Seemed Like Such A Simple Project

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Slamfire, Dourobob -

My biggest fear is if when boys stop being "yukky", she runs into a boy with the same mindset that I had when I was that age.
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I'll kill him! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
 
   / Seemed Like Such A Simple Project #82  
Wouldn't we all /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
It is really interesting how this Simple Project thread has evolved.
 
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<font color=blue> interesting how this Simple Project thread has evolved</font color=blue>

I'll bring it back on track here -- just got back from picking up 3 sacks of Fast-Setting Quikrete and a cap for the 2" PVC pipe I'm gonna use for the sleeve. Might as well keep stuff from falling into the hole when the pole is out.
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Headin' up to the property tomorrow.
 
   / Seemed Like Such A Simple Project #84  
Good luck Harv. I'll look forward to the continuation of the photo record on Monday!
 
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Yeah, good luck, Harv! Let's just hope your post for Monday is REAL short. Like - Here's the hole with the sleeve, see how the pole fits? Now wasn't that easy? /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
 
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<font color=blue>Let's just hope your post for Monday is REAL short.</font color=blue>

Ha! You should know me better than that by now! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
 
   / Seemed Like Such A Simple Project #87  
I hope you didn't take that wrong! /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif I meant that everything went so well for you, you didn't have anything to write about! Of course, I DO realize you would still make that entertaining! /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif
 
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Been sitting on these pictures for a week now, so I guess it's time to wrap this one up.

Although I wound up with precious little time to work on it, I finally got that danged pole planted. Turns out I not only had a piece of PVC pipe that was just the right size for a sleeve, but I found another short length o' plastic pipe that fit inside the sleeve like a glove. Since my steel pole is long and heavy, this short piece of plastic stuff made vertical alignment much easier.

I thought two sacks of fast-setting QuickCrete would do the job, so I brought three just to be sure. Guess I was thinking in terms of the ol' 90-pound sacks, 'cuz it took all 3 of these wimpy 50-pounders and begged for one more. /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif I made up the difference by waiting for the concrete to set and then topping off the hole with the same crush I used for my culverts. Brought out my tamping tool and really packed it in. Not ideal, but the pole seems sturdy enough so far.

Rather than leaving the pole there all the time, just begging for some clutz with a tractor to bump into it /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif, the plan is to simply remove it whenever we're not there or when I'm working in the area. I let the sleeve protrude from the ground a couple of inches so's I could cap it off, hopefully preventing the sleeve from getting filled up with dirt, leaves, etc.

I probably spent more time taking the attached pictures than I did actually working on the project this time, but hey, once you start a photo documentary you just gotta see it through.
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One last shot to show what this whole thing was about.
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That IS what its all about. Great post (pun intended).
 

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