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["Rob Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>]

> 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.

I have a trimmer like that and it is great in the woods and out in the 
fields. For string it has the bobbin that I can just cut off a length of 
string and insert as needed. No more throwing the thing around when it gets 
tangled! Got it at Sears on sale.

> 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.
I am starting to collect also. Have been scouring construction sites here in 
DC, since I am in the city. Am trying to get some old windows from one, 
negotiating with owner. I am holding out for free... ALso 5 gallon buckets, 
etc. Grandma in PA is going to let me scrounge her poultry equipment. 
Hopefully she still has the brooders.

Rob in Va