Guess what I was up to today? (pic heavy)
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Nice work - I'd definitely put in bracing supports though as well as postcrete - remember than the postcrete should not extend to the tip of the post of course!
I hauled a 4x4 post (concreted in) the other day - with just a wire strainer
I hauled a 4x4 post (concreted in) the other day - with just a wire strainer
resnikov
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That's cool, going to have to talk to SWMBO about this for my garden.
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Biker
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I think you're thinking of one of these:
Whereas I think Red's referring to one of these:
I'm ready to stand corrected. But if anyone can pull a 4x4 post out with a tea strainer I'm betting it'd be British Red.
If you leave the tip of the post through the concrete, water drains away - if not you can create a damp sump and the post rots.
These are wire strainers
You hook one end to a post and clamp the wire to the other end and crank the handle like a jack - it hauls the wire tight before attaching. Or you can clamp wire at both ends for splicing a damaged wire etc. The bits on top are wire clamps - the levers below open and close them. You can hook one clamp round an end fence post and clamp the wire coming to it into the other end and then tighten. You have a loose "tail" to staple and secure to the corner post (if that makes any sense?)
Red
I spent most of the day flat on my back in my garden hammock. I am laid up with a thick cold, which offers some excuse for such wonton idleness...
Good effort on the post holes - that auger looks like hard work. My hammock post is strained to an anchor, as opposed to being braced on the inside. Could be a trip hazard I suppose - mine is buried in a border so it's not an issue.
Good effort on the post holes - that auger looks like hard work. My hammock post is strained to an anchor, as opposed to being braced on the inside. Could be a trip hazard I suppose - mine is buried in a border so it's not an issue.
Biker
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Actually it was really easy - two hours to bore four posts - two 3 ft ones and two 1.5ft ones!
It'll probably be fine tim - just a tip a much more experience guy passed on to me when I had some rotten ones - most didn't rot I hasten to add!. I suspect the problem with them pulling out sideways under force is that the earth around the post isn't all that solid - especially here where it can waterlog. I put too much strain on a wire and just pulled the post over - concrete and all
3' is a goodly depth to sink so yours are probably rock solid!
Have you thought of putting long eyebolts through the posts like these?
Eye Bolt Strainer by British Red, on Flickr
Dead cheap to buy and would make sticking the hammock up as fast as clipping on a carabiner!
Normal rule of thumb is to bury one third of the post - I'd say you've done that easily! Hand augering two foot of clay is a good achievement. Better than using post hole diggers though!
Very impressed with your equipment though - I think I see a drain spade there as well as a 6" auger?
Red
Very impressed with your equipment though - I think I see a drain spade there as well as a 6" auger?
Red
Did some reinforcement. The auger was on hire yesterday, to be honest we did it in small chunks about 3-4" at a time. The ground is so wet it was really easy. I did have a 2nd pair of hands.
Took another decking post and did a 45' cut on it. Buried it about 1ft into the ground with a postcrete shoe. All done.
Concrete hadn't even set!
Used they eye bolts as suggested by British Red and added some decent size washers to spread the load! You can see marks from my custom WBBB amsteel whoopie slings. Currently got a dd camping hooked up.
The nut and washer gives enough to grip and hold both hammocks if you're careful. Need a couple of karabiners ASAP!
Shambling Shaman
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