Corner post installation and bracing - Detailed video

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  • In this detailed video, I show you how I install my corner post and bracing for my orchard fencing.
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  • @blankstares4355
    @blankstares4355 5 місяців тому +1

    Excellent demonstraiton. thank you for sharing. I've seen these fencing corner brace arrangements exactly like this or similar, hundreds, if not thousands of times over the years. But I've never had the occasion to actually watch them being constructed. Nice to actually see one being put together.

  • @mikeebner8313
    @mikeebner8313 3 роки тому +9

    Great video! I normally use the tractor to position the horizontal braces before using the long bit to drill the holes. It makes sure rebar is aligned correctly while driving it in.

  • @FootandFurrowFarm
    @FootandFurrowFarm 5 років тому +6

    Nice work, and it's peaceful listening to you explain what your doing without all the anoying useless info other channels are providing. You hit the nail on the head when you said there are other ways of doing it, but this was cheap and it works. I'm all for the cheapest way as long as it works and it lasts. I will be doing a similar project but around a veggie garden here in Minnesota. I will be going a bit shorter height though because our dog is able to keep out all the potential animal intruders. Thanks again!

  • @pvtrout
    @pvtrout 6 років тому +47

    This was probably the best video on setting a corner post I have seen. Thank you very much

  • @VirginiaPrepper
    @VirginiaPrepper 3 роки тому +10

    Great video. I will be doing fencing soon and this is the most simple way I have seen to do corners. Thanks.

  • @ratta_tat
    @ratta_tat 4 роки тому +12

    Thanks for this, Pete! I really like how you didn't over engineer everything. I was really glad to see the reliable simplicity of your wire stays. (I was over thinking that bit) I hope the orchard is going well. I'm currently building my fencing to keep out elk and coyotes.

  • @donaldpedigo296
    @donaldpedigo296 3 роки тому +7

    .. You are a Very Patient and Very Dedicated Man .. Great Job building those Corner-Posts ..

  • @OwenMapuranga-we9vq
    @OwenMapuranga-we9vq 5 місяців тому +3

    Beautiful demo Sir... watching from Africa

  • @roberthenrymatthis
    @roberthenrymatthis 6 років тому +11

    Mans best friend besides a dog is the posthole auger!🤠

  • @RobertDetloff
    @RobertDetloff 5 місяців тому +1

    Your method and instruction was very helpful. Built a solid fence using your method. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

  • @txtpqb
    @txtpqb 6 років тому +2

    really like the idea of coating the post bottoms, should last a LONG time !!

  • @nathanconley2405
    @nathanconley2405 4 роки тому +5

    Honestly the best fencing videos I’ve ever seen. Thanks a ton!

  • @scottc346
    @scottc346 5 років тому

    My wife and I are just starting our homestead...you can bet we are going to use this technique. Thanks!!!

  • @venusasaboy55
    @venusasaboy55 4 роки тому +8

    Thank you for taking the time to share this skill with us!

  • @realestateinfonet9041
    @realestateinfonet9041 3 роки тому +4

    Outstanding video! Very detailed step-by-step procedure! Thank you for sharing your knowledge & experience with us! Sincere regards!

  • @gordonedward4544
    @gordonedward4544 Рік тому

    Thanks for a good demonstration. Now we’ll start fencing in the spring. God bless you.

  • @angusblack9900
    @angusblack9900 5 років тому

    I go to a lot of farm sales. Over the last few years i have picked up a lot of cheap cable come alongs. Easy to use for your bracing.

  • @RustyPlowFarmsMarysville
    @RustyPlowFarmsMarysville 3 роки тому

    Pallet forks for the loader sure does make that job a lot easier.

  • @joedoakes8307
    @joedoakes8307 6 років тому +18

    Set all corner posts , first , pull a string........then set all other posts for each corner !

  • @dafpnp
    @dafpnp 4 роки тому +1

    Your video has answers to a lot of my questions, other than setting up posts too. Plus, nice to see an Indian brand tractor operating in US. Cheers :)

  • @stanleykeith6969
    @stanleykeith6969 5 років тому +2

    I know its pretty had when you work by yourself. You could have cut the top of you post at a 45* to shed water or maybe you will tar them. Also you could paint an X or a + with bright paint so you could hit dead center. Nice Job !

  • @BetterTogetherLife
    @BetterTogetherLife 6 років тому +2

    Great video!! I am having to repair several fence parts on my property. This certainly helps me with some extra ideas. Thanks a bunch!

  • @jamesshoffner409
    @jamesshoffner409 4 роки тому

    This guy has his sh!t together ! Great job & great video ! Lot's of Anglo women have to be wondering, how come he didn't choose local. Thanks for the super video Pete, this helped me much.

