Old Farmers Never Paid a Fence Company The Fence and Gate Tricks They Used Instead

In 1874, an Illinois farmer named Joseph Glidden patented barbed wire, and within a few years the open range of the American West was being fenced, one post and one strand at a time, by ordinary families. Today a fence contractor charges about twenty-five dollars for every foot, a steel farm gate runs a hundred and fifty dollars, and a single mile of new fence can cost more than a used truck. In this video you get 20 old farm fence and gate tricks: the charred post end, the string line, the H brace, the stick twist, the slack staple, the wire gap, the sag brace, the Monday morning walk, and more. Wire under tension can snap and injure you. Wear eye protection and gloves, burn posts only outdoors, and call a professional for any job you are unsure about. New episodes every day. Subscribe for more forgotten American skills the modern world left behind.