Pole in the ground?

as you know i dont do a lot outside dennis so im no expert , but what comes to mind would maybe be roofing tar for a coating and the lags should work or maybe threaded rod all the way thru the pole .
maybe someone will come along with better asnwers for ya

MrT you are correct with the tar. I would put tar from the bottom up to 6” or more above the concrete. You can put a bunch of bolts (as you mentioned) in the part of the pole below grade. these will help to hold it in the concrete. The only thing you did not take care of is the concrete cracking when the pole would get wet and swells up. For this you need to build a tube of re-bar in the concrete around the pole, but away from the pole.

Hope this helps, good luck.

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You can also take some pieces of that re-bar cut to about a foot long. Drill some starter holes and drive the re-bar into the pole, leaving about 6”-8” sticking out, about every 45 degrees. More than likely your poles are going to shrink, unless they are well dried.

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Are alternative woods available Dennis. Osage Orange, Cedar etc have been used for fence posts for years and they hold up very well. I don’t know if a search on fence posts on google would show up much or not.

Dennis here is a site on WoodWeb talking about fence posts.

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Some good info Thanks!

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I put posts in similar to Morton Buildings on my fence shed project 4 years ago, & they haven’t moved a bit.

Only I came right to the surface with the concrete.

When you pour the dry mix in you tamp it down real hard.

The moisture in the ground cures the concrete.

My holes were 10” in diameter for the 4 X 4.

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A dry mix! Interesting. Thanks

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Here’s one after 4 years.

I used regular sakrete, they now have Fast set concrete.

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Hum, concrete dry in the hole and nature does the rest, I have never heard of this before. I like it. Thanks for the tip Dick!

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