Newbie with a post hole digger- tractor mounted.

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Gabby:

I do the concrete thing (80# quick crete) so I don't need much sand/dirt for tamping. I love Quick-Crete, it says on the bag "Just add water and mix"....haha. If you have a cement mixer like I do it's okay. Wheelbarrow and hoe method will give you blisters right away. That's neither here nor there as I just dump the bag in the posthole with the post and in about a week the ground moisture sets the Quick-Crete.

I have never had the sand fall off the flites and I never wet it. As I said previously, wet sand is extremely abrasive...very hard on the PHD flites and cutter.

 

[gabby]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Gabby:

I do the concrete thing (80# quick crete) so I don't need much sand/dirt for tamping. I love Quick-Crete, it says on the bag "Just add water and mix"....haha. If you have a cement mixer like I do it's okay. Wheelbarrow and hoe method will give you blisters right away. That's neither here nor there as I just dump the bag in the posthole with the post and in about a week the ground moisture sets the Quick-Crete.

I have never had the sand fall off the flites and I never wet it. As I said previously, wet sand is extremely abrasive...very hard on the PHD flites and cutter. )</font>


Why do you set fence posts in concrete?
gabby

 

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Gabby:

You are sitting one one. My wife raises Percheron draft horses and if the lean on a post without it being real secure, in our sand, it gets pushed over. Concrete keeps them firm. Besides, the end posts where we swing our gates from need support. Yes, we do have a hot wire but the only time it's on is when the mares are being settled.

 

[gabby]

Old-timer's saying: Set the post 6 inches deeper and it will be twice as strong.

I don't like to set line posts in concrete because it's much more expensive and it's a b***h to replace them if they break off.

I set my line posts 30 to 36 inches deep and backfill with dirt. My soil is sandy too.
gabby