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[rtdiggr]

That gate is just outside the little town of Edom Texas in Van Zandt county. I don't know anything about the place, except there are two gates like this. The other one is just the wood posts and fancy metal gates, but doesn't have the rock collums.

I have two clients that are real close to there, and I will be driving past them every day in a few weeks. I'll take some better pics of it and maybe even measure how big those logs are.

In all buildings, I think wood, iron and rock are the three things that add up to the perfect building or structure. If you have just one, it always seems that you are lacking something. If you have two, it usually looks pretty good. When you have all three, and it's done tastefully and profesionally, it's the most amazing thing there is in my opinion. That gate has all three.

Eddie

I agree.

That is truly a piece of art, you can tell the person/people take pride in what they do.

Shane

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Those are some big logs. It looks like the work of one of those companys in the northwest that build entrys like that. Recent Archways

That particular entry has it all, that's for sure.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Yep, Harvey, I remember when you moved that bed onto Lucy and had to do a bit of modification. My brother came up from near Waco today. He got his completed truck yesterday, and it's an 11' bed (had to cut the corners off to provide sufficient clearance when turning with the fifth-wheel. I think the new F550s require a little longer bed back beyond the rear axle because the fuel tank is now behind the rear axle. Overall, the truck is about 25' long, and I'll say the 2008 Ford diesel has to be the quietest diesel I've heard. And my brother says this 2008 F550 with the 6.4L diesel and 4.88 differential is definitely more powerful than his 2000 F350 with the 7.3L diesel. But I'm sure glad I don't have to work on those machines. They've pretty well filled up the space under the hood the last few years and I do believe this 2008 model is the fullest I've seen.

He sure has a nice fiver pulling rig Bird.

 

[txdon]

After changing my mind and going for the simple preformed cattle guard beam the only question was if I could move it with my tractor. Harvey do you have any more pics?

 

[mopacman]

Don to move more weight with your loader run a chain through the round tube on the loader arms down to the beam. This make a big difference and not change the weight on the front end of tractor.......Larry

 

[wroughtn_harv]

After changing my mind and going for the simple preformed cattle guard beam the only question was if I could move it with my tractor. Harvey do you have any more pics?

Don I don't have any more pics. However, today I started making the posts for the rail fence and I prepared the sixteen foot six inch pipe posts for the gate. I also met with the client east of Rockwall and if I can get a locate from Cash water district we'll be setting posts tomorrow for the big timber entryway.

Bear with me, I'm slow, well, since I've got old, I'm even slower.

Tomorrow evening I'll have more pictures hopefully. It's supposed to be cold and wet Wednesday so I'll be working on fence posts and maybe some gate stuff, more pictures.

Did I ever do a show and tell on the steel rock sign?

You remember Tom and Michelle at Pearson Stone I'm sure. Last year I made them a sign for their new location.

 

[txdon]

Don to move more weight with your loader run a chain through the round tube on the loader arms down to the beam. This make a big difference and not change the weight on the front end of tractor.......Larry

Larry, good advice. That was my next plan if the bucket hook did not work. I know you can't tell it on the picture but I needed that extra foot for the second beam. The tractor bumper was almost up against the trailer wheel when I lifted before I pulled the truck forward. When the beam was up about 6" I put some pieces of pipe under it so it would roll as I pulled the trailer away.

Harvey, We haven't seen the steel stone sign.

 

[ronjhall]

After changing my mind and going for the simple preformed cattle guard beam the only question was if I could move it with my tractor. Harvey do you have any more pics?

Take the tooth bar off. Must be limiting some of your lift.
We are on the road Sunday. It's going to be in single digits here Sunday. Any temperatures not below freezing will be good. If you do not have all the work done by the following weekend I can help.

 

[txdon]

Take the tooth bar off. Must be limiting some of your lift.
We are on the road Sunday. It's going to be in single digits here Sunday. Any temperatures not below freezing will be good. If you do not have all the work done by the following weekend I can help.

I didn't even think of the toothbar, that would have increased the lift by 200 pounds.

Ahh the snowbirds are descending. That is a sure sign it will be getting colder, I better get busy while it is still warm.

 

[bgoodman]

Any idea of dates for the gate raising, Don?