[AT] Having the right tools for the job

[Cecil Bearden]

Just my thoughts....  I use a frame I made to move trailers that has a 
drawbar between the lift arms and the top link to keep it straight to 
pull posts.  One lift arm can get bent.  Not wanting to start a long 
discussion, just my $0.02.  That osage orange, Known as BoisD'arc or 
Boardark, or Bodark here in OK, makes a great corner post.  It is as 
hard as granite when driving staples in.  Just tie the wire around it.  
now with the cordless drills, screws work great to anchor the wire, but 
the posts are rough enough that the wire is not going to slip....
Cecil

On 10/12/2020 8:11 AM, Dean Vinson wrote:
>
> 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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