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Hot take: I started using a 2x4 as a temporary brace for vinyl fence posts and it's way better than metal stakes.
Had a big job in Boise with super rocky soil, metal stakes kept bending. Used a treated 2x4 cut to 4 feet, drove it in at an angle and zip-tied the post. Saved me a ton of time and money on replacements. Anyone else use wood for bracing on tough ground?
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parkera616mo ago
Man, that reminds me of my buddy's nightmare job in Colorado. He was trying to set posts in what was basically a gravel pit. Every metal stake he drove looked like a pretzel by lunch. Finally, he grabbed some scrap pressure-treated deck boards, cut them into stakes, and pounded them in with a sledge. Said they held straight as an arrow and he just left them in the ground when he backfilled.
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torres.sage6mo ago
Yeah, the "gravel pit" story is exactly what I've heard from guys out west. Makes total sense that wood would just take the beating instead of bending.
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