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  • From: pech <pech9 AT rocketmail.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Setting ground posts, Driving in or Digging holes
  • Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 05:24:19 -0800 (PST)

Hi jay, I'm putting up my 3rd greenhouse this winter. 1 small 16x24 (4 years ago), 1 larger 20x80 (2 years ago) and this one 20x80. None of mine are in concrete and I have had no problem. 

The anchor post are driven in the ground about 18-20" with a sledge hammer. I put a heavy bolt with some big washers in the end so I'm hitting a solid target. If I mushroom the anchor post too much you can cut it just below the bulge.  After I slide my rib in (or over as the case may be) I put a bolt through everything to hold it together.

 My main problem is my site, it used to be a gravel parking lot so it has some big nasty rocks under there which causes the post to move around a bit, it can be hard to get things to line up. 

Like I said we've had no problems at all and have gone through some 60 mph storms...

Good luck
Have Fun
Dave
z6a
Louisville KY

--- On Tue, 11/30/10, Jay Sleichter <jaysleichter AT yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Jay Sleichter <jaysleichter AT yahoo.com>
Subject: [Market-farming] Setting ground posts, Driving in or Digging holes
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 8:21 PM

I have purchased and dismantled and moved home a 30 by 48 Stuppy's Powerhouse Greenhouse. I am going to use it as a high tunnel.  I am needing opinions and experiences.  At it's previous location, all the ground posts were set in concrete and alot of it.  I have new ground posts and I was wanting to know you opinion. 

Do I drive them in the ground with a post driver or loader bucket or do I dig holes and set them and then tamp the soil back around the pipes?  Which one is better?  I know which one is easier!
Here is the plan, I am planning on putting concrete in the four corners and around the center rib and ground posts.  I am planning to set the posts in the ground 48 inches.  It is just the other 12 posts. Do I dig or drive? What would you do or what have you done?

Thanks,

Jay

Jay's Jellies, Produce and More
Clay Center, Kansas
www.jaysjellies.com
http://highfarming.blogspot.com/



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