Greg - I was about to send you a video about our challenges we are facing. The farm has four and five strands of barb wire around the entire farm and we wondering how to add the electrical wire. Now we know. See you at grazing school next year!
Hi Greg. Love your videos. Just starting out here. Have 10 acres in south Louisiana. Property was mainly used for grazing cows for the last 20 years or so. I’d like some advice on how many sheep, most amount, and how many spokes would work well on 10 acres of good pasture?
Any suggestions on this could be applied to goats? Perhaps barb wire offset with electric fence on top and one or two on bottom? More H braces needed in that scenario. Trying to find solutions for tall goats that laugh at a 4’ fence as they spring over it
Thank you Mr. Judy , this answered a most of the questions I had about installing high tensile electric fence where neighbors have barbwire , and our current fence is old barbwire. I'm wonder what type of cost savings this might be to installing a more permanent 5 strand high tensile? Also wondering if this could be done to keep in cattle , and if you can run your paddock division poly wire off this ? Thanks
Mr. Judy uses single wire electric fencing to keep in his beefs. So they wouldn't challenge that fence either. They would pay more attention to the top hot wire. But you have to keep it visible. And as always, if you have an animal that is constantly challenging your fence, get rid of it. Keep the ones that stay inside your fencing.
Use a large SPEEDRITE charger from Powerflex Fence and you will keep your fence hot. Use a minimum of 6 galvanized ground rods that are 6 feet long. Space the ground rods 10’ apart. Don’t shut off any of your fence either, leave it hot at all times.
20 to 30 feet apart. Closer if elevation changes a great deal, further if land is flat. If you use timeless fence posts, you can run through the wholes in the posts or attach with 12 gauge wire.
Greg, I followed your advice on this and haven't had the same results. You keep your sheep fat and happy on their forage, but mine in the winter can see the neighbors green fescue and will push through this setup. FYI for others out there..
thank ya i had always been taught ta go and spend sevral days fixing fences,, i do not like barb wire at all i,d rather jist pull it all an instal that high tensil wire fence,,, thank ya fer the video
I agree, if the barb wire fence is bad, take it out completely before building new electric fence. However if the barb wire fence is good, I just run the two electric offset wires. Very effective for keeping goats and sheep in.
Depends on how many wires you have now and what you are trying to keep in. I would try to run the electric lines on the height was roughly half way between the height of the barbwire. I hope this mates sense.
I think you said that a wooden corner would ground out the electric fence. Why would that be? I always thought that wood was an effective insulator. Maybe at high voltages it doesn't work that way. (?) I can see that it could be a problem when the wood is wet.
Andrea Falconiero Wood is not an insulator. If you ever touch a hot fence wire with a wooden stake or stick you find out real quick! Easy solution, though. You can buy a roll of the insulated tube (plastic), run your hot wire through the tube and tack it to your wooden post with a staple and you’re good to go. Make it tight enough that the tube won’t slide off the post, but not so tight that you cut the tube and expose the hot wire.
Wood likes water. Perfectly dry wood won't carry much current, but when it rains on the wooden post, you've got the conductivity of a wet sponge. This is why you need insulation with wooden posts.
Devils in the details folks. It's not the big things that trip us up... if you're worth your salt... it's the little things that wear us down and steal our joy. Greg (and his boys) are always looking for solutions to the "thorn jn my side". Or "pebble in your shoe however you want to look at it." This is why I call him "Saint Greg Judy of Green Acres".
Tami your exactly right. Especially for all you new folks out there, instead of trying to wrestle with traditional old fencing tactics, the best thing a rancher could do to save themselves future headaches and wasted time is to start fresh with electric high tensile fencing. Perimeter fence, temporary, and using fiberglass posts. I can say this....what a wealth of knowledge Greg has been to me. He's been a mentor for helping me start my operation.
@@andrem1238 Thank you for responding Andre. It's great to hear from someone with experience with Greg's Way. Returning to US after years living in Costa Rica. Can't wait to get off the beach and back on a farm and plan to start right from the git-go following Greg's Way. Very different from the way my family in Oregon handled animals and grazing. (Their way kept me from even considering getting back on farm. 😒) God Bless Greg Judy.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I am getting ready to this exact project! Phenomenal detail!
What can anyone say about your videos, they are always pure wisdom!!!
Wonderful video Greg. We have an old barbed wire fence we're looking to strengthen up, and this looks like the solution.
How high would you go for goats, they tend to be a little more mischievous when it comes to trying to escape.
What size of fiberglass post are you using for this type of fencing and do you change the size of the post for a stand alone five wire fence?
Greg - I was about to send you a video about our challenges we are facing. The farm has four and five strands of barb wire around the entire farm and we wondering how to add the electrical wire.
Now we know. See you at grazing school next year!
Awesome glad to help out, see you next spring at our grazing school!
Hi Greg. Love your videos.
Just starting out here. Have 10 acres in south Louisiana. Property was mainly used for grazing cows for the last 20 years or so. I’d like some advice on how many sheep, most amount, and how many spokes would work well on 10 acres of good pasture?
What would happen if you added two or three more strands of barbed or smooth wire to the existing t posts instead of the electric offset?
