Instead, I went with the standard 18″ for a 4×4 post, after hubby and I discussed. Okay, I say we but my husband says it was all me, that he would have used concrete from the start.Īnd while he’s right, I feel as though the post liquid might have worked if I’d dug the hole deeper, as the instructions stated. As noted, if you have any concerns about your soil’s holding capability, dig deeper or mount the post in concrete.The reason this has an asterisk is that we tried this project using Sika Pro post liquid instead of concrete. If the soil is a hard rocky one, less depth may be required. If you have a soft loamy or sandy soil, you will need to bury the post deeper. The soil I’m working with is a heavy clay base soil that holds poles very well. One aspect that needs to be talked about is soil itself. If you have a smaller feeder, less depth is required while a larger one will require more. So, I plan to bury an 8 foot pole 24 inches and in most cases this will hold all of our feeders, less the extremely large ones. In our part of the country, it is rare to receive great amounts of snow and my home sets deeply in the woods and is protected from heavy winds. This feeder weighs 18 pounds plus holds another 16 pounds of seed totaling 34 pounds. My hopes are to spread the ground feeding birds to the left and right and catch even more seed from the feeder’s long sides. I am looking for a little more seed to fall to the ground from the ends of the feeder and wish to catch more from the front and back. The tray is actually shorter than usual but is extra wide. I am also testing some new all cedar mounts (compared to our hardwood mounts) for the feeder and the tray plus the tray itself is an odd size. The feeder I have chosen is an experimental derivative of our Extra Long Mourning Dove with a Heavy Duty Pole Mount and Matching Seed Catcher Tray. can do a great harm causing personal injury or personal property damage. A 125 pound feeding station falling into a house, car, person, pet, etc. If you are not completely comfortable and confident in making these decisions, contact a local contractor and have them set the post. For the rest of us around the country, we can usually get away with setting a post directly in the earth and this is how I have set my own feeding station illustrated here. If you have these types of conditions, it may be wise to cement you pole into the ground. Take 125 pounds and add a driving wind storm, this becomes a lot of work for the soil holding the 4x4 post. The same 55 pound feeding station topped with a huge amount of hard-frozen wet snow can weigh upwards of 125 pounds. In areas that receive heavy snowfall, freezing rain and or high winds, these factors need to be taken considered. This same feeder holds approximately 30 pounds of seed giving a grand total weight of 55 pounds. Our largest feeder with its mount and matching seed catcher tray weight around 25 pounds. Beyond this, the size of the feeder and your soil type must be taken into consideration. An 8’ post needs a minimum of 2’ in the ground, a 12’ post 3’, etc. As a general rule, bury 25% or 30% of your post. Now that the perfect location has been chosen and you know which height you wish to set the post, it’s time to go to work.
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