On Apr 24, 9:28 am, Jon wrote:

First off the dogs are Siberian Huskies.

Heh... I said to myself, unless this guy has Huskys...

What you are saying about not using concrete makes sense but what
about frost heave? Here the ground is frozen for part of the year and
frost heave is a concern. Local code for a deck requires concrete
footings 5' deep.

Mmm... no expertise, but it seems to me if frost is going to heave a
post set 3', it will heave one set 3' and in c/c, and I'd rather deal
with the former.

Its looking like those steel posts are the only real way to do
this...

HeyBub seems to have some pretty good ideas... that I'd never have
thought of until the job was done.
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- gpsman