We had a great time! Thanks for the hospitality and I hope the fence works out well for you. Maybe we can get together on another project sometime soon!
I just imagined you driving a an hour or 2, pulling over, unloading, filming a bit driving the tractor, then loading up and driving on for another hour or so… I love the dedication to the craft.
The introduction driving Brutus on a road trip is priceless! I found your channel doing a search here at UA-cam, trying to learn about the John Deere 318 tractor and variants. I’ve subscribed to your channel Neil because you are an artist! You provide so much sage wisdom for all of us here on UA-cam. Even my wife, who never watches UA-cam has stated “this guy really knows what he’s talking about!” Thanks for taking the time to produce these wonderful videos!
Thanks so much Joe! I'm blushing a little but really appreciate comments like this. I just want to make videos that people enjoy watching. I'm glad you found the channel and best of luck with your 318! They are fantastic machines and I can't ever picture myself being without one... Or two.
Just wanted you to know I really enjoy you channel. I keep coming back trying to watch everyone of your videos. After watching so many now I kind of feel like you are an old friend. Love watching you and your family interact. It's great to be close to lots of family members and good friends. Thanks for the wonderful show.
I have a 318 myself. Never plan on selling it. It's been said it's the best garden tractor John Deere ever built. It's a bold statement but the fact these tractors are still working over thirty/forty years later is a testament to their build quality. These tractors were way ahead of their time even back then when first built in 1983.
Ok, the beginning of this was absolutely great! The drive over sure took a ton of work to film. Loved it!!! Wish I would have time to meet up with you when you were over at Adams!
Hey Doug! Congratulations on the launch of your UA-cam channel! I'll be over to check it out. Yeah I was sorry that I didn't get a chance to meet you during my visit. Hopefully next time though! Again, best of luck and thanks for watching!
Well Planned out Neil, That was Hilarious .. Cool to see you side of the visit... I commented on Adams Video about hiding the Controller under My OWB. Mine had "0" splices. I left enough wire at the start and at the end of the run that I could Wrap (not twist) the two tails together for the 30 Ft run upto the OWB. Mike M.
You youtube guys probably have no idea how much of an inspiration you are! Between DDDIY, Hometown Acres, Outdoors with the Morgans, Andrew Camerata, LetsDig18, Northwest Sawyer, DirtPerfect, Sawing with Sandy, Out of the Woods, I gave up TV completely, sold my house, bought a run down property, bought an excavator, a portable sawmill, and started living again! Thanks to all mentioned above and those I've missed!
This was a great video, I always love seeing your old GT's doing work. There was a movie about a guy that drove an old round fender Deere across the country to see his brother, your intro reminded me of that fur sure. The most exciting thing from this video though, I think, is knowing Brutus and Bill will soon become one...
That was so cute, driving poor ole Brutus to Pennsylvania. That was a hoot! At least the whole family made the trip with you for a little vacation. See ya next week 🥰🥰🥳🥳🎉🎉🎊🎊
@@digdrivediy Oh wow. You were up around where my Grandparents lived in Conneaut, OH. I spent wonderful summers on Lake Erie and visiting Conneaut Lake Park. I'm glad y'all had fun.
What a fantastic intro Neil! My kids thought you were really drining your tractor to PA!! Well done! UA-cam is a great way to connect. I've watched Adam for a few years now and I guess I've never really noticed how tall he actually is! Great video once again.
The intro reminded me of the movie The Straight Story. Based on a true story of man that drove a John Deere garden tractor from Iowa to Wisconsin to visit his sick brother to make peace over an childhood argument. Another great creative video showing the capability of small tractors. Good work!!
. Good choice 14ga wire ,easier to splice as I have managed to cut it with my back hoe and spring snow plowing too many times and its on only 1.5 acres of the property. Have plenty of waterproof wire nuts and wire on hand .Do test wire for breaks before you start. Trouble shooting a MFG defect is easier on the roll than in the ground I found out the hard way.
Love it! Great way to help a tight community and teach something! Great last day for Brutus! Also, I love the perimeter dog fence. I am starting to think about the same for my dog. Can’t wait for the next one!
