Hi, Great Video. I dont understand your comment about connecting the three strands of wire. Is it that the strands are only connected to each other on the start post, and then end on the final post.? Thanks
IT WORKS!!!!. I have had a horrible with deer treating my garden like their personal salad bar. NOT ANYMORE! I have set up this system around my garden and NOT ONE!!, not one has tasted a goodie from my garden since. I set up exactly as in the video. Thank you STONEY RIDEGE FARMER you have made my garden deer free! I have also shared this with many friends. Thank you again so much! Love you guys!
Nice Video. I am installing a PE2 Patriot electric fence charger to keep squirrels out of my bird feeder. Your wife was wonderful in this. When Vanna White retires you wife would be the perfect replacement for her.
This is really good!! Unfortunately for me… our deer population is growing, both neighbors opposite me feed these deer… We had this setup and the deer learned to jump it… then we installed 8 ft pvc pipe over the top of the posts… ran a 2ft rabbit fence around the bottom perimeter and 5ft heavy duty deer netting around the perimeter for a total of 7ft tall rabbit/deer netting fence… we wired the rabbit fence to the deer netting too … this lasted about 4 years… the deer learned to jump this fence and learned to breach the fence between the deer netting and rabbit fence… we set up a trail camera… the deer actually pawed at the fence to break open a spot… when we would catch one in the garden they jumped through the deer netting like it was nothing… This year we are installing a new 8 ft 4x4 post fence with cattle panels and welded wire fence along the bottom 4ft … Thank you for letting me tell my experience… To those considering deer netting… don’t do it! lol I researched it some and now its recommended to put up 8ft fence as opposed to a 7ft one… Its so frustrating to have your hard work destroyed overnight…
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer hi!! Thats a great tip!! We only have 2 acres and the spot we have is a dedicated garden area… one neighbor is with sight distance and the other neighbor is about 1/2 mile away… they constantly cross our property going from one neighbor to the other… That is a great suggestion! I hope it helps someone…. we have 5 new baby deer and 3 new bucks this year … so thats a total of about 20 deer in our yard… whew… what a major problem… i just about to give up :( oh cry cry cry poor me … lololol
They really are the worst! i have a daylily farm and they will eat every last bud if they arent fenced out. i used the t posts with pvc slipped over them then spent tons of $$ on deer netting to hang in the pvc. next year im going with something more permanent
I know the feeling.. I got an idiot neighbor who is brainless and feeds the blame deer also right next to my garden spot!! It absolutely infuriates me beyond reason to deal with people like this!!😡🤬😡🤬 .. I spent a fortune on my garden and had the most beautiful plants and vegetables and she just ruined it over and over with those deer. Now im having to erect a privacy fence and also an electric fence around my garden to keep not only deer away, neighbors also. Society is absolutely a disgrace at times .
I've used a system like this before to amazing results. One question though- what is your solution to allow for an opening to drive through or otherwise access your plots? Do you make some kind of gate? or do you just let the polywire down and drive over?
Great concept! Another trick I learned years ago if you are pressed for space, deer won't jump over a fence if they aren't sure where the top is, a moderately tall fence with small wires confuses them and keeps them out.
@@babsofkansas9401 Deer (like most prey animals) have poor depth perception due to the location of the eyes on the side of their heads. Examples of that poor depth perception would be all the deer hit by cars, or you can find plenty of videos where deer are repeatedly ramming their heads into a chainlink fence or similar. So with a 3D fence like this they are unable to discern just how far away those back wires are and thus avoid the fence.
Could you put down a strip of Agri fabric before putting the fence post in to save the weed eating,or would the Agri fabric ground the electrical current?
This is my 3rd year protecting our garden with the 3D system and it works. I only use 2 inside strands and 1 outside. If you do not electrify the strands, deer still will not jump them, but will simply walk under/through them. I am speaking from experience as I left the charger unplugged one night and a deer walked right in. I am completely sold on this system.
The deer ate EVERYTHING this past year. Even rhododendrons, junipers, and hemlocks. Never seen this for 23 years here in central NH. Anyway, I put up a 6’ black poly mesh fence with posts made from 1-2” maple saplings from the woods. About 600 ft total, mostly through woods so I had to do a little cutting and cleaning. At first it seemed to work, but on a few occasions they jump the fence and go on an all-you-can-eat binge of our flowers, blackberries, daylillies, apple trees, etc. They don’t really jump over the fence as much as just crash into it, as the fence gets torn about half way down. So now I just ordered the poly-SS braided wire and screw in clips, along with an AC charger that I will plug into a garage outlet. My question is this: should I put the wire at average deer “nose height” of about 40”, or should I put it at the top of the fence at about 66” from the ground? Do they actually need to touch it and get zapped? or, can they sense the electricity just by being 6-12” inches from it? I’m already tired of fixing torn up poly fencing and just want to put a stop to the deer invasions for good. I’m hoping just a single electrified wire run along the existing poly fence will keep them from crashing/tearing the fence. I saw a young doe on my Ring camera this morning. She crashed the fence around 4:30 am, walked around and ate a huge breakfast of our plants, and hopped back out at exactly the same place where she ripped the fence to get it. Help!!
