[TheForge] setting fence posts

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

The cheapest way is to buy cement and aggregate in volume and mix it 
yourself...7 sand/rock  to 1 cement is the convention. Ideally the rock 
and sand has a range of sizes. For fence posts you won't need to be to 
be at all fussy about the aggregate and clean creek sand and rock will 
probably do.
The quickest way is to dig the holes, brace the poles and get a cement 
truck and a pumper to fill them with mud.
Tossing clean rocks in the holes will save on cement costs.

Dan Brewer wrote:
> Just stetting the bag in the hole without mixing gives mass to the post but
> if you mix the bag with water the result will be a stronger mix.  One 80 lb
> bag per pole.  Use a line to keep the fence stright.
> Dan in Auburn
> 
> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 5:26 AM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com>wrote:
> 
>> hello;
>>
>> i have received my county permit to build my fence. i am looking at the
>> various cement mixtures offered by quikcrete and others and do not get a
>> good feel for just how many 40/80 lbs bags would be needed per fence
>> post. i am using a 3-pt hitch post hole digger with a 9inch auger. the
>> fence posts are 2 inch galvanized pipe. basically each hole is roughly
>> 1.76 cubic feet. the pipe does take up some space but it is small
>> compared to the hole. the fence is 400 ft long with a fence post every 8
>> ft. roughly 50 fence post. so roughly 1.78 cubic feet x 50 gives 88
>> cubic feet of cement is needed. what is the least expensive why to make
>> up the necessary cement mixture for setting fence posts?
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> terry l. ridder ><>
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