Bruce
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Sure was!
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Finnie
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Somehow I also got the impression she bought a used car.
Brand brand new shouldn’t have problems, but thank goodness for warranties.
It sounds like you landed near some great neighbors again!
Ridgetop
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Glad to hear the wood is going to those who need it. If there are straight limbs/small trunks available, you can trim them off and use them to line the bottom of the fences where something might be able to dig in or out. Attach the bottom wire to the limbs and they will keep the bottom of the fence secure. Digging under the fences is how the coyotes used to get inside our fences. One dog liked digging out too (our male Weimie, not Anatolian).
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Baymule
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This morning Peggy and Bennet came over and we put up some wire. Not the whole span down the driveway, but it’s a start! It’s up, stapled on H braces on both ends and 2 wood posts spaced out in the middle. I’ll put the T-post clips on in the mornings when it’s not scorching hot. I’m so grateful for the help. Yes, @Finnie i sure landed in some good neighbors again. I prayed for God to put me where he wanted me to be, and He did.
We quit at 10:30, was already 90F and cooled off on the back porch with some sweet iced tea. After they left, I rolled out plastic on the floors and taped it down. I still have to do 3 closets, utility room and 1 bathroom.
Doing 1 bathroom at a time. Pulling toilets out, they are the low kind that make me feel like I just dropped my butt in a bucket. Going back with the taller toilets and some grab bars so I can haul my new knee self off the potty! LOL
Still have a LOT of prep work to do before I can spray Kilz, texture and paint.
We quit at 10:30, was already 90F and cooled off on the back porch with some sweet iced tea. After they left, I rolled out plastic on the floors and taped it down. I still have to do 3 closets, utility room and 1 bathroom.
Doing 1 bathroom at a time. Pulling toilets out, they are the low kind that make me feel like I just dropped my butt in a bucket. Going back with the taller toilets and some grab bars so I can haul my new knee self off the potty! LOL
Still have a LOT of prep work to do before I can spray Kilz, texture and paint.
Alaskan
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I missed that somehow! Ack!!!
Mike CHS
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Good neighbors are about as good as it gets!
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Baymule
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Butt crack of dawn is dawning. Got to get outside, feed and water sheep, go to farm and get to work!
Mini Horses
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You've gotten the removal over...hardest part! Spraying is messy but faster and easier.
. THANKFULLY you got help with the fence part. 
it'll come together, even if it doesn't seem so at the moment. Hang in there. 
. THANKFULLY you got help with the fence part. it'll come together, even if it doesn't seem so at the moment. Hang in there. - Thread starter
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Baymule
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I needed gates, so I got online and started searching. TSC has a County Line galvanized wire filled 16’ gate. It has gone up a couple of times and recently took another $20 hike. TSC gives a 5% discount on 10 or more. I found 7 gates in Nacogdoches at $240, everywhere else they are $260.
I was sitting in Nacogdoches TSC parking lot when they opened this morning. I told the manager I wanted the 5% discount on 10 gates but she only had 7. Would she call the manager of another store and ask if I bought 3 gates, would that manager give me the 5% discount and the same price as her gates. So she did.
I paid for the 7 gates, got 5% off. We loaded them, I tied them down and drove to Alto. The Alto TSC had electrical problems, no electricity and couldn’t let customers inside. Couldn’t take credit or debit cards either. The district manager said they had to be open, isn’t that screwy! They took $20 off the price, figured the discount on a phone calculator and I wrote out a check.
So because of the $20 difference in price, basically I saved $200 on the price of the gates, plus the $120 for the 5% discount.
I went to the farm to unload. I had 5 gates unloaded when Chris and his girlfriend came up to look at the downed trees for firewood. They helped unload the other 5 gates.
I dropped the truck and trailer, got in the car and went to my sister’s to get her paint sprayer. We visited and I got home at 7.
I was sitting in Nacogdoches TSC parking lot when they opened this morning. I told the manager I wanted the 5% discount on 10 gates but she only had 7. Would she call the manager of another store and ask if I bought 3 gates, would that manager give me the 5% discount and the same price as her gates. So she did.
I paid for the 7 gates, got 5% off. We loaded them, I tied them down and drove to Alto. The Alto TSC had electrical problems, no electricity and couldn’t let customers inside. Couldn’t take credit or debit cards either. The district manager said they had to be open, isn’t that screwy! They took $20 off the price, figured the discount on a phone calculator and I wrote out a check.
So because of the $20 difference in price, basically I saved $200 on the price of the gates, plus the $120 for the 5% discount.
I went to the farm to unload. I had 5 gates unloaded when Chris and his girlfriend came up to look at the downed trees for firewood. They helped unload the other 5 gates.
I dropped the truck and trailer, got in the car and went to my sister’s to get her paint sprayer. We visited and I got home at 7.
Larsen Poultry Ranch
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If you haven't already, try checking the wiring in the engine compartment. I had a rodent chew my main wiring harness once, almost completely through and the battery was completely drained the next day. Charged it and it worked but the damaged wires drained the battery if the leads stayed connected while not driving. Got the harness replaced and other chewed up stuff replaced and it worked just fine after.