Hi Josh - what about grounding rods? Also - the first post where you run vertically/from top to bottom of t-post to tie in your strands - how do you attach h the rest to that? Is it one continuous or 3 separate strands all connecting back to your vertical? Thanks for your help/video
yep, you can ground it to a post or a ground rod, just run your strands and connect them all by running a wire up the post to connect all the strands of poly electric. It will make more sense once you've built this my friend...super super simple.....I also connect all the wires in 2 or 3 places by running wire up the insulators vertically that way we're getting juice to the entire fence. Again...when ya build this it will be super simple to ya. I caution you on the ground rod....if you're gonna use a ground rod be sure you drive it in a place that you can leave it permanent and not hit with the mower or trip over in the future
not to be sarcastic...but how is a fence that's 18 inches off the ground gonna keep out small animals my friend? It's not buddy...you need a lower wire to accomplish that
Josh: how has your deer fence held up the past two years? any changes or modifications? I'm getting ready to install on myself. Also have the option of going solar or house current 100. Your recommendation? thx. Geo
Love the videos. I also have a critter problem on my garden. Deer and rabbits eat the whole salad bar. So I use the chicken mesh fence for bottom 2 wires then the 54" and the single outer 18" .
Awesome!! Wish I had seen your video 2 years ago. We planted 360 berry bushes, put the mats down, put the tree tubes on them. I watered them weekly the first summer when we had a drought and they flourished! last year they were standing 6 to 7 feet tall... then in the course of maybe 2 weeks, every one of them got their tops eaten off right to the tops of the tree tubes. I don't know if they will survive, time will tell this spring. However, I am going to try your fence!! Too much time and money put in for the deer to devour them before they even have a chance of survival. Funny thing is, there are only about 4 or 5 deer left in our area due to logging and wolves... so they did a hefty amount of damage in just a few nights.
2 rows of fence...36 inches apart.....first row has 1 strand at 18 iches...second row 18, 36,54 inches respectively. You are creating an electrified 3 dimensional wall that deer cannot navigate
So...what did you do when you got to the last post??? Cut it and that's that or attach to the 1st post? And what is the point of that synthetic smaller post?? Lol sorry, I'm so new to this and trying to find a video that gives exact step by step instructions lol
you just need to ensure all the wires are in contact with oneanother...you don't have to have a complete loop..make sure your wires are not touching ground (aka metal fence posts) just tie it off at the end
I put 4 of the t stakes around my fruit trees and 2 ropes around for the deer here. The 400 pound bucks here jump 8 foot fence with no problem. Did buy 4 of those repeller's for my garden and seems to be working so far.
For nearly 30 years now my dad has kept deer out of the garden with an electric fence with a wire at 18" and another at 36". The deer might tear it down a time or two but they'll stay out.
I have heard you can put t post in the ground and put fishing line between them I have taken it a step further and have bought 30 lb test Cajun red colored fishing line that is extremely hard to see apparently the deer run into it and they back up they get confused because they can't see it but they will not jump into something when they are so unsure and this will do the same thing. About 6 in off of the ground I'm going to run a electric wire for smaller critters like rabbits and I'll be sure to keep it trimmed low to the ground. Going to try it this spring.
I think you'd be better off just building the fence like this...you can re-use the materials year after year...the line close to the ground for "little critters" simply won't work my friend...you'd be hard pressed to fence out squirrels, rabbits, mice, rats and chipmunks. If you have a garden...you have mice for sure! This does work for deer...I think putting up fishing line is asking for a clog under your mower or weed whacker my brotha
lol....all you need to know is to use insulators to keep the hot wire from touching the post...and make sure all hot wires are connected together so they conduct electricity...once you get started you'll totally get it
as far apart as you'd like them to be as long as they can support the wire....google it brotha...but you don't need to really google it...I've giving ya the info ya need here
my observation is if that top wire is at 54 inches Mrs Stoney ridge is not very tall :) maybe 5 ft thanks for the video and being from iowa that fence does work to keep deer out
Love the Videos, FYI Been using the same Razor since 1972 and at no cost. Just need to sharpen once a week and good to go. Old school still works if willing to use it.
electric fence needs to be insulated from ground...hence the insulators on the posts my brotha...if it was just tied to the post it would ground out the system and make it ineffective
Thanks for the video. About how far did you space your T posts? Did they seem sturdy enough without having wooden posts for corners and gates? I hope you have a great spring!
