Post-hole digger help

Anonymous Poster · May 13, 2003

I think the use of concrete for posts is a regional thing. Here where I live, it is avoided - the posts will rot off quicker if all the rain we get is trapped in the concrete next to the wood. Besides, our clay soils hold a steel T post just fine, there is never an issue with a wood post leaning over!

Then, in 20 years when the posts get old or you wish to change the fencelines, how do you replace/remove them? I would not want to be facing that task if each post is cemented in!

But in other soils & climates, I have heard it is needed to make a working fence.

So, we all might want to check what the best local customs are for a good fence in our own climate.

I can tell some of you are in very different areas, because you are using wood that doesn't grow 'here' so it would be extremely expensive to ship that stuff in! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Here we used a lot of red elm before the Dutch Elm beetles.

--->Paul

19th_VA · May 13, 2003

Paul,

You should fill in your bio a bit so we know where you live.

Anonymous Poster · May 14, 2003

I live in southern Minnesota.

I'm scared to change anything about this web site, as it is very unstable for me. It does not like Netscape, I can't access the classifieds on either the Mac or PC, and both machines will lock up occationally, more-so the PC.

With IE, this web site does not work at all on a Mac, and my PC is so old it does not support newer versions of IE. I can read an average of 15 messages per lock-up on the PC with Netscape, and can really only access the discussion page with the Mac & Netscape. Nothing else works with my particular setups. I discovered this place a week before the last software upgrade here, which brought all the problems.

So, it it with some difficulty that I am here at all, and I hate to try to access any extra pages or change anything - it just brings me new headaches. Clearing up the lock-ups gets old after a while. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I've discussed this with the web site adm, and I'm not complaining, just explaining. This is a nice place, dispite the difficulties I enjoy coming here.

--->Paul

Rick Jay · May 14, 2003

rambler

Dude, you need a new computer (I'd say "Dell", but I hate that Dell dude! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif)

Man, TBN is one of the most reliable sites I've seen. When there were some problems a while back, many of us started to demonstrate major withdrawal symptoms 'cause we're so used to it being here and stable. I thought the whole internet was coming to an end.

I know this is off topic for this thread, but if you're having that much trouble with TBN, there must be something else going on. I use this site on more different computers than I wish to count (except Macs), and have never had a problem.

Good Luck. I hope your issues are resolved soon.

~Rick

icat · May 14, 2003

Rambler,
It's not the site. You mentioned that your hardware is old, might help to know that PC's have an average life span of 3 years. Not because the hardware quits, but because technology has advanced to a point that the software no longer functions with other systems. This is what I do for a living. I inform my customers that the PC that has served them so well over the years, is now obsolete. As my daughter is so fond of saying, "It's dead Jim." Let it go, time to move on, it's not a Ford 8N. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Anonymous Poster · May 14, 2003

<font color="blue">Henro
What kind of PHD are you getting </font>

I ended up buying a Rhyno...or is tha Rhino?

Got 9 and 14 inch augers. Dug some holes with the 14 inch auger today. Wow...

Man...all I can say is I will finish clearing the holse with a hand post hole digger all day with a smile on my face. I used to suffer with a digging bar and the hand post hole digger. NO MORE!

It was such a pleasure to grab and lift out that loose dirt! No more lifting and slamming that digging bar! I'm in heaven...