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Originally Posted by skins
THat sounds like it would work pretty good. How big are these posts and how do you drive them into the ground?
I wouldn't worry too much about getting below frost line with a deck. I might keep your deck more level but you shouldn't notice any big difference. I think frost line in Calgary is around 4 to 5 feet.
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these spikes are about 3 1/2 feet long , you can get bigger ones, they look like huge tent spikes but with a 4 x 4 clamp on the top to bolt in the post.
I just stuck in a chunk of wood and used a 25lb sledge hammer, knocked in 12 in under an hour. ( good work out, some harder than others )
yep call the 'before you dig' people these spikes will cause damage and once they in , they not moving.
There's 2 types, one with an adjustable nut on the top to swivel the 4x4 clamp around so you can square up your posts....the other don't... i tried them both... the extra $2.oo for the swivel ones are worth it. ( never know it you'll hit a rock )
the price is right, when i both these they were under $20.00ea last year they sold out of these things fast.
They also work great if you making a fence where you need to move a section from time to time, it just unbolts, and away ya go.