Great video. I've heard of this before but wasn't sure of the details. I put in about a half acre garden this year (2022) and put this fence around it; however, I have yet to put the electricity to it. And I am also keeping a game camera on it to see what "challenges" the fence. There were 2 deer in the garden about 2 weeks after the fence was up. I'm not sure if they jumped it or crawled under - I'd suspect they crawled under, but I couldn't find any sign to such. Any thoughts?...
Nice work kids, I see Mrs Stoney Ridge was doing her Price is right modeling pose with the fence post near the end of the video, Bob Barker would be proud.
I found a natural product that keeps deers away from my garden. It's wonderful stuff and works great. Been using it for a few years now and love it. It's. Called Deer No No.
I've used this method before to outstanding results- but your method is definitely an improved version imo. Quick question, though- how far apart are you spacing your Tposts?
If you leave any of the spade of a t post exposed above the ground keep all rubber tires away from the base of the post. That will ruin the toughest tractor tire. Trust me. I recommend driving them all the way in.
They also make a 10' T-post, (I found them locally at Tractor Supply). Because the weight and wind load on poly line is so light, you only need to drive them to the bottom quarter of the spade, (at least in my soil), so you still have nearly 9' of above ground height on the top line which seems to be plenty.
Do you run the wire up and down EACH of the T posts? It look like you only did the first one? A little more explanation about that would be much appreciated! Great video! I have watched this video multiple times and getting ready to install my first electric fence based on your video.
I just did it on a few...that ensures equal zap on each line....this is very very simple my friend...but if you're running 500 feet of fence it's good to connect all the hot wires together periodically
@@maninamerica2046you CANNOT wrap any of the tposts with wire at all. If the polywire is touching any metal tpost at all the system is shorted to ground. I have no clue why nobody is addressing this in the comments. If you do what he did by wrapping the posts, you don’t have an electric fence you have a fence made with string. Thus system will not work at all
We set up a 3d fence few weeks ago. Our deer pressure is so high that the deer keep trying to go through the electric fence. I've heard them scream when they hit it and get zapped, and they've knocked the lines down, bent u-posts, and broken insulator clips three times now.
What did you do when you came to the end of running the wire? Did you cut off the wire and tie it back in where you started, or did you just leave the excess bundle of wire that you have just sit on the ground or something?
Ok, question. You run the wire down the post to the next insulator/row. If that wire touches the t-post, won't that ground out the system, making it less uh... snappy? I've always connected the wires in between the span of t-posts, but I've never used poly wire either. I don't know if you can cut and splice pieces in like you can with regular electric fence wire.
You are 100% correct and I have no clue why nobody else has mentioned this. Wrapping them sound the post will literally cause the energizer to detect a ground fault and will stop the power almost entirely. Even if you don’t have a smart energizer/charger, it will still ground fault and make the system pointless. Your entire conductive system must be “floating” or insulated from the posts. I feel bad all these people are wasting their time installing their fence all to just short it to ground. Also, there’s nothing different about polywire compared to regular wire when it comes to electrical system. They behave the same way, polywire is just lighter and easier to work with.
Nobel! Nobel! Nobel! Forgot about you doing this couple years ago. This video was much more informative. What a great idea. Is power run separately from inner and outer? If not, how do you tie them in?
Sorry sir one more question about the polywire. I see you run the strand down on the starter post. Is that the only time you overlap the polywire in that fashion?
Please do not do this. This guy is wrong. You cannot wrap the polywire around a metal t-post it will just short out or “ground” your system. Your conductors (polywire) must be ISOLATED. That’s the entire point. This will not work as an electric fence at all, it will only be a glorified fence made if string. I can’t believe nobody has corrected him. This system would work just five if it wasn’t for that one major misstep.
@@TheDustyChair yeah, even though my comments from three years ago, I can’t imagine ever thinking that the poly wire could have any contact with a metal T post without grounding the fence out… so I am either giving my self from three years ago too much credit- or more likely I was skimming this video and not paying close enough attention lol Although I will say, I successfully ditched plastic T post connectors in favor of tying a Paracord bowline around the corner T’s. so the poly is fed through the bowline, but it doesn’t actually make contact with the post to ground it.
Any tips for starting a farm?. I have about a week of research so far. I have come up with goats and chickens as good starters((or maybe quail)). Any tip?
My husband is an old school Southern gentleman. He would never allow me to do mans work as he calls it. I have however shot some deer in my time. Nice video.
Believe me ....if she wanted to be in the vlogs...she'd be here my brotha. The videos are kinda my thing....maybe more of her in the future but she's quiet and shy
Got away with the garden with no fence and watched the deer eat the neighbors garden. Planting lettuce this year so going to try your fence. Nice video. Thanks
Josh: I really enjoy you channel. We’ve got 37 acres in East TX, & have a real problem keeping the deer out of our garden. We haven’t gotten any peas from the garden the last 2 years because the deer eat the young plants as soon as they emerge from the soil. What they don’t eat, they trample. I’m going to try this deer fence you put up. Can you tell me the spacing on your T-posts? Thanks for the help.
