Neighbor told me my fence post holes were way too shallow after watching me dig for an hour, now I measure every time

I was just eyeballing it like I always do until he walked over with his own shovel and showed me how the 2 foot mark on his post hole digger made a world of difference for keeping things straight in this Amarillo clay soil, has anyone else had a random neighbor save them from a wonky fence?

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grant4781d ago

Honestly, "eyeballing it" worked fine for my first fence and it's been standing for six years now. I think people overthink this stuff, a wonky gate adds character and saves you an hour of digging through clay.

king.val1d ago

Measure your gate gap after three months of weather changes?

samflores1d ago

Oh man, "eyeballing it" - that's exactly what I did on my first fence. My neighbor didn't catch me in time though, and I ended up with a gate that drags in the dirt every time it rains. In my experience, neighbors who walk over with their own tools are usually right about the basics like depth. I still measure every hole twice now because that one wonky fence taught me a lesson I didn't want to learn again. Your mileage may vary of course, but a little extra measuring beats having a fence that looks like it's having a bad day.