Our first alpacas are to arrive the first week of May and we still need to get the property re-fenced. A total of about 6 acres have to be fenced. I took a while to find a fencer who will do the job the way we would like and for a reasonable cost.
To help control the labour my wife and I are removing the old fence that is still partly in place. After going to three places I finally found this magic pair of pliers called a fencing tool. Canadian Tire of all places and got the last one they had. This pair of pliers actually hooks under the inch and half staple the holds barbwire or page wire to a wood fence post, plus has wire cutters on each side and a large eagle claw if you need to dig some wood away.
So far after two evenings we have removed about 400 feet of barb and page wire. About 5 staples per fence post every 10 feet. Hands are hurting today. The page wire we are trying to salvage so we can use it for interior fencing to allow for pasture rotation. Tonight I will start removing then next couple hundred feet of wire while my wife will collect the fence posts, many are rotten as they fell over when the the wire was removed. We will save the fence posts for a corrugated road in a wet area back of the property.
To help control the labour my wife and I are removing the old fence that is still partly in place. After going to three places I finally found this magic pair of pliers called a fencing tool. Canadian Tire of all places and got the last one they had. This pair of pliers actually hooks under the inch and half staple the holds barbwire or page wire to a wood fence post, plus has wire cutters on each side and a large eagle claw if you need to dig some wood away.
So far after two evenings we have removed about 400 feet of barb and page wire. About 5 staples per fence post every 10 feet. Hands are hurting today. The page wire we are trying to salvage so we can use it for interior fencing to allow for pasture rotation. Tonight I will start removing then next couple hundred feet of wire while my wife will collect the fence posts, many are rotten as they fell over when the the wire was removed. We will save the fence posts for a corrugated road in a wet area back of the property.
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