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Putting in the posts. Each post was too heavy to lift, but were sunk into four foot holes by myself working alone using a cunning arrangement of "A" frames and the quad. If I'd thought about it, I could have slid them into the holes from the tipping trailer! Ah well, I'll do that next time!
All the posts have been secured with rammed hard core in the holes and the roof timbers are being nailed in place.
Completed at last. The shelter measures 30ft long by 12ft wide and has since be strengthened on the advice of my architect with bracing on all posts. I made a mistake with the placing of the nearest post which is a few inches out. But the ponies don't seem to mind! Since finishing the shed, I've install gates and a divider so a section can be partitioned off. Kyla, the foal, will be put in there for gradual weaning and handling. There are also hay racks to be fitted along the back wall and possibly a self-fill water bowl.
I have started work on a new round pen adjacent to the field shelter. Gates from the field shelter will open directly into the pen and there will be another gate where a horse trailer can be backed up for loading training. I got my fencing contractor to use his machine to drive the 30 or so posts home which saved a lot of work. Next, the posts will be boarded and the gates hung.
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