Just realized everyone says to dig deep for cedar posts, but I tried something else.

I had a job in a rocky part of town where digging a full 3 feet for every post was a nightmare. After the third snapped auger bit, I started setting them at 2 feet and packing the hole with a gravel and concrete slurry mix instead of just dirt. That was two seasons ago, and not one of those 15 posts has budged an inch, even through our winter freezes. Has anyone else found that the old depth rules aren't always the only way?

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dakotal1910h ago

My rocky backyard posts are solid at 18 inches with the same trick.

colesanchez1d ago

Sounds good for now, but what about in ten years?

skyler_fox721d ago

Actually, ten years is the wrong way to look at it. Tech changes so fast that planning that far out is a waste. You should be re-evaluating your setup every two or three years, tops.