Old timer on site told me to stop pounding my posts in dry ground, said to soak the holes first with a hose. I laughed but tried it on my last job in Indiana, saved almost 2 hours on a 20-post run.

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You said "saved almost 2 hours on a 20-post run." That's a huge time save. Was the ground basically clay or more sandy where you were working?

river18214d ago

Is that old timer the same neighbor from the last thread? He sounds like he knows his stuff, but making someone haul water to soak holes in clay seems like extra work to me. Just pound dry and let the sweat do the talking, that's how you know you earned the fence.

xena_anderson1mo ago

Indiana clay is NO JOKE, I did a 30-post run near Muncie last summer and thought I was gonna lose my mind. First half I just pounded dry and it took forever, posts kept binding up halfway. Second half I soaked the holes for maybe 2 minutes each and it cut the setup time down by about an hour and a half for sure. That old timer saved your back and your schedule.