Sunday, June 29, 2008

Haying, fencing and gates

We have found a bit of an issue with the access gates to the main pasture. The farmer down the road will hay for us, and has advised that our 12' gates are not wide enough for the haying equipment. Oh my, what to do...he wanted to cut the gate post and fence to get through.

On second look, we simply undid the brackets that held a section of the fence to a main post, and had the farmer roll back the fence with out cutting it. He was able to pull out one post that was in his way. Once the haying is finished we will likely have a 20' gate installed instead of re-securing the fence.

Yet another lesson learned: find out how big haying equipment is before you install the gates.

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