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Season 1 · Episode 128October 8, 20248:02

Fence Camp - Live with Brian & Sam

Episode Summary

In this live episode from Sean King’s Fence Camp in Evansville, Indiana, Brian T. Frederiksen and Sam chat about a hectic, high-energy weekend of fence building, networking, and community. They describe the scale of the project—hundreds of posts, thousands of feet of fence, and a custom basket-weave design using long, wet 2x6s that required heavy equipment and plenty of teamwork. The conversation highlights the craftsmanship on display, including the King Plus sleeve system, Fence Armor caps, and steel joint covers, all of which contributed to a polished, durable finished look. The episode also gives listeners a behind-the-scenes feel for the event atmosphere, from the huge bonfire and late-night camaraderie to the unusually pleasant weather in Evansville. Brian shares that this trip is especially meaningful because it is helping him move from theory into practice as he and his son launch Naples Fence Company. Sam notes that the experience should benefit both his own understanding of the industry and the marketing services he provides to fence contractors. They wrap up by mentioning the local fall festival, food, and Sam’s upcoming appearance in Las Vegas for a sales and marketing event later in the year.

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All right what's going on man how you doing brother good to see you we're over here at Sean King's fence Camp I it was awesome I was here I was spending three four days you got here when um Friday Friday night Thursday night Friday night I don't know it's been so long we've been we've been building fence and I'm whooped you guys didn't look whooped this morning you guys were no you guys were ready to go when I got here yeah These Guys these guys are fired up man first thing in the morning they don't even want to stop for breakfast maybe a quick cup of coffee and get out there and kill it so you uh you got yeah so you've been here pretty much almost all weekend and uh in day one you guys got like I don't know what 80% of it up like 700 feet of fence what what were you guys building dude they they drw we I I gotta go we right I was oh man it was it was a great weekend yeah we drove uh I don't know 300 400 something OD posts or something ridiculous and then uh the 3,000 feet of fence I don't know what the heck it was it was just a lot it was a lot it was a lot and you know sea doesn't do anything small so yeah you know we're doing this basket weave uh fence with uh with uh 20 foot 2 by sixes and and they're wet and they're heavy yeah there's a lot I guess the lift of these things were uh it was more than a 5,000 pound forlift you carry they had to go get a bigger one yeah that's just crazy so I saw some of multiple different styles there's this weave Unique Style weave fence with some fence armor caps on top and they're doing something really cool uh steel covers on the on the joints um it looks pretty pretty badass yeah call it what it is so the post drove in the ground though and then you framed it in is that the uh the king uh yeah the king plus sleeve yep yeah and then everything built around it it just looks looks sharp yeah I thought it was like big like 5 by five post or something when I first came up right that's what it looks like doesn't it they look great I don't think everybody can see it behind us because of the the lighting but uh yeah you won't be able to see very well but it is pretty impressive so uh day two you guys got up this morning everybody I remember I had coffee with you guys because I got in last night about 9:30 I was going to come over here I was all afraid I was gonna come wake all you guys up but I guess I heard I don't know again you can't see back there you see this smoke still piling up from your bonfire you guys I guess we're out till midnight right you couldn't light a fire like that where I'm from I mean that would have been a four alarm fire that thing was huge it's amazing you're doing some community service that's for sure right dud how far were those chairs away from the fire I that tells you everything you it was I remember when I got here like the chairs are about 50 feet from the fire how how how big was that fire it's awesome Sean does everything big you guys you guys were rotating around yeah um so if anybody doesn't know we're in Evansville Indiana yep which is the home base for Sean beautiful weather here right now oh my gosh how blessed were we oh oh I put I put a long sleeve shirt on this morning and uh I think uh by 9 10 o'clock I'm down to my t-shirt yeah just loving it I mean I I could live in this kind of course they don't always have this weather they they absolutely do not think I I asked Sean I'm like hey you guys ever get any tornadoes like man it must have been like a couple months after buying the property said one kind of rolled through the property but uh uh it's beautiful out here you would never know yeah I mean it's it's it's crazy yeah so uh tell me what you got going on what do we have going on well I mean besides building fence so well I'm out here uh you know I'm really excited about this I love fence you know we've been doing uh we've been doing websites digital marketing for the fence industry for a lot of years now uh but I have uh never been out to one of these fence trainings and actually well that's not true I've been to the trainings but I've never actually driven post and built the fence I've just been here kind of in the background so I was really happy to get my uh roll my sleeves up but I uh and I think that's a great thing for do I think it's a great thing for the folks we work with but we also have uh we're firing up Naples Fence Company my son and I and uh so we you know now all of a sudden it's not Theory anymore now now it's you know get down to business yeah now you're going to learn what uh what works and what doesn't on that level which is

Going to be good for your marketing customers too I yeah I I think it's win-win all the way around yeah yeah no doubt so um I think you have a Naples fence sign floating around here somewhere right I hav't seen it did you I do oh you know what man I think it's in my backpack right off grab it I'll post a picture of it of it up for if you're if you're willing to share I love I'll post a picture of it later so everybody kind of see what a marketing guy does for offens and then let's uh let's see how he did I'm not I'm not using the character so a lot of people might be surprised the uh yeah the do com Sam is not see it you may see a new sign from me saying your fence sign sucks I don't know we'll see I don't know I may have to keep that one I'm not sure so are you uh you sticking around tonight no we're uh we're heading out in a few hours they've got us some great lunch uh downstairs going on right now and I'm gonna we'll catch the tail end of that lunch we'll eat sit around hang with guys for about an hour or so and then head out to the airport yeah guess Mama fence made some uh lasagna I can SM I well you know and too yeah yeah I just seen her carrying it so I just but I don't know who did it they're both amazing Sean's I I can't believe Sean's not 400 pounds with all the great food that these people cook all it just non-stop yeah nonstop something going on so I'm excited to be up here we're uh we're gonna try to check out the uh is it fall festival what's going on here yeah there there's some weirdness happening there they're talking about chocolate covered crickets and and brain sandwiches and things I I don't know if they're being serious if they're pulling our left sound serious I'm going to find out so right when someone I heard something on the radio and someone else said it that that it's the two years in a row it's it's been rated as the best fall festival in the country and go go figure we just halfen stance across to being out here during this Festival so we're definitely going to be me Sean Heather and um and my wife and everybody we're gonna be head down there and whoever wants to go so it's gonna be kind of cool yeah I'm not that adventurous I'm sorry i e no monkey brains or whatever here in IND but I'm gonna try something I guess I got food I love food trucks man anything anything food that's been dried out sitting at her heat lamps for a while I'm in yeah I'm in drier the better the so so we're gonna get down there and eat some food we just wanted to say hi to everybody uh and catch wanted to catch Sam before he took off by the way you're gonna be able to see Sam in December in Las Vegas we got we got some sales and marketing stuff coming up so we're gonna be rele super super stoked we're gonna release that information pretty soon here uh probably in another video once we uh once we're ready to get that information out so stay tuned Sam all right always good seeing you man good seeing you my friend all right we'll talk to you guys l

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