Moving the Gate

For too long, I have worried about stopping on the road with a trailer load of building material whilst unlocking the gate. Finally, I decided to finish a project I started at the same time as the workshop. I loaded up a bunch of tools, cement mixer, barrel of water, generator, etc. and went out to the road to set the 4x4 posts in concrete.

While the concrete was curing, I rounded up some old fence wire (that had been taken down several years ago) along with the best of the old T-posts I could find. I pulled string to establish straight lines for the posts and soon found my blackberry patch to be interfering.

Next operation was to prune back all the old, dead canes and clear out honeysuckle vines.

While cleaning out the old canes, I saw what I thought at first glance was a cotton ball. To my surprise, it began to crawl away and then I saw the antennae.

Then the posts were driven in and old fencing attached.

Finally, the old gate was relocated to the new gate posts. Now I can safely pull in off the road even with a big load of lumber hanging off the back of my trailer.