tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post8447257333914517278..comments2024-03-29T01:38:00.306+00:00Comments on An English Homestead: Stock Fencing - Putting In PostsKev Alvitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-53264116856901278402017-08-17T11:21:07.710+01:002017-08-17T11:21:07.710+01:00It offers a feeling of protection regardless of th...It offers a feeling of protection regardless of the possibility that you have evening tea with your companions in the grass before your home. <a href="http://uprightdownright.com/" rel="nofollow">fencing</a><br />Adiba Alamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10299401481631397255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-49875076110683193772017-02-26T18:19:17.120+00:002017-02-26T18:19:17.120+00:00Post and Rail Fence Calgary is long and simple kin...<a href="http://firstclassfencing.ca/" rel="nofollow">Post and Rail Fence Calgary</a> is long and simple kinda fence that specifies an area and give boundaries a land. where nature is too close, this kinda fences are used rather than walls.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649216766477260367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-18090346999858121762014-03-10T02:13:59.633+00:002014-03-10T02:13:59.633+00:00Wow, a loader to sink fence posts. We have the pou...Wow, a loader to sink fence posts. We have the pounder like in your first photo. It works okay as long as the ground isn't too hard and dry. Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-45708786585077298792014-03-07T22:08:28.172+00:002014-03-07T22:08:28.172+00:00I used a rammer like your dads
It almost killed me...I used a rammer like your dads<br />It almost killed meJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-83908086671387421322014-03-07T21:52:07.172+00:002014-03-07T21:52:07.172+00:00Hi Katherine,
I'd love to, I've emailed yo...Hi Katherine,<br />I'd love to, I've emailed you directly.<br />Thanks!<br />KevKev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-80949673937757692912014-03-07T21:50:55.234+00:002014-03-07T21:50:55.234+00:00It worked well here and although it's only on ...It worked well here and although it's only on 5 acres we've put in a lot of posts!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-13362418451446778852014-03-07T21:50:22.495+00:002014-03-07T21:50:22.495+00:00I had to look up what a bumer jack is. I think it&...I had to look up what a bumer jack is. I think it's the kind of jack they use for 4x4s when they go proper off roading. Hopefully I won't have to pull any posts out for a while!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-11043325042671605682014-03-07T21:48:40.333+00:002014-03-07T21:48:40.333+00:00I wooden sledge sounds like a good idea. I've ...I wooden sledge sounds like a good idea. I've used a wooden mall for green woodwork in the past. It's still not nice having to swing one on target everytime (and I'm pretty good with a hammer) and you can't miss with a two handed post basher!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-74241213746786126182014-03-07T21:46:57.071+00:002014-03-07T21:46:57.071+00:00Not enough stone around here for that. Plenty of m...Not enough stone around here for that. Plenty of mud though - maybe I could build a wall with that! Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-8225748190879376312014-03-07T21:46:16.980+00:002014-03-07T21:46:16.980+00:00I bet your little site master is just the ticket f...I bet your little site master is just the ticket for that!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-36426431895990907382014-03-07T21:45:53.690+00:002014-03-07T21:45:53.690+00:00Not far off what I use then. I remember fencing wi...Not far off what I use then. I remember fencing with my dad years ago and we used an old droit (bulldozer) which he welded a big bar on the side of the bucket to push the posts in with. Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-46856947370735050002014-03-07T21:44:24.049+00:002014-03-07T21:44:24.049+00:00Thank you for the link! Thats really appreciated.Thank you for the link! Thats really appreciated.Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-47795338385399482422014-03-07T15:59:13.066+00:002014-03-07T15:59:13.066+00:00Hi Kev,
I'm Katherine - the assistant editor...Hi Kev, <br /><br />I'm Katherine - the assistant editor of the Guardian's Live Better Challenge (http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/live-better). I'm wondering if you would be interested in being featured as one of our blogs of the week (e.g. http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/06/sustainable-blogger-of-the-week-my-zero-waste)? <br />Let me know on katherine.purvis@guardian.co.uk<br /><br />Cheers,<br />KatherineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-72122395091721677562014-03-07T15:56:46.960+00:002014-03-07T15:56:46.960+00:00Looks like a good system!Looks like a good system!Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-79972689647055005972014-03-07T11:53:14.379+00:002014-03-07T11:53:14.379+00:00I use the hand driver as we are so hilly here and ...I use the hand driver as we are so hilly here and also a hand post hole digger for wood posts. An old style bumper jack from 1960s cars will pull those posts out if you need to move a fence.Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-24629457678978176812014-03-07T09:13:52.909+00:002014-03-07T09:13:52.909+00:00Not done this for a long time, but the favoured to...Not done this for a long time, but the favoured tool was the mell, basically a wooden sledge hammer, the wooden head didn't mangle the tops of the posts the way a metal head did.cumbrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10047500383078884463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-56482797879053497222014-03-07T09:01:03.299+00:002014-03-07T09:01:03.299+00:00Interesting post Kev. We have mostly dry stone wal...Interesting post Kev. We have mostly dry stone walls. Beautiful to look at, but once they start to "go" they are a nightmare!<br />GillFrugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-14173705061552332402014-03-07T08:38:31.371+00:002014-03-07T08:38:31.371+00:00A mix of sledge hammer, post driver and the JCB.
...A mix of sledge hammer, post driver and the JCB. <br />Compostwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028585447065282738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-3272465995094639742014-03-07T08:16:41.799+00:002014-03-07T08:16:41.799+00:00We us the sledge hammer, two handled (home made) p...We us the sledge hammer, two handled (home made) post rammer/driver and the Smalley digger bucket to knock our fence posts in. northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-51589077278506117302014-03-07T06:57:54.460+00:002014-03-07T06:57:54.460+00:00"An English Homestead" has been included..."An English Homestead" has been included in the Sites To See for this week. Be assured that I hope this helps to point many new visitors in your direction.<br /><br />http://asthecrackerheadcrumbles.blogspot.com/2014/03/sites-to-see.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.com