Ridgetop - our place and how we muddle along

[Baymule]

I also learned lot from reading Bay's posting about building fences. I passed some of it on to my brother who is now fencing his 10 acres in Washington.

Sure enough she and her husband ended up in court over demanding that the neighbor give them access to the stream! They lost. Always make sure about your water rights!

Greybeard is a wealth of information, you will do well to enlist his help on purchasing a tractor.

My fencing thread has it's mistakes in it. What makes it a valuable thread is all the comments that corrected my mistakes. It is a good discussion on the do's and don'ts of fence building!

What morons to think that they could STEAL water from a neighbor.

In Texas, private property is sacred. Trespass and you will get escorted off, STEAL and you will run the very real risk of getting shot. There is very little federal land in Texas as we were our own country before joining the union and we did not cede our lands to the United States government.

 

[Ridgetop]

I know, I was shocked! When I told her that I wouldn't give her the water if I was the neighbor she thought that was mean. When I suggested that she try to buy some water rights, she thought I was crazy because it would cost her money! Apparently if you have a certain mount of money, other people's property should be available to you for nothing. (It shouldn't surprise me, just look at that college scandal - all rich people that don't make their kids study and teach their kids that if you have money you don't have to work hard to earn anything!) The same neighbor also bought another piece of property in a beach town further north. She said she courted the old owners for years until he finally decided to sell her the house. She was exultant that she had been able to get this cute old cottage near the beach. I just heard recently from another neighbor that this town has no water now, and when you take a shower, it barely trickles out of the faucet. She probably didn't do her homework on that water situation either.

I find it is much cheaper to learn from other people's mistakes and experiences! I have made plenty of my own and prefer to avoid making any more. My friend in Austin has 54 acres and backs up to another neighbor with about 200. If one of his animals or dogs gets through the fence he said he is very careful about getting it back. He looks all around to make sure the neighbor is nowhere round before he goes through the fence to recapture it. His neighbor has a gun and is not adverse to using it on trespassers. I wonder if he has bagged any of the people from other states (California?) who don't believe in private property ownership rights!

 

[Bruce]

Fire can be devastating everywhere. No place is safe from wild fire, except during a torrential downpour LOL.

Not much fire in the desert. No water either.

he needs to learn more about farm tractor stuff and easier ways of attaching the equipment to the tractor.

Skid Steer quick attach on the loader arms (unless you buy Deere, then you get Deere's quick attach). Quick hitch on the 3 point for easier/faster attachment of many rear implements. General rule of thumb on tractors is "get a bigger one than you think you need", lots of people end up selling a fairly new tractor and buying something bigger.

Come to think of it, I should have him sign up on this site!

Um, YEAH you should! Fencing stories/woes/whatever in @Latestarter's (RIP) thread, mine and @CntryBoy777's as well. Got lots of helpful advice from other BYHer's. One thing you will find mentioned frequently is gates. You need them, plenty of them and think about how you will be going through each one. If you need to angle in (such as when the fence runs parallel to a building and not too far away) you need a gate quite a bit wider than the tractor is wide. When you get started, post plans here, lots of folks like to help with design.

When I pointed out that it was not on her property she argued that it was close so she could use it.

And the college scandal .... ASSUMING the kids didn't know it was happening what must they be thinking now? "Mom/Dad think I'm an idiot!" Now of course I have NO idea what schools those kids could have gotten into without the bribery but it can't be a big boost to your self esteem to have someone paid off to get you in. And their college peers might not be thinking too highly of them either.

 

[greybeard]

And the college scandal .... ASSUMING the kids didn't know it was happening what must they be thinking now? "Mom/Dad think I'm an idiot!" Now of course I have NO idea what schools those kids could have gotten into without the bribery but it can't be a big boost to your self esteem to have someone paid off to get you in. And their college peers might not be thinking too highly of them either.

 

[Ridgetop]

@greybeard

You need them, plenty of them and think about how you will be going through each one. If you need to angle in (such as when the fence runs parallel to a building and not too far away) you need a gate quite a bit wider than the tractor is wide. When you get started, post plans here, lots of folks like to help with design.

GATES - ONE IN EACH CORNER OF THE FIELD! AND MAYBE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FENCE SPAN. I LOVE GATES!

And the college scandal .... ASSUMING the kids didn't know it was happening what must they be thinking now? "Mom/Dad think I'm an idiot!" Now of course I have NO idea what schools those kids could have gotten into without the bribery but it can't be a big boost to your self esteem to have someone paid off to get you in. And their college peers might not be thinking too highly of them either.

IF YOU LISTEN TO LOUGHLIN'S DAUGHTER POSTING ON YOU TUBE, YOU SEE WHY THEY NEEDED 1.5 MILLION TO GET HER INTO USC! EVEN WORSE THAN LETTING THEIR NON-ACHIEVER KIDS FEEL LOW SELF ESTEEM THAT MOMMY AND DADDY THINK THEY ARE STUPID IS TEACHING THEM THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE RICH THEY DON'T NEED TO WORK OR TRY! NOT HARD TO GET INTO COLLEGE IF YOU STUDY IN HIGH SCHOOL. THE PARENTS SHOULD HAVE FOUND A SMALLER "BOUTIQUE" COLLEGE HAPPY FOR A LARGE DONATION FOR THEIR KIDS. INSTEAD THEY HAVE TURED THEIR KDS INTO LIFE LOSERS IN THE END.

WHY IS THIS ALL IN CAPS? No time to retype - oops!

 

[Mike CHS]

While we were at Mule Days in Bishop they had us come up to see the property.

We have a Mule Day in Columbia, TN that is coming up soon. It's a pretty big deal here.

http://muleday.org/

 

[greybeard]

GATES - ONE IN EACH CORNER OF THE FIELD! AND MAYBE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FENCE SPAN. I LOVE GATES!

On 60 acres, I have 25 steel gates.On the whole 124 acres, I have over 35 gates.

 

[greybeard]

The biggest defect I see in BYH fencing is that people do not tension their fences tight enough.
Using 150 or 200KPSI fence wire and attempting to tension it with ratchet straps is a non-starter.

 

[Mike CHS]

I use come alongs and a jig or whatever the technical name is.

 

[Bruce]

I used 2 come alongs, one high, one low and made stretcher bars from 2x4's and bolts.