I recently had this with a clothes line pole. We used the electric jack hammer and broke through. We cleared away and drove a big pipe )2-3/8 id) intothe ground two feet deep. If I then modify what we did to your situation, I'd just fill the rest with concrete and concrete a large area around that pipe. Sink it as deep as you can and cement as wide as you can. We made sure that the cemented part of our pipe was solid to the level of a Dodge Ramm 2500's bumper.
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, Edward Przybylek wrote: > Hi all, > > > > For the fourth time since I've been living in this house, some dirty bastard > has run into and broken the post under my mailbox. The post was a 4-by-4 > piece of pressure treated that was buried about 3 feet in the ground. The > first time was forgivable; the second time was irritating; the third time > was really agrivating; the fourth time, well, that's personal. It appears > that a good sturdy wooden post just isn't up to the likes of what drives > through the neighborhood. I doubt a wooden post does a great deal of damage > to a car's bumper. It's time to get serious about this matter. This time > it's going to be a hefty metal post of some sort. One, that next time, > won't be the only thing left with damage. Does anyone have any suggestions > as to the type of metal post I should use? Do steel posts hold up for a > reasonably long time once they're cemented in the ground? Is there anything > better? Is there anything that can be done to prepare a metal post that > will extend it's life in the ground? Also, has anyone ever used an electric > jackhammer? Do they work reasonably well? Are they tough to use? Before > putting a new post in the ground, the old concrete is going to have to be > broken up and removed to get ready for a new post. I'm hoping to do this > with an electric jackhammer. Lots of questions, I know. Any help is > greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Ed Przybylek > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
