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<p>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....<br>
Cecil<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/12/2020 8:11 AM, Dean Vinson
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Couple other posts need to be replaced
completely, and I’ve got some new osage orange logs standing
by. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dean Vinson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saint Paris OH<o:p></o:p></p>
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