Can you provide the details on your charger? We found .1 and .4 joule chargers pushing 2-3000 volts but it looks like that is only good for livestock. We read, and the makers say, that deer need 5,000 volts. We only need 2-3 miles charger but they don't come with voltage over 2-3,000...what are you using?
use a solar electric fence charger or plug in electric fence charger...not a battery or anything of that sort. Material costs are all over the place....it's tough to give you a price...however hit up your local farm store and or Amazon and you'll find all that you need. It's an electric fence....very simple once ya understand how it works
Newbies to fence building are always fun to watch:here's a hint: lean the "T" post toward you to mid bicep level put the driver on then lean it up and begin driving.That way you're not lifting the driver 6 foot plus post after post.....Work smarter and not harder.
Here's another one: to avoid blisters(even with gloves on) and smashing your pinky fingers raise the driver to just where the "tube" is just below the top of the post then start your down stroke. Half way through the stroke loosen your grip on the handles as the driver is just about to strike the top of the post. Your hands and fingers will not be getting the full shock load with this method. It's a rhythm thing just like dancing and takes a little practice.
Thanks Amos....great tip...I guess when ur 6'5" ya don't think much about that......or if you're not a pro fence builder ....driving post today I'll make it a point to mention that
the solar powered devices work until the deer and other animals get used to them and then they are useless. I placed 3 in my garden and they worked for a week. Then the deer ate watermelon that were only a few feet from the device. I have read the same reviews on several of these devices.
you didn't do this....because if you did...you wouldn't have deer in your garden my friend.....it's very easy to pick something apart that you've never tried...the solar fence charger runs on a battery powered by a solar panel. It runs all day and all night unless you have a bad battery. Try this and you'll never have another deer in your garden...nay say and you'll continue to have problems....the deer will not get used to this setup and they will not invade your garden my friend
Iv heard of this before a bunch of times never seen if it worked tho but I’m sure it does! Iv seen that people put string around there garden too just asked someone how it worked
Great video brother. Can’t wait to see those beautiful veggies
Hi, Great Video. I dont understand your comment about connecting the three strands of wire. Is it that the strands are only connected to each other on the start post, and then end on the final post.? Thanks
Same. I'm a little confused
IT WORKS!!!!. I have had a horrible with deer treating my garden like their personal salad bar. NOT ANYMORE! I have set up this system around my garden and NOT ONE!!, not one has tasted a goodie from my garden since. I set up exactly as in the video. Thank you STONEY RIDEGE FARMER you have made my garden deer free! I have also shared this with many friends. Thank you again so much! Love you guys!
Oh yeah, this is year 3 using this system so looking for another successful year!
Sounds great!
Nice Video.
I am installing a PE2 Patriot electric fence charger to keep squirrels out of my bird feeder.
Your wife was wonderful in this. When Vanna White retires you wife would be the perfect replacement for her.
This is really good!! Unfortunately for me… our deer population is growing, both neighbors opposite me feed these deer… We had this setup and the deer learned to jump it… then we installed 8 ft pvc pipe over the top of the posts… ran a 2ft rabbit fence around the bottom perimeter and 5ft heavy duty deer netting around the perimeter for a total of 7ft tall rabbit/deer netting fence… we wired the rabbit fence to the deer netting too … this lasted about 4 years… the deer learned to jump this fence and learned to breach the fence between the deer netting and rabbit fence… we set up a trail camera… the deer actually pawed at the fence to break open a spot… when we would catch one in the garden they jumped through the deer netting like it was nothing… This year we are installing a new 8 ft 4x4 post fence with cattle panels and welded wire fence along the bottom 4ft … Thank you for letting me tell my experience… To those considering deer netting… don’t do it! lol I researched it some and now its recommended to put up 8ft fence as opposed to a 7ft one… Its so frustrating to have your hard work destroyed overnight…
you've gotta move the fence around a little bit once in a while to keep them confused my friend ..try it
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer hi!! Thats a great tip!! We only have 2 acres and the spot we have is a dedicated garden area… one neighbor is with sight distance and the other neighbor is about 1/2 mile away… they constantly cross our property going from one neighbor to the other… That is a great suggestion! I hope it helps someone…. we have 5 new baby deer and 3 new bucks this year … so thats a total of about 20 deer in our yard… whew… what a major problem… i just about to give up :( oh cry cry cry poor me … lololol
They really are the worst! i have a daylily farm and they will eat every last bud if they arent fenced out. i used the t posts with pvc slipped over them then spent tons of $$ on deer netting to hang in the pvc. next year im going with something more permanent
I know the feeling.. I got an idiot neighbor who is brainless and feeds the blame deer also right next to my garden spot!! It absolutely infuriates me beyond reason to deal with people like this!!😡🤬😡🤬 .. I spent a fortune on my garden and had the most beautiful plants and vegetables and she just ruined it over and over with those deer. Now im having to erect a privacy fence and also an electric fence around my garden to keep not only deer away, neighbors also. Society is absolutely a disgrace at times .