Great video Neil, my wife and I was talking about increasing our dog fence here in Ohio. After watching you I'm pretty sure we can do it. Thanks for the inspiration. Be safe and God bless
Lol, the intro was great. I watch your channel to see how creative you can be as much as for the actual projects. I wish I had the patience to film/edit the stuff I do but, yall would probably get tired of here me ramble anyway. Great collaboration you guys. Stay safe.
I'm glad you appreciate that stuff. Sometimes I wonder if it's worth it when I'm doing it but I always tell myself it will be worth it in the end. Usually it is. I figure a good number of folks are tired of hearing me ramble too BD! 😜
Hey Neil, saw Adam's video of this on Hometown Acres a while back. Have been binge-watching your videos since. Really enjoy your content. Keep it coming!
Haha great opening. That must've taken forever to film in all those places. Plan to put a 2 speed rear and 26" tires on the 318 you're gonna build and you might get there faster :)
Awesome collaboration, love both channels! Neil i think i will be doing the same thing for my yard when the time comes. Ill have about 4 acres to fence in.
Great video Neil, cool to watch UA-camrs get together to get things done. I hope you didn't wear out the engine with all those hours on the road to PA🤣
For some reason when you started out on the tractor, Forrest Gump kept running through my mind! lol There is actually a movie called "the Straight Story" Where a guy drives his 1966 John Deere garden tractor and home made trailer across the country to see his dying brother one last time. A true story.
That opening footage was fantastic, that's dedication to your content. You said the family was going to hang out for a day, did you do anything mentionable?
We spent two days at Conneaut Lake. The girls got to kayak and we just had a relaxing time doing nothing in particular. Well, we ate well and found a nice ice cream place :)
Sure, you did have your slope meter with you. The automatic one. The one that made you stand next to Brutus on the twisted wire/winch part. Y'know, the one that isn't in JD parts book. You flew the drone across there too? Impressive lol.
Sounds like you may need Dirt Perfect's new tile plow with the hard digging lol. Good luck, we have some hard digging here in New England. I put in 4" drain pipe last year...prying out a few boulders. Thank God it wasn't granite.
Good job boys! This video answered many questions I had about this application on my farm. Should I donate my savings on this project to the "DIY Boys Home"?
Great video. Do you have any tricks on finding a break in an existing dog fence. My neighbor asked me to help fix hers after a lightning strike took out the transmitter. I hooked up the new transmitter and the loop is broken somewhere. Unfortunately I didn’t help install it. So I don’t know where the wire is ran exactly or where any splices might be. All I know to do is start pulling it up until I find the break Or start over and lay a new wire. Any ideas?
You can usually hear the transmission of the signal in the wire with an AM/FM radio. Set the radio to AM and hold it close to where you think the wire is buried or you can start out at the transmitter and hear what it sounds like through the radio. It makes a very distinct sound and you can use that like a locator to go around and trace the wire. If the wire is broken you have to buy what's called an RF choke and put that in line of the wire and it will send the signal out from both directions rather than in a loop. The combination of an RF choke and an AM/FM radio held close to the ground or mounted to a stick lets you walk around and find the wire with high accuracy. When the signal gets weak or it gets hard to hear then you're within a couple feet of the brake and the wire usually. I've used this method many times to find broken wire and it works really well. Actually shot a video of me trying to find one but never published it. Maybe I should do that? I have not looked lately to see if the RF choke is still available anywhere. I used to buy mine at radio shack and they are out of business obviously.
