[AT] Having the right tools for the job

[Dean Vinson]

Good tractor day.  The "antique fence," as we call it, is an overgrown
flowerbed around a few old fenceposts, the remnants of what long ago had
been the intersection of a couple of different fields.   I decided I'd
remove the old rotten fenceboards, straighten up the posts, clear out the
woody shrubs that have grown up, then put up new fenceboards.   Nice little
fall cleanup project, so I threw some tools in the trailer and fired up the
Super M.

 

Got the old boards off easily enough, but straightening up the big old
corner post was another deal.   Some quality time with the spade, spud bar,
and post hole digger got me about 30" down along one side, but I still
couldn't straighten it up or pull it out by hand.   Too big, too deep.
Time for some hydraulic assistance, courtesy of the JD 620.   Turns out the
folks who set that post maybe 60 years ago wanted it to last:   Nice old
osage orange log, set 42" in the ground.   I'll dig out the hole a little
more then re-set the post back to plumb.

 

Couple other posts need to be replaced completely, and I've got some new
osage orange logs standing by. 

 

Dean Vinson

Saint Paris OH

 

 

 

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