New fence project (one of many)

[marimus]

Cool weather means two things for me, its bloody dry, and its fencing season. This post is about the second.

Here is the shed I live in currently 2 days/week Its the start of this fence, and the post you can see is where a gate will go


Speaking of gates, here are the posts set out for one. I of course drilled all the holes with my PHD on the NHTT75, it has a hydraulic cylinder for downforce, and will drill through just about anything.


And here is where I am heading (yes, to the top)

 

[marimus]

Here is that gate finished. I have all the steel pickets driven, and 1 single plain wire, which is electric. There will be 3 runs of 2.5mm Iowa pattern barb wire added soon, but I need a helper for that



I love working with electric fences (barb has it in for me)


This is looking from the gate up.


And this is looking back towards the shed.

 

[marimus]

Here is where I'm up to today.

You can see my trusty post pounder in this shot. I'll give free lessons to anyone and everyone




And here is where I still have to go



The view from the top should be good anyway, right?

Cran

 

[patrick_g]

Misery loves company. I am facing well over a thousand feet of fence building soon (3 rail on 8 ft centers) and today the heat index was 106F.

A friend got me to ("volunteer?") to participate in a house raising real soon. What lovely activities to instigate heat stroke.

With anh luck I will wait for cooler weather for the fence job. The good deed house raising is not likely to be postponed.

Pat

 

[InlineDieselFan]

marimus,

pay for my airfare and to get me out to where ever in Australia you are, and I would help you with your barb wire. Even though I hate the stuff.

I have just got two of my quotes in on materials for my fence. For her dogs, 6foot tall chain link for 1,200 feet and a few gates. One bid $11,000 the other $17,500 for just materials. That does not include the concrete either.

Fencing is so exspensive, even just running wire I am sure you went through a bunch of money.

Drink down a few Foster's at the end of each day.

steve

 

[marimus]

Fosters? Oh you mean that stuff we export. Yeah nobody actually drinks that in australia (well, unless you count tourists).

If your gonna have a beer, make it VIC, VIC Bitter!

 

[patrick_g]

I'm destroyed, obliterated, discombluberated!

I had it on good authority (Monty Python skit) that at least the philosophy professors at Walamalu (SP?) University drank Fosters and anyone not paying attention might have a can lobbed at their head. Don't recall their last names but they were Bruce, Bruce, and Bruce. Maybe you know them.

Pat

 

[Egon]

There was another poster here from down under who scoffed at Fosters. The brands mentioned are not available in the shops here.

 

[marimus]

The first and only Fosters i have ever drunk, was in London Nobody, and I mean nobody actually drinks it in australia. Oh and my dad's name is Bruce

 

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

I like Foster's although I prefer to drink it in the form of a shandy. Anyway - fencing - I always like building fence. It is work but not that bad if you know what your doing.

Unless the soil is very sandy I always build one post corners. If you do it right one good post is all you need. The trick is to brace the top of the post against the bottom! That way it doesn't move very easily at all. I would never use concrete if I have rock available unless it's a gate - then I might - maybe - but with rock. IMO one concrete mass can rotate in soil easier than a mass of interlocking rock. Pay close attention to which side of the post your attaching wire to - it matters. If it's a letdown fence pay close attention to how it is let down - it matters too. I prefer barb (with hog or sheep wire if necessary) for boundary fences as good fences make good neighbors. If you do smooth wire high tensile boundary fences and the electricity fails - where's the hole? Interior fences - I like high tensile smooth - electric - two - occasionally 3 strands at most - often only one. Electric fence with high impedance chargers is your friend. I never build a permanent fence if polywire will do the job. It maximizes my flexibility in management.

Good post driver I have one just about like it.

-Ed-