I like that wayer gap fence repair you boys done. We have alot of places where the area would be about 30 to 40 feet whete water would take out the whole fence. So we made a swinging fence an made the top strand using heavy slick or smooth wire and the fence would flip out allowing the flood water to flow and that helped us out alot but we still had big pieces of logs and other trash get caught in the fence strands. So finally the guy who owned the land said, boys we are going to use old metal from the roof of the chicken house he took down few years before. You know on a farm we don't throw much stuff away because we can repurpose it in the future building something else and we did. Those roof panels would flip up like a door when the rloods hot then go back down to starting position. We also had heavy rocks tied onto the center posts and few concrete blocks to give it more weight. An thinking about all that weight we put on that flip up fence section, flood waters are alot stronger then most people think. I seen few weeks ago watch some family's house floating down the river because of the flood waters. Another Nice video boys, you hit a homerun. Time to go rest in the shade.
Nice to see someone else is using cedar posts still. I just (somewhat) recently discovered the cedar post as my farm has a lot of red cedar with some being very nice dense growth with low taper. I cut 6.5’ posts and cut a point on them. I got a big 6” bore post driver (like for TEE posts but bigger) that I use to direct drive the posts. 4-5” diameter posts for pull/corner/end structures, 2-3” for line posts. I build new fence for the cost of the wire only!
as a kid the neighbor had a wooden gap. Looked like a long section of slat fence, with 10 inch spacing. thing was the bottom was not fastened. When a big flood came the bottom would float up and be near horizontal. When water receded it dropped right back into place.
@@thechangechannel285 We build water gaps with a sold panel of some sort, that is split vertically...Kind of like a plastic hanging curtain in a warehouse that a forklift can drive through...with solid bracing on either side, and a sturdy cable to suspend the curtain from. My preference is conveyer belting, but barn metal will work. The reasoning behind this is, debris does not get hung in it, and destroy it every time it rains. The flip side is, I don't ever argue with the man doing the work. Just because I would do it differently, does not make Dr. Clower wrong, or me right. I have a fencing friend that puts a boat trailer winch on all of his gaps, so he can easily let them down/up for servicing. He likes to use cattle panel on his, which is great for his neck of the woods. Where I am from, when we get water, it comes with full grown oak trees, and that just wouldn't work. We are surrounded by coal, limestone, and gravel mining industry, so conveyor belting is easy to come by for us.
@@farmfencesolutionsllc oh for sure man fellow rancher in mt and trying to get out of the box ideas for fencing on a large ranch and every fence is absolute shit so im trying to learn new techniques
Like the 2 post theory but we use a top swinging gap with horizontal posts or cattle panels. If you place old tin on up water or stream side then the water gap floats up and back down with the creek rise and fall. Also no trash catches to tear gap out!
Well my dad taught me the opposite; he taught me to "tighten it till it strips - then back it off a quarter of a turn"... Opposite approach similar outcome 😊
Safety glasses are a must. They may look goofy but your life can change in an instant.Tree branch could poke your eye too. Great video. I'm looking for ideas so my cows won't get out.
Love the standing steaks in the back ground watching and listening. Good lookin cattle. Mm mm. Mesquite fire and baked potato with a salad and blue cheese dressing would top off a beautiful steak!
Please tell me what that black material is. I'm so desperately trying to find something that work. However my creek is probably 4 times that. Thanks in advance
I like that wayer gap fence repair you boys done. We have alot of places where the area would be about 30 to 40 feet whete water would take out the whole fence. So we made a swinging fence an made the top strand using heavy slick or smooth wire and the fence would flip out allowing the flood water to flow and that helped us out alot but we still had big pieces of logs and other trash get caught in the fence strands. So finally the guy who owned the land said, boys we are going to use old metal from the roof of the chicken house he took down few years before. You know on a farm we don't throw much stuff away because we can repurpose it in the future building something else and we did. Those roof panels would flip up like a door when the rloods hot then go back down to starting position. We also had heavy rocks tied onto the center posts and few concrete blocks to give it more weight. An thinking about all that weight we put on that flip up fence section, flood waters are alot stronger then most people think. I seen few weeks ago watch some family's house floating down the river because of the flood waters. Another Nice video boys, you hit a homerun. Time to go rest in the shade.
Nice to see someone else is using cedar posts still. I just (somewhat) recently discovered the cedar post as my farm has a lot of red cedar with some being very nice dense growth with low taper. I cut 6.5’ posts and cut a point on them. I got a big 6” bore post driver (like for TEE posts but bigger) that I use to direct drive the posts. 4-5” diameter posts for pull/corner/end structures, 2-3” for line posts. I build new fence for the cost of the wire only!
as a kid the neighbor had a wooden gap. Looked like a long section of slat fence, with 10 inch spacing. thing was the bottom was not fastened. When a big flood came the bottom would float up and be near horizontal. When water receded it dropped right back into place.
Not how I'd do it but it doesn't matter, I could listen to Dr. Clower all day. You guys make a good team!
What would you have done differently
@@thechangechannel285 We build water gaps with a sold panel of some sort, that is split vertically...Kind of like a plastic hanging curtain in a warehouse that a forklift can drive through...with solid bracing on either side, and a sturdy cable to suspend the curtain from. My preference is conveyer belting, but barn metal will work. The reasoning behind this is, debris does not get hung in it, and destroy it every time it rains. The flip side is, I don't ever argue with the man doing the work. Just because I would do it differently, does not make Dr. Clower wrong, or me right. I have a fencing friend that puts a boat trailer winch on all of his gaps, so he can easily let them down/up for servicing. He likes to use cattle panel on his, which is great for his neck of the woods. Where I am from, when we get water, it comes with full grown oak trees, and that just wouldn't work. We are surrounded by coal, limestone, and gravel mining industry, so conveyor belting is easy to come by for us.
@@farmfencesolutionsllc oh for sure man fellow rancher in mt and trying to get out of the box ideas for fencing on a large ranch and every fence is absolute shit so im trying to learn new techniques
Thanks for the detailed reply and ideas
Like the 2 post theory but we use a top swinging gap with horizontal posts or cattle panels. If you place old tin on up water or stream side then the water gap floats up and back down with the creek rise and fall. Also no trash catches to tear gap out!
Well my dad taught me the opposite; he taught me to "tighten it till it strips - then back it off a quarter of a turn"...
Opposite approach similar outcome 😊
Safety glasses are a must. They may look goofy but your life can change in an instant.Tree branch could poke your eye too. Great video. I'm looking for ideas so my cows won't get out.
Your cows won't take you seriously and safety. At most you can wear sunglasses lol
Love the standing steaks in the back ground watching and listening.
Good lookin cattle. Mm mm. Mesquite fire and baked potato with a salad and blue cheese dressing would top off a beautiful steak!
I'm a cowboy in florida we use cable sometimes for water gaps.
Bary, thanks for I enjoy it since I was Rearended killing Wife&Son,Leaveing me here to recover by myself,here IAM before and now !
Sorry for your loss. Lost my grandma at 7 yrs old
Please tell me what that black material is. I'm so desperately trying to find something that work. However my creek is probably 4 times that. Thanks in advance
Where can I get that barbed wire dispenser??
Ur a big fan!
18:58 thanks for this tip
The twist splice he's talking about is known as a "western union splice" 😆 definitely the perferred way👍
Or more generally as a lineman’s splice.
I'd shore like to find me a pair of them pliers.
moore maker fencing pliers, best in the biz (theyre the ones shown)
Plammers yup thats what they are called
My PhD is post hole digging.
W T F??
gramalee suks