A while back before we owned our property I found an ad on Kijiji (like Craigs list) for some old split cedar rails for cedar rail fencing. We want to have this type of fence around the residential side of our property since it will just be to delineate property lines and not to contain animals. I love the look of a cedar rail fence not to mention it makes a fantastic backdrop for flowers like Black Eyed Susans and Purple Coneflower, old shrub type Roses and on and on. Anyway, at first CAT was unsure about the distance we had to travel to get these particular rails (approx. 2 1/2 hours away) but the price convinced him it was worth a try and so we set off Sunday morning on our quest. We made it without an issue and put on our first load of rails.
We had been hoping to do it in two trips but we soon realized they were so large and perfect that it would take three trips to get them all. We are planning to take advantage of rain days when we are unable to work on the barn, to go get our other loads. We went slow and steady to test the load and situation and before getting on the highway we stopped to double check the tie downs. They seemed just fine and I thought I would snap a quick pic of CAT's beloved trailer. You can see the jeep is showing the weight a little bit.
It took us about 3 hours (with a dinner stop) to get to our property and then as CAT unloaded rails he sorted them into top, bench (middle) and bottom rails as well as a pile for posts. I had the very important job of keeping the tally. I have to say it was a much more enjoyable job then handing the posts to CAT when we were loading them. lol
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| A view of our three piles with the top rails on the left then the bench and the bottom rails at the back right |
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| A closer look at the bench and bottom rail piles |
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| Tops on the right and smaller rails on the left to use as posts |
We had a great day and were blessed by a gorgeous evening and sunset on the property. This pic doesn't do it justice but it was so pretty. Every cloud, even the ones overhead were pink at one point with the dark blue sky in between. It was so picturesque. The first stage of the quest was a complete success. Stay tuned to see how stage 2 and 3 go. And of course the actual building of the fence.
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| Sunset on Scotch Bush Farm |
Great score on those rails! I love a cedar rail fence too. Interesting photos of the barn razing. You're going to have a quaint, picturesque farm before you know it!
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