Fencing, fencing, fencing, fencing, fencing, ginormous spider, bees, and, oh yeah, night shifts
I've had the past several days off from work and spent most of this time at the ranch working on fencing. I'm doing it all myself to save money, so, regardless of the condition of the ground (i.e. wet, dry, sandy, clay, etc), it's hard work. I'm okay with that, though, since I'm working towards an awesome goal and, in my mind, the less money I can spend on equipment, the more I can spend on bison. Fence posts,... ...more fence posts,... ...and even more fence posts. The three wooden posts in this photo are intended to be used for a double h-brace. For this kind of fencing it's always good to put some kind of bracing at the tops and bottoms of hills. On the same subject, I just finish fabricating four custom gate hinges for the main front gate. They are designed to fit my somewhat larger sized square steel tube gates to standard 3/4" gate bolts. While I'm on the subject of fabricating, I also just finished and installed an alumi