You should do a video on your setup.
Josh, what do you do for a gate in your electric fence setups?
I've used a system like this before to amazing results. One question though- what is your solution to allow for an opening to drive through or otherwise access your plots? Do you make some kind of gate? or do you just let the polywire down and drive over?
Great concept! Another trick I learned years ago if you are pressed for space, deer won't jump over a fence if they aren't sure where the top is, a moderately tall fence with small wires confuses them and keeps them out.
Hi. Could you give more detail?
Sounds very interesting. Thank you!
@@babsofkansas9401 Deer (like most prey animals) have poor depth perception due to the location of the eyes on the side of their heads. Examples of that poor depth perception would be all the deer hit by cars, or you can find plenty of videos where deer are repeatedly ramming their heads into a chainlink fence or similar. So with a 3D fence like this they are unable to discern just how far away those back wires are and thus avoid the fence.
Could you put down a strip of Agri fabric before putting the fence post in to save the weed eating,or would the Agri fabric ground the electrical current?
This is my 3rd year protecting our garden with the 3D system and it works. I only use 2 inside strands and 1 outside. If you do not electrify the strands, deer still will not jump them, but will simply walk under/through them. I am speaking from experience as I left the charger unplugged one night and a deer walked right in. I am completely sold on this system.
it works doesn't it!!
The deer ate EVERYTHING this past year. Even rhododendrons, junipers, and hemlocks. Never seen this for 23 years here in central NH. Anyway, I put up a 6’ black poly mesh fence with posts made from 1-2” maple saplings from the woods. About 600 ft total, mostly through woods so I had to do a little cutting and cleaning. At first it seemed to work, but on a few occasions they jump the fence and go on an all-you-can-eat binge of our flowers, blackberries, daylillies, apple trees, etc. They don’t really jump over the fence as much as just crash into it, as the fence gets torn about half way down. So now I just ordered the poly-SS braided wire and screw in clips, along with an AC charger that I will plug into a garage outlet.
My question is this: should I put the wire at average deer “nose height” of about 40”, or should I put it at the top of the fence at about 66” from the ground? Do they actually need to touch it and get zapped? or, can they sense the electricity just by being 6-12” inches from it? I’m already tired of fixing torn up poly fencing and just want to put a stop to the deer invasions for good. I’m hoping just a single electrified wire run along the existing poly fence will keep them from crashing/tearing the fence. I saw a young doe on my Ring camera this morning. She crashed the fence around 4:30 am, walked around and ate a huge breakfast of our plants, and hopped back out at exactly the same place where she ripped the fence to get it. Help!!
this fence works...try it
Hi Josh - what about grounding rods? Also - the first post where you run vertically/from top to bottom of t-post to tie in your strands - how do you attach h the rest to that? Is it one continuous or 3 separate strands all connecting back to your vertical? Thanks for your help/video
yep, you can ground it to a post or a ground rod, just run your strands and connect them all by running a wire up the post to connect all the strands of poly electric. It will make more sense once you've built this my friend...super super simple.....I also connect all the wires in 2 or 3 places by running wire up the insulators vertically that way we're getting juice to the entire fence. Again...when ya build this it will be super simple to ya. I caution you on the ground rod....if you're gonna use a ground rod be sure you drive it in a place that you can leave it permanent and not hit with the mower or trip over in the future
How do you get through the fence yourself? Just step over the wires? How about moving machines in and out of the garden area?
just take it down if you need to get through with tools...or turn off power and step through it my friend
What did you do about a door or entrance to the garden for equipment?
just loosen the wire, drive right over or make yourself a little gate
Um, they sell 10 ft T posts. Does "get the tallest post you can get" remain you advice? T-post pounding atop a ladder?
one thing is for sure, sarcasm won't keep them out 😂👍😉
Looks like Mrs. Stoney Ridge is doing all the heavy lifting.
Hi wondering what you use for spacing on posts and if this protects from rabbits and other little four legged creatures too?
not to be sarcastic...but how is a fence that's 18 inches off the ground gonna keep out small animals my friend? It's not buddy...you need a lower wire to accomplish that
This is a dead link- " Solar Animal Repeller" which brand have you used/ recommend?
Josh: how has your deer fence held up the past two years? any changes or modifications? I'm getting ready to install on myself. Also have the option of going solar or house current 100. Your recommendation? thx. Geo
Love the videos. I also have a critter problem on my garden. Deer and rabbits eat the whole salad bar. So I use the chicken mesh fence for bottom 2 wires then the 54" and the single outer 18" .