Neil… Brutus logged some serious hours on that journey! And, you did it without a bug screen… glad you had your shades on. I am in the process of getting a new dog. The last two were pancaked on our road in front of the house. Before I do that, I am going to install an electronic barrier. We really can’t subject another pet to the fate of Abby and Shasta. I’ve done considerable research and have yet to come up with a wireless system that will work. Those that have a radius are too small or can’t be placed in a way that an obstacle won’t block their transmission. The GPS limiting systems require a monthly subscription through our unreliable internet reception area. My best bet is a wired system. But, it will require me to bury a wire. That is where the challenge comes in. You see, I live in an oak forest in the rocky foothills of the Ozark mountains. Plowing the wire in won’t be easy. There is scarcely a yard that isn’t rooted or rocked in obstacles. Just do the topsoil you say…. There is none! And, that is where I’m stuck. Imagine if you can, a roughly square 10 acre plot. Completely covered with trees… except for 1 1/2 acres of meadow. The yard is treed in too. We even have trees all around the house. One is so close the soffit is cut around its trunk! I thought about putting the barrier wire above ground. I have enough old copper telephone utility wire to do so. But, as you can imagine… the cost of posts and hardware are prohibitive. Not to mention the hassle to maintain it beneath shedding dead fall limbs and forest edge brush. So, I am stymied. I really miss having a dog. (The cat and I don’t really communicate on the same plane.). However, I can’t in good conscious subject another dog to the fate of the last two. Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated. And, lest I forget, I enjoyed this video a lot! Thanks
Oh man Dave. I read this yesterday and have been thinking about it ever since but I haven't come up with anything brilliant yet. Your situation indeed sounds tricky. The wire doesn't require much cover or any really. The cover is just protection for the wire. I've heard of folks laying this down low in their grass and letting the grass grow up and around it and it has worked for years like that. What about something like a vibratory cable plow? Would that get through some of your terrain or is it just too much rock? Maybe you can do a hybrid of above and below ground? If you laid a garden hose across the top of the ground, would it be covered up with leaves and debris in a year's time? At one time I probably had enough garden hose to enclose your entire property. I had every friend and relative saving old garden hoses from any trash can or garage sale. They make a great conduit for the wire as long as not exposed to the sun every day. The connections allow you to fish the wire through great distances. But, that requires lots of hose. You can use poly air line too. I wish I had better ideas for you. Wish I could see it in person despite having a pretty good idea based on what I've seen in your videos and how you describe it. I'll have to keep pondering. The biggest question is what kinda traffic would the majority of the wire see if it was just laid in the ground? Meaning, with minimal cover would it still be at high risk? You could always lay out the wire and do the training and get your dog very acquainted with the boundary. After all the real thing that makes it undergrad dog fence work is the training of the dog to stay in the boundary not training the dog to fear the shock. If you could get that established with a dog and have it work for even a short amount of time then you would probably gain a lot of benefit for the dog. The wire is relatively cheap to fix and repair If it gets damaged one or two times. I'll keep thinking on this though....
@@digdrivediy thanks… I guess I need to do a pretty good assessment…. Of the area but also of the needs. Do I really need the dog to roam all of the woods? Can I train it to go through the boundary only when I’m around? Is there enough old hose to do the inaccessible/impractical areas? Thanks Bud, you’ve given me a leg up on figuring it out. I’ll let you know what comes next.
Hey Neal, just wondering if you think this same concept as the wire underground installer you made could be made to install Pex waterline (not needing to be under the freeze line)? something from garden to the house.
How many times did you have to stop and fill up on the way? Lol. Great video Neil, hope you had a good time in PA, I’m about 45 minutes south of Adam, near Grove City
You should have ran some wire through the woods. Dogs are prety easy to train to poop in the woods. Dog poop in the woods means no cleaning up dog poop, no mowing dog poop and no walking through dog poop in the lawn.
Loved the video Neal. Thanks again so much. It was awesome getting to meet you and your family!
We had a great time! Thanks for the hospitality and I hope the fence works out well for you. Maybe we can get together on another project sometime soon!
Adam, nice to meet you. I’ll certainly check you out… Neil hadn’t steered me wrong yet!
As usual great clip
I have to ask
How tall is Adam???
Ha ha anyway have a great day!!
Hey *Addam* ... you spelled his name wrong!! 😆
That was a killer intro. Your creativity is awesome. Adam has a great channel!
Thanks so much Hank! That took a few extra stops on the way 😜
We need a Neil, Hank, Adam collaboration, but Hank has to bring Wiley for comedic genius.
I just imagined you driving a an hour or 2, pulling over, unloading, filming a bit driving the tractor, then loading up and driving on for another hour or so… I love the dedication to the craft.
Fortunately it quit raining long enough for me to get that Pennsylvania sign shot!
Good job enjoyed it John Joy watching you do good work whatever you do so we’ll keep watching God bless
The introduction driving Brutus on a road trip is priceless! I found your channel doing a search here at UA-cam, trying to learn about the John Deere 318 tractor and variants. I’ve subscribed to your channel Neil because you are an artist! You provide so much sage wisdom for all of us here on UA-cam. Even my wife, who never watches UA-cam has stated “this guy really knows what he’s talking about!” Thanks for taking the time to produce these wonderful videos!