  • @retireddriver16
    @retireddriver16 4 роки тому +1

    I've been building a fence post brace post like that for 40 years but I always put my posts in the ground 4 feet deep

  • @crazyldy002
    @crazyldy002 6 років тому +1

    That is a really nice corner post , I sure do like the way you have done it, nice and sturdy. My husband always put the gate on the ground and it had gotten so hard for me to open is why I said what I did about the wheel, we ended up putting them on the gates :-)

    • @petebeasttexashomesteading
      @petebeasttexashomesteading  6 років тому

      Thank you, wheels definitely help carry the weight and make it much easier to open but the ground has to be fairly flat or level. Thanks for watching.

  • @BobJones-nh6wg
    @BobJones-nh6wg 2 роки тому

    Thank you Sir!
    Awesome job!
    Butch, Ashland Ohio

  • @normanjacques4092
    @normanjacques4092 27 днів тому +1

    Nice job

  • @51rwyatt
    @51rwyatt 3 роки тому +1

    Great video series. I'm moving to rural Maine and trying to figure out a low cost, effective deer exclusion solution for the garden/orchard. Thanks for the well produced helpful vids.

  • @billm6610
    @billm6610 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for this video! Better information here than from the building supply house where i bought the posts. I appreciate you man!!

  • @BUTTEWORKS
    @BUTTEWORKS 2 роки тому +1

    I have been looking for a video like this for a while, clean, straight to the point. When I'll do mine I was thinking about sealing the top of the post (crosscut) facing the sky with the same protective paint you used at the bottom to avoid water to stagnate in small pockets and eventually get its way into the post which with freezes may promote wood cracking. I have no experience though so don't know how strong that treated post is so I may be overthinking.

    • @mrpush2532
      @mrpush2532 2 роки тому +2

      Hi, ok so most posts fail at the ground to air interface. Water itself does not rot wood. It actually PRESERVES IT! Wood rot happens from a repeated "wet-dry' cycle. When this happens the wood fibers swell and shrink and it weakens them. That is rot.
      OK the tops of post do rot as well and take lots of sun too. This will eventually cause too rot, but it's less likely to do anything major to the post. Most will fail at the bottom first as I stated.
      Painting the tops would certainly slow down the top rot. However that roof sealer will crack eventually and let water in.
      Maybe a better solution would be plastic caps. Like they use for piers at the seashore. They may last a lot longer. ?

    • @BUTTEWORKS
      @BUTTEWORKS 2 роки тому

      Thank Mr Push, I have also seen some homesteaders cutting the top at an angle facing south so rain water slide down and it get direct sun in winter.

  • @MsGroovalicious
    @MsGroovalicious 5 років тому +6

    I just found your channel. Loving it... Blessings to you! I really needed to learn this info for a future project!

  • @confusionsprings
    @confusionsprings 4 роки тому +5

    I wish my soil looked like this!

  • @JerryC423
    @JerryC423 4 роки тому +2

    "I don't use a drill bit this long ever" lol that's what she said. Subbed

  • @bpkey123
    @bpkey123 5 років тому +2

    I've seen a deer jump a 10' high chainlink fence. Also good job on the fence. I am a fence contractor in SW Florida. I install pvc, chainlink aluminum and wood fence. Ill be installing my first no climb horse fence in a month or so.

    • @petebeasttexashomesteading
      @petebeasttexashomesteading  5 років тому +1

      Thank you, Yes deer are amazing jumpers. I'm hoping to deter the deers from jumping the 7 foot fence into my orchard.

    • @outbackorchard8224
      @outbackorchard8224 5 років тому

      @@petebeasttexashomesteading I own a commercial orchard. 7' is plenty. They will not jump 7' to get in, however they can and will jump it if you leave the gate open and chase them out....Been there, done that!

  • @soundrew
    @soundrew 4 роки тому +1

    Nice video. Imagine how hard this would’ve been before tractors and battery powered tools!

    • @snowhero9
      @snowhero9 4 роки тому +1

      some of us dont have to imagine

  • @brucemackinnon6707
    @brucemackinnon6707 Рік тому

    I have those long drills. They go through like lightning.

  • @boyoncho1914
    @boyoncho1914 2 роки тому

    좋은 거 보여주셔서 감사합니다.
    Good job.Thanks for sharing.

  • @KCECC-ActiveHealthyAgeing
    @KCECC-ActiveHealthyAgeing Рік тому +1

    Good video & instructions. Thanks

  • @cactuscreekoutfitters
    @cactuscreekoutfitters 4 роки тому

    Absolutely love your channel. Learning a lot from every video.

