I think I mae that comment; was brain storming. Short of breaking up concrete, I'd like to get that pipe out and work with what I have.
On Sun, 28 Jun 2009, Dale Leavens wrote: > Don't know, someone mentioned jamming something down into the pipe and > turning it to free the inner pipe. Sounds something like a cork screw sort of > approach. I would think the ovoid portion of the upper end would not extend > far down into the hole so it could be possible to get it turning. > > Is it important to you to be able to remove the post? If not I would go for a > permanent solution. > > > > e > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Spiro > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 6:50 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] clothes line pole > > > > > > thanks, what is the corkscrew tool called, and where might one find it? > I was just imagining when I wrote that. > thanks for the strength info as I was nearing the solid as a quick > solution. > I'm thinking two part, that will still go into the ground. > Inner pipe of cement, outer pipe to hold,and upper inner just as pipe. > > On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Dale Leavens wrote: > > > I have read many of the messages connected with this. You will know that a > pipe is much stronger and more rigid than a solid bar. It can of course be > strengthened with a non-compressible filling like cement and running a little > rebar through the cement will make it even more rigid. Several years ago I > installed a pole for holding up a basketball hoop for my son. It is a four > inch diameter pipe, well two actually, one inside the other made that way to > shorten it for shipping. I formed a box 18 inches square and about a foot > deep from plywood, removed a few patio lock stone bricks and dug a hole to > set the box into using it to form up cement. The pipe was set into this and > the pole filled with cement which I tamped down very firmly every few inches > as per assembly instructions. It stands still, 15 years later. It wants a > little paint especially where the two pipes fit together, I assume because of > the dielectric causing some corrosion. > > > > I would think that a four inch heavy sewer like A B S pipe might work > equally well packed firmly with cement. You could form your 'T' for > additional lines and it would really hurt to hit with a truck or anything > else. this would not be a suitable solution though if you wish to remove the > pipe when not in use. > > > > Getting the old piece out will be very difficult. I like the cork screw > solution best, if you can get the beggar to turn you should be able to work > it up and out. Otherwise it is probably busting up a square of the pavement > and digging it all out. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Spiro > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:35 PM > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] clothes line pole > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > I have a ?heavy? metal pipe with a 4 spike cap that is used for a clothes > > line. > > My neighbor across the drive likes his alcohol consumtion; and he has quie > > dented another neighbor's fence. He got a big SUV and ran down the pole. > > It is bigger and heavier than the 2.5 inch in our chain link fence in > > front. > > But I've not measured it yet. > > Here's what I want to do; check it out and let me know if I'm on the right > > track. > > There's a pipe in the ground, cemented and flush with the driveway. The > > pipe with the 4 spike cap, fits down into that. Part of this is broken off > > into the bigger pipe. > > Somehow I have to get that out. > > I then want to get a piece of the same size, 2ft down and 2ft above ground > > and cement it. I'd like to then get the same size as the pipe that is in > > the ground, and cement that. I could then drop the final clothes pole into > > that and have cement and double piping up to about 4ft and make it more > > durable and memorable than the one he destroyed by driving 5 feet onto my > > driveway and breaking it for me. > > Wife says that hang dry is faster, and is obviously cheaper; so I need a > > very durable solution. > > Wife wants to wimp and drag a solitary standing unit in and out every day. > > Not good enough for me. > > Thoughts, advice, help? > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