Do you skip the two bottom wires then? Since this is 4 years later, any updates on your method? I am looking at doing exactly this
Awesome!! Wish I had seen your video 2 years ago. We planted 360 berry bushes, put the mats down, put the tree tubes on them. I watered them weekly the first summer when we had a drought and they flourished! last year they were standing 6 to 7 feet tall... then in the course of maybe 2 weeks, every one of them got their tops eaten off right to the tops of the tree tubes. I don't know if they will survive, time will tell this spring. However, I am going to try your fence!! Too much time and money put in for the deer to devour them before they even have a chance of survival. Funny thing is, there are only about 4 or 5 deer left in our area due to logging and wolves... so they did a hefty amount of damage in just a few nights.
Will this fencing method work for goat?
They say take a glass of water and toss it at a fence….if the water goes through a goat will get through lol
FYI, make sure spade is below grade. We used t posts on trees, wife mowed around them and punctured tire
On the outside fence could you also put another line at 30" besides the one at 18"?
2 rows of fence...36 inches apart.....first row has 1 strand at 18 iches...second row 18, 36,54 inches respectively. You are creating an electrified 3 dimensional wall that deer cannot navigate
How do you energize the electric fence
with an electric fence energizer my friend
So...what did you do when you got to the last post??? Cut it and that's that or attach to the 1st post? And what is the point of that synthetic smaller post?? Lol sorry, I'm so new to this and trying to find a video that gives exact step by step instructions lol
you just need to ensure all the wires are in contact with oneanother...you don't have to have a complete loop..make sure your wires are not touching ground (aka metal fence posts) just tie it off at the end
I put 4 of the t stakes around my fruit trees and 2 ropes around for the deer here. The 400 pound bucks here jump 8 foot fence with no problem. Did buy 4 of those repeller's for my garden and seems to be working so far.
Lol, “incase you’re really mad at something in the bathroom “,,, lol
I have had the same pack of razor blades for ten years now, I don't think I will be needing new ones anytime soon. Thanks for the offer though!
For nearly 30 years now my dad has kept deer out of the garden with an electric fence with a wire at 18" and another at 36". The deer might tear it down a time or two but they'll stay out.
Is your inner fence one continuous strand or 3 separate?
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all the electric fencing is connected together....doesn't need to be separated
I have heard you can put t post in the ground and put fishing line between them I have taken it a step further and have bought 30 lb test Cajun red colored fishing line that is extremely hard to see apparently the deer run into it and they back up they get confused because they can't see it but they will not jump into something when they are so unsure and this will do the same thing. About 6 in off of the ground I'm going to run a electric wire for smaller critters like rabbits and I'll be sure to keep it trimmed low to the ground. Going to try it this spring.
I think you'd be better off just building the fence like this...you can re-use the materials year after year...the line close to the ground for "little critters" simply won't work my friend...you'd be hard pressed to fence out squirrels, rabbits, mice, rats and chipmunks. If you have a garden...you have mice for sure! This does work for deer...I think putting up fishing line is asking for a clog under your mower or weed whacker my brotha
Please explain how you link the wire again thanks
lol....all you need to know is to use insulators to keep the hot wire from touching the post...and make sure all hot wires are connected together so they conduct electricity...once you get started you'll totally get it
Link to the solar animal repellent in your description isn’t working do you have the make and model ?
How far apart do you put the posts in from each other? Looks like 20-30 feet .... Do you have a link to the study from the university of Iowa?
as far apart as you'd like them to be as long as they can support the wire....google it brotha...but you don't need to really google it...I've giving ya the info ya need here
Have you got one of those The Price is Right models behind you there?
my observation is if that top wire is at 54 inches Mrs Stoney ridge is not very tall :) maybe 5 ft thanks for the video and being from iowa that fence does work to keep deer out
Love the Videos, FYI Been using the same Razor since 1972 and at no cost. Just need to sharpen once a week and good to go. Old school still works if willing to use it.
hmmm....interesting...I'd like to try one!
Is there a reason why you can't tie it directly to the posts? Sorry if this is a stupid question
electric fence needs to be insulated from ground...hence the insulators on the posts my brotha...if it was just tied to the post it would ground out the system and make it ineffective
Thanks for the video. About how far did you space your T posts? Did they seem sturdy enough without having wooden posts for corners and gates? I hope you have a great spring!
I wanted to know this as well
Hey Stoney how far apart did you put your t-post?
Did you electrify the fence? If so, how did you set up the charger?
Great video. I've heard of this before but wasn't sure of the details. I put in about a half acre garden this year (2022) and put this fence around it; however, I have yet to put the electricity to it. And I am also keeping a game camera on it to see what "challenges" the fence. There were 2 deer in the garden about 2 weeks after the fence was up. I'm not sure if they jumped it or crawled under - I'd suspect they crawled under, but I couldn't find any sign to such. Any thoughts?...
put power to the fence or it won't work...eventually they'll just run through it.....you must have a fence charger on it
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer this seems to be the key to it. Without electricity they just force their way through
How do you keep the rabbits and raccoons out?
