What did you do TO your Gladiator today? [ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS, NO GUN TALK]

[Rusty PW]

Probably sinkage. We get that here with fence posts. You can plant em and concrete em in one day and 2 days later they’ll have sunk by a few inches or be off kilter. Has to do with the soil makeup and proximity to underground waterways here. I’ve learned to just go with 2” river rock and avoid the concrete because I’ll have to reset half of them anyway.

Old farmer's rule. Never install fence post during a full moon. The gravity of the moon will tilt the post in the direction of the moon. When I installed my 6ft privacy fence around the backyard. 2 of the posts were installed during a full moon. And would you believe those 2 posts tilted within a week.

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[WILDHOBO]

Old farmer's rule. Never install fence post during a full moon. The gravity of the moon will tilt the post in the direction of the moon. When I installed my 6ft privacy fence around the backyard. 2 of the posts were installed during a full moon. And would you believe those 2 posts tilted within a week.

After finishing the fence project yesterday, you guys are making me nervous. I think the total number of posts is 95, but I need to count.

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

After finishing the fence project yesterday, you guys are making me nervous. I think the total number of posts is 95, but I need to count.

You’re good. You have a Jeep with a winch. Pull em straight and pack em in. Pull about 1/3 of the way up from the ground to prevent pole flex.

 

[WILDHOBO]

You’re good. You have a Jeep with a winch. Pull em straight and pack em in. Pull about 1/3 of the way up from the ground to prevent pole flex.

It might work, but I concreted every post. Still might work.

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

It might work, but I concreted every post. Still might work.

The concrete is dried by now. All that really prevents is them being ripped out of the ground. A slow steady pull in the right direction and some good solid tamping will set them straight. Just be glad you used round wood poles and not those vinyl hollow things or they’d be way harder to straighten.

 

[RudeJeepin]

After finishing the fence project yesterday, you guys are making me nervous. I think the total number of posts is 95, but I need to count.

Don't over think it. You did good and all will be fine.

 

[WILDHOBO]

The concrete is dried by now. All that really prevents is them being ripped out of the ground. A slow steady pull in the right direction and some good solid tamping will set them straight. Just be glad you used round wood poles and not those vinyl hollow things or they’d be way harder to straighten.

Great idea. Thanks. They’ll need to get pretty bad before I mess with them. Hopefully the 6-7” diameter corner and gate posts will stay straight longer.

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