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Baymule
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It’s been awhile since I worked on fenceline. The back field is on my sights now. It’s the biggest field, with the worst fenceline. The owner of the land behind me lives in Houston, third generation. Bennet and Peggy sold their land on the north side, 30 acres. The owner of the land behind me, bought it. Then they bought a house on 5 acres and sold their land land and 1 year old single wide mobile home to a young couple on the south side of me. So the guy behind me now wraps around my 25 acres in a U shape. So far, he’s not interested in helping with fence. Naturally.
Jonathan, the owner of the property that surrounds me, had all his land surveyed for fence instead of just corner to corner. There is a stretch of fence on my very back fenceline that is horrible, grown up in hellish brush and trees, plus a deep gulley that would be impossible to fence well enough to keep dogs and sheep in. Totally useless.
The good news is, the new survey shows the old fence is outside the real property line. The new stakes are inside the old fence. The corners are true, marked with concrete markers. The fence is not true and crosses the deep gulley.
I went to the survey company , concerned about this survey that moved the fence. The good news is, Jonathan is the proud owner of the old run down fence and I don’t have to take it up. The bad news is, it’s gonna take a bull dozer to clean it up to run a new fence. I don’t expect him to share the expense. I’ll speak to him about it, but I’m not expecting anything.
The side fence that I’m starting work on is not completely straight. It has a slight curve and a series of short spans that make a corner to corner straight fence impossible. So no bulldozer.
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I will hand clear this stretch, take up the rotted wood posts and leave the T-posts. When I take up the T-posts, I’ll drive a new one, taller post, right next to it.
It has begun. I worked 5 hours yesterday with my battery chainsaw. I. Was. Whupped.
Jonathan, the owner of the property that surrounds me, had all his land surveyed for fence instead of just corner to corner. There is a stretch of fence on my very back fenceline that is horrible, grown up in hellish brush and trees, plus a deep gulley that would be impossible to fence well enough to keep dogs and sheep in. Totally useless.
The good news is, the new survey shows the old fence is outside the real property line. The new stakes are inside the old fence. The corners are true, marked with concrete markers. The fence is not true and crosses the deep gulley.
I went to the survey company , concerned about this survey that moved the fence. The good news is, Jonathan is the proud owner of the old run down fence and I don’t have to take it up. The bad news is, it’s gonna take a bull dozer to clean it up to run a new fence. I don’t expect him to share the expense. I’ll speak to him about it, but I’m not expecting anything.
The side fence that I’m starting work on is not completely straight. It has a slight curve and a series of short spans that make a corner to corner straight fence impossible. So no bulldozer.
I will hand clear this stretch, take up the rotted wood posts and leave the T-posts. When I take up the T-posts, I’ll drive a new one, taller post, right next to it.
It has begun. I worked 5 hours yesterday with my battery chainsaw. I. Was. Whupped.
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