If you are tired of reading about fixing fences, just imagine how tired we are of fixing them.
This one is around a developed spring head. It is suppose to keep the livestock from damaging the spring. But the ground stays wetter there and the post seem to rot off faster. Plus, Pep uses it as her personal scratching post. She backs up to the fence, sits back with all her weight and rubs. Joe is blaming her for the collapse. Before lunch we were able to get the posts in but didn't get the boards up. When we went in to eat there was a message on the answering machine from a neighbor that said a big tree had fallen across the fence on the farm we rent across the road. Because this fence was at the road, it took precedence over the spring fence. First trip to take a look and start cutting the tree off the fence. But before Joe could finish the first cut it started pouring down rain.
We went back to the house to wait it out. After the rain stopped we headed back.
Joe went to finish the cut and the saw got stuck when the tree dropped. So back to the house to get the tractor. With the bucket on the tractor Joe was able to push on the tree and I grabbed the saw. Now we had the big stump still laying on the fence but couldn't cut it more because the saw might hit the wire fence.
Another trip back to the house for a longer chain and clevis. Joe was able to pull the stump off the fence but it uprooted and broke off a fence post.
Fifth trip was the charm, back to the house one last time to get a steel post and post driver. Did I mention it was also all covered in poison ivy. It took all afternoon. And we still had to go back to the house to finish putting the boards up on the first fence.