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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

At  9/18/2005 06:56 PM, you wrote:


> That is a good project. The place is not fenced. The boundaries are very
> well marked though. Once it cools off a little in the next few weeks, I want
> to start this.
>
> That's a good idea to use a steel post every 50 feet or so. Would make the
> lines a lot clearer where I do not want to fence right now.

I strung that yellow construction string from one corner to another & 
that was some job (let me tell you!).
I cleared the brush with a chainsaw blade on my gas powered string 
trimmer. I can't say enough about that trimmer with the chainsaw blade.
My long side was 1/4 mile and to find the ends I had to run up a flag 
at both ends (string with yellow construction tape tied on it) so I 
could see where the ends were when I was in the brush. Anyway I got 
it done and the string stretched out.
Where I needed to measure I picked up a 330' tape from Harbor 
Freight. I had a lot of steel posts that I'd picked up over time at 
auctions and such.
There were a lot of things that I picked up here and there that came 
in really useful... fence posts, stock panels, garden hoses. Things like that.




Rob

becida AT comcast.net
Western Washington State, USA