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Posted by Paul in Mich on April 25, 2006 at 06:57:23 from (152.163.100.74):
In Reply to: Re: O/T: Removing Wooden Fence Posts posted by Nebraska Cowman on April 24, 2006 at 13:33:46:
Cowman, I"ve done it the hard way myself. I remember my Grandfather giving me the job of taking out an old fence row which had wooden posts every 15 ft or so for 1/4 mile. (Thats a short piece in Nebraska, but a normal field length here in Mich) The first couple of posts, I dug around the edges with a shovel, and realized that I"d probably pass 2 grades in school by the time I finished so I figured I had to come up with somenting, so I walked back to the barn, and found a couple of pieces of 1/2 x2" iron bar stock in the scrap pile. I took one and cut it about 4 ft and the other ended up about 7" I drilled a hole 1"back on the 7 footer and 1" from the end of the 4 footer. Then I found a 6x6" block and chiseled a hole for the 4" iron post to sit in. I carried the contraption along with a chain back to the fence row in a wheel borrow and after I figured out how to prop up the lever system while I wrapped the chain around the post, I was in business. It was about as primative as any contraption could be, but it worked, and when my Grandfather commented on the fact that I would do just about anything to get out of hard work, I asked him why he didnt suggest something easier in the first place. He answered that he could have, but he wanted to see if I would find an easier way, which I did. Mind you it still wasnt easy, just easier. It wan"t a year later that my Dad bought a Ford 8N and with the Ferguson system, the job would have been a piece of cake.
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