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check your fence posts before leaving the parking lot - terracore - 06-17-2023
Today we went to a local purveyor of livestock / fencing supplies and purchased a quantity of T posts. We paid extra (about $100 total) for ones made in the USA.
We got the usual mediocre service we're used to as they loaded them up, and then enjoyed stopping off at SiSi Tacos on the way home and had an amazing lunch. But I digress.
After getting home I unloaded the posts and carried them, by hand, almost half way to the job site. The next 1/2 required some squirming through the forest so I busted them out of their 5x bundled nature and upon feeling their heft realized I got the cheap Chinese posts I was trying to avoid.
I had to carry all the posts back to the truck and reload them, and then drive them back to the store to exchange them. What I was most pissed about, was that I failed to recognize them as junk posts when they were loading them, as I unloaded them, and then carried them close to where they needed to be installed.
I have more days behind me than I have ahead of me, and the wear and tear on my body carrying these fcking posts back and forth is what irritated me the most. They were supposed to be a one-way trip, not taken back, exchanged, and hauled out again at 3x the wear and tear on my arms, shoulders, and back.
USA posts are usually made out of recycled railroad rails out of a hardened steel engineered to endure thousands of tons of weight per square inch. They are normally stamped with something like "1.33 USA". (1.33 pounds per foot, meaning how much it weighs). Chinese posts are made out of the cheapest steel their foundries can produce, feel flimsy, and are usually super shiny meaning something about the galvanization is different. Somehow, I missed all these warning signs.
Don't be a terracore. Check the posts before they load them.
I don't think the store was trying to swindle us or anything, it was just a bunch of honest mistakes, of which I was a part of for not noticing sooner. But it will never happen again.
RE: check your fence posts before leaving the parking lot - 'elepaio - 06-17-2023
I feel your pain and prefer Aleeve vs. all the others. If nothing to drink..
Hubby fashioned a zip line with .125" 1x19 SS and some turn buckles for the deep HA stuffs.
RE: check your fence posts before leaving the parking lot - Durian Fiend - 06-17-2023
Good to know.
It seems to me that the work involved in carrying the posts would pale in comparison to sinking them in the ground and running fence between them.
Despite good intentions to tackle such a project I've never actually done it.
RE: check your fence posts before leaving the parking lot - Rob Tucker - 06-18-2023
That's why God invented strong young men.
RE: check your fence posts before leaving the parking lot - Wao nahele wahine - 06-18-2023
Sorry that that happened to you, Terracore.
We have been working on fencing our 3.5 acres for the past year off and on. We are finally getting close to finishing it. I hope the rest of your fencing project goes smoothly.
RE: check your fence posts before leaving the parking lot - 'elepaio - 06-19-2023
Mr. TC or anyone as well. Have you ever come across a foaming ***Epoxy that we can get local or order in smallish quantities ? 1+1 quart/gallon say. If so please share and what densities .. salamat
ETA .. i mean like Sicomin or ProSet. This is magic stuff and perfect for us / use here within lava matrix.
Can only get 5x5 gallons with HazMAT shipping on top ..More than a cats lifetime supply.
***PU foam need not apply ..lol
RE: check your fence posts before leaving the parking lot - terracore - 06-19-2023
They sell stuff at Home Depot. I've never tried it:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Sika-2-lb-PostFix-Fence-Post-Mix-Mix-In-The-Bag-Expanding-Foam-for-Supporting-Non-Structural-Posts-Mailbox-Sign-7116170/300934597
(06-17-2023, 11:11 PM)Durian Fiend Wrote: Good to know.
It seems to me that the work involved in carrying the posts would pale in comparison to sinking them in the ground and running fence between them.
Despite good intentions to tackle such a project I've never actually done it.
It is a challenge, especially when one can't afford the fancy equipment, but it's doable if you have the time. It's definitely not a weekend project.
"That's why God invented strong young men."
I saw the fence the strong young men my neighbor hired built. No thanks. Pretty to look at but essentially just a visual barrier. Well... pretty for now. It's already starting to rust. He got it to keep pigs out. I didn't have the heart to tell him it couldn't keep a toddler out much less a pig.
RE: check your fence posts before leaving the parking lot - 'elepaio - 06-20-2023
Khap khun ka,, Mr.TC will go check it out.f