Update on my old way of setting posts in clay soil

I used to just tamp by hand and hope for the best, but after a whole line leaned in a storm last spring, I started using a rented power tamper for the first foot of backfill. Anyone have a different method for keeping things plumb in wet ground?

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linda65813d ago

Guess the storm taught you more than any instruction manual ever could.

martin.andrew12d ago

Remember how the power went out for three days last winter? That storm taught me to keep a physical map in the glove box, because GPS is useless with no cell towers. It's weird, but you learn to trust your own eyes over a screen telling you to turn left into a lake. Linda658 is totally right that the manual doesn't cover that kind of panic thinking. I mean, now I can actually listen to the wind and guess if a tree branch is about to come down, which is a skill I never wanted.