• SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
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        7 hours ago

        10 years of my life summed up in a phrase. We didn’t only do concrete, but my crew was the best at it so we had any of the jobs that came up.

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      5 hours ago

      Hell yeah just put that concrete mix in the ground it’s wet enough (we actually did that)

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        as someone who has removed 40 dry pour fence posts, fuck dry pour. it’s fucking lazy and you’re fucking the dude that has to pull the plugs later.

        properly mix your concrete, it’s not hard with a machine.

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          46 minutes ago

          As someone who’s done the same, eh, you have the machine anyways, and maybe you live in a drier place? Because they more or less come out in a single chunk, or if not, soft enough that the auger won’t shirk at it. You have 50/50 chance of finding a boulder bigger than you’re auger hole anyways with any hole you try and make.

          We have pretty clay forward soil, so you can even just back fill and tamp it with the dirt you took out. Frost fucks with everything anyways.

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          3 hours ago

          I’m not going to pay for the machine from my own money for some shit I do for work for a company. Next guy is just going to have to deal with it lol

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            42 minutes ago

            For us it’s water access, and not every farmers fence needs concrete either. A 5 gallon bucket and a shovel is good enough for fence posts and other small jobs.