Install Temporary Electric Fence (Hot Wire)
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This DARN FRUSTRATING GREASE GUN! Fences Down....and It's My Fault! (Kinda)
What happens here
The presenter explains the existing fence's issues: posts are spaced too far apart (25 feet), and the woven wire is not properly tied to the posts, allowing cattle to push it down. He introduces a solution: installing a temporary electric hot wire. He uses an Irwin Quick-Grip clamp to secure a reel of polybraid wire to a fence post. Then, using a Milwaukee M18 drill and UV-resistant plastic insulators, he attaches one insulator to each permanent fence post. The polybraid wire will then be threaded through these insulators, creating a hot wire above the existing fence.
Goal: Add a protective electric 'hot wire' above the permanent fence to deter cattle from pushing on it.
Tools and materials
- ATV Honda — Transporting tools and materials along the fence line
- Bucket — Carrying supplies along the fence line
- Irwin Quick-Grip Clamp Irwin — Holding the polybraid wire reel during installation
- Milwaukee M18 Drill Milwaukee — Drilling and screwing insulators onto fence posts
- Polybraid Wire — The conductive wire for the temporary electric fence
- UV-Resistant Plastic Insulators — Mounting the hot wire to the fence posts without grounding it