Nice work kids, I see Mrs Stoney Ridge was doing her Price is right modeling pose with the fence post near the end of the video, Bob Barker would be proud.
LOL
Man you are one lucky dude. Nice big farm and one beautiful lady to share life with...... Wow.
I'm going to start a garden soon, your idea is great. But I have one question, how does it work for rabbits and possibly chickens to keep out
doesn't work for rabbits...check out premier one fencing and get some deer and predator fence
How do you create a gate or a way to get in with a tractor?
I found a natural product that keeps deers away from my garden. It's wonderful stuff and works great. Been using it for a few years now and love it. It's. Called Deer No No.
So what do you do about rabbits?
build raised beds my friend
Thanks for the great info.
Great Video ! I'm getting ready to install this. Are you still good with this design or what should I do differently ?
I love it
I've used this method before to outstanding results- but your method is definitely an improved version imo. Quick question, though- how far apart are you spacing your Tposts?
as far as I can without having lots of sag in the wire
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer hahaha got it. Literally at tractor supply now. Thank you so much!
If you leave any of the spade of a t post exposed above the ground keep all rubber tires away from the base of the post. That will ruin the toughest tractor tire. Trust me. I recommend driving them all the way in.
so do you think this would work non-electrified? any modification to the spacing? I can get 10' T Posts at Tractor Supply.
might work....but I've found that once you take the power off...you loose effectiveness for sure....deer back in the garden!
They also make a 10' T-post, (I found them locally at Tractor Supply). Because the weight and wind load on poly line is so light, you only need to drive them to the bottom quarter of the spade, (at least in my soil), so you still have nearly 9' of above ground height on the top line which seems to be plenty.
WHAT IS THE T-POST SPACING RECOMMENDATION?
the link to the solar animal repeller doest work can u pls resend it?
How far do you space the tee post apart
Do you run the wire up and down EACH of the T posts? It look like you only did the first one? A little more explanation about that would be much appreciated! Great video! I have watched this video multiple times and getting ready to install my first electric fence based on your video.
I just did it on a few...that ensures equal zap on each line....this is very very simple my friend...but if you're running 500 feet of fence it's good to connect all the hot wires together periodically
One other question - do you have a link or product info on the shorter outer fence posts?
@@maninamerica2046you CANNOT wrap any of the tposts with wire at all. If the polywire is touching any metal tpost at all the system is shorted to ground. I have no clue why nobody is addressing this in the comments. If you do what he did by wrapping the posts, you don’t have an electric fence you have a fence made with string. Thus system will not work at all
Thanks ! How far apart do you space the T-Posts ?
As always, amazing info!!! Thank you! After fighting deer all last season this is def what I'm doing this year!!!
You can do it!
We set up a 3d fence few weeks ago. Our deer pressure is so high that the deer keep trying to go through the electric fence. I've heard them scream when they hit it and get zapped, and they've knocked the lines down, bent u-posts, and broken insulator clips three times now.
wow, thats awful
Is there a gate? How do you get in to work the garden?
What did you do when you came to the end of running the wire? Did you cut off the wire and tie it back in where you started, or did you just leave the excess bundle of wire that you have just sit on the ground or something?
I wish this were more complete. He leaves a lot of things hanging.
Where to get the shorter outside corner posts?
Ok, question. You run the wire down the post to the next insulator/row. If that wire touches the t-post, won't that ground out the system, making it less uh... snappy? I've always connected the wires in between the span of t-posts, but I've never used poly wire either. I don't know if you can cut and splice pieces in like you can with regular electric fence wire.
You are 100% correct and I have no clue why nobody else has mentioned this. Wrapping them sound the post will literally cause the energizer to detect a ground fault and will stop the power almost entirely. Even if you don’t have a smart energizer/charger, it will still ground fault and make the system pointless. Your entire conductive system must be “floating” or insulated from the posts. I feel bad all these people are wasting their time installing their fence all to just short it to ground. Also, there’s nothing different about polywire compared to regular wire when it comes to electrical system. They behave the same way, polywire is just lighter and easier to work with.
Great job and awesome looking shirt!! Keep up the good work.
You have a link to the University study that you reference in the video?
no sir...sorry it was years ago...it's on youtube though
Your property looks so peaceful & calm.. God bless this couple🤗
Does it keep other animals out?
like?
What kind of grass are you walking on?
I only use a 2 strand electric fence and have no deer issues yet plenty of deer
lol...then why are ya looking at deer prevention vids? This works...all I can tell ya my friend
Will it work if you power the outside short fence only?
do those electronic devices keep rats away ?
Nobel! Nobel! Nobel! Forgot about you doing this couple years ago. This video was much more informative. What a great idea. Is power run separately from inner and outer? If not, how do you tie them in?
