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Getting rid of the old fence
To replace a fence, you first have to remove a fence. In our case it
turned out to be a bit easier than we thought it would be. The old wooden
stockade style fence was so rotten in places, that it almost fell apart.
Still, it took a lot of doing to get everything apart and piled for
removal.
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Capt. Bill has a relative who owns both a truck and a
place in the woods. That combination with a free meal enabled
Capt. Bill to have all the old fence hauled away. Another route
would have been to call a trash removal company who would have hauled
everything to a dump. |
Be sure to find out how to get rid of the old fence before you start to tear
it down. There may be an unpleasant surprise awaiting you.
| We were wondering just how long the wooden stockade fence
had been in place. A neighbor, who was very curious what we were
doing, told us that the fence had been there for at least 20
years. A more thoughtful estimate ran up to 30 years.
Note what is left of the bottom of just one of the many fence
posts. Less than one half the original diameter remains.
Several other posts were so weak, that they snapped off at the ground
line when we started to remove them. |
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Removing the posts was absolutely not fun. In fact, Capt. Bill was
lifting a particularly stubborn post when he heard something "snap" in
his chest. A trip to the emergency room a few days later revealed that the
had indeed ripped a muscle or two. Now do you see why you get a second job
so you can afford to pay someone else to do this stuff!?
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Anna leapt right in by taking a pruning saw to the cross
members of each panel. By sawing each panel in half, it made it
much easier to pry loose from the posts, then carry over to the debris
pile.
Capt. Bill and I leapt right over to a glass of cool ice tea and
watched her saw away. |
What a
production......
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