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Ground was so saturated before we got this coldspell and froze everything that some stuff heaved a little. Not aloud to build anything outside town here with a permanent foundation/floor without a bunch of hassle, money, and friends so our two outside stalls are only post type 3 sided sheds. One, I slipped in at night and dug down 14 inches or so (rocks deeper), put in cement and an "H" bracket to bolt the 4x4 posts to and covered it back before anyone saw... The next year, in a place that wasn't so rocky, I used these drive in things (store bought post holes).
Drove them in, set the posts, and was under roof in a half day.
Heaving was never a problem for some reason until this year. The shed with the cement feet has the ground around the posts heaved about an inch but the drive in feet hasn't heaved (guess caust they are pointed and nothing to "push" on... Got a couple more things to build this summer and know just what I'm gonna use.....

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No... Like pulling teeth to get to put anything up. Ground cannot be permanently slabbed either. Using plastic and cement paver panels that lay on the ground and fill with dirt/gravel.......
 
(quoted from post at 05:36:14 02/16/12) Are them store bought holes, made in china?
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Hard to tell..... Place makes this kind of stuff about 10 miles away in the business (factory) district where my wife works, but doesn't necessarily mean that's where these come from..... Still pretty slick tho.... Not real great for fence posts (can be wobbly), but carports etc where the stuff is braced is pretty good.
 
Well shucks!! With those things, that Dave2 is using, There goes my Idea, of cutting up the Grand Canyon, to sell for fence posts!
 
I'm glad I don't live where big brother tells me everything I can and can't do. Are you saying you couldn't put down a concrete patio or sidewalk?

How about above ground post holes? My CPA wanted to put his shingle up near the road, and it was solid rock. We took a wash tup, filled it with concrete and put the post in the wet concrete. That was 10 years ago.
 
(quoted from post at 13:30:04 02/16/12) I'm glad I don't live where big brother tells me everything I can and can't do. Are you saying you couldn't put down a concrete patio or sidewalk?

How about above ground post holes? My CPA wanted to put his shingle up near the road, and it was solid rock. We took a wash tup, filled it with concrete and put the post in the wet concrete. That was 10 years ago.
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inside town limits is OK, just have to follow a couple rules that aren't bad... Outside is different...
 
(quoted from post at 13:30:04 02/16/12) I'm glad I don't live where big brother tells me everything I can and can't do. Are you saying you couldn't put down a concrete patio or sidewalk?

How about above ground post holes? My CPA wanted to put his shingle up near the road, and it was solid rock. We took a wash tup, filled it with concrete and put the post in the wet concrete. That was 10 years ago.
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inside town limits is OK, just have to follow a couple rules that aren't bad... Outside is different...
 
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