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LH, do you have, or can you get your hands on some welded wire mesh? Do you have an abundance of medium sized rocks on your land? If you can answer yes to each of those questions, then you can make the repairs to the fence line without having to trouble yourselves with the condition of the ground. [i.e. frozen, muddy, etc.]
Make a cage of the welded wire, about 3 feet tall by about 4 feet in diameter. Stand that up like a cylinder on the ground. Take one fence post and place it in the center of the cage. Now, fill the cage with as large of rocks as you can find and lift easily. Be sure to keep the post centered as you fill the cage with rock.
Once each post location is caged and filled, you can then proceed with running hot wire, barbed wire, split cedar rails, or whatever you prefer [even I know that barbed wire and horses are a no-no combination!]
It's pretty labor intensive, but if the ground is frozen, or is so full of rocks that you can't even get a pick ax through it, these Gabion posts can often be the answer. We have tons of them in our area on account of shallow soil depths and solid sheets of broken basalt just below the surface. Trying to dig a post hole in these parts is like trying to nail jell-o to the wall!
Let me know if you need detailed instructions for making the Gabion posts. I'd be happy to send you some good links and such to that end. Good luck on the repairs! The sooner begun, the sooner done, and the sooner Jo can come all the way home!!!!
Amy, that is a darn good idea! I'll have to remember that for when, Heaven forbid, we're in need a of a secure repair. This time of year the ground is a mud pit. I sank to my knees trying to find high ground to throw the boys some hay. I'm pretty sure they were laughing at me! lol
LH, do you have, or can you get your hands on some welded wire mesh? Do you have an abundance of medium sized rocks on your land? If you can answer yes to each of those questions, then you can make the repairs to the fence line without having to trouble yourselves with the condition of the ground. [i.e. frozen, muddy, etc.]
Make a cage of the welded wire, about 3 feet tall by about 4 feet in diameter. Stand that up like a cylinder on the ground. Take one fence post and place it in the center of the cage. Now, fill the cage with as large of rocks as you can find and lift easily. Be sure to keep the post centered as you fill the cage with rock.
Once each post location is caged and filled, you can then proceed with running hot wire, barbed wire, split cedar rails, or whatever you prefer [even I know that barbed wire and horses are a no-no combination!]
It's pretty labor intensive, but if the ground is frozen, or is so full of rocks that you can't even get a pick ax through it, these Gabion posts can often be the answer. We have tons of them in our area on account of shallow soil depths and solid sheets of broken basalt just below the surface. Trying to dig a post hole in these parts is like trying to nail jell-o to the wall!
Let me know if you need detailed instructions for making the Gabion posts. I'd be happy to send you some good links and such to that end. Good luck on the repairs! The sooner begun, the sooner done, and the sooner Jo can come all the way home!!!!
Amy, that is a darn good idea! I'll have to remember that for when, Heaven forbid, we're in need a of a secure repair. This time of year the ground is a mud pit. I sank to my knees trying to find high ground to throw the boys some hay. I'm pretty sure they were laughing at me! lol