  • @codpieceofjustice4595
    @codpieceofjustice4595 3 роки тому

    Good job. Nice soil. Thanks for sharing.

  • @donclark4407
    @donclark4407 6 років тому

    Very helpful with how to do the wire bracing.

  • @saswk1
    @saswk1 5 років тому +2

    Excellent video! Thank You. Looked online and could not find 6”x10’ posts at Tractor Supply.

    • @petebeasttexashomesteading
      @petebeasttexashomesteading  5 років тому +1

      Thank you, but the posts are made locally here in east Texas. Try to do a search in your area for the posts.

  • @zachstovall2621
    @zachstovall2621 5 років тому

    Awesome video. Helped me with a college project.

  • @ihus9950
    @ihus9950 10 місяців тому +1

    Great video Thanks Bud👍🏻

  • @Meadorlivestock
    @Meadorlivestock 3 роки тому +1

    Great video! I’m about to build our goat pen with utility poles I’m getting for free from our electric company. Also going to use them as raised beds.

  • @joemc111
    @joemc111 4 роки тому +2

    Pete nice job with the post,well it’s been 2 years so I am guessing you will getting some fruit this year.

    • @petebeasttexashomesteading
      @petebeasttexashomesteading  4 роки тому +3

      Thanks, I had pears, plumbs, persimmons and nectarines last year but I never got to taste the nectarines but the raccoons did. 🙁

  • @ForestToFarm
    @ForestToFarm 6 років тому +4

    Great job! Gonna be doing that some time soon on our project!

  • @petejoseph8257
    @petejoseph8257 4 роки тому +1

    I would break 1 7/16” grade 8 sheer pin an hr drilling holes for my posts where I live, the soil has so many big rocks. 55 hp tractor, 12” auger.

  • @CorbinAce
    @CorbinAce 4 роки тому +1

    Wish I lived on a farm, love that tractor and accessories. Guess I am a farm boy wannabe. :O)

    • @petebeasttexashomesteading
      @petebeasttexashomesteading  4 роки тому

      Thank you, make it happen and find a place out in the country and get away from the city like I did. I'll never go back to that rat race again.

    • @CorbinAce
      @CorbinAce 4 роки тому

      @@petebeasttexashomesteading You are lucky. I am 84 YO. Too late for me. If you were my age you would know why!

    • @michaelargenta3856
      @michaelargenta3856 3 роки тому

      Be careful what u wish for. Check local noise ordinances first !

  • @rossdmcc
    @rossdmcc 4 роки тому

    Thanks, I am going to do the same but down sized a little. I'll make my 2 acres in town look like country.

  • @jerryf2426
    @jerryf2426 6 років тому +3

    PA Lawn Guy. Pete, I was thinking I would take some marking dye and paint a concentric circle around each stake, remove the stakes, and move the auger to each circle without having to dismount the tractor twice at each stake to drill each hole. I think this would save you time.
    Please leave your thoughts.

    • @petebeasttexashomesteading
      @petebeasttexashomesteading  6 років тому +3

      Jerry F Sorry for the late response. Yeah that's a good idea but I still have to get off the tractor to make sure the auger is straight.

  • @lucky13farms99
    @lucky13farms99 5 років тому

    Great video, Thanks. Fixin to start a fencing job and this really helps me find out how to brace the corners.

  • @harveymyers6391
    @harveymyers6391 6 місяців тому +1

    Great video. Clear and concise. I am in east Texas also. Would you share your additional treatment recipe?

  • @The_Brew_Dog
    @The_Brew_Dog 2 роки тому

    If you turn your pto off while your auger is still in the hole then lift it out nice and slow it will leave you a little less work cleaning them out.

  • @markpaterson6024
    @markpaterson6024 5 років тому

    Just thinking about the use of a tension wire for bracing as opposed to the old method of a compression timber pole brace that goes in opposite direction. With a gate hanging off that post the wire helps to keep the vertical posts and the horizontal beam clamped together tighter, were as the wooden brace method would pull apart. But if its just fencing wire on both sides I think I still prefer the good old wooden braces, also with notches on all joints to stop slipping up and down the posts. It's the old school Chippy 🔨 in me, can't beat a good mechanical joint over relying on just fastenings. 👍🏽

  • @michaelbobbiharris2587
    @michaelbobbiharris2587 4 роки тому

    Good video sir. We are doing some fencing on our land. Gonna use this video as a guide. Thanks

  • @thebobsmith1444
    @thebobsmith1444 4 роки тому

    I like how he tells his dog to leave. Dog says yikes!

