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735 hits | 61.59 KB | Posted: 3/26/06
It took several hours riding a 1-man auger to get these holes drilled - apparently, the farmer who o...

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769 hits | 54.71 KB | Posted: 3/26/06
The hole by the house was the worst because the auger kept hitting the slab, and every time it bound...

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687 hits | 60.85 KB | Posted: 3/26/06
That pile of aluminum I-beams is just a fraction of the junk I need to get stored, which is why I'm ...

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733 hits | 40.21 KB | Posted: 3/26/06
I'll be the only house with a fence at the front, and the only one with an 8' fence in the front yar...

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678 hits | 51.42 KB | Posted: 3/26/06
It'll come up to the soffit, so I can get away with just about anything inside it.

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712 hits | 42.27 KB | Posted: 3/26/06
I had originally planned to replace the boards on the neighbor's fence with 8-footers, but since he'...

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646 hits | 45.95 KB | Posted: 3/26/06
Now for the gate poles...

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633 hits | 90.02 KB | Posted: 3/26/06
I have to miss my phone & cable lines when I drill the holes for the gate poles.

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679 hits | 101.19 KB | Posted: 3/26/06
FIrst try & I nailed the cable DEAD center! Fortunately, the ground is so hard that I saw it before...

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655 hits | 59.62 KB | Posted: 3/26/06
The little part. I might brace it onto the house later.

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687 hits | 60.95 KB | Posted: 3/26/06
The big part. It's braced onto the neighbor's fence in 2 places.

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It's actually bigger than it looks here. If I really wanted to, I could probably get 3 Broncos in h...

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728 hits | 46.73 KB | Posted: 3/26/06
This puts it into better perspective. I was worried about the neighbors complaining, but they've al...

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712 hits | 49.62 KB | Posted: 3/26/06
The grass shows how long it took me to get the gate frames built & hung. Steel is certainly sturdie...

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The weight of the frames alone affected the poles much more than I expected, but I had always planne...

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It's big, but it's big.

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933 hits | 42.76 KB | Posted: 3/26/06
Yeah, it's big.

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906 hits | 55.01 KB | Posted: 4/17/06
Today, we stained it. It's been dry for the past few days, and it was a little windy, but warm & cl...

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3203 hits | 47.64 KB | Posted: 4/17/06
This is Behr Premium Redwood stain & a Wagner ControlSpray. Nice hairdo, huh?

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740 hits | 53.69 KB | Posted: 4/17/06
It went a LOT faster than we expected, but we used more stain than we probably should have.

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Uh oh... She caught me taking a picture of her!

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The outside went a lot faster than the inside, and took a LOT less stain.

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The outside went a lot faster than the inside, and took a LOT less stain.

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775 hits | 54.35 KB | Posted: 4/17/06
The outside went a lot faster than the inside, and took a LOT less stain.

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754 hits | 40.89 KB | Posted: 4/17/06
I have just enough stain left to shoot that little part from the neighbor's back yard when I get my ...

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699 hits | 20.76 KB | Posted: 10/10/08
This is what I'm aiming for.

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This is the last day it'll look like this.

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This is the last day it'll look like this.

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This is the last day it'll look like this.

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This is the last day it'll look like this.

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This is the last day it'll look like this.

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This is the last day it'll look like this.

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I set these first so they'd be strong enough when I hang the gates.

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I set these first so they'd be strong enough when I hang the gates.

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658 hits | 94.85 KB | Posted: 10/10/08
I bruised my butt riding that damned auger for 5 hours.

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661 hits | 90.22 KB | Posted: 10/10/08
I bruised my butt riding that damned auger for 5 hours.

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I bruised my butt riding that damned auger for 5 hours.

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658 hits | 103.53 KB | Posted: 10/10/08
When the blisters go down, I'll think about drilling the holes for this section.

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762 hits | 88.28 KB | Posted: 10/12/08
I set the first 5 posts last night & put a few stringers on today.

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The rest of the posts are set, and they're about to get concreted in.

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All the stringers are up, and I'm going to stain everything before the planks go on.

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689 hits | 87.49 KB | Posted: 10/23/08
All the stringers are up, and I'm going to stain everything before the planks go on.

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669 hits | 105.73 KB | Posted: 10/23/08
All the stringers are up, and I'm going to stain everything before the planks go on.

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678 hits | 85.23 KB | Posted: 10/23/08
All the stringers are up, and I'm going to stain everything before the planks go on.

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These planks are for the gates, which are under construction.

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The gates took a while because of the lap joints, and all these planks were spread out for a day to ...

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616 hits | 94.96 KB | Posted: 10/23/08
All these planks were spread out for a day to dry before staining.

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655 hits | 73.56 KB | Posted: 10/23/08
It only took about 3 hours to hang the rest of the planks, but most only have 2 screws for now.

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657 hits | 89.65 KB | Posted: 10/23/08
The gates came out better than I thought, and this may be the first time I've been really happy with...

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645 hits | 91.07 KB | Posted: 10/23/08
The gates came out better than I thought, and this may be the first time I've been really happy with...

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691 hits | 112.22 KB | Posted: 10/23/08
The black spots are some heavy mildew, but I'm hoping they'll fade fast.

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698 hits | 95.32 KB | Posted: 10/23/08
The black spots are some heavy mildew, but I'm hoping they'll fade fast.

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Now I get to start over on the back section...

***UPDATE***
Turns out the dirt there is too unst...