Setting fence posts

grandpa Love · Mar 28, 2018

Got a good size fence job going.
Set about 100 posts and ran bush
hog down the fence line on Mon and
Tues. 1000 acres of nothing and
fence goes through a briar patch!
2600 ft total. Most of it is wood
,2 rails on bottom,an X and a top
rail. After staining we will add
woven wire fence inside. Post
every 8' half bag of sackcrete in everyone. Rails will be screwed on. Should take about 10 days to finish. Grandma Love has not worked a bit on this one!! Hope I don't mess it up! Lol

larry@stinescorner · Mar 28, 2018

You didnt buy her the horse she wanted did ya///thats why she is on strike?

grandpa Love · Mar 28, 2018

Well ..... truth is it was in the 50's with a stiff breeze on Monday so it was " too cold". Then yesterday and today she is cooking for church!

ohiojim · Mar 28, 2018

dang,..that'll be one pricey fence..

RESLLS · Mar 28, 2018

Want to come to michigan? Need 692' without the wire or x.

pete black · Mar 28, 2018

great job, 80 lb. bags should keep you fit and home at night. time was, i could handle the 80's, not anymore.

DoubleO7 · Mar 28, 2018

(quoted from post at 08:19:44 03/28/18) Grandma Love has not worked a bit on this one!! Hope I don't mess it up! Lol

If like mine, She will let you know..................when it is done.

Michael Soldan · Mar 28, 2018

When I was working for a contractor we used two different products to set fence posts, "Quik Crete" which will set up in a half hour or so and a Plastic product that you mixed in the bag and dumped into the hole, this stuff foamed up and then set harder than a rock, you could start working on the fence 10 minutes after you poured, it was great for small jobs too because you didn't have to wait for it to set, when you have five guys standing around you want to get at it !

Crazy Horse · Mar 28, 2018

A fencing contractor told me over 40 years ago in the mid-70s that a wooden post set in concrete was more likely to eventually rot off at ground level than the same post set in a compacted gravel/sand mixture. Just passing along what he told me, not sure if there is any truth to what he said or not.

Traditional Farmer · Mar 28, 2018

He was right.

4520BW · Mar 28, 2018

You ever thought about getting a driver? Never seen anyone use 4x4 for post around here.

Richard G. · Mar 28, 2018

Absolutely right. Seen it done over the years and they rot off much faster.
Richard

Dick L · Mar 28, 2018

It doesn't drain well next to the post.

DIM · Mar 28, 2018

I was told if your in a cold area the freezing will walk the post right out of the ground because the hole is most likely tapered.and the cement will be tapered also.

dpendzic · Mar 28, 2018

your right--a fence post with the bottom fully encased in concrete cannot dissipate the moisture in it--the very bottom should be left open to soil for moisture to drain out--concrete just around the sides of the post is much better for longevity

grandpa Love · Mar 28, 2018

Usually on rail fences we drop a little gravel in the hole and pack the dirt back in . This customer wanted concrete........

1948CaseVAI · Mar 28, 2018

(quoted from post at 10:22:05 03/28/18) When I was working for a contractor we used two different products to set fence posts, "Quik Crete" which will set up in a half hour or so and a Plastic product that you mixed in the bag and dumped into the hole, this stuff foamed up and then set harder than a rock, you could start working on the fence 10 minutes after you poured, it was great for small jobs too because you didn't have to wait for it to set, when you have five guys standing around you want to get at it !

Huge utility poles are set with in that foam around here. I have seen those poles hit by large trucks and the pole might break, but the base will not tip.

JD Seller · Mar 28, 2018

50 degrees and too cold??????? She needs to come up and visit me in Jan. A few days here with it zero and a north wind, an 50 will be shorts and tee shirt weather then. LOL

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