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Dig Post Holes

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$50 Farm Fence at 1/4 cost of chainlink

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What happens here

Begin the construction by accurately laying out the fence line to ensure a perfectly rectangular shape for the enclosure. Using an ASV RT-40 compact track loader (or a similar heavy-duty machine) equipped with an auger attachment, dig holes for each fence post. These holes should be spaced approximately 10 feet on center and dug to a depth of 3 feet below grade. Due to challenging soil conditions encountered (thick, heavy clay that clogs the auger and makes progress difficult, especially on sloped terrain), the ASV RT-40 is replaced by a CastLoaders machine. The CastLoaders machine, with its wheeled design (as opposed to tracks), proves more effective at navigating the muddy, mucky, and sloped ground, minimizing turf damage while efficiently digging the remaining post holes. Be prepared to adapt to different soil types and consider alternative machinery if necessary.

Goal: Dig evenly spaced and adequately deep holes for all fence posts.

Tools and materials

  • ASV RT-40 Compact Track Loader ASV — Digging post holes, initially
  • Auger Attachment Bobcat — Drilling the post holes
  • CastLoaders Machine CastLoaders — Digging post holes, especially in challenging, wet, or sloped terrain
  • Measuring Tape — Measuring the 10-foot spacing between post holes
  • Soil Natural — The ground being dug, which presented challenges due to its clay composition and wetness

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20% double I don't think it's double but a little bit more just because we we ain't got the full length of fencing so we got to do do the fencing like twice basically and what we're going to be doing is we're going to be going 10t on Center so every post we're going to be putting at 10t runs now that increased the price of our materials considerably but we waited against the time savings because this process does take a little bit longer I consider it than a galvanized one now if these guys were doing it they're not going to be double wiring it like we did you don't need to double wire it we double wire it because we got some pretty aggressive dogs that want to get out and eat my cat right there pumpkin so bear and pumpkin don't get along so the first thing we're going to do right now is Lay everything out all right well the digging isn't really hard or intense but since we've got so many holes to do it just makes sense to use something like this to help us out and we're going to go 3T below grade right Frankie yeah that that that whole kind of soft that that'll work it'll work yeah yeah I'll just knock it around with this sh yeah but the idea is for you to not to be knocked right but that one ain't so bad okay all right so we're going to back up and do it do it the other way things went from good to bad fast and I'm talking about the soil we had great soil up on top a nice nonorganic structural soil and then as soon as we got a little lower just a few feet lower in the grade everything changed all right you guys I'm going to switch machines up here just because that ASV rt40 on this little bit of a slope here is struggling with all this muck and stuff I don't know if the cast loader is going to Fair any better but we're going to give it a shot and I can drive that cast loader just about anywhere without damaging Turf so we'll just see how it does Let's uh let's let's go a do a test run on this very first hole and we'll know we'll do the these first two holes by that time we'll know if we've got to move on to the cabota right but the cabota will tear everything up I mean the Caboto will it's like a freaking Bowl in a china shop nothing's going to be left alive after that thing comes in so hopefully the cast works

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