Coffee anyone ?

[farmerjan]

Had a shower last evening near dark,. The soaking stuff stayed north and some to south. Working directly west to east sowe got missed in the middle. More today. Been cloudy all morning. A few Sprinkles....hope we get some of what looks to be coming through between now and 2 pm...

 

[farmerjan]

That is really great about the possible help with the T-post unloading and building the shared line fence. Here we are a fence OUT county, so technically a landowner has to fence his own property to keep other stuff OUT... next county north it is a fence IN county... at this point in time I look for Va to go all fence IN, as livestock gets pushed OUT of more and more areas with the encroaching developments. But here, the cost is shared ONLY if the adjoining landowner has animals up against the joint boundary fence. At this point, ANY help you get is a plus....so take it and smile and hope that if they do go with animals next to you, that you can maybe get some monetary payback... but even help building it, is a big plus.

 

[Bruce]

That is a huge help -- both unload and fence help!

Both yes, but gravity can help with the unloading if there is no other help. It only helps in putting in the posts AFTER you overcome gravity with the post pounder ... again and again and again.

Good deal Bay!

 

[Mini Horses]

Fence. My neighbor is a crop field. No interest in a fence. So mine was installed 6" inside my property line. Now, any owner on that property who wants a fence cannot use mine....without my consent...they'd have to install one on that parcel the entire length of mine that they wanted to use for any animals. . We are "fence in" in my county. Luckily neighborhood dogs are few, and those well contained. Deer season you have some running but they are intent only on deer -- occasionally just a place to rest.

ETA -- Almost 2:. Weatherman had "suggested" a cold front and rain would be here about noon, cooling things to 80.. It's 92, no clouds, no rain.....HOT!! Glad I ran soaker on tomatoes for 2.5 hrs! Just did cold water in all troughs. Hens barely lay eggs in this heat, they just sit on the nests to relax in the shade Goats are in barn under fans, siesta time. Maybe I should wire in mood music for all of them!

 

[Baymule]

The sellers may help put up a shared fence, but I won’t be holding my breath for any financial assistance. They are known in the community to be so stingy and tight, they squeak when they walk. LOL I’ll just be ecstatic over help putting up the fence!

 

[Mini Horses]

Happy July 4 everyone!

 

[farmerjan]

Happy July 4 everyone!

Ditto from the other side of Va ... to @Mini Horses and everyone.

 

[Bruce]

They are known in the community to be so stingy and tight, they squeak when they walk. LOL I’ll just be ecstatic over help putting up the fence!

Given you would likely be doing the fence by yourself otherwise, their "donation" of labor is likely more valuable than paying half the cost of the fence. Plus you'll get to know them better than if they just wrote a check. Hopefully y'all get along really well.

 

[Baymule]

Given you would likely be doing the fence by yourself otherwise, their "donation" of labor is likely more valuable than paying half the cost of the fence. Plus you'll get to know them better than if they just wrote a check. Hopefully y'all get along really well.

He used his tractor this morning to unload those 5,700 pounds of 600 T-posts this morning. They were banded in 200 count, then wired in bundles of 5. We broke 2 banded bundles and loaded the wired bundles of 5 on the forks, then dumped them on 4x4 spacers. The last bundle we could chain and move the whole 200.

And yes, you are right, the help of labor means more than the money.

Trailer is empty, I’ll go to Lowes tomorrow for treated 4x4’s and concrete brackets to put up the roof over the patio. Then I’ll start loading everything I can get on it.

 

[Bruce]

They were banded in 200 count, then wired in bundles of 5.