Ozco no dig fence post anchors, anyone try these?

[carman_liz]

So I got a quote to just get wood posts put around my drylot, about a 50x50x50 area, the other 50 is the barn and existing fence off the sides, it was right at $500 without concrete. Then I started googling ideas and came across these post anchor things.

I called the company and they said if I used the 39 inch ones for corners and the 27 inch ones for the line posts that it should work fine even with 50lb gates on them. The fence will be just horseguard elect tape until I can afford to do no climb around it. Has anyone tried these and if so did they work pretty good??

https://youtu.be/SE3PKWU4at8

Edited because I have fat thumbs lol.

[clanter]

could not use such a thing at my place as there is rock under the surface, I see your location as “East Tennessee” …aren’t there mountains there that have rock?

I would think that if only an electric fence was attached that product should work, but hanging a gate takes more into consideration than total weight…gate panel length also is a factor as the panel becomes a lever

[Guilherme]

I live in East TN. In my bottoms along some of the creeks these might work as the soil there is moderately deep. But on the hills, of which I have many, not so much.

And the cost at Home Depot is right about $25/per. That’s the cost of about 2 HOURS of pick-up labor. Even adding tractor time and and a new “teeth” for the auger and some Sackete that’s a VERY pricey fence. Last thought is durability. Horses love to lean on fences (which is why electric wire on the top is a Good Thing). In a “set” post you’ve got 25-35% of that post in tamped dirt, maybe set in “stone.” That post will take a licking before it breaks. The setting here? Not nearly so strong.

But this would be fast if the ground is right. And if the fence decorative and not likely subject to being leaned on by 1000 pound animals it might be OK.

Put another way, for landscaping…why not? For livestock…NO WAY!

G.

[carman_liz]

@clanter

could not use such a thing at my place as there is rock under the surface, I see your location as “East Tennessee” …aren’t there mountains there that have rock?

I would think that if only an electric fence was attached that product should work, but hanging a gate takes more into consideration than total weight…gate panel length also is a factor as the panel becomes a lever

They would be 12 foot gates, weigh about 60lbs each. I had the thought that if I put a wheel on them to help with weight distribution it may work? If I like how the couple I am going to buy this weekend perform, and I get the drylot done with these things, I will just hang one gate with a wheel and use tape gate handles for the other two pasture openings and see how the post handles the gate first. I had wanted to essentially have a gate on each side of the drylot, and one in the middle of the other side, so I can open gates into each paddock area and easily rotate turnout.

[hosspuller]

For gate posts, I use nothing less than a 6 inch post sunk 3-4 feet into the ground. I doubt the OZ and its post connection would last holding a 12 foot gate. Even with a 6 inch post, the free end of the gate has a support on the bottom… a rock or block … Kids and clueless adults have been known to climb on gates around here. :no:

[wildlifer]

As already noted, it definitely depends on your soil. With Horseguard, I think these could work for your line posts (I have t-posts & fibreglass step in posts as line posts for my HG, both work fine), but I would not put them on corners, where you have all the tension. I probably wouldn’t put them on a gate post either – while I love a gate wheel, remember that you will have tension on the other side of the gate post from the end of your fence.

I would say just sink your corner posts the old-fashioned way (at worst, that’s only 4 holes to dig or if you can’t dig, pay for, that’s not too bad). Then use whatever you want for the rest.

[irish_horse]

I have used these for a backyard gate, but the gate is only 4-feet wide and made of wood/light fencing. When we attached the side fence (wire under tension with t-posts) we had to be pretty careful with the tension. Maybe an entire line of them with corner posts sunk it would be ok, though I doubt for a big gate. I don’t know if you want wood posts for aesthetics/etc, and some people hate them, but at my stable we did t-posts with sleeves, they look quite nice and are much easier to install in our soil.

[carman_liz]

@irish_horse

I have used these for a backyard gate, but the gate is only 4-feet wide and made of wood/light fencing. When we attached the side fence (wire under tension with t-posts) we had to be pretty careful with the tension. Maybe an entire line of them with corner posts sunk it would be ok, though I doubt for a big gate. I don’t know if you want wood posts for aesthetics/etc, and some people hate them, but at my stable we did t-posts with sleeves, they look quite nice and are much easier to install in our soil.

I have T posts with caps and tape on the caps around the rest of the field. I just thought for a smaller area around the barn that posts and the osco things would be good with tape until I could afford to sink the posts in and do no climb around the drylot instead of the tape. I had a dream of painting the posts the same white and black as the barn and having it all matchy matchy and pretty lol.