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Carrying fencing supplies by hand i need ideas

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Graveyard1984

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There are several spots on my land
that I can't get a tractor,truck, or
ATV to. I find myself carrying fencing
supplies by hand in a five gallon
bucket. When I get to the back side i
always forget something or run out of
supplies.
I need some ideas on how to carry
everything I need in one trip

Thanks for the ideas
 
I do like you do,i put everything I need I a bucket with a good wire handle and it seems to work ok. If your doing electric fence maybe you could try keeping your insulators in a back pack and possibly a roll of wire and nails pliers hammer and other things in the bucket?
 

I use one of those open top rubber maid carry caddy

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/Rubbermaid-Commercial-1880994-Executive-Carry-Caddy-44-Black/PRD1BEF0FSPDHHR

Holds stuff decent and not as apt to tip over, handle doesn't flop down like a bucket. Hammer and fence tool etc I carry on belt loops, other hand free to carry fence tightener. If more things are needed, second trip with two free hands.

Most of the time you are walking up and down a stretch anyways if you are tightening wires.
 
I keep a couple buckets and empty spray jugs with the spout cut out loaded with fencing supplies. I keep the supplies in those buckets and put them back in the same bucket it came out of when I use them. That way if I grab one I know it will have everything I need already in it.
 
You might think I'm kidding, but what about an old walking golf cart? Yard-sale cheap, big wheels, folds up, relatively light, and you should be able to adapt it to carry a bucket.
 
I have a couple Simplicity Sunstar garden tractors with ATV tires they will go and get places nothing else can and if I have to walk in I have one of these small wagons like the Amish kids use,looks like a toy but will haul way more than I can pull, one of the handiest tools I own.Needs to be a real Amish type not the cheapie look alikes.
 
I keep a cache of extra insulators, wire, spare hammer, etc. in a covered bucket at the far end of the fence.
 
An old pull golf cart is my tool of choice. Using a rubber strap one can fasten a 5 gallon bucket where to golf bag and the clubs would sit. If needed one can even haul some steel posts and/or other long items in the bucket and let them stick out. With the larger tires they are easy to pull.
 

Create a stash of things you might need and leave them somewhere close to the inaccesible area. Then all you need to carry in is some tools.
 
I carry in a few bundles of post and lean them on a tree and mark with spray paint or in on place I took some 2x4s and made a rack on a tree to hold them and set a couple partial rolls of barbed wire with them and all I need to carry is a few hand tools os a tool bag. Also started using jakes wire tighteners so I have no need to carry a fence stretcher anymore
 
not sure what you all need. I don't need fence posts as that is a job on it's own.

I have a 4 pocket carpenter apron. staples, nails, fence plier, hammer.
I hang a fence stretcher in the hammer holder on the 1 side and hammer in the other. Buck saw hangs from the fence stretcher. carry a small roll of wire.

If dealing with electric fence I carry a bucket of insulators.

Another option if you want, a sled for pulling calves in. Would hold all you need

and not hard to pull around. I just bought one for the children to feed sheep.

They can pull it with 6 pails of corn in it over dry ground. Fence supplies would be alot easier.
 
Your ability to carry isn't unlimited. Keep in mind the more you carry the more it weighs, and the harder it will be to carry.

Rather than looking at how to carry more, maybe adjust WHAT you carry, less of the stuff you don't run out of, more of what you do.

If you really need more, why not the simplest solution? Carry a second bucket of supplies. Maybe carve yourself up a shoulder yoke.

For something less "third worldy" go to an Army surplus store and check out the surplus tactical gear. A vest with all sorts of pouches and/or a backpack, something like that.
 
back in the day they used pack mules.. you may not have one as you just cant go to wally mart and get one..

I carry 5 gallon bucket with fence plyers, wire, staples, hammer, thats about all you really need for repairs unless you are putting in posts and stretching.. I can carry about three T posts and the bucket and the driver but thats my limit.

could rig up a backpack sort of thing to put posts in carry like a cross but can get caught on shrubs, trees etc.

not a real good answer here.. except pack mule
 
http://gametote.com/images/cart-reviews/thediyhunter-single-wheel-elk-deer-cart.jpg

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...or maybe a 2-wheel model

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/Loggyman/Flintlockdoe.jpg
 
A mule works good[4 legged] but can be expensive. A good donkey would do what you want and be cheap to buy and feed. Jackstock has the reputation of being stubborn but that's not always the case . I have worked with and raised mammoth jackstock for over 25 years and have found them easy to work with. Its a long story but I had a 9 year old jack that I broke to lead overnight. Some just like some people,cattle and everything else are more trouble than they are worth. You just get rid of them and start on the next one. Lee
 
Might I suggest a metal trash can secured to a hand
truck. Solid wheels on the truck. Extend the handles and pull
behind you. Where you go it can go.
Good luck, jac
 
(quoted from post at 11:10:01 03/05/19)
I am trying to picture a piece of land that fence would go on that a ATV could not.
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Remind me once the snow melts. I will get a lot of pictures for you.
 
Oh come on!! Look back to your farming past. This was the most expensive one. Many listed around the 50 dollar mark. Or you can make one. Amazing how much weight you can carry with one of these.
cvphoto15446.jpg
 
(quoted from post at 16:10:01 03/05/19) I have no advise for you BUT...?

I am trying to picture a piece of land that fence would go on that a ATV could not.
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I have some pasture land like that. Missouri Ozarks on a river bottom. Walking in is the ONLY way to get back there. Lots of trees and swampy. Not much graze back there, but it provides shelter.
 
One has never lived till ya build fence up over spoil banks of old strip cuts. Ya learn fast on what ya need and how much ya need .
 
You my friend live a sheltered life. I have had fences go where a horse or mule couldn?t go. Also had a fence you better fix while it was frozen. Cows could make it through the swamp but not a horse or myself
 
[b:654c4848f0]I have had fences go where a horse or mule couldn?t go[/b:654c4848f0]


My point exactly.
So your point of putting up a fence there WAS ???

I also have swamp a cow could go threw that I can not walk.
Usually those areas do not make good pasture anyway so I just fence around them.
 
(quoted from post at 04:51:45 03/05/19) You might think I'm kidding, but what about an old walking golf cart? Yard-sale cheap, big wheels, folds up, relatively light, and you should be able to adapt it to carry a bucket.
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I knew a guy that carried his shovels, rakes and such in one. Thought it was a swell idea.
 
I live in middle Tennessee nothing here but hills. The spot i am talking about is got trees steep hillsides and 2 creeks running through it. The water goes over my muck boots so only way across is a downed tree
 
They make a trappers backpack. It is a sturdy, basket, quite a bit bigger than a 5 gallon bucket. Made to wear like a backpack.

Might work.

Gene
 
Maybe you could find a leaky aluminum truck gas tank for a sled. I use a kid"s plastic sled/toboggan across the yard
 
How far you carrying all this stuff? My suggestion is couple pieces heavy canvas one for each arm with handles sewn on. like some ppl use to carry firewood. but after about 500 feet my arms would fall off if the stuff is real heavy.
 
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