skyhightree1
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Thanks for your imput appreciate it
Dundun":oha1i5p3 said:I agree with the philosphy but not the practicality. Around here 18 inches is pretty much it for 90% of the posts. The other 10 percent fall into the 12 inches to 3 foot range. We have t-posts that are barely in the gorund up to the bottom of the spade and they're solid. But when you have that 6 inches driven into a crack in the limestone it sure isn;t going anywheregabby":oha1i5p3 said:6 feet long is too short. You can't bury enough post in the ground to make it sturdy.
I heard an old timer say "put your posts 6 inches deeper and they will be twice as strong." That's good advice and I've followed it many times.
2-1/2 feet deep is minimum, 3 feet is much better.
Also, if you have a knot in a 4x4 that's within a foot of the ground line it will probably break if your critters push on it.
novaman":15jzp0vr said:I was thinking the same thing. I use concrete to set posts for building but not fences.alftn":15jzp0vr said:Do not set in concrete, waste of you time, use pea gravel around them much better results..It is easy and quick and does a great job...I have packed dirt, mixed and pored concrete, and used pea gravel, gravel is best, will give a update in 20 years, If I live that long...
Not unless the concrete is 4 foot wide and 6 foot deep. Even then it may not workDouglas":2p8z1nra said:novaman":2p8z1nra said:I was thinking the same thing. I use concrete to set posts for building but not fences.alftn":2p8z1nra said:Do not set in concrete, waste of you time, use pea gravel around them much better results..It is easy and quick and does a great job...I have packed dirt, mixed and pored concrete, and used pea gravel, gravel is best, will give a update in 20 years, If I live that long...
The question i have is can you use concrete instead of brace post on corners?
Concrete around line posts is a total waste of money.Douglas":2ydxybbw said:novaman":2ydxybbw said:I was thinking the same thing. I use concrete to set posts for building but not fences.alftn":2ydxybbw said:Do not set in concrete, waste of you time, use pea gravel around them much better results..It is easy and quick and does a great job...I have packed dirt, mixed and pored concrete, and used pea gravel, gravel is best, will give a update in 20 years, If I live that long...
The question i have is can you use concrete instead of brace post on corners?
skyhightree1":1ivkrct9 said:Thanks for everyones imput. I am not sure what to do because I am putting the post in concrete all the way around the property I think if there treated they should last a good while but I do understand about the grain...hmmm.. not sure what to do.
skyhightree1":1ksf8fmg said:that sucks have you taken them down and replaced them?
skyline":3mfu2ux0 said:skyhightree1":3mfu2ux0 said:that sucks have you taken them down and replaced them?
Not yet, but it's on the list. The ever growing, never completed list...
I throw it away and start a new list every year or so. Kind of funny how things that were important enough to be on the list at one time never seem to find their way back on the new listkerley":2v0lxlpg said:I dont think I will live long enough to complete the ever growing list.
Tom.