Recent content by TomPenny

Anybody ever used this fence material? I just started a 1600ft job. Customer already bought the material and put up some of it and has now hired me to finish it. I'm not too found of it after the 1st day. 440 Fence Company, Inc. - Galvanized and Powder Coated Steel Fencing.

I saw something the other day. I was out in Cumby Texas visiting a friend when a buddy of his starting talking about something he'd heard about and made work. this all happened in front of me. He filled an igloo cooler with water from the tap. Placed a contraption into the cooler. A real...

I know this isn't a classified section and my intent isn't to take advantage of this section. I just know a lot of you guys are realitively close to me and if this would save anyone any money then here goes. I have some steel building stuff stacked out in front I need to sell. Its spring...

Hey folks, long time. Harv saw you the other day in downtown Royse City. I can spot that truck a mile a way. Anyways I am struggling a little bit with a customer's property. He has a creek/run off in back of his property and his bridge pretty much washed out. I think part of the problem is the...

I couldn't find the old threas so heres a new one. I got 1000 feet of fence i'm putting in and here is about 400 feet on one side. My camera phone is pretty crappy so the pic doesn't do it justice.

Well we all know the post "doing what fencemen do" or something like that where Mr Harv show us how it was done. Before string was invented that is. I've read that post a hundred times. A few days ago I started a project putting up 1700 feet of horse fence. The client didn't what a top rail...

I have a transit that was passed down to me. It is in great shape. It's made of sold brass mostly and is in the original wood box. I bet it's 75 years old or more. I cannot figure out how to use it because there are no cross hairs. Anybody know anything about that?

Here is a Slide Show of some things I've done lately. I got a lot more I just need to get them in the scanned or saved.

Hi I have several 14' round steel light poles that I plan on using as posts. I want to use them to make a carport and an awning. The trouble is the are tappered. 4" pipe narrows to about 3". I am a little stumped on how to level them once I put them in the hole. I thought about placing a...

Help ID\'in some Purlin I got a bunch of 20 - 24' Purlin and some of it don't know what to use it for. I need to make several awnings. 6" C - Thats easy. but these....? 4" Channel. these are 20' long. 4" x 4" angle ??? 4" x 2" angle