OT: My New Build Big Enough for a Horse!

[spanglish]

One of my favorite things on these forums is tank builds.
We all know that you shouldn't buy livestock before you
have the appropriate environment established.

Well, because it was a Christmas gift I waited until after
the animal to start on the home.

This was the gift!

My 5 yr old took the photo with his digital camera from Santa (awesome
fisher price item).

So, now its time to build appropriate fence, barn, etc. so I thought you might\
like to see the build thread.
I'm sure there are horse forums, but I prefer y'all's company.

 

[cheeks69]

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I love horses !
Can't wait to see you start on the home

 

[saltwaterfarm]

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Isn't Santa cool... From the pic... kinda looks like an appaloosa. What kind is it. I had a paint mare and a black pony. Horses are wonderful animals. High maintenance, a lot like reefs...

 

[Witfull]

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palamino,,,greatest horse next a losa...loyal friends

slight hihack http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/28/guide.horse.ap/index.html

 

[saltwaterfarm]

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Ahh... That is a palamino... Thanks wit. I see it now! Very nice. Much lighter that most I've seen.

 

[spanglish]

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Here's the young photographer

 

[spanglish]

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She's an eighteen year old palamino quarter horse (yes I got one that old on purpose)
They live to be in their 30's and she is what they call "bombproof"
(won't buck, kick, etc.)

She was a gift from me to my wife. After eighteen years of saying not
just no but h*ll no when she said she wanted a horse, it was the ultimate
suprise!

Here's the proud new owner

 

[Witfull]

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now that is a horses A$$...and i dont mean the pic,,,LOL

great job on misdirection!!!

 

[spanglish]

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I had a friend deliver Kira (that's the horse) to my Parents'
house Christmas morning. (I've had Christmas in the same house
every year [40] of my life). I wrapped a box with carrots in it.
As she opened it I said I had to get something out of the car and
excused myself outside. As she put two and two together she ran
outside to find me leading Kira up the drive.

 

[spanglish]

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She bawled!:tears: :cry1: :cry1:

It was great!

My brotherinlaw got it on video but I haven't learned to post vids yet.

 

[Witfull]

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your good,,,reminds me of diamond earrings on the teddybear,,,took her a moment then~~~~~

 

[spanglish]

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OK, on with the build.

First of all you'll note that it's been awhile since Christmas. As I indicated
above I couldn't start on any fence/shelter prior to Christmas for fear of
ruining the suprise.

So what does it do as soon as it's time to start building??

 

[spanglish]

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:smack:

So, where do you put the new horse in the ice storm(s)??

Why...

In the carport of course!:hallo:

 

[spanglish]

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So it has just now dried up enough to work so today we started.

First the new fence.

This is our driveway approach

 

[spanglish]

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One of the main reasons I bought this place is the overgrown perimeter.
Large oaks, junipers, etc. covered with mustang grape vines create a
visiual screen that keeps our five acres totally private. If they build
a junk yard next door I won't see it.

But, in order to run the new pipe rail fence around approximately 2 acres
for the horse we've decided to clear about 150 feet of road frontage.:chomp:

 

[spanglish]

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The area to be cleared is to the right (east) of the drive.

The drive is just left of the left juniper.

 

[spanglish]

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That's Sweet Pea inspecting the proposed jobsite.

 

[spanglish]

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I had mixed emotions, but to do this fence right it is necessary. We were
able to save a couple of the bigger trees.

A couple of years ago I was awakened by a bull dozer that had already
taken out about half of the property line between my neighbor and me.
I was not happy, but it grew back pretty quickly and today you'd never
know it happened.

 

[spanglish]

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So today we moved in the muscle

 

[spanglish]

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Meanwhile, back at the ranch (always wanted to say that)
we are also building a barn/stable (not really sure which is proper
term).

The spot I've chosen for the barn is a little low so we are importing
about sixty to eighty cubic yards of select fill.