I learn so much from you. Thank you for sharing!
Great videos. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. ❤️❤️❤️🇨🇦☕️☕️
Any suggestions on this could be applied to goats? Perhaps barb wire offset with electric fence on top and one or two on bottom? More H braces needed in that scenario. Trying to find solutions for tall goats that laugh at a 4’ fence as they spring over it
Pearls of wisdom.
Great! One side of our field to be fence has old cattle fence. Good way to work with it. Thanks!
At the corner wooden h brace, is the fiberglass rod attached to the wooden h brace somehow? I couldnt really tell from the video
Yes it is secured with a 4 inch deck screw
Thank you Mr. Judy , this answered a most of the questions I had about installing high tensile electric fence where neighbors have barbwire , and our current fence is old barbwire. I'm wonder what type of cost savings this might be to installing a more permanent 5 strand high tensile? Also wondering if this could be done to keep in cattle , and if you can run your paddock division poly wire off this ? Thanks
Mr. Judy uses single wire electric fencing to keep in his beefs. So they wouldn't challenge that fence either. They would pay more attention to the top hot wire. But you have to keep it visible. And as always, if you have an animal that is constantly challenging your fence, get rid of it. Keep the ones that stay inside your fencing.
@@jameskniskern2261 I'm talking about perimeter fence
Can those fiberglass posts be used in rocky ground? Sometimes we have trouble driving 1.33 t-posts.
Yes the fiberglass posts are driven in rocky soils.
Wondering how you keep it hot with so much grass around it
Mine is crap with grass so what am I doing wrong
Use a large SPEEDRITE charger from Powerflex Fence and you will keep your fence hot. Use a minimum of 6 galvanized ground rods that are 6 feet long. Space the ground rods 10’ apart. Don’t shut off any of your fence either, leave it hot at all times.
How do you drive the post so deep?
How far do you space your fiberglass fence posts apart from each other and what do you use to attach the wire to the post
20 to 30 feet apart. Closer if elevation changes a great deal, further if land is flat. If you use timeless fence posts, you can run through the wholes in the posts or attach with 12 gauge wire.
Greg would this work with a single live wire? Thank you.
2 is better
Hay! "no Offence" Greg! thank you again! boom! LOL
Greg, I followed your advice on this and haven't had the same results. You keep your sheep fat and happy on their forage, but mine in the winter can see the neighbors green fescue and will push through this setup. FYI for others out there..
Animals if hungry will always go to the best forage if they can.
How many volts is your fence putting out?
10,000 volts
thank ya i had always been taught ta go and spend sevral days fixing fences,, i do not like barb wire at all i,d rather jist pull it all an instal that high tensil wire fence,,, thank ya fer the video
I agree, if the barb wire fence is bad, take it out completely before building new electric fence. However if the barb wire fence is good, I just run the two electric offset wires. Very effective for keeping goats and sheep in.
Doesn’t the brush ground out that fence wire ?
What are the wire heights on this offset fence?
Depends on how many wires you have now and what you are trying to keep in. I would try to run the electric lines on the height was roughly half way between the height of the barbwire. I hope this mates sense.
I think you said that a wooden corner would ground out the electric fence. Why would that be? I always thought that wood was an effective insulator. Maybe at high voltages it doesn't work that way. (?) I can see that it could be a problem when the wood is wet.
Andrea Falconiero Wood is not an insulator. If you ever touch a hot fence wire with a wooden stake or stick you find out real quick! Easy solution, though. You can buy a roll of the insulated tube (plastic), run your hot wire through the tube and tack it to your wooden post with a staple and you’re good to go. Make it tight enough that the tube won’t slide off the post, but not so tight that you cut the tube and expose the hot wire.
@@troypuckett5502 Thanks for the information. I have seen plastic tubing used this way, but was hoping it would not be necessary. Now I know better!
Wood likes water. Perfectly dry wood won't carry much current, but when it rains on the wooden post, you've got the conductivity of a wet sponge. This is why you need insulation with wooden posts.
ThankQ
Like always great video.
I dont have power to most of my pastures does solar work as well
Yes
How do we contact you about buying your posts?
Devils in the details folks. It's not the big things that trip us up... if you're worth your salt... it's the little things that wear us down and steal our joy. Greg (and his boys) are always looking for solutions to the "thorn jn my side". Or "pebble in your shoe however you want to look at it." This is why I call him "Saint Greg Judy of Green Acres".
Tami your exactly right. Especially for all you new folks out there, instead of trying to wrestle with traditional old fencing tactics, the best thing a rancher could do to save themselves future headaches and wasted time is to start fresh with electric high tensile fencing. Perimeter fence, temporary, and using fiberglass posts. I can say this....what a wealth of knowledge Greg has been to me. He's been a mentor for helping me start my operation.
@@andrem1238 Thank you for responding Andre. It's great to hear from someone with experience with Greg's Way. Returning to US after years living in Costa Rica. Can't wait to get off the beach and back on a farm and plan to start right from the git-go following Greg's Way. Very different from the way my family in Oregon handled animals and grazing. (Their way kept me from even considering getting back on farm. 😒) God Bless Greg Judy.
Doesn’t the brush ground out that fence wire ?
No it does not