Thanks so much Joe! I'm blushing a little but really appreciate comments like this. I just want to make videos that people enjoy watching. I'm glad you found the channel and best of luck with your 318! They are fantastic machines and I can't ever picture myself being without one... Or two.
And yet another awesome video ! Thanks guy's!
Just wanted you to know I really enjoy you channel. I keep coming back trying to watch everyone of your videos. After watching so many now I kind of feel like you are an old friend. Love watching you and your family interact. It's great to be close to lots of family members and good friends. Thanks for the wonderful show.
The start of the video was truly inspired reminds me of a movie about an old man driving his tractor across America lol.
Great opening, very well done.
Thanks to Adam (HOMETOWN ACRES), I am proudly a New Subscriber to your Channel.
I forsee great things to come!
-T🖖
Western Washington State
Hey thanks so much TK! Very glad to have you in board!
Ah PA my home state . I love living in Georgia but I miss the beauty of PA. Great video as well!
Absolutely love this content, great storytelling, love the teamwork, Neil you are the best!
Another video of Neil taking advantage of people for his own benefit. What a conniver! :-)
Haha! There I go again 😅
Now I have another definition to look up...
Thanks JM!
Rhymes with MacGyver. Look up shameless while you're at it. ;)
I have a 318 myself. Never plan on selling it. It's been said it's the best garden tractor John Deere ever built. It's a bold statement but the fact these tractors are still working over thirty/forty years later is a testament to their build quality. These tractors were way ahead of their time even back then when first built in 1983.
Ok, the beginning of this was absolutely great! The drive over sure took a ton of work to film. Loved it!!! Wish I would have time to meet up with you when you were over at Adams!
Hey Doug! Congratulations on the launch of your UA-cam channel! I'll be over to check it out. Yeah I was sorry that I didn't get a chance to meet you during my visit. Hopefully next time though! Again, best of luck and thanks for watching!
Awesome intro
Thanks Brock!
Well Planned out Neil, That was Hilarious ..
Cool to see you side of the visit...
I commented on Adams Video about hiding the Controller under My OWB. Mine had "0" splices. I left enough wire at the start and at the end of the run that I could Wrap (not twist) the two tails together for the 30 Ft run upto the OWB.
Mike M.
That would be a cool install to have 0 splices! Well done sir! thanks so much for checking out the video.
I love seeing two great creators collaborating on projects.
This was fantastic, Neil and Adam! Neil, I know that opening took a long time to create. Great job, as always!
Thanks Ed. That did take a little while. My daughter helped me film much of the intro.
You youtube guys probably have no idea how much of an inspiration you are! Between DDDIY, Hometown Acres, Outdoors with the Morgans, Andrew Camerata, LetsDig18, Northwest Sawyer, DirtPerfect, Sawing with Sandy, Out of the Woods, I gave up TV completely, sold my house, bought a run down property, bought an excavator, a portable sawmill, and started living again! Thanks to all mentioned above and those I've missed!
That is awesome! Sounds like you'd have a good UA-cam channel!!!
Thanks so much for watching 😊
Great job keep up the good work love your videos thank you
This was a great video, I always love seeing your old GT's doing work. There was a movie about a guy that drove an old round fender Deere across the country to see his brother, your intro reminded me of that fur sure. The most exciting thing from this video though, I think, is knowing Brutus and Bill will soon become one...
Yes sir. That is happening very soon. Bill got moved to the shop on his own power but will leave with a new ticker...
Opening was interesting. I thought maybe a neighbor but the Ohio sign enlightened me.
That was so cute, driving poor ole Brutus to Pennsylvania. That was a hoot! At least the whole family made the trip with you for a little vacation. See ya next week 🥰🥰🥳🥳🎉🎉🎊🎊
We had a good time on Conneaut Lake. These things are best when the family goes along too! Thanks for watching Susan!
@@digdrivediy Oh wow. You were up around where my Grandparents lived in Conneaut, OH. I spent wonderful summers on Lake Erie and visiting Conneaut Lake Park. I'm glad y'all had fun.
It's deja vu all over again. Saw Adam's video last week. Loved the introduction. Great job.
Thanks Jay!
