Fuddy1952
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- Apr 17, 2018
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- South Central Virginia
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- 1973 Economy and 2018 John Deere 3038E
I recently got more land that I'm fencing about 500ft. I'm using 8"-9"x8ft treated posts every 50ft with 7ft T posts every 10ft between.
It's not perfectly straight line, halfway there's a slight angle, so there I use 3 posts with a treated 5"x7ft. across with galvanized pins I drilled.
I auger, then post hole clean out to 30" (posts I got were over 8ft some so about 6ft above ground).
I used heavy gauge wire and ratchets, center post galvanized U nail bottom, then nail to outside posts top where crosspiece is.
When I bury posts I put in a few inches dirt red clay, tamp heavy tamper, so on to top, making sure level as I go.
Now the problem...as I tighten ratchets it was pulling center post up! What was I doing wrong? All's well in the end because I used tractor loader bucket (actually lifted tractor off ground) then pulled back. I loosened ratchets first. Everything plumb I tamped with bar and sledgehammer.
Now everything is tight and level, curious what I did wrong at first?
Opening there I'm putting in a 12 ft. gate.







It's not perfectly straight line, halfway there's a slight angle, so there I use 3 posts with a treated 5"x7ft. across with galvanized pins I drilled.
I auger, then post hole clean out to 30" (posts I got were over 8ft some so about 6ft above ground).
I used heavy gauge wire and ratchets, center post galvanized U nail bottom, then nail to outside posts top where crosspiece is.
When I bury posts I put in a few inches dirt red clay, tamp heavy tamper, so on to top, making sure level as I go.
Now the problem...as I tighten ratchets it was pulling center post up! What was I doing wrong? All's well in the end because I used tractor loader bucket (actually lifted tractor off ground) then pulled back. I loosened ratchets first. Everything plumb I tamped with bar and sledgehammer.
Now everything is tight and level, curious what I did wrong at first?
Opening there I'm putting in a 12 ft. gate.







