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Jay and I shared the long one and after I got back from town with the gates I went ahead and did the shorter 320' leg also because I want to start moving wire tomorrow. All of the posts are in now but I need to pull 5 tomorrow morning where my alignment got hosed up.
 

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I had a :barniemoment this morning that I probably shouldn't tell about myself but everyone needs a smile at someone else's mistakes especially if they are willing to take it. :)

I was setting the gates on the ground and I also needed to pull two of the T posts that were 6' and should have been 6 1/2'. I set the replacement post on the ground and got ready to drive it in. Being fresh and not bone tired like I was yesterday afternoon, I took a look at the post I had just set in place to drive and looked at the posts on either side of it only to notice that the tabs were all facing out when they should have been facing in. Fortunately Jay's Grandpa had work for him at their place today so Jay didn't make it over to install wire. I pulled and replaced all of the posts on the run that I did yesterday and then finished those half dozen things that needed to be done to be able to say "now we are ready for the wire".
 
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Oooo!!....so glad ya noticed before the wire went up...even tho it was double work for ya...and ya kick your own behind for such....it sure would've been worse if ya noticed while running wire. I'm sure ya released the frustration when ya was Repounding the posts...I would've been....just be thankful it wasn't the Long stretch....:)
 

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Fred - if it had been the long stretch I would have yanked them out and waited for Jay to work again. By the time I got almost done today I had one T-post to drive where the new fence quarters with the older fence. I set the post up and put the driver on it and started driving. I doubt the post went in more than a 1/4 of an inch at a time and the driver had gained 30 pounds over the course of the day. :)
 

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I sure feel for ya, no doubt....I felt that way back in June and was only driving them in once....I became aware that I wasn't a healthy Young man anymore....:lol:....I can only imagine how much those shoulders are screaming right now.
 

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Just curious, but is there any reason why the wire couldn't have gone on the other side this run? I'm under the impression that you have a hot wire up to keep the animals from rubbing on the fence, so the biggest concern shouldn't be one... Also, just curious but what spacing are you using on your T-posts? I use 10'
 

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When we finished our fence this year I got tired, but kept pushing to get it done. One day I looked at my husband and said "I'm done. Take me to the house." I got in the Mule and he took me to the house. I was utterly about to collapse. I crawled in my recliner the rest of the day, next day I was ready to go again.
 

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Joe - three legs on this fence are really steep hills and it is easier to roll out the wire on the downhill side of the posts which face inside. Plus there will probably be a couple of cows in this paddock at some point and so far we have done all of the lower hot wire well after the wire was put in. I use 10' also on the T-post spacing.

Bay - I usually quit before I get to the point of exhaustion but I am really getting tired (no pun intended) of fencing and want it done. :) I posted before that I still have a little over two acres at the end of this leg that I'm not sure how it will get fenced (if at all) because it is so steep.
 

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I guess it would be hard to do with field fence instead of strands, but IIRC Greybeard has said that he sometimes alternates the "faces" of the posts. Could have maybe only pulled half the posts ;)
 
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