- It is good that we only have to pressure wash the sundry fences and such in our yard once a year. Otherwise, I would be holding a giant bonfire to avoid it.
- Of course, once we had power washed half of one of the fences, Irish Woman convinced me to rip half of it down.
- Of course, the half she wants ripped down is the half we power washed. How could it be any other way?
- Does anyone have ideas on how to extract two to three foot deep concrete foundations for fence posts? Like, 11 of them?
- Three of the garden beds are washed, stained, and filled with compost and dirt. Now to let them warm up in the spring sun and we will be planting.
- Apparently, at some point in the recent past, I agreed to build Boo a tree house in the back yard.
- I’m thinking something with a simple ladder, a platform with a railing, and possibly roof of some kind.
- Irish Woman and Boo seem to be envisioning Swiss Family Robinson, complete with some way for Moonshine to join Boo up in the treehouse.
- Overcame my natural disinclination to talk to strangers today and spent a few hours trying to sell raffle tickets and give away information on the Friends of the NRA at a hunting and fishing expo.
- Top reasons given for not buying a raffle ticket:
- I already have enough guns.
- I already give enough to the NRA.
- I don’t like guns.
- I think we sold 10 or so tickets in three hours and talked to about 200 people, which isn’t bad.
- Top reasons given for not buying a raffle ticket:
- What a difference a year makes. On Saturday, we joined Freiheit and his family for a party, and we were comfortable letting Boo play in the yard with other kids without our presence. This time last year we would have never been more than an arm’s length away from him.
- I dreamed last night that I went and got “P.U.F.F. Exempted” tattooed on my shoulder. Thing is, it was a necessary thing in the dream, not a bit of tomfoolery.
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Posted by daddybear71 on March 23, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/03/23/musings-41/
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Daddy Hawk
/ March 23, 2014My neighbor used a pick to leverage the posts’ concrete footing out of the ground. I saw a book once that recommended nailing a two x four to the post as a cross rail and using a bottle jack to lift it out.
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daddybear71
/ March 23, 2014that’s an excellent idea. I just happen to have a multi-ton bottle jack in the garage!
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Phssthpok
/ March 23, 2014“Does anyone have ideas on how to extract two to three foot deep concrete foundations for fence posts? Like, 11 of them?”
Get yourself some sturdy rope (or chain) and find someone who’s got one of these handy: http://tinyurl.com/negha57
I think you can figure it out from there! 😉
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MSgt B
/ March 23, 2014Bust up the top 8-12 inches with a sledge and bury the rest.
Unless you’re planning on plowing the area. Let sleeping dogs lie.
I carry around the PUFF Exemption coin in my pocket. My old Air Force buddies get a kick out of it.
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Lazy Bike Commuter
/ March 23, 2014We just pulled our fence posts right out of the ground with the help of our neighbor. Of course, he had a crane. It’s pretty neat watching the ground in a 15 foot circle rise up around the post for a few seconds.
So what does a werebear have to do for PUFF exemption?
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Doc
/ March 23, 2014After too much time watching/participating in USMC infantry working parties, I am morally opposed to doing anything by manual labor that could be done better by a machine. Presumably, you will be disposing of said concrete blocks/posts. go rent yourself a lil excavator bobcat number, haul it home behind that nifty new truck you bought and use the bucket & chains to yank that concrete straight out of the ground and into the back of your truck in one easy go. then off to the disposal area of your choosing, some fancy reverse driving/quick break application should remove the concrete blocks.
Or, if you choose, add a winch to truck, heavy gauge pipe and build a moveable A-Frame/pulley over your fence posts and lift with the winch to a waiting wheelbarrow/ cart.
Best simple machines in the world are the ramp, the lever, the pulley and the internal combustion engine.
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bluesun
/ March 23, 2014After my grandpa died we cleaned up his old fence with a bonfire.
It was better that way.
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Drang
/ March 24, 2014Tell Boo that under no circumstances should he dig up the fence foundations.
He’ll have it done in a week or so.
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oldnfo
/ March 24, 2014Another way is an engine hoist… Put the front wheels on sturdy 2X6, and jack em out…
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Kurt P
/ March 24, 2014My go-to would be a backhoe, but all the other suggestions are viable too.
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