On 28 Jul 2006 07:09:17 -0700, wrote:

I have a gas lantern lamp post that is leaning. I perfer not to dig
too deep to make it upright since it is gas.

I was thinking, dig deep enough to pour cement base (maybe 1ft down) ,
pull lamppost to upright position, and then set in quickcrete.

Has anyone tried something like this?

Make the hole round EXCEPT for the direction that the post leans.
Dig a small 4 x4 inch trench a couple of feet long and tie it in to
the main hole and you will have fixed the problem permanently.