The Official Farming Thread...

[JimBear]

I agree wholeheartedly with the above replies about grounding. My Dad & brother can never keep cattle in with an electric fence, they only use an old rusty steel post for a ground rod, put it in the ground about 2’. When I ran it I used 8’ ground rods & put them in the ground about 6’-7’, I never had any issues.
Around here another problem is deer hitting the wire & knocking insulators & wire down.

 

[jakethesnake]

I’ve got a really long rod prolly 5 ft in the

How's your grounding? Any problems I've had in the past ended up being bad ground more times than not.

ground or longer. Not saying it isn’t that. But I’ve been there myself. I’m wondering if my old charger is just getting sad on me.

 

[jakethesnake]

My rod is copper too.

 

[Mastermind]

My rod is copper too.

Too easy. LOL

 

[dall]

Too easy. LOL

lol I didn’t want to say anything either

 

[jakethesnake]

lol I didn’t want to say anything either

I like to bury my rod deep

 

[hoskvarna]

I agree wholeheartedly with the above replies about grounding. My Dad & brother can never keep cattle in with an electric fence, they only use an old rusty steel post for a ground rod, put it in the ground about 2’. When I ran it I used 8’ ground rods & put them in the ground about 6’-7’, I never had any issues.
Around here another problem is deer hitting the wire & knocking insulators & wire down.

Yup
Exactly


Sent from Hoskey hilltop

 

[Only the Tony]

From time to time I will run an extra wire just for the ground along with the hot wire. Takes care of the problem of completing the circuit when its dry like now. I was hitting the fence at dad's couple weeks ago and didn't get shocked because of the dryness.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

I’ve got a really long rod prolly 5 ft in the

ground or longer. Not saying it isn’t that. But I’ve been there myself. I’m wondering if my old charger is just getting sad on me.

I agree that should be enough, as long as everything is working like it should. Maybe the fencer is getting tired, or there's a loose or corroded connection somewhere.

Mine is a pair of 4' copper ground rods, plus one of the copper rods is also tied into the barn roof and siding with a #4 wire, so it makes a million little ground contacts.

 

[jakethesnake]

 

[JimBear]

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Your cuffs & collar don’t match up.

 

[Mastermind]

Planning to cut the last of my hay Friday.

 

[jakethesnake]

Your cuffs & collar don’t match up.

Those old green corn heads were really good

 

[hoskvarna]

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I didn’t know that red and green paint mixed well [emoji33][emoji6]


Sent from Hoskey hilltop

 

[jakethesnake]

I didn’t know that red and green paint mixed well [emoji33][emoji6]


Sent from Hoskey hilltop

Mine seem to get along pretty well. Once in a while you’ve gotta separate em.

 

[jakethesnake]

 

[ajschainsaws]

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Are your grain prices good this year

 

[ajschainsaws]

Fed up of cutting me hands trying too hold down tensioned barb wire too staple
A bit of a brain storm from. Me

 

[jakethesnake]

Are your grain prices good this year

Yeah man. They’re pretty good. Actually they’re very good. Best prices I’ve seen in years

 

[ajschainsaws]

Yeah man. They’re pretty good. Actually they’re very good. Best prices I’ve seen in years

thats good news that’s what everyone is saying over here and good demand