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April 7, 8, and 9, 2011

Soapweed

Well-known member
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Loading cedar posts
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That were purchased down by Long Pine, Nebraska
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Banding machine
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Working in progress
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Finishing the load
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The beard might be a bit warm today, but it will feel good tomorrow.
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Meanwhile back at the ranch the posts are piled.
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And this lumberjack wishes he still had his beard
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No grass yet, so we are still caking
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And feeding hay
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Peach and her prairie putt-putt
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Protective add-on to the front of the cage
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Machine in motion
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This cage arrangement sure makes tagging easier.
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A very fine special lady
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What did that cow do, eat that calf? :roll:
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Life's a holiday on Primrose Lane.
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At least I hope.
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Slithering into a whole different world
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Motherly affection
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This sight probably sends a chill down the spine of many a bull. :wink:
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Fog on the field
 

Big Swede

Well-known member
How did you attach that tagging machine to your horse before you had the 4 wheeler Soap? Looks like everything is progressing smoothly down there. It's been a nice stretch of weather lately.
 

Soapweed

Well-known member
Big Swede said:
How did you attach that tagging machine to your horse before you had the 4 wheeler Soap? Looks like everything is progressing smoothly down there. It's been a nice stretch of weather lately.

We are enjoying a nice rain this morning, so are kicking back and relaxing a bit. :) Tagging used to be a two-person job, with both being horseback. One cowboy kept the cow away while the other dismounted to tag the calf. The tagger always hoped the other person had an agile enough horse to keep the cow from doing bodily harm.
 

LazyWP

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What did you pay for the posts? I need to cut some more cedars out. Getting to where its getting hard to get around in places.
 

Faster horses

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Soap, are those cedars dry or green when they are cut?

How long do you figure they will last? I know in this
country they work good, there just aren't many to be had.
 

Soapweed

Well-known member
LazyWP said:
What did you pay for the posts? I need to cut some more cedars out. Getting to where its getting hard to get around in places.

They cost $4.75 each, and are supposed to be at least three and a half inches in diameter on the small end. The posts are freshly cut. I have heard advice from "let them dry for a couple years" to " set them while they still have sap in them, and they will last longer." Hopefully they'll last me out, and the Kosmo Kid can buy whatever kind of posts he wants after he takes over the checkbook. :wink:
 

WVGenetics

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Big Muddy rancher said:
WVGenetics said:
Wish we could use posts like that. Those wouldn't last 5 years in our humid air and wet soil!

The Cedars they used to use in this country lasted better in the wet places than the dry ones. :?

Not so much about them being cedar, its more about the diameter and the acidity of the soil here. How acidic is the soil out there? Even 5-6 inch treated pine posts don't last all that long, maybe 20 years. Just found some 4 inch treated posts today that were almost rotted off at the top of the ground and they were set less than 10 years ago. The best posts we have are hand split yellow locust. We've got some on the home place that have been in the ground for more than 50 years and are still solid, but they are hard to come by these days.
 
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