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["Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>]

On 10/18/06, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
> >I've been tearing down the old chicken coop, and if
> >anyone has ever pulled old, rusty chicken wire off old, rotten railroad
> >ties, well, you have an idea of what I'm doing.
>
> Bev, buy a fence tool. It has a curved point that you position, then
> tap behind the staple with a hammer, then leverage easily out. Old
> posts often are soft enough that you don't need the hammer.
>
> If I ever run any new fencing it will be of metal posts and dogpen wire.


Around here most folk use locust posts, but unfortunately, those are getting
harder to find.

Lisa