  • @reddeer2032
    @reddeer2032 6 років тому

    Like that car in the background when you're digging the holes

  • @doyonalain6998
    @doyonalain6998 4 роки тому

    Thank you sir. You just have done my day. I work on it tomorrow!

  • @JJE2010MO
    @JJE2010MO 4 роки тому

    You did such a super job with this video, Thank you for sharing with us!

  • @FreedomToRoam86
    @FreedomToRoam86 6 років тому +2

    great video - very useful for me to see what I need to do on my first fence. Thanks! Good comment by Rick Berg below, too.

  • @iggyrodriquez1393
    @iggyrodriquez1393 4 роки тому

    Thanks good info Iam going to start a project this helped a lot. I probably look at video again.

  • @knottide64
    @knottide64 3 роки тому +1

    Great video, and your work looks good! But if you want some tips from someone who builds and paints fences for a living, here you go. Save your clamps. Just start and end your wire at a post and staple the ends to the post. No clamp is necessary. Also, there is no need to paint or treat the ends of the posts going into the ground. UV does way more damage to the wood than the soil. Almost every post I have ever pulled to rebuild fences is like new below the ground. It’s from the ground up where they deteriorate from the UV and heat. Also never cut posts. Try to space your posts better, or if driving them in, drive them to the right depth. When treatment is applied at the mill, they only treat the posts so deep all the way around. As soon as you cut them, you have just exposed untreated wood to the elements and it voids the warranty of the posts. And last but not least, once you are finished twisting the wire with the rebar, remove the rebar. The wire will not unwind. Again, you are doing a great job but I hope these tips help you are others.

    • @F479999999999
      @F479999999999 2 роки тому

      Hello! Thank you for your advice kindly. Please if I may ask. Is it okay to leave the rebar in for my hot/cold upper Midwest climate so that I may release and then add tension with the heat/thaw cycles?

  • @dylanlulua8818
    @dylanlulua8818 3 місяці тому +1

    Thanks

  • @donsmallegan1457
    @donsmallegan1457 6 років тому +2

    I am a first time viewer love what I see so far!

  • @DanRibar
    @DanRibar Рік тому

    Thanks dude. Exactly what I needed.

  • @jkprops
    @jkprops 5 років тому

    Nice job, unless that end treatment allows water to escape it will build up and still rot the bottom. If you ever have removed a bad fence post ( like the ones you have )the top always rots first due to the fact that water enters the top (seal the top and forget the rest) the post is already treated also add rock to the bottom so any water drains

    • @petebeasttexashomesteading
      @petebeasttexashomesteading  5 років тому +1

      Thanks, These post are CCA treated and should last 30 years but I also treated the post that makes ground contact with roofing tar except the very bottom so water can get out.

  • @arnoldromppai5395
    @arnoldromppai5395 5 років тому

    at the bottom of the post i put a chain saw cut just over 1/4" deep on the cack side for the wire to set into, plus 2 staples one on each side, as i have had the wire slip up in the winter pulling out the staples, our frost go down 7 feet.. o tar the cut once the wire is in

  • @johnk6324
    @johnk6324 3 роки тому

    Wish tractor supply had big posts like that.

  • @jeffmiles9689
    @jeffmiles9689 4 роки тому

    Great video. Thanks the step by step process and detail.

  • @stvrob6320
    @stvrob6320 8 місяців тому +1

    I want to do almost exactly the same thing, but I keep getting hung up on cutting a mortise joint with the chain saw rather than using a piece of rebar. I'm now at the acceptance stage that yours is the way I should be doing it. I guess I could use 2 pieces of rebar instead of just one?

    • @petebeasttexashomesteading
      @petebeasttexashomesteading  8 місяців тому

      I used 3/8 rebar and it's holding up great. You could use 1/2 rebar if you're worried about it.

  • @rodneyblair515
    @rodneyblair515 2 роки тому

    Five in the ground on the corner that will be 4-H braces on toners they will not lean when you tension The wire

  • @AlokeshBagchi
    @AlokeshBagchi 4 роки тому

    Just Wonderful. Learnt many things! Thank you

  • @Ivan_Glamdryng
    @Ivan_Glamdryng 5 років тому +1

    Thank you! Been looking for something that did not involve all that high dollar hardware for corner bracing / wiring.

  • @cameronp5728
    @cameronp5728 3 роки тому

    thats some nice soil there. good video

  • @TheHammstead
    @TheHammstead 4 роки тому

    Just ran across your channel.. Great video!! Just gained yourself a new subscriber from Oklahoma!

  • @SuperMulletguy
    @SuperMulletguy 5 місяців тому

    thank you for this.

