Spent most of my time this past weekend drilling out 3 1/2' post holes and setting the posts. For line posts, I didn't do anything special, but, for H-brace posts, I pounded large nails into the base of the posts and poured concrete mix into the bottom of the post hole to help anchor the post better. I didn't bring a camera, but one of my many trail cameras did capture a gate post installation.
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| Augering the hole. |
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| More augering. |
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| Getting the post ready to drop in the hole. |
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| Using a level to make sure the post is upright. |
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| Pouring in the concrete mix. I pour it in dry and wear a mask. |
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| I ran into a problem after I poured in the mix. The post was not perfectly level and I could not nudge it. My solution was to tap it with the truck. |
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| Poured in the rest of the mix and then added soil to the rest of the hole and tamped everything down. |
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| In all I probably finished installing around ten or fifteen of these posts. |