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Shoutout to the $60 cedar fence I put up crooked, because it still kept my dog in the yard for 3 winters
Everyone on here says you need to set posts in concrete or your fence is junk, but I built a 40 foot run with pressure treated posts just pounded 2 feet into my clay soil in Rockford and it has not moved. Last Saturday I finally pulled one post to check and it was still solid as day one after 3 winters of frost heave. Now I get why the old guys say concrete just holds water against the wood and rots it faster. Is there anyone here who has actually had a pounded post give out, or is that just something people repeat?
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adams.uma10d ago
Same deal here, pounded mine about 30 inches into that heavy clay and they have not budged through three winters either... my neighbor swore I was nuts until we dug one up and it looked brand new. The concrete guys are just repeating what their dads said, and honestly most of them have never pulled a post to check. I have yet to hear from one person who actually had a pounded post fail.
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