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<blockquote data-quote="Brute 23" data-source="post: 1292318" data-attributes="member: 6291"><p>There are people on here who probably have a lot more experience at this than I do but here is my recommendation. I would go at least 5', yes double Hs, longer the brace the better, 2 7/8 pipe will flex if you pull the wires really tight.</p><p></p><p>Drill your hole 5' and put enough dirt in to hold the pipes upright... a foot or so tamped. Then mix one or two bags of cement depending on the diameter of your hole. Don't make it too runny so it helps hold the pipe a little and dries fast. You want to get a foot or two of cement anchor around the pipe. Then let it dry over night. Come back and fill the rest of the hole with dirt and tamp a little to surface.</p><p></p><p>I set some 3.5" drill pipe like this around a hay field but just one in each corner and pulled 4 wires off it. They never moved. In fact 5 or 6 years later I literally had to dig them out with a backhoe. I was bending the pipe trying to pull them. When the ground naturally settled back on top that cement anchor it was tough to move.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brute 23, post: 1292318, member: 6291"] There are people on here who probably have a lot more experience at this than I do but here is my recommendation. I would go at least 5', yes double Hs, longer the brace the better, 2 7/8 pipe will flex if you pull the wires really tight. Drill your hole 5' and put enough dirt in to hold the pipes upright... a foot or so tamped. Then mix one or two bags of cement depending on the diameter of your hole. Don't make it too runny so it helps hold the pipe a little and dries fast. You want to get a foot or two of cement anchor around the pipe. Then let it dry over night. Come back and fill the rest of the hole with dirt and tamp a little to surface. I set some 3.5" drill pipe like this around a hay field but just one in each corner and pulled 4 wires off it. They never moved. In fact 5 or 6 years later I literally had to dig them out with a backhoe. I was bending the pipe trying to pull them. When the ground naturally settled back on top that cement anchor it was tough to move. [/QUOTE]
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