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OT: The Fun of farming

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Sam (MO)

10-26-2006 04:43:10

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Well, after a long day at work I get home to find a note on the door, "Your cows 66 and 65 are locked in the my pen". Well, I think to myself what alucky break I got since it's raining here. Of to get the wayward cows. Then I see the problem about two hundred feet of fence and poles torn out buy someone. Got the cows loaded into the trailer and back to the house with no problems. Now it's about 7 pm and I can get sarted on the fence and it's still raining. Got the fence repaired for now finished about 10:30. But, the funny part about this was "it was FUN".

ya'll have a great day

Sam

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ebolch

10-27-2006 08:02:57

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Sam (MO), 10-26-2006 04:43:10

Years ago, my dad was a lake superentendant and he had a bad time with people who thought their trucks were the badest ones in the county and they would try and climb a 90 foot tall earthen dam. After the third or forth time of driving a dump truck off the top of the dam and dumping dirt in the ruts (that will cause you to pucker up the first time you make the turn off the top). He came up with a clever idea. He put a set of the old wooden highway posts (6in dia 5 ft long) along the bottom of the dam with 1/2 in aircraft cable strung between them and hung "informational signs" on the cable. He also constructed "drainage ditches" just on the dam side of the cable(about 20 inched deep and 24 inches wide). Funny that this was just about the right size to trap a 15" truck tire and wheel. After the second or third time a vehicle got caught, towed and the driver cited, all of this silliness stoped.
He also had problems with mailboxes beside the highway getting destroyed, but a dump truck rim poured full of concrete with drill stem pipe for the upright and a mail box made out of pipe casing solved that problem. One morning he found a broken baseball bat beside the mail box and another time, the box was moved about 6" and there was an Intl Scout about 1/2 mile down the road with a nice verticle crease throught the bumper, hood and radiator. End of problem. Ahhh brings back memories of the good old days.

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Dan-IA

10-26-2006 16:12:03

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Sam (MO), 10-26-2006 04:43:10

People around here have a knack for getting drunk and taking out the mailboxes. Oh, Romeo on the road grader likes to catch 'em too. Well, neighbor's got one on a concrete pad big enough to hold a 12-foot satellite dish in high winds, and mine's on a fence post. Common ordinary fencepost, mounted to regulation at about 41 inches high (they were picky and complained a lot at first)... but the post goes a good 8-10 feet in the ground, instead of only being down about 24 inches like the mailman's instructions said.

That's gonna leave a mark!

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robhkent

10-26-2006 10:00:34

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Sam (MO), 10-26-2006 04:43:10

We used to have trouble with people going on my Dad's place through a gate that is out of sight. I got tired of it, told Dad and Mom not to use that gate for any reason, and then went and dumped 10# of roofing nails inside the gate about 1 ft. Strangely people no longer seem to use tht gate to sneak in....

Rob

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Pete76NY

10-26-2006 08:16:39

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Sam (MO), 10-26-2006 04:43:10

Having grown up working on 2 relatives farms, and now enjoying old iron as a hobby and NOT working on a farm, I have come to the following conclusion: farming is lot's of fun, when you don't HAVE to do it!

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Harley

10-26-2006 06:10:48

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Sam (MO), 10-26-2006 04:43:10

We had a coon huntin fence cutter down here for awhile till I let it out at the store that this old flash backin field hippy didn't care a bit to unload with the gun he always carried first and then see what was "commin through the wire." Haven't had any problem since. Harley

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Triplerange

10-26-2006 06:02:44

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Sam (MO), 10-26-2006 04:43:10

We Need something to go under the fence that blows tires. That'll teach em'! Somebody missed the T-Road and turned right into my Beans...knocked out my best corner of beans in the field. As for me...running beans with my dad and grandpa is way more fun than fixing fence at night in the rain by myself and probably chasing cows too.

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souNdguy

10-26-2006 05:53:06

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Sam (MO), 10-26-2006 04:43:10

The last time someone ran down some of my fence i was 'relieved to find that only about 40' was down, and a few tposts bent, and a few more knocked over. i was pleasently surprised to find quite a large amount of paint on the t-posts, plenty of rubber moulding, and ground effect plastic, and some headlamp and turn signal lens pieces. Judging from the pieces.. I'd say the person who hit my fence -used- to have an expensive car.. but now.. probably has a 1000$ cosmentic repair bill. Some of those headlamp clusters are 250$ a pop... good for him.. perhaps he needs another beer!

Soundguy

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Dachshund

10-26-2006 05:46:08

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Sam (MO), 10-26-2006 04:43:10

FUN? I put up a 4' wide walk gate yesterday in the "drizzle" and it wasn't fun! At least you got them all captured!

