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On 04/09/2018 22:27, Roger Hayter wrote:
Gareth's Downstairs Computer
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Is there a trick, or kink, or wrinkle, for putting in
an earth stake with the knowledge that it will go all the way
down (3 feet) into the ground without hitting an obstacle
so leaving you with a problem stake that is only half way in
but held so firmly by the soil that you cannot get it out?
(and thereby hangs a tale (tail?), for I have such a stake
with an inverted bottle over it to circumvent the taking
out of one's eye)
A 1metre SDS masonry drill helps. To get the old one out a pipe wrench
can be useful, and possibly a slide hammer.
You learn something everyday for I'd never heard of a slide hammer.
it is a hammer which slides ....