Markhibberdfencing Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Not something I really want to own up to,but knocked a 3mtr post in should have been 3.6m from the the strainer but I was 80cm out even when I was knocking I thought that's a big gap but I carried on,best part of an hour to remove it and start again,anyone else got something to admit to????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D A MacDougall Fencing Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 The list is to long mark try and forget them and move on as quick as I can that why none are coming to mind at the moment if any good ones come back to me I will be sure to post it up here after all wee all make mistakes he he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontrowfencing Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 I regularly make the mistake of getting out of bed. Especially on these wet days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goaty Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 My idea of perfection is failed often. Sometimes I work it all out in my head, three completely forget the plan. It makes it harder. Gates are something I've messed up on, either leaving too much of a gap or too little. Put the gate in first! But then you cannot see if your line is straight in a straight long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliehub Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 It normally comes down to more haste less speed with me knocking one post in too far then spending time trying to dig it out as it's always the day you forget the chain...possibly my biggest mistake was saying Ok when 20 odd years ago the misses said "Pat down the road wondered if you could do a bit of fencing for them' rest is history ....???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premnayloon Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 The one thing we have all done at some point, Join rolls of rylock the wrong way, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Fencin Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Most of my mistakes had something to do with ledge/bedrock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markhibberdfencing Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Would love you to explain a bit more Ben Fencin all the best Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCCM Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Make one or two mistakes with gates in the past. Was hanging a matched pair of timber deer gates on the front face, put the posts in and a couple of days later went back to hang them and the gap was so wrong i had to hang them on the inside of the posts for whatever reason i had completely got the measurement wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Fencin Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Would love you to explain a bit more Ben Fencin all the best Mark Mostly not getting a post deep enough and later having them lift. Fortunately I made these mistakes on my own farm and not a customers. I have carbide rock augers for some types of rock, but granite and basalt need a pneumatic rock drill or jackhammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premnayloon Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Make one or two mistakes with gates in the past. Was hanging a matched pair of timber deer gates on the front face, put the posts in and a couple of days later went back to hang them and the gap was so wrong i had to hang them on the inside of the posts for whatever reason i had completely got the measurement wrong... i always if possible get the gate top be hung in situ, despite measuring the gap often gates can b 3-4 inch short or long, better to have the gfate there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markhibberdfencing Posted December 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Mostly not getting a post deep enough and later having them lift. Fortunately I made these mistakes on my own farm and not a customers. I have carbide rock augers for some types of rock, but granite and basalt need a pneumatic rock drill or jackhammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markhibberdfencing Posted December 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Thanks for explaining that Sounds like you have some difficult ground to work through at times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Fencin Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Thanks for explaining that Sounds like you have some difficult ground to work through at times We often have multiple soil types in a single field if you look at a soil map. Three main factors caused by ice a mile high 20,000 years ago. Movement of glaciers stripped the ground, exposed bedrock and made it close to surface in places, often hillls. Glacial melt, sand and gravel deposits Weight of glaciers depressed the ground, when melted the ocean flooded in to a certain point (where I live) and deposited clay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markhibberdfencing Posted December 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 That's very interesting I guess we have guys n girls here who reguarly work with difficult ground,I have walked alot in Scotland and have been amazed by some of the fences that go through the mountains straight as you like and set into rock some of which have clearly been in place for many years and done without machinery,I am generally pretty spoilt mainly clay just recently struggling with stone so long spells with the auger.How large is your farm and what do you farm? All the best Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post Driver Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 I remember a time my brother (he was still in school) was marking 3.6m rails at 1.3m instead of 1.8m. Luckily we realised before knocking too many in Also reading a tape measure out loud when it's upside down and getting 6 and 9 confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth_elms Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 one of the very first jobs I ever did only a small run in comparison to what i have done since, but knocked in 100m of a 450m plus 2 gate fence. looked barrel straight while we hung the wire and hung the gate at one end, came back the next day. land owner must have moved his land it was bowed like a horse leg. needless to say learnt from that mistake after wasting half a day digging them out and putting them back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goaty Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 Done it today! Forgot when putting corner post in to change the line so the net swops sides to go round corner posts. My first day of proper new fencing this year so a bit rusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringfencing Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 Today's **** up having said to one of my chaps about keeping doors shut when moving along the line i fdidnt listen to my own advice and caught it on a post... Bang ..glass every where I'm sure I'm not the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED STAG Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 Today's **** up having said to one of my chaps about keeping doors shut when moving along the line i fdidnt listen to my own advice and caught it on a post... Bang ..glass every where I'm sure I'm not the only one. Guilty to the tune of £600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premnayloon Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 Not a mistake as such, but why in the name of Christ, do the manufacturer of gate hooks, screw the bloody nut right to the end of the thread, We have t unscrew it to use it so why not just screw on an inch or two, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringfencing Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 Hopefully NFU will take pity on me it's been a while since the last one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringfencing Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 I know what you mean but I can't ever remember getting a gate hook with out the nut on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premnayloon Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 I've no problem the nut on , it's the fact t it's screwed to the hilt for no other good reason than to annoy people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premnayloon Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 And while I'm.at it, roll pins on to hold the spring and washer in place on gate pins, Anyone else find trying to chap, the pin through whilst trying to hold the roll.pin, and the gate pin, whilst under strain from the spring with one hand nigh on impossible, Now I ditch the roll.pins and gone back to split pins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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