cant split a rail from a green one with out it busting I know I will only cut locust or oak for rails now. Pine is awful hard to split rails from
Hey there, Lance! Great to hear from you.
It's hard to tell why you're havin' trouble with those pines without lookin' at em, but here's my experience with splitting the pines: I have better results splitting em green, though the sap is messy. Seems like the more they cure the more they split unevenly, and in some instances they'll just break on me. Those two that I split in the new episode were very well cured, but just short enough I could get away with splitting em without a problem. If you can get em, black locust would be preferred, and will probably last till you're an old man.
@@farmhandscompanion thanks Pa, I reckon I'm trying to long of splits. Thanks for getting back to me.
Drill some dowels and that will last as long as the wood doesn't rot!
9:39 lol I've been there done that (what's scary) almost didn't get out.
Wow👏👏👏
Thanks! subscribed! Do you know of any good books that are good manuals for this kind of traditional agriculture?
Absolutely.
Take a look at my book recommendations in the description of this video, Mike. Thanks for watchin!
Abraham Lincoln said if you cut your own firewood, you would get twice the heat
Was just wandering if y'all were ok, haven't heard or seen anything in a while?