What a fantastic intro Neil! My kids thought you were really drining your tractor to PA!! Well done! UA-cam is a great way to connect. I've watched Adam for a few years now and I guess I've never really noticed how tall he actually is! Great video once again.
Thanks so much! Yeah He's probably taller than he looks and I'm probably shorter than I look! 😅
Hello🙋♂️from the Netherlands🇳🇱 Koch family .
thanks for the nice funny video Neil .
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As everyone’s said the intro was brilliant. Nice work Neil! That’s a long ride at 8 mph!
You got that right Cody!
Nice video Neil! Especially the intro!
Awesome!😁👨🚒
The intro was great , good content as usual. Hope you had a good time here .
We had a great time. Thanks BB!
Great video! Nice evolution in editing shots!
The intro reminded me of the movie The Straight Story. Based on a true story of man that drove a John Deere garden tractor from Iowa to Wisconsin to visit his sick brother to make peace over an childhood argument. Another great creative video showing the capability of small tractors. Good work!!
Now that you mentioned it, I have heard of that but I've never seen the movie. That sounds like a good one.
Found Neil via Adam. Two great channels 👍
Thanks for checking it out!
. Good choice 14ga wire ,easier to splice as I have managed to cut it with my back hoe and spring snow plowing too many times and its on only 1.5 acres of the property. Have plenty of waterproof wire nuts and wire on hand .Do test wire for breaks before you start. Trouble shooting a MFG defect is easier on the roll than in the ground I found out the hard way.
Great video as always! Loved the opener! That took a lot of work!
Thanks Christy! It was a bit of work but it was fun to make. The girls helped me film some of that opener.
Great video Neil I watched Adam’s video the other day. I love seeing UA-camrs get together even more so when they both channels I follow
Thanks Adam!
I love this lmao. Two of my fav UA-camrs
I was really expecting the big bird song “ain’t no road too long” during the travel scenes.
I would love that setup on one of my 318s
Love it! Great way to help a tight community and teach something! Great last day for Brutus! Also, I love the perimeter dog fence. I am starting to think about the same for my dog. Can’t wait for the next one!
Thanks Stephen!
@@digdrivediy right back at ya!
Great video Neil, my wife and I was talking about increasing our dog fence here in Ohio. After watching you I'm pretty sure we can do it. Thanks for the inspiration. Be safe and God bless
Best of luck! You can do it for sure!
Lol, the intro was great. I watch your channel to see how creative you can be as much as for the actual projects. I wish I had the patience to film/edit the stuff I do but, yall would probably get tired of here me ramble anyway. Great collaboration you guys. Stay safe.
I'm glad you appreciate that stuff. Sometimes I wonder if it's worth it when I'm doing it but I always tell myself it will be worth it in the end. Usually it is. I figure a good number of folks are tired of hearing me ramble too BD! 😜
loved the intro Neil....that was cool! it's awesome to see good people helping others! keep up the good videos. take care!
Thanks Duane!
I watched this on hometown the other week. Great video.
Awesome intro Neil!! Let me know if you ever make the trip up here to Gods country.
Thank you sir!
Awesome collab! I follow him too!
great video Neil.that was funny at the end .he must be real tall.
He is very tall. Plus I'm short at 5'8"
Really cool video! wish there would have been a fan meet up as I also live in PA.
Thanks for checking it out! I'm hearing of lots of folks in PA that we could have met up with. Maybe next time?!
Another great video!
Thank you kindly sir!
Awesome intro. You put so much time and effort into your content for your viewers.
Thanks!
Literally been waiting for this day since i found both your channels a year ago
wht a top ! friend,:))
perfect intro...very funny!!
Thank you John.
Hey Neil, saw Adam's video of this on Hometown Acres a while back. Have been binge-watching your videos since. Really enjoy your content. Keep it coming!
Thanks Rick! I really appreciate it sir 👍🏻
Haha great opening. That must've taken forever to film in all those places. Plan to put a 2 speed rear and 26" tires on the 318 you're gonna build and you might get there faster :)
That's a great idea! I'd love to have that two speed rear end.
Awesome collaboration, love both channels! Neil i think i will be doing the same thing for my yard when the time comes. Ill have about 4 acres to fence in.
Best of luck!
