Bruce's Journal

[Bruce]

UPS guy showed up at 6:20 Now I need to think about what parts I may have forgotten to think about and see if I can pick those up at TSC tomorrow.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Maybe it neede a little of WD-40 on it.....I think your Right about not using the wire that Snapped...,

 

[Baymule]

I drove some T-posts in for a temporary garden fence the first year. That fall, we were going to take it down and put up a permanent fence. The ground was dry and hard. Using the TRACTOR it took me over one HOUR to pull up ONE post! Plus I bent it. I had to water the posts, wait a bit, tug a bit, water again, tug a bit..... Then to drive posts for the new fence, we had to water the posts, slam the T-post driver, water and soak, water and soak.....it took days to get them driven in and we live on SAND!!

Enter my new toy!! A T-post puller!!! After the first post I pulled, I could have hugged and kissed my bright shiny red T-post puller! why didn't I get one of these to start with??????

So I'm with ya' on pulling some stubborn piece of metal that does NOT want to come out of the ground.

 

[greybeard]

Next time, tie the chain on the rod just as you would the OB chain when using a calf puller but add an extra half hitch at the top. It won't slip.

 

[Baymule]

Next time, tie the chain on the rod just as you would the OB chain when using a calf puller but add an extra half hitch at the top. It won't slip.

Says the voice of experience......

 

[Bruce]

There isn't a lot of rod showing and it doesn't seem to have leg joints like a calf I think I'd need a smaller link chain (not the the one I was using was all that big) for it to have any hope of catching the smooth surface.

DD 1 and I installed insulators on the fence today. We have about 35 to go at the 8" height then all the T-Post insulators will be on. I got all the insulators on the north line, the one that will have 6 wires. 2 hot, high and low, and 1 ground 6" below the top hot will continue around the corner and head to the gate in the west fence line. The other 3 are hot and just on the north fence line. I ran wire for those three. Not tight yet, I need to add insulators on the brace posts but figured it would be easier to know where I did and didn't need to do that if the wire was there.

Then dark happened :wink Will get back on it tomorrow.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Your body must feel like it is on Vacation...not having to deal with Rocks for a change...

 

[Bruce]

In a way! Will be fun when I try to drive the rods I bought today. TSC had only one 6' rod so I had to buy two 8' rods as well.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Take a hacksaw and cut 2' off the top...ya will have 3 6' rods....

 

[Bruce]

Yep. Considering it. Then I'll have to figure out what two 2' galvanized rods can be used for. Gotta be good for lots of things.