Random (non-Jeep) Shit You’re Working On....

The old posts are concreted in so when the post breaks at the ground level there is still a 3-ft diameter ball of concrete underground that needs to be broken into pieces or dug out. 🥵 Where is the TNT or dynamite when you need it? Gonna need to drink the whiskey to kill the rotator cuff pain tonight.

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Oh man, I really hate when people do that! Just dig an appropriate deep hole and sink in a proper size post. Wooden ones like this ALL go bad eventually and WILL need to be replaced. The concrete just makes life shitty in the future.

But then, you're the one who has to deal with it now and not the previous owner so what do they care. Maybe you should do the same for the next guy 🤪
 
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After digging posts and pulling fence at our last place using an old ford 8n and a post hole digger I’d rent a skid steer with a post hole attachment. You can get it all done in no time.
Yup - did the same the first go round. We did about 300 posts back when I as slightly younger & thought that shit was fun….the thought of doing that now with a tractor with those shitty hydraulics…..barf
 
Oh man, I really hate when people do that! Just dig an appropriate deep hole and sink in a proper size post. Wooden ones like this ALL go bad eventually and WILL need to be replaced. The concrete just makes life shitty in the future.

But then, you're the one who has to deal with it now and not the previous owner so what do they care. Maybe you should do the same for the next guy 🤪

🤣😂 I plan to concrete the gate posts only.

I am not going to put too much effort or $$ into it, it just needs to restrain a well supervised puppy then young dog until we make our move to Nevada. Once in Nevada I’ll build the 8th wonder of the world!

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More fence work today.

The old poles break off and come out pretty easily but the concrete balls must be smashed up and pulled out in pieces. This is about a third of the ball
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I had to trim back this hedge to have clear access to the fence. It was overdue
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The lawn tractor gate needs to be rebuilt.
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Gate posts will be cemented in.
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Interesting, never heard of chokeberry, had to look it up. Sounds like it’s pretty beneficial. 👍
Me either. Tennessee does a tree sale every year. You can buy trees and they are dirt cheap. Like $2. They didn’t have what we ordered this year because the trees didn’t do well so the substitute was choke berry.
 
When does the tractor show up? Got half the garden beds in today. About 6.5 yards of compost moved by hand into my gorilla cart and then unloaded. At least I could pull the cart with the mower. Luckily my brother was here to help. The rest we can do tomorrow. Between the rows will be wood chips to keep the weeds at bay.
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When does the tractor show up? Got half the garden beds in today. About 6.5 yards of compost moved by hand into my gorilla cart and then unloaded. At least I could pull the cart with the mower. Luckily my brother was here to help. The rest we can do tomorrow. Between the rows will be wood chips to keep the weeds at bay.
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NICE!! A tractor would have definitely helped make this a bit easier 😁
 
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