ebinmaine 67,266 #1 Posted April 2, 2020 One of the things that we're going to be doing this year is adding a fence that surrounds the backyard and the workshop shed. It will make it so we have the ability to just open the back door and let the dog out without having to hitch her to the cable. Meeha/Mirror has an EXTREMELY high prey drive (and other issues) and can't be loose. The fence will give her the freedom to run around and act a little bit like a dog for a few minutes. Trina or I will be able to run around with her and not have concerns about the limitations of the cable and the area that she can move. In the pictures below you can see that Trina took a couple pieces of hemlock and stood them up as posts. She dug into the ground with a hand post hole digger about 15" or so. She took the electric chainsaw and shaved and notched the posts so as to drive them into the ground using the SIXTEEN POUND sledge hammer. Imagine a little her swinging that big hammer..... First time she had ever attempted to make a split rail fence. I'd say she done all right.... The plan is to keep going each direction and come back and meet the house building. They'll be at least a couple of gates that we can get tractors or us through. The whole thing will be surrounded by wire fencing probably 4 ft tall. This picture shows part of the backyard area that we've been clearing and the position of where she started to build the fence. The shed is to the left and the house is diagonally behind me on the right. Notching for the rails 5 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,784 #2 Posted April 2, 2020 So awesome! Great work with the digger and the driver and the cutter Trina! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,266 #3 Posted April 2, 2020 18 minutes ago, pullstart said: So awesome! Great work with the digger and the driver and the cutter Trina! She says thanks! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,490 #4 Posted April 2, 2020 Nice fence! It does help having a fenced area where you can just let the dog run... Just curious - Does Trina ever get the chance to snap a photograph of you working...? 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,266 #5 Posted April 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said: - Does Trina ever get the chance to snap a photograph of you working...? Now don't be ridiculous. We know that doesn't happen. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 17,663 #6 Posted April 2, 2020 You are lucky. A couple years ago I rented a big fancy post hole digger want to set some 8' treated posts.. Project was cancelled. In about half the locations the machine couldn't get down more than 8" hit solid rock. In other places you would wind up with huge wide holes as it ripped out big pieces of flat rocks I put in some metal poles for and electric fence to protect some small trees. Looks like I was drunk laying it out as I had to keep moving the locations to get the posts in deep enough.. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,266 #7 Posted April 2, 2020 Just now, pfrederi said: You are lucky. A couple years ago I rented a big fancy post hole digger want to set some 8' treated posts.. Project was cancelled. In about half the locations the machine couldn't get down more than 8" hit solid rock. In other places you would wind up with huge wide holes as it ripped out big pieces of flat rocks I put in some metal poles for and electric fence to protect some small trees. Looks like I was drunk laying it out as I had to keep moving the locations to get the posts in deep enough.. Yeah. Lucky is right. That particular section of forest has a good deep base and even at that she was only able to go 14, 15 inches down. Most of what we try to dig is going to be more like you experienced. We know from past excavation projects that our soil is roughly 50% rocks. Mostly between baseball sized and up to about four or five foot diameter. Wherever she can't dig down she will use those exact rocks to hold the post in place. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 6,991 #8 Posted April 2, 2020 I'be got a 12 pound sledge hammer. Last time I tried using it to split wood, I could barely control it. Went back to the 8 pound hammer. My hat is off to Treina for her ability to use the 16 pound hammer. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,266 #9 Posted April 2, 2020 46 minutes ago, 8ntruck said: I'be got a 12 pound sledge hammer. Last time I tried using it to split wood, I could barely control it. Went back to the 8 pound hammer. My hat is off to Treina for her ability to use the 16 pound hammer. She's a rugged little bugger 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
