hayray
Well-known member
I think the dirt is not what holds the corner post near as much as the proper brace. I have set some corners in real wet ground that never got packed and filled with anything but muck and they have held. I really think it is all in the mechanics of the how it is braced. As far as seeting the corner near the front of the hole, the brace post pushes the corner backwards anyways.cowboy43":3phfjsee said:I guess every soil is different , I have never been able to set a 3 post corner brace without it giving untill I started cementing them in. I know they say not to cement it will rot the post but I have removed pine treated post that was cemented and in the ground 20 years and they had not rotted. If I build the floating brace I will cement it in. Still have not convinced the fence builder , will have to build it to prove it works.