Great video Neil, cool to watch UA-camrs get together to get things done. I hope you didn't wear out the engine with all those hours on the road to PA🤣
Thanks Don. Luckily it was much less driving than what it appeared to be so the engine is still good 😋
You crack me up. Great intro but you needed to give that intro to Adam too. Thought Adam would get you a subscriber bump 😀
Ha! I got about 300+ subs from Adam's video the other day. It's a slow build but building nonetheless.
Thanks Jim!
Brilliant intro! Haha!
Thanks 👍🏻
Any speeding tickets on the way over? All of your work is great stuff!
I out ran them! Lol
Thanks 👍🏻
For some reason when you started out on the tractor, Forrest Gump kept running through my mind! lol There is actually a movie called "the Straight Story" Where a guy drives his 1966 John Deere garden tractor and home made trailer across the country to see his dying brother one last time. A true story.
I thought of Forrest too! I had never heard of the straight story, but a few other folks have mentioned it now. I may need to check that out!
That opening footage was fantastic, that's dedication to your content. You said the family was going to hang out for a day, did you do anything mentionable?
We spent two days at Conneaut Lake. The girls got to kayak and we just had a relaxing time doing nothing in particular. Well, we ate well and found a nice ice cream place :)
Sure, you did have your slope meter with you. The automatic one. The one that made you stand next to Brutus on the twisted wire/winch part. Y'know, the one that isn't in JD parts book. You flew the drone across there too? Impressive lol.
That's very true! The natural slope meter was in full effect!
Haha awesome :)
😂 great work 👍🏻
Hey Gliderider! Thanks 👍🏻
Sounds like you may need Dirt Perfect's new tile plow with the hard digging lol.
Good luck, we have some hard digging here in New England. I put in 4" drain pipe last year...prying out a few boulders. Thank God it wasn't granite.
Most definitely! It could have been much worse. I'm glad we went through the excavated areas and not through the mountainside!
Good job boys! This video answered many questions I had about this application on my farm. Should I donate my savings on this project to the "DIY Boys Home"?
Sounds like a worthy cause to me 😂
My grandpa has a john deere lx172 older lawn tractor
Great video. Do you have any tricks on finding a break in an existing dog fence. My neighbor asked me to help fix hers after a lightning strike took out the transmitter. I hooked up the new transmitter and the loop is broken somewhere. Unfortunately I didn’t help install it. So I don’t know where the wire is ran exactly or where any splices might be. All I know to do is start pulling it up until I find the break Or start over and lay a new wire. Any ideas?
You can usually hear the transmission of the signal in the wire with an AM/FM radio. Set the radio to AM and hold it close to where you think the wire is buried or you can start out at the transmitter and hear what it sounds like through the radio. It makes a very distinct sound and you can use that like a locator to go around and trace the wire. If the wire is broken you have to buy what's called an RF choke and put that in line of the wire and it will send the signal out from both directions rather than in a loop.
The combination of an RF choke and an AM/FM radio held close to the ground or mounted to a stick lets you walk around and find the wire with high accuracy. When the signal gets weak or it gets hard to hear then you're within a couple feet of the brake and the wire usually. I've used this method many times to find broken wire and it works really well. Actually shot a video of me trying to find one but never published it. Maybe I should do that? I have not looked lately to see if the RF choke is still available anywhere. I used to buy mine at radio shack and they are out of business obviously.
Neil… Brutus logged some serious hours on that journey! And, you did it without a bug screen… glad you had your shades on.
I am in the process of getting a new dog. The last two were pancaked on our road in front of the house. Before I do that, I am going to install an electronic barrier. We really can’t subject another pet to the fate of Abby and Shasta.
I’ve done considerable research and have yet to come up with a wireless system that will work. Those that have a radius are too small or can’t be placed in a way that an obstacle won’t block their transmission. The GPS limiting systems require a monthly subscription through our unreliable internet reception area.
My best bet is a wired system. But, it will require me to bury a wire. That is where the challenge comes in. You see, I live in an oak forest in the rocky foothills of the Ozark mountains.
Plowing the wire in won’t be easy. There is scarcely a yard that isn’t rooted or rocked in obstacles. Just do the topsoil you say…. There is none!
