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Ive gotten that in the past, "We can't do that, it's against the law." They should just stop at, "We can't do that."
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Crowbob We didn't have a supply of telephone posts so we used railroad cross ties for corner posts. We lived on the right-of-way for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (the Katy). For most fence posts we used Bois d'arc posts. Bois d'arc wood lasts FOREVER even set in wet ground of seeps. Of course we also got to deal with rapier-like Bois d'arc thorns and like honey locust thorns will penetrate even thick tractor tires.
oldE We tried electric fencing for a few years but for some reason stopped using it and went back to barbed wire. (I think my grandfather got tired of getting shocked.) During that time a few cows got out on the highway and we had to round them up. Those were the days of riding horses on the range. |
I think the secret to a good electric fence is the ground. I know if your soil is too dry, the critters don't get enough of a jolt to have enough effect.
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ETA Beside the cow/calf and replacement stocker cattle operation we raised grains and row-cropped cotton. To this day I hate riding an open combine harvesting vetch. Chaff from vetch burns your skin like fiberglass insulation. Best back at ya' |
I get my "bob whar" from a pusher at the lumber yard in a small town near my property in central Texas. Just bought a roll a few months ago. The standard stuff, not the Goutcho wire that I had been using. I hate that stuff. It has a memory that won't quit. Like a spring, it wants to return to its coiled state. However, lately I have been installing woven wire field fence to discourage the feral hogs from around the buildings. They could knock it down if they took a notion but seem to just move on. I just hung it over the old wire fence and seems to do the trick.
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Funny thing... Both lightning rods have removable copper tips. One tip is melted over from being struck by a big bolt. The two story prairie house the rods came from got hit by lightning and burned to the ground. Dunno if that was what caused the fire but maybe. Best |
The Ace Hardware in N. Scottsdale sells ARs, handguns and ammo. I'll have to check on barbed wire.
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