nightshade
Ridin' The Range
I am so jealous of you guys I have put in around 100 posts already by hand with an old post hole digger and a steal breaker bar. 
The Never-ending Post Hole Augering Drama at Lupin Farm
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lupinfarm
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Ohh don't worry, I have 21 to put in by hand for the round pen with a hand augernightshade said:I am so jealous of you guys I have put in around 100 posts already by hand with an old post hole digger and a steal breaker bar.
... and 130 for the field fence, plus the buck fence
nightshade
Ridin' The Range
that makes me feel a little better at least I know I am not the only one doing it the old hard way lol
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nightshade
Ridin' The Range
I would love to use and auger for our posts, but nope I got the old two handled post digger. I have got another 1000ft of fence roughly to put in. A run in to build and a goat barn and a huge hen house to finish all before snow flies. I truly think only about half the fence is going in this summer and the rest can wait for next. This whole moving thing has made it so there is so much that needs done like yesterday , that I know I can't get it all done its's not possible unless like 20 people show up and say what do you need done and how can we help. oh well I can dream right. lol
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lupinfarm
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Aha I know how you feel, we moved in last June... its only 8 acres but most of it is useable. We also have pasture by the house on the hill (goat type pasture) that needs to be fenced in with buck fence, we're looking into getting a few goats next year, we have a large cattle barn that we don't use because the head height is not good enough for horses. We also have to build a couple field stalls (10x10 free standing box stalls with small pens out the front) for our horse, ... we're allowed to build up to 10x10 without a permit, and because of our land size we wouldn't get a permit for a barn sadly, not that we'd have the money anyway!. I also have to divide the bottom field, and top field with buck fence, which, btw, is a pain in the butt! ... I really hate fencing.
I really hate fencing.
nightshade
Ridin' The Range
lol yea we can build our barn in pieces without a permit because it is an ag building as long as it is under a designated sg ft area per section. And we have at least a month or so of time before we add another section. If we add power that needs to be inspected.
It is really silly how they have it written up locally.
We are moving onto land I grew up on. I love being there but it is totally starting over. The land is wooded, was selectively timbered 15 years ago and then done again partially right before we got it. Then we had 2 acres cleared for our house. What a mess. There is nothing there, we had to get the well, power, septic system that whole deal. We have had to clear ourselves areas out to pasture the goats and horses ( which are currently living down the lane in my mom's yard lol) I just gained a clearing for a garden because I ended up clearing a 30 ft wide right of way 600 ft long for the power company, most of which was through the already cleared horse pasture thank god but 100ft along the driveway was not being used. So now it is gonna be where my garden goes if I ever get time to build the raised beds and put the fence around it. Every day it seems like there is something else added to the list to do before winter.
It is really silly how they have it written up locally.
We are moving onto land I grew up on. I love being there but it is totally starting over. The land is wooded, was selectively timbered 15 years ago and then done again partially right before we got it. Then we had 2 acres cleared for our house. What a mess. There is nothing there, we had to get the well, power, septic system that whole deal. We have had to clear ourselves areas out to pasture the goats and horses ( which are currently living down the lane in my mom's yard lol) I just gained a clearing for a garden because I ended up clearing a 30 ft wide right of way 600 ft long for the power company, most of which was through the already cleared horse pasture thank god but 100ft along the driveway was not being used. So now it is gonna be where my garden goes if I ever get time to build the raised beds and put the fence around it. Every day it seems like there is something else added to the list to do before winter.
2468herdsrgr8
Overrun with beasties
We have done the same thing....well hubby has I have watched...ha ha ha !!!! but after awhile its worth it renting/borrowing/bartering a tractor.....at then end of the day you feel like you have something done....well exspecially here because we grow rocks and boy oh boy when hubby would hit a rock with the two handed digger you would hear it all the way to the North Polenightshade said:I am so jealous of you guys I have put in around 100 posts already by hand with an old post hole digger and a steal breaker bar.
I was talking to him last night and I think were going to build a round pen also...this summer????we put corner post an H braces 3 to 3.5ft in the ground.an concrete them in.then we drive steel T post 2.5ft deep or deeper depending on the hight of the post.an space the T post 8ft apart.gate post are same as the corner posts.be glad yalls fencing projects are small.in the near future im planning on dozing off the fence rows on a 40ac pasture an putting in a new fence.an clearing all the brush off the pasture.leaving only the good trees.
mully
Loving the herd life
I put line posts in 4ft ..have clay soil. Corner posts same depth but "drill" a bigger hole and then concrete the entire hole.
