Hog fuel - new term to me also. So why would one put this down on a driveway in place of gravel? I don't get that.
Long and the short of it, the in-laws were cheaping out. Before I came along, they built this small barn for the misses (she was 12 at the time) and instead of making a proper road, they simply dumped hog fuel in a curvy line and called it a road.
Since I came into the picture, I don't tolerate that kind of ****. If your going to do something, I think it should be done 100% correct and professional right from the start. If you can't afford to do something the correct way, you shouldn't do it at all. It's like buying a car but you cant afford insurance for it, then you shouldn't have it to begin with.
There are a ton of things around here in disrepair or just simply cheaped out on. All the fencing is non-treated, so it is completely rotten and all of it needs to be replaced, were talking 400, 10ft 2x6's. Only last year was there finally a permanent water line installed. For years, they would buy the cheapest hoses they could find, and put 5 of them together, to reach the 250 ft from the house water supply, to the barn. Obviously hoses being at ground level would freeze, so every winter she had to haul water to the barn by buckets, or wait until it became warmer. The hoses were exposed to UV rays, constant temperature changes, and since they were cheap, usually one hose blew every 6 months or so.
All of the fencing is cock-eyed because it was not done professionally. There were no holes dug and posts put in level and straight, it was the old, hold it up while I pound it in with the loader bucket. That's all fine and dandy if you do it straight and level!
Basically, everything besides the barn and the paddock fences, I would like to rip up and start over. I cannot stand unprofessional-ism, at work OR at home.
Don't get me wrong, she's very grateful that she was even given her own barn at the age of 12, but all through the years, there's no need to simply not maintain things, or not put in the roads and water lines a person needs. Especially when they aren't hurting for the money. It's the same old story, they always tell people they are broke and have no cash, but every single year they go on big grand vacations that cost $10,000.
Am I bitter about it? Yes, I am, and I always will be. I hate cheap people with a passion, I hate when people try to fix things the cheap way, or when they try to install something the cheap way. Now it's up to me to fix all of this stuff. The barn is still on there property, it isn't on ours, so I don't intend to pay for all kinds of upgrades that will increase there property value, of which I would never see one penny of if they decided to sell it. We pay for everything to do with the barn now, but I don't feel major projects should be the sole responsibility of our wallets. When it comes right down to it, it's not our land, they could take "her" barn anyway any time they feel like if they decided to sell.
