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Well, the clamshells I have are the old fashioned one pivot at the top of the clam design and since I bought 6-7" posts I have the hole almost a foot across at the top and have had no problem getting down 3 feet without widening the top of the hole. I don't need to go any deeper than that. The posts are 8' and I want 5' exposed. Since I only have ~13-14 posts to sink and have already done 4, I'll just continue on with what I've got.
I must have taken more out of myself yesterday than I thought. Didn't even use the jacuzzi last night, after a hard doze in the recliner I went to bed. Mel woke me up at 5am and I went back to try & sleep a couple more hours... woke up at 12:30 So I technically was in bed for over 12 hours... So anyway I didn't work on the fencing today. Instead I went over to the trailer repair place to see if they'd finished since they hadn't called. Turns out the trailer was done. They did an excellent job and exactly what I had asked of them. I now have back up lighting which the trailer didn't have before, the lights were moved to a higher, better protected spot, and they installed a standard 7 pin jack so I no longer need to use the 6 to 7 pin coupler. While there I asked about the 16' livestock trailers and found out that they actually rent them. He said it was about $65 a day and they do weekend deals as well. That's a heckofalot cheaper than 4-5 grand to buy one and the cost of registering it and keeping it on the road.
Since I now have my trailer back, I then went to TSC to pick up my 13 cattle panels. Man those things are springy! Got them home and all unloaded.
I must have taken more out of myself yesterday than I thought. Didn't even use the jacuzzi last night, after a hard doze in the recliner I went to bed. Mel woke me up at 5am and I went back to try & sleep a couple more hours... woke up at 12:30 So I technically was in bed for over 12 hours... So anyway I didn't work on the fencing today. Instead I went over to the trailer repair place to see if they'd finished since they hadn't called. Turns out the trailer was done. They did an excellent job and exactly what I had asked of them. I now have back up lighting which the trailer didn't have before, the lights were moved to a higher, better protected spot, and they installed a standard 7 pin jack so I no longer need to use the 6 to 7 pin coupler. While there I asked about the 16' livestock trailers and found out that they actually rent them. He said it was about $65 a day and they do weekend deals as well. That's a heckofalot cheaper than 4-5 grand to buy one and the cost of registering it and keeping it on the road.
Since I now have my trailer back, I then went to TSC to pick up my 13 cattle panels. Man those things are springy! Got them home and all unloaded.
So it appears you just clamp the ends tight and then still twist it to tighten it? Have you used turnbuckles at all as tighteners? Is there a reason why/why not? Do you use the same 3/8ths cable at the bottoms of your floating braces as well? Figured I'd pop those Qs as I expect to be doing both types tomorrow.I usually use 3/8 wire rope (cable) to hold my H corners or ends together.