Operation Mailbox.

AlittleSalt · December 11, 2016

Looks really good Worth.

That soil looks familiar. It's the same color as the clay I dug out around the tree in the backyard to plant onions the other day.

Worth1 · December 11, 2016

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Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

Looks really good Worth.

That soil looks familiar. It's the same color as the clay I dug out around the tree in the backyard to plant onions the other day.

Thanks I was waiting for some rain so it wouldn't be like concrete.
I didn't even need a bar just the post hole diggers and I only hit 2 petrified potato rocks.

Worth

Cole_Robbie · December 11, 2016

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.

Worth1 · December 11, 2016

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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.

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

Gerardo · December 14, 2016

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Originally Posted by Worth1

If someone hits that post on purpose they are in for a rude awakening.

Worth

Baseball bats will lose, as will many other things. Great job.

Nattybo! · December 11, 2016

Looks great!

But I think my eyes are playing tricks on me again...I think I see a smiley face in the reflector.

Worth1 · December 11, 2016

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Originally Posted by Nattybo!

Looks great!

But I think my eyes are playing tricks on me again...I think I see a smiley face in the reflector.

I see it too.

Nattybo! · December 11, 2016

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Originally Posted by Worth1

I see it too.

Oh good! It not just me

December 11, 2016	#1
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Looks really good Worth. That soil looks familiar. It's the same color as the clay I dug out around the tree in the backyard to plant onions the other day.

December 11, 2016	#3
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	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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Nattybo! Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 272	Looks great! But I think my eyes are playing tricks on me again...I think I see a smiley face in the reflector.