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grandpa Love

grandpa Love

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Property owner who we have done a ton of work has us fencing another section. 4200 ft of woven wire and 1 strand of barb wire. Setting the wood braces every 150 ft. T post will go between, every 15 ft. Rented field of soybeans looking good. Well over 4' tall.
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Nice to have flat ground and easy access. One of the last jobs I did before retiring was 600' of solid Cedar board fence - uphill and down dale, mostly over solid rock - spendy !
 
Flat ground, easy access, and easy digging. Life is good! But , we have installed fences that every post hole had to be jack hammered. Not as fun
 
I know all states are different here in Central Texas we do braces every 100 ft and t posts every 8 to 10 ft. Of course we are not keeping soybeans in just cows.
 
Hey James, if it was for livestock we would do it differently. But the purpose here is to let folks know to stay out of his private 1750 acre hunting club! He plans to let the fence rows grow up with vines and hedges.
 
Using an auger we bought from Home Depot tool rental. One of the tow behind ones. Hydraulic. Reverse. Nice balance. One man will post some pictures tomorrow.
 
I don't know if you are serious about planting multiflora rose. But I think the guy who planted the first multiflora rose should have been shot. Plant one this year and next year you'll have 10 and the next year you'll have 100. Good luck with ever getting ahead of them.
 
I like your board fence. You both do a real nice job.

I do not build it as fancy. Here is a picture of some of my efforts.

PS send Grand MA up and I will let her drive some BIG green tractors and she can help ME build some fence. LOL
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I helped a friend make a fence. We set T post with his front loader. It took me a while to get the hang of how to set post without bending it especially if we hit a tree root. Used a level, he pushed on the post a little, then raised loader, I'd check post to keep it vertical. I had cut a piece of scrap plastic pipe the length he wanted the post to be above ground. We stretched the top strand of the electric fence to keep fence straight.

This method saved our old arms from using a T post driver. Friend got to stay in AC cab while I worked in the heat.
 
Well here is one I got prettied up to sell and decided to keep but maybe I could be convinced to part with it. I sure Grandma would look good in it. LOL
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(quoted from post at 02:27:22 07/26/18) Using an auger we bought from Home Depot tool rental. One of the tow behind ones. Hydraulic. Reverse. Nice balance. One man will post some pictures tomorrow.
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I'd rather have the post pounded in the ground. You don't have to tamp any dirt back in a hole, and they are set solid in the ground when you're done.

What's it cost per rod to put in a fence these days?
 
Ity does not make any difference what the fence is to hold, in a few years it will be falling down with posts that far apart. That is twice what that fence needs. He is just throwing away his money doing it like that. How many years till he comes after you for doing a shoddy job. Fall out you are going to get will not be worth doing the shoddy job to satify the owner now. How are you going to feel when you have to come back in a few years and restretch it.
 
Wow! Sure do like to rain on the parade! None of your business if the fence lasts 30 mins. I know for sure Grandpa Love will do an outstanding job.
 
I?ve got fence built just like that, doing fine after 20 years. I?ve built a lot of fence, and Love knows what he?s doing.

Btw, who peed in your cornflakes?
 
I know how that fence would last here in Ohio and know I would not want to repair it 5 years down the line. Spend a bit more on posts and do it right first time. Here you could not get that fence streched up in building with posts that far apart. Same as everybody on here says about repairs do it right first time or plan on doing it over. Or spend way more to do it over. Most of what he builds is not that type of fence and he is not living with the results every day in the future.
 

What the heck, we’ve got grammar police, original spec police, safety nazis, and probably some real nazis....

Some guys on here should always wear a shirt with a collar, just so they aren’t flashing some foreskin....

:lol:
 

15 ft is a little wide but around here many are setting post at 12 ft when using high tensile woven or barb wire.
Any fences I've built lately have post at 10 ft with high tensile barbed wire, 5 strands in cross fences and 6 strands in border fences. Wood post every 100 ft, t-post between.

It may sag a little over time, but since he's not running animals against it it doesn't matter.
 
I'm not a professional fence builder by any means but I have learned a few tricks to help with setting T posts. Bobcat or front end loader can be used to push the post in --IF-- 1) try putting a piece of 2" water pipe over the post before pushing. It'll keep the post from bending and popping out from under the loader bucket. 2)If you cut the pipe length for your desired height, it'll rest on the "wings" until it gets to ground level and if you quit pushing when the pipe and post gets to the bottom of the bucket they'll all be the same height. 3) We have a lot of red clay (or tree roots) down here that often will keep the post from starting into the ground. Try filling the bucket with a big scoop of dirt or something else heavy and it'll add many more pounds of down push.
That's all I can add, it works for me---- YMMV !
 
(quoted from post at 18:09:41 07/26/18) That woven wire fence is costing
him about $2.55 per foot. Labor
and materials.
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At that price, you would be very busy around here.
 
Nope. Not nnalert. My Dad was one of the first in my area to try multiflora rose as a fencerow plant. The farmer next door to our old farm was still cussing him 50 years later....Not sure of the exact year the state government started promoting it, but must have been in the 1930's or 40's..... Dad sold the farm and we move into town in 1963. We were friends with the next door neighbor....
 
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