The next few days are not going to be fun

[bdog]

Yikes.

 

[4570Man]

I mixed 2 of those once and pretty much swore off ever doing that much at once again. Can’t you get a truck?

 

[bdog]

We get trucks for lots of projects but they won’t sit around and wait on us to position 200 fence posts. The only good thing is we have a mixer for the skid steer that will handle 16 bags at once.

 

[4570Man]

That would be a lot better. My mixer only handles 3 bags.

 

[Wagtail]

Well, have fu... er, I mean good luck [as in I hope that there're no snags].

 

[mcfarmall]

In my neck of the woods, if you set wooden posts in concrete they rot off in about 3 years. Maybe the dry Texas climate causes different results.

 

[ruffdog]

Mixin concrete in a wheelbarrow aint so bad! Especially for fence posts. You just need a good supply of water near by. It gets a little tiring when you set something bigger like antenna towers and you mix about 45 bags at time and as fast as you can.

 

[Thomas]

Yikes.

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Hope the weather cooler and just pace yourself.

 

[oosik]

WoW!! Your mixer will hold 16 bags. I have a stand alone mixer that will hold 4 bags and it's a real PITA if you don't have a helper. Helper either tips the mixer or holds on to the wheelbarrow.

 

[mred2]

To set fence posts, we put the mix in dry. Pack it down to keep the post straight and come back after a week. If in the dry part of summer, we will pour water in the hole. I have had post last 15 + years set in concrete.