Jim O'Dell
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Here in my area, the 3 wood privacy fences I've built or rebuilt, the holes were about 24" deep. The last two fences, I used the metal 8' poles in concrete. Not cheap, but you don't have the worry of the wood poles, PT or not, rotting away and breaking right at the ground level. There are special brackets that sandwich on to the poles that the cross braces mount to. So far this one has been up 3 years (almost to the day!) and is very sturdy. I know this is a little late for you this time, but thought I'd go ahead and add it to the discussion.
Oh, and next time, splurge on the digging machine. I rented a contraption that you tow behind your vehicle. When you get home, you take the towing tongue off of it, and you roll it around on the wheels. It is gas powered, but the engine runs a hydraulic pump, which in turn drives the the auger. It is a one man operation, except for getting it up hill . And I got the thing home, dug 29 holes, and back for a 4 hour rental. I did run into some rock and roots also, but this thing is a HOSS!! The demo bar was used a little, but not a whole lot. Well worth the 130 bucks it was 3 years ago. I tried to drive the lag bolts through the brackets into the wet 2 X 4s with a corded Makita 1/2" drill with no luck. My Ridgid 1/2" 18 volt never missed a lick on 230' (or so) worth of fence and I think I recharged the battery about 2 times doing the lags (3 full batteries worth of charge). Jim.
Oh, and next time, splurge on the digging machine. I rented a contraption that you tow behind your vehicle. When you get home, you take the towing tongue off of it, and you roll it around on the wheels. It is gas powered, but the engine runs a hydraulic pump, which in turn drives the the auger. It is a one man operation, except for getting it up hill . And I got the thing home, dug 29 holes, and back for a 4 hour rental. I did run into some rock and roots also, but this thing is a HOSS!! The demo bar was used a little, but not a whole lot. Well worth the 130 bucks it was 3 years ago. I tried to drive the lag bolts through the brackets into the wet 2 X 4s with a corded Makita 1/2" drill with no luck. My Ridgid 1/2" 18 volt never missed a lick on 230' (or so) worth of fence and I think I recharged the battery about 2 times doing the lags (3 full batteries worth of charge). Jim.