The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor

[two_bit_score]

I learned from my dad, don't allow fence rows to get overgrown, cut all tree sprouts ASAP. It slowly destroys the fence; and NEVER nail fencing to a tree. If a large tree is in the proposed fence-row use 2 construction nails to fasten a 2x4 to the tree, then attach the fencing to the 2x4.
Then, as the tree grows it pushes the 2x4 away instead of growing around the fencingThe double-headed construction nails allow them to be pulled anytime it's needed.

That is an excellent recommendation. A lot of us could probably benefit from doing that.

 

[Hay Dude]

Sometimes I don’t know if I should just let my property owners keep going the way they are? Theres good money in clearing them!

 

[RayIN]

Sad that trespassers are always a problem all over the country.

Many years ago a farming family had trouble with a kid riding his dirt bike in their newly-planted fields. Jerry, one of the of the sons(about my age) went and talked to the kids father 2x but it did no good.
The next time the kid rode in one of their fields Jerry again went to the fathers house, this time he drove his big John Deere tractor over with the 3-bottom plows attached.
The father told Jerry his son could ride wherever he wanted and no one could stop him.
Jerry said, then I can farm wherever I want, got on his tractor, lowered the plows and drove across the fathers neatly-groomed front yard.
The kid never rode in Jerry's fields again.

 

[two_bit_score]

Sometimes I don’t know if I should just let my property owners keep going the way they are? Theres good money in clearing them!

Just offer them a regular maintence schedule.

 

[LHF2019]

NEVER nail fencing to a tree.

What's wrong with the tree growing in to the fence? That's how it has been here and what I can only imaging has been 100 years +- I can find the boundary of the property by the wire still hanging out of the trees.

Many years ago a farming family had trouble with a kid riding his dirt bike in their newly-planted fields. Jerry, one of the of the sons(about my age) went and talked to the kids father 2x but it did no good.
The next time the kid rode in one of their fields Jerry again went to the fathers house, this time he drove his big John Deere tractor over with the 3-bottom plows attached.
The father told Jerry his son could ride wherever he wanted and no one could stop him.
Jerry said, then I can farm wherever I want, got on his tractor, lowered the plows and drove across the fathers neatly-groomed front yard.
The kid never rode in Jerry's fields again.

My wife and I discuss this issue when customers drive in her yard when picking up hay especially when it's wet. How would they like it if we drove in their yard when it's wet. The example above is extreme and awesome.

 

[Hay Dude]

Just offer them a regular maintence schedule.

I can’t. That would make too much sense. lol

 

[RayIN]

What's wrong with the tree growing in to the fence? That's how it has been here and what I can only imaging has been 100 years +- I can find the boundary of the property by the wire still hanging out of the trees.


My wife and I discuss this issue when customers drive in her yard when picking up hay especially when it's wet. How would they like it if we drove in their yard when it's wet. The example above is extreme and awesome.

There are few reasons for not nailing wire fencing to a tree.
This accelerates rusting, which weakens the wire until it fails.
It is not good stewardship of your land, it makes the tree useless for making laminate or slabbing.
Most loggers will not harvest this tree.
Last but not least- I hate rebuilding fences.

 

[LHF2019]

This accelerates rusting, which weakens the wire until it fails.

I've never seen it fail next to a tree any sooner than at a fence post. Maybe different areas have different results

It is not good stewardship of your land, it makes the tree useless for making laminate or slabbing.
Most loggers will not harvest this tree.

Going back to my main point I see this as a good thing. Presents permanent boundaries. They are boundary trees and should not be cut in the first place.

Last but not least- I hate rebuilding fences.

It's interesting how things are are different else where. Nobody is wrong, just different methods. I could show you hundreds of trees with wire sticking out here on the farm from fences current to who knows when they were last used. 1920-1940's??

 

[LouNY]

There are few reasons for not nailing wire fencing to a tree.
This accelerates rusting, which weakens the wire until it fails.
It is not good stewardship of your land, it makes the tree useless for making laminate or slabbing.
Most loggers will not harvest this tree.
Last but not least- I hate rebuilding fences.

It's been done for decades may not be the "best" way to go, but it works. Most of those trees are in the stone wall that was likely the original bounds of the property. Also I have never see a fence line hedgerow tree that was anywheres close to being a laminate log candidate. To many knots and limbs. The wire seeded to last just as long in those trees as in the driven fence posts. That said we have switched to using 2xs on trees since we seldom run barbed wire fences now days they are all high tensile fences with the capability of being electrified and are so. Stapled to a tree it wouldn't work very well. Also when a limb or tree falls on a high tensile fence it often does not break the wire but just pulls and stretches it, when the tree or limb is removed a couple of clicks on the line ratchets will snug the fence right back up.

 

[EddieWalker]

When I got my horse, I underestimated how hungry they were, and how quickly they would eat everything in the pasture that I had fenced in for them. My solution was to build a "quick" electric fence around an open area with a lot more grass for them to eat.

Half of the fence was attached to trees. This turned out to be a huge mistake. I had no idea that trees hate fences, and that they intentionally drop branches on the fence. I think it's a game for the trees. They aim for the fence, and whichever treed takes out the most fence, it wins!!!!!