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I thought I'd post some pix of the kind of corner posts I've been putting in for the last few years. They are made from 2 3/8 or 2 7/8 well pipe. I use an 8 footer for the upright and a 10 footer for the leaner. I cut a hole about 2 to 2 1/2 feet down from the top and weld a bolt on the leaner so that it can go into the hole to attach the leaner. I cut notches in the bottom of the leaner for a wire to hook into, so I can twist it tight at the bottom. After everything is in place. I raise up the leaner and place a flat rock under it. This gets it out of the dirt and helps to tighten the bottom wire.

So far they've worked good, tho' I do see a slight amount of give after the first year. I was told to plug the top so that rain wouldn't get into it and rust it off, but so far that ain't been a problem! :wink:

Jinglebob jr doesn't approve and say's they will pull out of the ground. I just tell him when he see's one coming out to go drive it back in. I use my loader bucket to push/drive the upright into the ground. I think these would work in the sandhills, tho' you might want to use a 10 footer for the upright and push it in a littler farther. I've done this with some pointed wooden posts also, but so far the jury is still out on them!

I have put a few 10 footers in about 2 1/2 to 3 feet in the ground and tied them across the top for gates. They might be a little low for vehicles, but then I just want to use them to drive cattle thru'. :wink:

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I finally figured out how to load a lot more pictures. Just use the multiple pictures option on photobucket. Duhh! :oops:
 
Those look good. According to the Pythagorean Theory they should be solid, I however have not had the nerve to try it out yet. Do you pound the post in, or just push them with the loader?
 
Angus Breeder said:
Those look good. According to the Pythagorean Theory they should be solid, I however have not had the nerve to try it out yet. Do you pound the post in, or just push them with the loader?
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I push them until they won't go as far as I want and then pound them in. If the ground is hard, I scoop up a bucket of dirt for extra weight.

You gott'a watch them wetter spots. It's awful hard to quit pushing them in, when they go in easy. I have gotten a few of them in a little bit low.
 
JB,

Those corners look mighty fine!! We may have to resort to using steel posts this year as wood posts are very hard to get up here. Talked to a supplier today and wanted 2 bundles of 4-5" 7 fters and he said he had one bundle of 200 left but that was all. His supplier said it could be a month before they get some more to him. And the price of them are going up another .75 per post when they get this shipment in. :roll:
 
Good grief, MR, you guys get pretty big bundles over there. Last bundle I got was 3-4" x6', 125 in a bundle and was a pickup load. Cost $400.00 too.
Do you need 7 ft 4-5"posts there, or you just using them for braces?
'Course, I have a tendancy to burn them off far before they rot, so I buy the cheaper variety. :lol:
 
I like to put good sized posts in so they last, but I have the tendacy to burn a few off too. A funny thing happened a few years ago. I had a brand new bundle of posts lying alongside a bush when a fire got away on me, neighbor cam e along and said geeze theres a lot of smoke coming from over behind that bush after we had the fire out..... I said thats my %%%%%%% posts....lol
 
I was wondering what happens when you have a lot of rain. We bury our wood posts 5 feet and set them in concrete. Those that are not in concrete move when you have a wet year. Maybe our wires are too tight, but they do move.

None of those we set in concrete have moved and we must have a couple of hunderd. Some are in clay, others in real sandy soil.

We use recycled utility poles which we get from the local utility. Get about 3 or 4 nine foot posts for $10. Got to make sure they are treated the entire length. Apparently it is not legal for them to reuse poles. If a pole is broken, they give it to us. Couple pieces of grass-fed beef might account for that.
 
Cowpuncher said:
I was wondering what happens when you have a lot of rain. We bury our wood posts 5 feet and set them in concrete. Those that are not in concrete move when you have a wet year. Maybe our wires are too tight, but they do move.

None of those we set in concrete have moved and we must have a couple of hunderd. Some are in clay, others in real sandy soil.

We use recycled utility poles which we get from the local utility. Get about 3 or 4 nine foot posts for $10. Got to make sure they are treated the entire length. Apparently it is not legal for them to reuse poles. If a pole is broken, they give it to us. Couple pieces of grass-fed beef might account for that.
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If it was corn fed beef they would come put them in for you....
 
We have used those corners for about 10 years.

We heard them called "floating braces".

Haven't had one give.

The only way I know of that they would pull out is if you put in a short brace. The brace must be long.

The big problem is getting the post straight after the brace is tightened.

It is so easy to put leverage on the post that you force the top of the post the opposite way from the fence pull.

Pain in the butt if you are putting a gate between two of them. So for gates, we still put in a regular brace.

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