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<blockquote data-quote="callmefence" data-source="post: 1517881" data-attributes="member: 24947"><p>The biggest problem with concrete is poor workmanship. It gets dumped in the hole, water splashed on it and poked at with I stick. Left just below grade it creates a bowl that holds water that seeps down between the post and the concrete. Green post will also shrink allowing a gap.</p><p>Mix your concrete properly in a wheelbarrow or mixer. I call in a truck for large jobs. Use a wet mix that will flow around the post good and a trowel to form a domed top about a inch or so above grade to shed water away from the post. </p><p>I prefer to drive post. But fwiw in 30 years I don't recall a commercial project we're we didn't have to use concrete.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="callmefence, post: 1517881, member: 24947"] The biggest problem with concrete is poor workmanship. It gets dumped in the hole, water splashed on it and poked at with I stick. Left just below grade it creates a bowl that holds water that seeps down between the post and the concrete. Green post will also shrink allowing a gap. Mix your concrete properly in a wheelbarrow or mixer. I call in a truck for large jobs. Use a wet mix that will flow around the post good and a trowel to form a domed top about a inch or so above grade to shed water away from the post. I prefer to drive post. But fwiw in 30 years I don't recall a commercial project we're we didn't have to use concrete. [/QUOTE]
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