Tag: fence building

Summer Project

This was a fence building project we did that will pay off this winter by holding the cows where we want them.

The first and hardest part of this project was taking out the old fence. The fence had been there for years. Trees had grown up in it and the wire was old. Rolling the wire up went great with this tractor powered roller, after we got the wire loose!

The old fence.
As soon as we had all the wire loose from the posts and the trees, we used the tractor and rolled it up.
Then the old posts had to be pulled and the trees cleared out.

Next comes the “easy ” part, putting up the new fence. Jayce runs the skid steer driving the pipe and the posts as Mitch lines them up. Carter and Garret are tying the fence as the wire is rolled out.

A new fence with 6 good wires and gates that swing! The cows and new calves won’t be able to crawl through now. It was a lot of work, but we’ll have a much easier time calving this year.

Maybe next summer we can get another stretch done.

Until next time!

Don’t forget to shut the gate! (it actually swings now)