Here is the
original “column” which was replaced by this one:
The original one
actually got straightened out via the chain and the bumper jack. But over the course of three months, it
reverted to its old ways. So I replaced the original post with a new one. Things went well for about a year. Then the newbie turned crook. I tried the bumper jack again.
After a year or better, the bumper jack proved inadequate. The crook in the old post involved the entire length of the post, whereas this bend is in the bottom four feet. Call in the reinforcements. Add the bottle jack for a little more pressure.
Reconfigure the
troops.
Then the chain
wasn’t quite enough. Actually, it was
the bolt holding the chain that gave away while increasing the pressure with
the bottle jack. The chain links only
accommodate a ¼” bolt. Pop! Chain, jacks, dead bolt (part of it anyway) all lying at my feet, not on my feet, thankfully. So, bring in the
enforcer, a log chain and another jack.
This has all
taken place over a year or more. We just
got serious this spring. And the post
actually got “over-straight” with the two bottle jacks. Attempts to hold it in place with two angle
irons failed. So back to the drawing
board.
The drawing boar revealed the bumper jack and light chain again, this time using a half hitch in the chain to hold the pressure. The bolt only has to keep the knot from slipping. Add the bottle jack. Now, come up with some way of holding the thing in place once it behaves. Help stamp out redicidivsm.
The struggle
continues.
If wood can be so
intractable, it doesn’t give you much hope for snakes and politicians, does
it? Let us leave the lightning to Pecos
Bill. 
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