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I live in the Valley; we get some huge winds and gusts around here, especially along the north slopes. Once I repaired a blown-down wooden fence out in the coun
by mgsouth 4y ago
I live in the Valley; we get some huge winds and gusts around here, especially along the north slopes. Once I repaired a blown-down wooden fence out in the county for the Nth time, "really" fixing it by bracing with a 2x4 from the top to the ground behind it. Came back a few weeks later and the wind had jacked the whole panel out of the ground, pivoting on the brace's grounded end, pulling up fence posts buried three feet deep.
- WalterBright 4y agoIs the fence solid? Perhaps make a slatted fence, so the wind can blow through it.
- mgsouth 4y agoIt's already slatted. TBH, the fence has never been properly repaired, due to materials on hand and a certain impatient father-in-law. The posts should be buried 4 ft deep and bedded in a 3-or-4 inch wide concrete base. But going to check on the place and fixing the fence is kind of a ritual now, a good excuse to get out to the country. Beautiful wide-open tranquility.