You know that the ground in your back garden

Ian G · 22nd April 2017, 16:57

is hard when you have to use a hammer and chisel to get through the top 15 inches when you are digging a hole for a fence post .

Cheers Ian

Darcydog · 22nd April 2017, 17:22

Yep! - I learnt a while back that fence posts etc should go in in the winter when the ground is soft.

Not much help to you tho'.

jackatesme · 22nd April 2017, 18:24

When i was a young lad my father bought some ground to put his pigeon cot on,not a small piece of ground,my younger brother and myself put in about 40 railway sleepers as posts about 2/3 ft deep,with my father being an ex coal miner, there was no easy way of doing things,no straight down,we had to dig a trench about 4ft long for each post. 50yrs ago and my back still aches.

MSS · 22nd April 2017, 20:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redfive

is hard when you have to use a hammer and chisel to get through the top 15 inches when you are digging a hole for a fence post .

Cheers Ian

Buy the following and you will never look back. Just mind your feet when using the digger.

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p48155

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Land...+Digger/p55706

The two Roughneck items cost me about £120 when I bought them - the Toolstation prce is a bargain.

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Darcydog This is my second home Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,428 Thanks: 3,123 Thanked 3,170 Times in 2,096 Posts	Yep! - I learnt a while back that fence posts etc should go in in the winter when the ground is soft. Not much help to you tho'.