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Trying to figure out how to keep post in wet ground fron popping out. Some are 18 inches popped out.I was thinking of redrilling the hole putting two galvinized lag screws at bottom of the post and resetting and putting a bag of cement at the bottom.Lag screws would be in the cement .I am thinking That would make a ball of cement at the bottom and would not be abile to bush in up thru the ground above. Any other ideas
 
You will just be wasting your time with concrete around the posts. the frost will heeve the concrete out even quicker. You need to get the bottomes of your posts below the frost line.
Loren, the Acg.
 
Every few years I drive around with the front end loader and push them back down when the ground is soft in the spring. Some guys call an excavator and get them to do it.
 
Also pay attention to the signs of the moon. There is a right and wrong time to set posts according to the old timers. Armand
 
I fought that battle and finally figured a way to fix it. I may be a little extreme, but it works. I use round treated posts for my fence, but you could use T-posts too. I drive a 6' T-post down beside the post in the lowest spot with a post driver as far as I can and then drive it in farther with a sledge hammer leaving 6-8 inches of it exposed. I attach it to the post I want to hold down with No. 9 wire and have never had one raise up.
 
Setting below the frost line is the best way. But UP here that means I would have to get posts in the ground almost 6 foot which is nearly impossible in our soil without a jackhammer....

I try to get posts down 42-48 inches and they seem to stay in the ground...
 

We always went around every few years and banged them back down with the loader. They always had points on them which reduces the pushing tremendously.
 
Bolt some cultivated shovels upside down on the sides of them. That idea came from Successful Farming magazine in about 1950.
 
Set them in the dark of the moon and they will stay put, unless they are in a low spot with a lot of upper pull from the stretched fence. Don't laugh, it work's. Also setting below the frost line helps. Dad always set end post 6' in the ground. I always thought it was a waste of time until I started building fence myself, and then decided he was correct in doing so. I learned to build a lot of fence with the old pro's, and they took no shortcuts. A lot of 50+ year old fence is still standing straight today. Wire might need replaced, but post still great. Also might add, post were hedge.
 
Years ago a neighbor used to nail a couple of short 2X4's to the side of the posts at the bottom. Then he sank them in 40 inches or so. Dad happened to buy that farm and when we pulled them out we had an awful time getting them up. Jim
 
How long does it take for the posts to raise? I do not have any experence directly,but when the power companys set a pole in wet ground the pole is back filled with gravel instead of the soil removed. Would be eazy to try one or 2 to see if it helps. Wish you luck! jr
 
Power poles have quite a bit of weight pushing down on them from supporting the lines. The fence posts that heave up are the corner posts. The force of being pulled one way plus the uplifting force of the brace takes them up. Jim
 
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