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rick165

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going to build some more fence in the near future some high tensile maybe a little woven wire fence.
i would like to start as soon as possible but will the freezing/thawing thing going on have much effect on the post after they are set.
 
Frost cycles have the potential to move anything. However I dont think you will have much of a problem if you tamp the corner posts properly. That is to say you need to tamp them a few inches at a time starting from the bottom and work you way up tamping each layer before adding more dirt, pea rock or sand. Dont use frozen chunks of dirt, you will for sure have loose posts when the dirt thaws. If you can get steel T post through the frost, they will be fine.

One other thought if the frost is too deep you may need a frost bit to dig the post holes.
 
Have you check the moon phases? According to the old timers the posts will heave if done in the wrong time of the moon. Armand
 
When I was first working my farm up to something usable, I used my Christmas vacation to do my fencing, weather permitting.

I liked working in the fresh air and preferred it to the heat of summer.

What I found interesting was that when I set my posts, I would set them in concrete and the top would flare slightly at ground level.

In the late July, August time frame, the flare would be above the ground level and the drier the higher. Also it never went back to where it was through the winter cycle. Sometimes it would be 4" above the surface after a few years.

I didn't pay attention to the moon, not knowing any old sayings, but I do live on Houston Black Clay which a local Civil Engineer stated: "Soil is unsuitable for dwellings and roadways." i.e. due to swelling and shrinking as the moisture level moves about.

Course we (and all the other inhabitants) live here and we have both. Foundation companies make a ton of money and the highway department can't keep up with the dips in the road.

Mark
 
I've built plenty of fence in the winter, but I always get the posts done in the fall. Short of a jackhammer it would be hard to get a post in the ground right now.
 
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