This was a very helpful video. I'd have never thought of cutting the post to make it easy to reove the backer rails. Also, the tips on putting it all back together made it easier than I thought it would be. Maybe the best tip was to put the gravel and/or cement in AFTER getting everything back together. Oh, thanks to changes in EPA regulations the formula for pressure treating chemicals has changed and it provides no protection to anything in contact with the dirt. I wish the stooges that put the fence up five years ago had bothered to sett all of the posts in concrete or gravel.
How would you fit a post into really soft ground in a really windy area? Not a year goes by where the fence doesn't come down. I have tried; Back filling with soil Back filling with stone packing material Filling the hole with post mix. The only thing I can think of that I haven't done is using concrete posts. It is a 6ft fence and I have gone as far as a 3ft foundation but still it comes down.
Either go deeper or peripherally add lateral support like a "deadman" Deadman for Fence corners - Weld Talk Message Boards weldtalk.hobartwelders.com/forum/.../47249-deadman-for-fence-corners
Jerk Of All Trades - Forgive my ignorance, but what do you mean by "use an anchor"? Do you agree with the type of gravel they used in the video? I have at least a dozen to replace and want to do it right the first time.
+ Lex Luther - You can buy lifetime guarantee posts from a big box store and they will encourage you to buy bags of cement to install them. Read the fine print or try to return a rotten post. The lifetime warranty is only against insect damage and wood rot. The wood rot part of the warranty is void if you used the cement they encouraged you to buy when you bought the posts. Smart on their part. Not so much for the person that didn't ask enough questions or read the fine print.
