CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[CntryBoy777]

One thing I have decided is to pay the $82 for the 12' gate from the CoOp....will have 2 of them, one on each end. I wouldn't say it is Fun exactly, but things will be much more Enjoyable when it is done....just kinds "Griting my Teeth" to muster thru...
When I hit that tree root and was dealing with that Clay...I always pictured @Bruce 's post of those Rocks in the holes...I had nothin to Complain about.

 

[Bruce]

Well Mike I actually wanted to do more, but time caught up to me...wasn't planning on the wet being all the way down and heavy...wore me out quick..
But, I ran to town this afternoon and got 5 more posts...so, gonna try and get 10 done tomorrow...go to town and get 5 more. I want to get the posts in the holes by Sat...should be about 20-25 posts total. If I can get that far by Sat, I'll be Happy. ...and ready for about 3days Rest...

You didn't just get 5 holes dug, looks like you got 5 posts in as well. Does the "10 tomorrow" mean 10 MORE or 10 INCLUDING? Either way you are moving way faster on the holes and posts than I did.

As you know I'm using latches like these:
http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/pr...tch-fits-round-tube-gates-1-5-8-in-to-2-in-od

When you hang the gates get 10" or 12" bolt hooks. The 8" hook in a 6" post doesn't give much leeway for gate adjustment. And if the gate comes with screw in hooks, find something else to do with them. You KNOW that no matter how meticulous you are installing everything, shift happens. Being able to loosen 1 nut and tighten the one on the other side of the post is allows for fine adjustment with no need to take the gate off to do it. Having the ability to easily move the latch end of the gate up and down a small amount as well as being able to move the entire gate toward or away so the latch closes easily is worth every penny. Apparently the 10" comes only in 3/4" diameter (12" do as well), the 8" and 12" come in 5/8".

Good luck and don't break yourself!

 

[CntryBoy777]

It would be an additional 10 holes and posts, but it is Sprinkling right now so I'm on Hold. The posts aren't set yet, will be in concrete, the field has a tendency to stay wet for periods of time, so I'm gonna use it instead. Once I get them dug and placed, I will go back and empty a bag in the hole pour some water on it and wa-la it sets in 20mins.
Thanks for the tips on adjustments and latches.

 

[Mike CHS]

I was hoping we could dry out another day so we could get the tractor out in the field to take the chainsaw to some fence line where trees are encroaching but if you are getting wet now, we will too tonight or tomorrow.

Those bolt hooks are the way to go. We get our gates from a Farm Supply store and they give us a discount on the hooks they sell and take $ off the fence because we don't want the screw in hooks.

 

[CntryBoy777]

These sprinkles are ahead of a cold front coming thru today, mainly off and on, but it is slowing down my Progress...tho my shoulders don't mind the extra Rest, they aren't wanting a double-dose of yesterday.

 

[CntryBoy777]

After a dreary start today, things got better outside, so I got 5 more holes dug and the posts out of the van and in them... and I have a better ball park figure on the linear footage of this project...468' or so....there will still be a couple of pcs to enclose the entire area, but I haven't worked all that out yet. The reason being there are water and sewage lines to avoid.
There will be 2, 12' gates and about 5 walk through gates. So, there's still a ways to go...but, we're getting there. I also decided that since this route was chosen, I am taking in the full Expansion, not just another stage. It will be well worth it to me, cause my strength is not Increasing...
On another note, I saw some more Geese headed north, nymph grasshoppers in the field, and some frogs and toads, too. Took a pic of some flower bulbs popping up... and here is one of some garlic... here is a single Clove with a Bundle of garlic from last yr... I even found this on tbe way back to put the goats up after their walk... I certainly am still not going to say the Word, but it is very difficult to Ignore the signs.

 

[Bruce]

I'm pretty sure that the ice I was stripping off the hotwire doesn't suggest the same "Word" as you are not saying

Your dirt piles outside the post holes look to be the size of what the YouTube videos show. Mine were 3X that size. Now I know I must be doing something wrong!

Gonna be a lot of H-braces for all those gates!

 

[CntryBoy777]

Yeh...your telling me!....but have to have access from several different areas...and "Geared" more towards the house, instead of trailer. Eventually, I will expand the bird yards, with the permanent fence around them. What's up now is just temporary and just thrown together...but it is working for now. Gotta get the birds out doing what I got them for...eating Bugs and grass.
I'd love watching them chasing grasshoppers and such..

 

[Bruce]

Can't disagree. I need more gates but:
1) was in a hurry to get the fence done
2) hit ledge where I wanted to put one gate, ledge and water where I wanted another.

I did put an H-brace rather than a floating brace at the south end of the west line so I can put a gate there in the future. I would need to stick in a floating brace and tie the field fence off to that. That would likely be a people gate as I have a 12' gate farther up north on the line. Any big equipment that would be going out to the west field would be coming around from the north. Don't need that stuff going out behind the house and past the buried propane tank

 

[CntryBoy777]

Well, there could be a few more, but once you access the big area, the only gate will be at the garden and it will probably have 2 gates in it...and using cattle panels for the border of the garden will make them fairly easy. Her beans can climb the panels, cucumbers too.
She planted some sweet peas today...Early Alaska variety...thought of @TAH when I saw them...