Sorry sir one more question about the polywire. I see you run the strand down on the starter post. Is that the only time you overlap the polywire in that fashion?
Please do not do this. This guy is wrong. You cannot wrap the polywire around a metal t-post it will just short out or “ground” your system. Your conductors (polywire) must be ISOLATED. That’s the entire point. This will not work as an electric fence at all, it will only be a glorified fence made if string. I can’t believe nobody has corrected him. This system would work just five if it wasn’t for that one major misstep.
@@TheDustyChair yeah, even though my comments from three years ago, I can’t imagine ever thinking that the poly wire could have any contact with a metal T post without grounding the fence out… so I am either giving my self from three years ago too much credit- or more likely I was skimming this video and not paying close enough attention lol
Although I will say, I successfully ditched plastic T post connectors in favor of tying a Paracord bowline around the corner T’s. so the poly is fed through the bowline, but it doesn’t actually make contact with the post to ground it.
Any tips for starting a farm?. I have about a week of research so far. I have come up with goats and chickens as good starters((or maybe quail)). Any tip?
My husband is an old school Southern gentleman. He would never allow me to do mans work as he calls it. I have however shot some deer in my time. Nice video.
Please include Mrs. Stoney Ridge more.
Believe me ....if she wanted to be in the vlogs...she'd be here my brotha. The videos are kinda my thing....maybe more of her in the future but she's quiet and shy
Got away with the garden with no fence and watched the deer eat the neighbors garden. Planting lettuce this year so going to try your fence. Nice video. Thanks
Connection was confusing. How did you finish the connection
You gotta love short shorts!
Josh: I really enjoy you channel. We’ve got 37 acres in East TX, & have a real problem keeping the deer out of our garden. We haven’t gotten any peas from the garden the last 2 years because the deer eat the young plants as soon as they emerge from the soil. What they don’t eat, they trample. I’m going to try this deer fence you put up. Can you tell me the spacing on your T-posts? Thanks for the help.
Can you provide the details on your charger? We found .1 and .4 joule chargers pushing 2-3000 volts but it looks like that is only good for livestock. We read, and the makers say, that deer need 5,000 volts.
We only need 2-3 miles charger but they don't come with voltage over 2-3,000...what are you using?
How many feet apart did you place your posts?
1 year follow up, did this work?
What were your materials cost in the wires? Also, did you electrify with a battery?
use a solar electric fence charger or plug in electric fence charger...not a battery or anything of that sort. Material costs are all over the place....it's tough to give you a price...however hit up your local farm store and or Amazon and you'll find all that you need. It's an electric fence....very simple once ya understand how it works
Newbies to fence building are always fun to watch:here's a hint: lean the "T" post toward you to mid bicep level put the driver on then lean it up and begin driving.That way you're not lifting the driver 6 foot plus post after post.....Work smarter and not harder.
amos snow I'm a total newb! Thanks for the tips.
Here's another one: to avoid blisters(even with gloves on) and smashing your pinky fingers raise the driver to just where the "tube" is just below the top of the post then start your down stroke. Half way through the stroke loosen your grip on the handles as the driver is just about to strike the top of the post. Your hands and fingers will not be getting the full shock load with this method. It's a rhythm thing just like dancing and takes a little practice.
Thanks Amos....great tip...I guess when ur 6'5" ya don't think much about that......or if you're not a pro fence builder ....driving post today I'll make it a point to mention that
Looking at doing the same thing.
Thanks for the vid. What is the spacing between the t posts?
as far as you can space them without much sagging
This is such a great video! How many feet of spacing between T-Posts do you think I could get away with?
I'd like to know this as well. He doesn't say in the video.
I'd like to know as well. It's been 2 years and no reply.
id like a follow up to this video since its been 5 years... still working?
Did you do a gate?
How far apart did you space out your 6' t-posts?
so how do you get in and out of the fenced in area ? You didn't show any gates or entryway
QUESTION: Did you use a single continuous run of poly wire?
Was Josh talkin??? Lovin the Mrs Stoney Ridge Vanna routine. lol
the solar powered devices work until the deer and other animals get used to them and then they are useless. I placed 3 in my garden and they worked for a week. Then the deer ate watermelon that were only a few feet from the device. I have read the same reviews on several of these devices.
you didn't do this....because if you did...you wouldn't have deer in your garden my friend.....it's very easy to pick something apart that you've never tried...the solar fence charger runs on a battery powered by a solar panel. It runs all day and all night unless you have a bad battery. Try this and you'll never have another deer in your garden...nay say and you'll continue to have problems....the deer will not get used to this setup and they will not invade your garden my friend
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I did do this. The Devices are working and make the noise every 20 seconds. How dare you call me a liar.
Iv heard of this before a bunch of times never seen if it worked tho but I’m sure it does! Iv seen that people put string around there garden too just asked someone how it worked