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mjbrown

10-26-2006 05:36:00

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Sam (MO), 10-26-2006 04:43:10

BTDT. Working a full time job and keeping cattle is a hand full. I had the pleasure of a neighbors dog running my cows when I was at work. Of course they would bust out and be a mile a way from home when I got the call and none too interested in coming home either. I flamed a lot of vacation time chasing cows untill I figured out what was causing the problem. I caught the dog and it wasn't much more than a pup and friendly as well. I told the owner to keep him home and he was very appologetic. A week later it happened again and I saw the dog racing out to the cow yard for his thrills and I reluctantly put a stop to the problem.

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Nolan

10-26-2006 05:16:35

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Sam (MO), 10-26-2006 04:43:10

At least you had fun with it. Got the same damage and repair here, but the results weren't as friendly.

Get home to find the fence ripped out and critters everywhere. Gather and herd the critters in, rig up a temporary fence.

Workers on the neighbors farm come over and help me, and to tell me they watched the accident and called the state police. The state police REFUSED to respond, and hung up on them. I called the town police, who did respond (out of their jurisdiction), and they started an investigation on the state police refusal (I've heard nothing, of course).

Then, here comes the neighbor over yelling that there's a goose in her field, and with heavy profanity, telling me that I've got to get it and how it's causing her harm. This is neighbor who's let her cattle run wild for days on end, and has thoroughly mucked up the creek running through my place from her running too many cattle.

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Allan In NE

10-26-2006 05:25:27

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Nolan, 10-26-2006 05:16:35

When I was a little boy, 'bout 4 or 5 years old, a big old gander got me down on the ground, sat square on my chest and picked me to a bloody mess.

Probably why my thinkin' processes have never worked right since and later on, the girls would never look my way neither. :>)

Life just 'taint easy, ya know. :>(

Allan

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williamf

10-26-2006 08:33:01

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Allan In NE, 10-26-2006 05:25:27

You've got to know how to relate to them. They require submission.
It's not exactly Leda and the Swan, but William and the Goose are still a romantic image.
(The little kid in the background is my nephew, Chris. Turned forty last year.)
Wm

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Sam (MO)

10-26-2006 05:11:48

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Sam (MO), 10-26-2006 04:43:10

well guys. The only thing bad about it was the SOB that drove through that much fence and didn't even stop to say what happened. left nothing but tire tracks.

I'd just have to say it was fun because it went back up with out any real trouble. I can remember those fence job that just beat you to death for 50 feet.

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Allan In NE

10-26-2006 05:15:50

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Sam (MO), 10-26-2006 05:11:48

Hear ya there,

Anyone that would do that needs a little attitude adjustment. :>)

Yeah, I've got 80 feet of windbreak that is just whippin' me down to the nubs. I can't run a straight fence line to save my soul.

Don't think it is in the stars that I should be plaintin' posts. :>)

Allan

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low budget

10-26-2006 05:03:54

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Sam (MO), 10-26-2006 04:43:10

Lots of things about farming are fun, cows out aint one of 'em. Not for me anyhow.

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Allan In NE

10-26-2006 05:09:48

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to low budget, 10-26-2006 05:03:54

Wife and I were talking the other day.

If ya haven't milked cows on a flood-irrigated farm, ya just plain don't know what work is.

Ever seen a Holstein bull trying to come in the house at 2 am? :>)

Allan

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low budget

10-26-2006 10:02:10

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Allan In NE, 10-26-2006 05:09:48

Not flood irrigated here. Central NY hill farm, the mud starts where the concrete ends. And stoney enough to make setting a post near impossible.

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Allan In NE

10-26-2006 04:58:12

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Sam (MO), 10-26-2006 04:43:10

Now Sam,

To quote Harley, "You ain't right". :>)

I'm so sick of fencing, I'm 'bout ready to hit the old jug again. :>)

Allan

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Rich Va

10-26-2006 05:22:57

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Allan In NE, 10-26-2006 04:58:12

Allan, I never did put the ole jug down,aint no reason to. But since you did,no reason to pick it back up. RVA

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Rich Va

10-26-2006 04:49:42

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Sam (MO), 10-26-2006 04:43:10

If you really think repairing 200' of fence at night while it's raining is fun,maybe tonight when you get home you will have 400' of fence to repair and 4 cows out.

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Ken Macfarlane

10-26-2006 05:45:40

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Re: OT: The Fun of farming in reply to Rich Va, 10-26-2006 04:49:42

Luckily we have no cattle but hunting season started and the fun of the atv'ers tearing down fences has begun. Some drive into them, some cut trees down onto them to hold them down while they cross, some come prepared with tin snips! Its enough to make you want to pull out the barbed wire and go electric.

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