Old timer on site told me to stop pounding my posts in dry ground, said to soak the holes first with a hose. I laughed but tried it on my last job in Indiana, saved almost 2 hours on a 20-post run.

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You said "saved almost 2 hours on a 20-post run." That's a huge time save. Was the ground basically clay or more sandy where you were working?

xena_anderson3d ago

Indiana clay is NO JOKE, I did a 30-post run near Muncie last summer and thought I was gonna lose my mind. First half I just pounded dry and it took forever, posts kept binding up halfway. Second half I soaked the holes for maybe 2 minutes each and it cut the setup time down by about an hour and a half for sure. That old timer saved your back and your schedule.