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A Quandary
On 10/16/2018 2:12 PM, John H. wrote:
We've had a lot of rain. I bought a new post for the mailbox. Had Ms. Utility out to mark the underground lines. The new post needs to be back from the curb 24" to allow for 6" of space from the street and 18" of mailbox. I had a rod marking the location I wanted to dig. When I went out to look this morning, the utility marker had put a yellow line right through the spot I wanted for the post. The gas line. Now why the hell, given the USPS requirements, would the gas company put their damn line right there? Jeeez! But, here's the quandary. I need a hole 24" deep for the post. About 15" down, I hit the new water table from all the damn rain we've been having. Keep digging. Now I'm down 24", but the bottom 8-9" if full of water. I'm thinking if I dump a bag of sacrete down there it'll just become soup. Ditto with putting dirt down there. As the post and the mailbox are quite heavy, it's got to be set pretty firmly. ****. I ran into a similar problem in Florida installing new horse pasture posts. I just dug the hole (that immediately half filled with ground water), stuck the post in it and poured dry quickset cement all around it. Hardened and worked fine. There's always hydraulic cement if you want to get fancy. :-) |