Thursday, March 31, 2016

It's springtime: Must be fencing season

 Nothing says "good times!" like 1000lbs of concrete!

 I use square posts around gates; that's what I'm building here.  A 24' gate that is at an angle off of the dirt road.  A long enough pull-off area that I can be off the road when I'm opening or closing the gate.
The white barrel is the water I'm using to mix the concrete.  2 80lb sacks of concrete at the base of each post.  the posts are sunk 3' into the ground; with that amount down, H braced and concrete feet, they'll stay here for many years.  I prefer to do the fence right; I've done it halfway in the past and you find out your fence sucks when something goes wrong.  Better to do it right and be able to sleep at night.

2 comments:

Steve said...

Didn't you write a post about the offset gate before? I remember it as a nice thing. Thanks for reminding me.

Bruce King said...

Yes, i wrote a post a while ago about gate and fence design and I'm actually building this fence entrance to that design. I wonder sometimes if folks read what I write; thanks for reminding me!

fence gate design:

http://ebeyfarm.blogspot.com/2015/11/gate-design.html