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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie
Are you far enough south that you don't have to put gravel in the hole underneath the post and concrete, for the sake of water freezing under it?
I was skeptical of the idea at first, but for my most recent posts in the garden, I haven't bothered even mixing the quikrete. I just dump the dry stuff in the hole and add water on top. It's the lazy man's way, but it works, at least in my damp clay soil.
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It hasn't froze the ground here since the last ice age.
I cant even remember the top of the ground freezing.
As far as the dry dump of the concrete I didn't do that because it doesn't live up to it's reputation as a good pour.
What I did about 6 times was dump water mix and dump water mix again in the big hole.
This allowed for a nice mix all the way to the top and I had standing water when I was done.
That is all gone now and it is setting up.
I have 3 foot 6 inches out of the ground and 2 foot 6 inches in the ground with a 160 pound plug of concrete on the end of it.
This surpasses engendering standards for a cantilever.
If someone hits that post on purpose they are in for a rude awakening.
Worth