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sjerden 
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 Topic: Down on the Farm
Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 9:43pm |
 "Farm living is the life for me". My WD drilling post holes for a new pen last weekend. While there are plenty of new posts in the hedge row behind, I don't mind using the old ones. I am told they can last 100 years.
Edited by sjerden - 07 Apr 2010 at 9:59pm
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Osage_Orange
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Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 10:38pm |
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How are you going to know? LOL
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Why is there never time to do it right the first time, but always time to go back and fix it?
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sjerden
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Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 10:42pm |
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Heard it from a 70 year old man 30 years ago. His father told him.
Edited by sjerden - 07 Apr 2010 at 10:42pm
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Bill_MN
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Posted: 07 Apr 2010 at 11:22pm |
nice setup there steve...say, hows that hitch workin that i sent ya?
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sjerden
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Posted: 08 Apr 2010 at 8:15am |
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I put it on my blade last week. Haven't had a chance to use it yet. I had welded together one that wasn't too tight, but it did the job. I'm interested in how much better it stays on track and doesn't wobble left and right with the hitch that you sent. I had looked all over for one around here and couldn't find one. Thanks.
Edited by sjerden - 08 Apr 2010 at 8:17am
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Chris/CT
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Posted: 08 Apr 2010 at 8:25am |
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I was thinking about that 100 year thing, I bet there is some type's of wood that can last that long, don't try using the PTreated lumber at the local lumberyards, it will rot off at ground line in about 3 years and break off!!! c/CT
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sjerden
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Posted: 08 Apr 2010 at 10:31am |
"Hedge wood is renowned for its hardness and resistance to decay. These same characteristics .. make it so desirable for fenceposts...."
This article is at http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPub.aspx?P=MP903-35
more pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaadowfoxphotographie/3031613475/
The article refers to it as Osage orange trees. I've never heard it called Osage orange trees until now. It always been Hedgewood to me. I have posts that are no more than an inch and a half round that are tough as nails and very old; in the ground with fence on them on my 140 year old farm. They were old when I bought the farm 30years ago, and still sturdy. You've probably seen Hedgeapples.
Hedgeapples, thrown under the house, will keep the bugs away. They are toxic.
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Max(ia)
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Posted: 08 Apr 2010 at 7:09pm |
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We called it Hedge also, but it's actually Osage Orange. Wife scatters hedge apples all over the place to keep away insects, maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. lol
Have had some experience as a kid cutting hedge posts, before the chainsaw, not a fun job at all. I believe they will last a lifetime and lord help you if you want to drive steeple(staple) into an old post. lol
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sjerden
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Posted: 08 Apr 2010 at 8:47pm |
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Find a crack and the staples will go in, most times.
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Nick in MI
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Posted: 08 Apr 2010 at 10:37pm |
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Friend of mine uses that osage wood to make bows, it is supposed to be real good stuff.
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Pat the Plumber CIL
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Posted: 08 Apr 2010 at 11:00pm |
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My place is full of hedge(Osage orange).The stuff is like Iron.I save 8' lengths as I cut them up.Someday I plan on replacing some fences around my land.The posts there now are over 70. Crooked and cracked but they will pull out before they break off.
A guy up by Peoria comes down and gets a fresh cut straight 6-7 ft piece.He seals end in wax,waits 6 months,then splits into staves and then carves bows.Beautiful work,I would never have patience to learn.I will stick with modern tech.Maybe when I retire.LOL
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