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Portable band saw or Evolution chop saw. Sure, only a "couple dozen cuts" but that will get old real fast with any abrasive. Personally it'd be my excuse to buy an Evolution chop saw. Ive got a Rage3 and don't ever reget it when it's time to cut a piece if metal or wood. Buy a dedicated...

Painted the front posts this morning. What's left to be done on this side is install 1 line post, 4 tposts and attach the 4 horizontal braces to the corners for the HN. After that, fence can be stretched on. Here's a look at the entry way. As you can see from the black post on the left...

Here's that first front entry post in the ground. Came out tall. This sandstone is ridiculous. Brace post and deadman in the ground. The 2nd post also is tall. While I was able to dig the depth I needed, it was very difficult to get the hole cleaned out. I ended up with a lot of loose...

Here's the old North front corner. This corner was old cedar post that were taken over by wild berry vines...monsters... The water mater is on this corner and something that has to be watched out for. No before shots, just got to work and forgot to get a before photo. With the entire...

The old front entrance torn down. Kept the gate post hung for now, symbolic mostly to tell people you still can't come up the drive. The neighbor's dog saw me working, came to hang out. The next corner post was dug and put up. The challenges in this corner was the young oak tree on the...

Said I had pictures, here we go... My primer setup...Rustoleum red oxide primer, paint pan, baby roller 3/8" nap, kitchen whisk, drill and a jar of spaghetti sauce. JK...its an outside whisk now... Ok ok...fine. It's not a jar of spaghetti sauce. That's my used primer paint thinner. I'm...

The geometry took a little getting used to. I finally figured out how to keep the machine adjusted so I had a straighter entry/exit with the auger bit. It got critical digging the loose sand to keep as much on the bit to clean out the hole and not collapse the sides. I did use water poured in...

It's been an exhausting but productive week I guess. The East section of fence has been torn down, along with the old gate entrance, a lot of old fence ripped out, vines and overhanging trees removed and two new corner posts put in . Not to mention more pipe posts primered, even painted...

Yesterday I added another ounce of dye to the pond. I was a bit fed up at the amount of pond scum, and the color of the pond, it was back to brown again. It looked as if I hadn't put a thing in it the day before. I don't know if I miscalculated or what but I added more. Today it seems to have...

Golly sounds like a monster. Speaking of, on the way to meet friends for breakfast I passed by a farm that had a horse standing at the fence. I thought he looked big but thought 'nah, just perspective'. Then I look further into the field, there were other horses, much smaller horses. The guy...

That may be an option that is added, depending on the type of pressure the fence is seeing, as that will dictate where the electric line is placed. I'll have to wait and see. I'd like to not as that's yet another large project. The total fenceline is 2100'. I know I know, this is GJ and I...

I'm only 5'3", they're all BIG :lol: The cows, and other animals push on things and stuff starts leaning over. I'm anticipating the maintenance in the future will be the woven fence and the tposts. The line posts and corners are hopefully set for life. The soil is very sandy with layers of...

At it again. And today I'm waiting on a soecial delivery.

Trench along the drive continue the drain on out to the street. Get it out of your yard, your holding too much water.

OP, what's the application? Edit, duh, you said plastic hydraulic filter. Rubber strap wrench would be my weapon of choice. The filter housing on the 6.7 is plastic and I use for that. Works. I keep a rubber strap wrench (lrg and small), the metal strap wrench (large and small), the fluted...

Well, update on the pond fountain. I floated the pvc flatform last night into today. It was a success, she stayed afloat!. But it was a disappointing view of an algae bloom covered pond by 1pm. This humid post-hurricane weather is just, blehh! I did run the sprinkler all night but I...

Oh ok, I see. I knew I had a learning curve lol Also I checked my rates, its $0.085 (generation and transmission) and $0.023818 (distribution/delivery). Man there's so much info to digest lol

Hello RyanE! Re algae reduction - I'm not 100% if it's the decreased temp or increased O2 that is the leading factor, but I'm leaning towards temps. I've picked my poison I suppose choosing a fountain over aerator. It seems like it would (from the pool sprinkler videos I've seen), reduce...

Grabbed a 100' rope from the store. Cut in in half, attached to two side of the pvc float and launched the fountain platform out onto the pond. Anchored it out on some large railroad spikes and will leave it overnight, hopefully no leaks. I'd like to attach the pump tomorrow if it all goes well.

So here's something that may be a factor for how I build the rest of this. I've been running the fountain at night. I've seen for pond health running it at night seems to clear up the water more effectively. It's too soon to tell here. I run the pond 6p-6a overnight. In the morning it's...