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Started by _Bomber Watson_ , Aug 12 2012 06:29 PM

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#151 TempesT

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Posted 23 August 2012 - 10:41 PM

dogs are great.....

Actually odie came from rocky... remember i grabbed one of your summit boxes. Just grab a mongrel / bitsa it will be your greatest mate ever. You should see how keen they are when you get home.

Im a master dog trainer..... lol then the Mrs goes and ruins all my good work.

Ill bet the day after you put a colour bond fence up some grub will spray the shit out of it.
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#152 _nial8r_

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Posted 24 August 2012 - 11:07 AM

i think with any dog weather its in your fully inclosed yard or in public and it bits someone then the law states that it is dangerous and will be destroyed, IMO i think if anyone is stupid enough to jump my fence and gets a chomp and held there till i get out there well then its there own fault!! also i would not allow my dog to be put down for doing his job i would take him bush and set him free.

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#153 _nial8r_

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Posted 24 August 2012 - 11:11 AM

heres the pics of my big gate DJ so you can see the hinges i used. the centre one holds no weight its there but upside down so no turd can lift it off when the gate is padlocked. them hinges are holding 100kg's + and hasnt dropped or moved in the 5 yrs its been there.
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center hinge upside down
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you can see also that the hinges have a small hole in them, thats for a grease nipple, just have to tap a thread and fit them, i never bothered, just packed the female side with bearing grease 1st then on she went. might do it when i have nothing to do in 30yrs time lol.

Edited by nial8r, 24 August 2012 - 11:16 AM.

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#154 orangeLJ

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Posted 24 August 2012 - 11:38 AM

Careful with "beware of dog" signs,

in some cases it can be admitting liability (knowing that your animal could be dangerous)

I keep our front gate padlocked when we arent home as that little bit extra "well that should have stopped them, they were obviously trespassing"

Go a bitsa! purebred is just asking for issues.

90% of animals, if trained correctly, will have a protective instinct over their property, but there are obviously some breeds that are more instinctively protective (think typical guard dogs)

Go a doberman cross mix

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#155 _nial8r_

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Posted 24 August 2012 - 01:59 PM

if your not home a real lot ( i.e work ) a dog can go bonkers pretty quick and start looking for things to entertain it self and then start to go around the twist a bit like this one lol

http://youtu.be/4axW22Ue7xI

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#156 _Skapinad_

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Posted 24 August 2012 - 05:12 PM

I like the upside down hinge trick!

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#157 _nial8r_

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Posted 24 August 2012 - 05:39 PM

I like the upside down hinge trick!

thanks Adam, i really should run a weld on it but i know it has to come back off again as you can see the concretors stuffed the fall on my driveway so that section has to be ripped up and slopped away from the house.... it is a lump of a gate to lift but you know what its like, if someone wants something bad enough theres not really much thats gonna stop them, all we can do is try and slow them down in the hopes that someone will disturb them and make them piss off.

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#158 _Hamster_

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Posted 24 August 2012 - 05:51 PM

I own real guard dogs
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Pretty bad effort on the concrete.....

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#159 _nial8r_

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Posted 24 August 2012 - 05:54 PM

heres a couple of ideas for ya Bomber...

1- frOck the fence, save ya coin and buy one of these, bet ya dont have granny shitting ya off anymore

2- or do ya fence, get a dog and slame one of these on ya gates, ( i have these )
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3- instead of all the renos do a " knock down rebuild " looks cheap enough :mellow:

4- or you could always just sell up and move to the sticks :nada:

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#160 _nial8r_

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Posted 24 August 2012 - 06:00 PM

I own real guard dogs

Pretty bad effort on the concrete.....

the rest is all good just that one section, had to put a temp drain pit at the front for when it flogs it down rain.

i bet your 2 would still go off there rocker if you wernt home !! its the quiet ones ya gotta watch

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#161 _Hamster_

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Posted 24 August 2012 - 06:03 PM

the rest is all good just that one section, had to put a temp drain pit at the front for when it flogs it down rain.

i bet your 2 would still go off there rocker if you wernt home !! its the quiet ones ya gotta watch

Yea they are anoying things, they bark at anything that walks down the hill.
And postman....they go nuts really as most dogs do.

Little ones bitten someone when we wern't home which is good in a way but we knew the person so it wasn't lol.

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#162 _nial8r_

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Posted 24 August 2012 - 06:45 PM

still good to know there doing there job

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#163 _Quagmire_

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Posted 24 August 2012 - 08:10 PM

Careful with "beware of dog" signs,

in some cases it can be admitting liability (knowing that your animal could be dangerous)

I keep our front gate padlocked when we arent home as that little bit extra "well that should have stopped them, they were obviously trespassing"

Go a bitsa! purebred is just asking for issues.

