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Metal Fence Post Repair

06-04-2009, 11:02 PM

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BGlidewell

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Metal Fence Post Repair

I have 60 metal fence posts on 4' centers that were bent at the ground by a tornado that passed by. I have detached the fence posts from the fence rails in sections long enough to bend the posts back at the bend point with a heat tip and re-attached the fence so it is straight again.

The repair has annealed the fence post so it is weakened and I have to permanently brace it somehow. (I have it temporarily braced) I have thought about adding more posts, but this is an existing fence and digging holes will be unlikely as the space to get into the hole is occupied by the fence. The fence was also just finished in time for the tornado.

I could add another post a few feet outboard of the fence line in front of every or every other post and make a truss to the original posts which would be even stronger than the original fence but I cant help but think there might be something better I could do...

any ideas?

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