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To: MissTargets; kenth; Knitting A Conundrum; 7.62 x 51mm; bikepacker67; Dysart; texaslil; ...

Help! I went yesterday and bought a set up for a pole feeder and I can't get the confounded thing in the ground. I bought the base that you screw down and then mount the pole because I have really rocky ground and I managed to get it to within a couple of inches of where it is supposed to be, but I can't get it down any farthur. I've already busted one screwdriver using it for leverage. I can't leave it like it is either, because it's wobbly from having to work so hard at getting it in there and some of the dirt has worked loose. Any ideas?


403 posted on 02/22/2005 3:47:48 PM PST by sweetliberty ("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.")
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To: sweetliberty

Do you have the pole with the corkscrew end and all important base with four prongs that anchor it to the earth?


404 posted on 02/22/2005 3:54:55 PM PST by Dysart
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Like this http://www.birdtracks.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=2517&Category_Code=16


You should soak the ground with water...wait several hours and try again. If you don't have the base(as shown in the link), consider it because it's very useful for stabilization
406 posted on 02/22/2005 4:00:10 PM PST by Dysart
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To: sweetliberty
Any ideas?

Ouch! That's a tough one. I sympathize with the rocky ground problem!

Can you get the base back out?

If you can, you could fill the hole with water, (It might soften what dirt IS there) then fill it up with loose dirt and re-screw it.

Unfortunately, if it's one of those BIG underground suckers...well, you might want to rethink it's location.

Sorry, I know that's probably not much help! :(

407 posted on 02/22/2005 4:00:36 PM PST by MamaTexan (Welcome to Free Republic, the home of the conservative cyber cannibals. ;^)
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To: sweetliberty

Use a crowbar, s. Screwdrivers are for liberal-demokkkRATs.


408 posted on 02/22/2005 4:07:46 PM PST by 7.62 x 51mm (• Veni • Vidi • Vino • Visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
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