90% of animals, if trained correctly, will have a protective instinct over their property, but there are obviously some breeds that are more instinctively protective (think typical guard dogs)

Go a doberman cross mix

chris it's law...it's not admitting liability..more absolving yourself from it
like the sign's there but you ignored it....your fault go away in the eyes of the law
if you get a "dangerous" dog it has to be fluorescent green/yellow and a certain size
and all sorts of other shit (musles fluro collars etc)
normal dogs just need a sign...it can be as small as 20x20 mm

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#164 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 25 August 2012 - 06:37 PM

I get a mental image of a fluro green/yellow painted rotweiler/doberman when i read that comment Quag, just the way you worded it......

Anyway, not a lot done today, i woke up with a surprise hangover, which was annoying since i only had a six pack Friday night while watching a couple of movies, havnt been drinking much and im a shitload out of condition it seems!!

Some picks of the existing fence, you guys recon its either "unfit" or "dilapidated"??

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With operation down the side of the house being at a standstill, i've turned my attention to other areas, finishing off little jobs and starting new ones.

Began by digging the boat out, as its going to be living outside of the shed from now on, or more so when my boat cover i got off ebay shows up.

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Did a couple of little jobs to it, wont put them in this thread, might update the boat thread for that one.

Was going to keep tidying up and try to make some room in the shed so the bigg cleanup can continue, but didnt get that far haha.

Only other thing i did was start pulling down a bit of fence, i pulled down one of the fences beside the old bitties place, the chicken wire and star picket one, only as far as her boundary, and assessed the rosewood/chicken wire fence, it looks like it will come down easily enough, actually half fell down while i was pulling the star picket one out.

Will discuss the matter with her before i start pulling that one down though.

I also pulled out the old gal/chanlink fences that were at the front of my house, and pulled down an old shadesale frame type thing that had been there for a hundred years and was #@$^%&. This is where i intend to park the boat from now on so it all needed to come down first, save moving it again

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I used the car trailer to pull the fence posts out, as i have a 12000lb electric winch on it

And the other side

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Big hole...

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Nearly ready for a dump run

Pulling the posts out went relatively smoothly, did learn that i cant be lazy and just pull from an angle off the trailer instead of moving it, as the rope flicks up and takes out one of the tail lights on the trailer :banghead:

Oh well haha.

Cheers.

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#165 _Skapinad_

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Posted 25 August 2012 - 07:03 PM

I can see one pf your next awesome fun jobs, new house stumps! It never ends, stop now and forget about it!

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#166 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 25 August 2012 - 07:05 PM

Whaats wrong with my house stumps/

Cheers.

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#167 _Skapinad_

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Posted 25 August 2012 - 07:07 PM

They look like old timber ones.... Jack up the corner of the house and see if you can kick it over... Not all of em...

Edited by Skapinad, 25 August 2012 - 07:08 PM.

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#168 _Quagmire_

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Posted 25 August 2012 - 07:07 PM

save having to wear the poxy collar they make em wear

shoulda just used the cruizer dj....moves itself

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#169 _Quagmire_

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Posted 25 August 2012 - 07:10 PM

They look like old timber ones.... Jack up the corner of the house and see if you can kick it over... Not all of em...

or jam a screwdriver in it's guts...on second thoughts DON'T !

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#170 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 25 August 2012 - 07:14 PM

There fine

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#171 _Skapinad_

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Posted 25 August 2012 - 07:17 PM

frOck the fence too, then the neighboursnwont get to see epic late night nudie runs!

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#172 _nial8r_

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Posted 25 August 2012 - 07:59 PM

six pack hangovers seem to be worse than a bottle of bundy sometimes, never did figure that out ???

seems you have made a lot of easy progress there Bomber .... 4WD's , winches, trolley jacks and snatch straps are just some of the best home reno tools on the market

oh and i think ya boat deserves a spot in the shed mate not out side in the weather. keep the frame of the old shade sail thingo, put it down in the corner, concrete the post in and sheet the walls & roof and pick up a cheep roller door or knock up some barn doors and you will have a instant home for the boat

handrail removal, 3T trolley jack
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trailer i made for the quad bike for moving sh*t from one place to another
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#173 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 26 August 2012 - 04:49 PM

Not a whole lot done today, cause i took the boat for a spin.

http://www.gmh-toran...ub/page__st__50

did pull out the old rosewood fence next to the grannies place, as we had another chat, she seems a lot calmer/more cooperative now which is good.

Now i just have a weed fence (look like weeds to me anyway lol)

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And introduced the boat to its new home, it seems happy

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Way more room in the shed now

Cheers.

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#174 _nial8r_

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Posted 26 August 2012 - 08:29 PM

looking good DJ, ya know what them plants are called?? " Mother inlaws Toung " lol and theres frOcking heaps of the pricks. get rid of them if you can as they will grow under you new fence :banghead:

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#175 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 26 August 2012 - 08:53 PM

yeah thats about half what was there, half came out when i was pulling the fence down, stupid things grew through the chicken wire, and when you lift a few up a whole lot more come with them, stupid weeds.

Cheers.