  • @TheRaulr151
    @TheRaulr151 6 років тому

    Great video. I will be putting a fence up soon and this will be very handy!

  • @melvinrexwinkle1510
    @melvinrexwinkle1510 Рік тому

    The distance between the corner posts and the brace ought to be twice the height of the fence

  • @LarrySbrusch
    @LarrySbrusch 3 роки тому

    You must live close to me..I am close to onalaska texas..I love watching your videos

  • @specialized29er86
    @specialized29er86 2 роки тому

    Well done mate, that should hold up to those pesky elephants.

  • @michaelargenta3856
    @michaelargenta3856 3 роки тому

    Painting them was a great idea -- thanks . Last week lowes appraised regular metal fence for 5,600$$$$ ----hahahaha ====>>>>SHIT!!!!!!!
    .

  • @notcharles
    @notcharles Рік тому

    Raise the forks to eye level, then drill a hold in the post's end

  • @vivianoyanez3148
    @vivianoyanez3148 3 роки тому

    Outstanding job,Thanks

  • @ntl1748
    @ntl1748 3 роки тому

    Very interesting to watch 👍

  • @emeterioperez7923
    @emeterioperez7923 2 роки тому

    Hello from Tuxpan veracruz

  • @jamakin5
    @jamakin5 5 років тому +2

    I don’t know much about building a fence so just asking is there a reason why you didn’t cement them in the ground? Are they just as strong?

    • @petebeasttexashomesteading
      @petebeasttexashomesteading  5 років тому +2

      I don't cement them because water can get trapped in between the post and cement and the post will rot. But if you do cement them, I would recommend putting the post in first, then add a few inches of dirt at the bottom and then add the cement. This way when water goes down in between the post and cement, it will be able to get out at the bottom and not get stuck there like if the post was sitting in a cement cup.

  • @efremparler4901
    @efremparler4901 3 роки тому

    Great video!.Lots of information.

  • @bobloritucker4626
    @bobloritucker4626 6 років тому

    Awesome video im about to do some fencing for cattle very informative thanks a lot

  • @berttondo6170
    @berttondo6170 2 роки тому

    How tight is too tight? I just did this method and was thinking how strong is the wire? Could I tighten it too much that it snaps? BTW, thanks for this video...... awesome instructions

    • @petebeasttexashomesteading
      @petebeasttexashomesteading  2 роки тому

      If you put 9 guage wire like I did, you won't have to worry about breaking it 🙂. But the wire should feel tight when you grab it and move it back and forth, that's good enough.

  • @bkzagnut
    @bkzagnut 6 років тому +1

    Great video! Bet those corners last for maaaannnny years! Aug 9 2018

    • @petebeasttexashomesteading
      @petebeasttexashomesteading  6 років тому

      Kay M Thank you, I hope they do too. These posts are treated to last 30 years, I'll be 85 but I didn't think I'll be replacing them then or if ill even make it 😉

  • @cre8ive34
    @cre8ive34 5 років тому +7

    just a question, why didnt you set the horizontal posts inbetween the corner post on the pallet forks and then drill the holes for the re bar and then hammer it in while in place? It seems that it would be easier then pre drilling and trying to line everything up after the fact. Thanks, great video and new subscriber

    • @petebeasttexashomesteading
      @petebeasttexashomesteading  5 років тому +3

      That would work too. I could of got one end in place the drilled through and hammered the rebar in, then go do the same to the other side.

  • @iamcanadian7559
    @iamcanadian7559 6 років тому +1

    Thanks. Great video, worth the watch.

  • @jamesw6484
    @jamesw6484 4 роки тому

    You are the best!👍👍👍

  • @truecrimeaddict3609
    @truecrimeaddict3609 4 роки тому +2

    Like your channel!! I live in Etex as well! Want a couple of acres where my son can do this stuff❤️

  • @larryleone496
    @larryleone496 6 років тому +2

    Well done!

  • @anonymousperson4363
    @anonymousperson4363 3 роки тому

    I liked this, but i have gates at the corners. Not enough room to move it down.

  • @bearmc9713
    @bearmc9713 4 роки тому +1

    up all night watching stuff, yo0ur post are about 2 and trheequarter in out of plumb at the top, gonna affect the swing of your gate

  • @notcharles
    @notcharles Рік тому

    I would think you would want to measure the height on the corner post and markit with a small nail. Then, run a string to the each of the support poles using a line level. that way, if the ground is uneven, your horizontal supports will all be level - even if teh 'ground' ain't

  • @whalerlife53
    @whalerlife53 Рік тому

    A D10 dozer would have trouble moving those post. That’s stout!