And, that is where I’m stuck. Imagine if you can, a roughly square 10 acre plot. Completely covered with trees… except for 1 1/2 acres of meadow. The yard is treed in too. We even have trees all around the house. One is so close the soffit is cut around its trunk!
I thought about putting the barrier wire above ground. I have enough old copper telephone utility wire to do so. But, as you can imagine… the cost of posts and hardware are prohibitive. Not to mention the hassle to maintain it beneath shedding dead fall limbs and forest edge brush.
So, I am stymied. I really miss having a dog. (The cat and I don’t really communicate on the same plane.). However, I can’t in good conscious subject another dog to the fate of the last two.
Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated.
And, lest I forget, I enjoyed this video a lot! Thanks
Oh man Dave. I read this yesterday and have been thinking about it ever since but I haven't come up with anything brilliant yet. Your situation indeed sounds tricky. The wire doesn't require much cover or any really. The cover is just protection for the wire. I've heard of folks laying this down low in their grass and letting the grass grow up and around it and it has worked for years like that. What about something like a vibratory cable plow? Would that get through some of your terrain or is it just too much rock? Maybe you can do a hybrid of above and below ground? If you laid a garden hose across the top of the ground, would it be covered up with leaves and debris in a year's time? At one time I probably had enough garden hose to enclose your entire property. I had every friend and relative saving old garden hoses from any trash can or garage sale. They make a great conduit for the wire as long as not exposed to the sun every day. The connections allow you to fish the wire through great distances. But, that requires lots of hose. You can use poly air line too.
I wish I had better ideas for you. Wish I could see it in person despite having a pretty good idea based on what I've seen in your videos and how you describe it.
I'll have to keep pondering. The biggest question is what kinda traffic would the majority of the wire see if it was just laid in the ground? Meaning, with minimal cover would it still be at high risk? You could always lay out the wire and do the training and get your dog very acquainted with the boundary. After all the real thing that makes it undergrad dog fence work is the training of the dog to stay in the boundary not training the dog to fear the shock. If you could get that established with a dog and have it work for even a short amount of time then you would probably gain a lot of benefit for the dog. The wire is relatively cheap to fix and repair If it gets damaged one or two times.
I'll keep thinking on this though....
@@digdrivediy thanks… I guess I need to do a pretty good assessment…. Of the area but also of the needs. Do I really need the dog to roam all of the woods? Can I train it to go through the boundary only when I’m around? Is there enough old hose to do the inaccessible/impractical areas?
Thanks Bud, you’ve given me a leg up on figuring it out. I’ll let you know what comes next.
That think works good Neil ! You want to drive it to cape cod ? 😂
Hmmm. Anything is possible! I'll need a free month available for travel. 😋
@@digdrivediy 😂😂 just don’t pick January 🥶
Well she might've taken my car keys, but she forgot about my old John Deere!
Hey Neal, just wondering if you think this same concept as the wire underground installer you made could be made to install Pex waterline (not needing to be under the freeze line)? something from garden to the house.
Sure! I've installed some soft irrigation line with a modified knife. It can be done if the ground conditions will allow it.
How many times did you have to stop and fill up on the way? Lol. Great video Neil, hope you had a good time in PA, I’m about 45 minutes south of Adam, near Grove City
Ha! I wanted to get a shot at a gas station but ran out of time. That would have been funny:) We had a great time.
Neil great video just wondering what kinda fuel economy that 316 gets has to be better then your truck lol
I never checked but I have a feeling it wouldn't be very good! 🤣
You should have ran some wire through the woods. Dogs are prety easy to train to poop in the woods. Dog poop in the woods means no cleaning up dog poop, no mowing dog poop and no walking through dog poop in the lawn.
Neil, what were you standing on in the garage to make yourself the same height as Adam?
The Straight Story
what is it your girls say at the beginning of the videos'. sounds cute
"Dig, Drive, D-I-Y"
Is this fake, or real?
Well, I didn't really drive the entire way there but I did take the tractor to PA. I just used my truck and trailer most of the time!
Don't worry Neil. I'm sure you'll hit a growth spurt soon. Are you getting enough nitrogen?
Ha! I think my opportunity to take advantage of more nitrogen ran out many years ago. Now I'm like a bonsai tree. 😂
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Ha! 😄
where's the dog?
You can see them in Adam's version of this project over on Hometown Acres.