Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:12:23 +0100, Dave wrote:

Dig a hole 3 foot deep and 3 foot wide,

Its piddly washing line pole not a 20' lattice mast!

If the OP can get 2' of his 10' pole (oh er missus) into the ground then
it's not going anywhere quickly. Indeed it's more likely to fail by
bending at ground level than unearthing.


Some of us know what we are talking about.

I remember my father making a 3ft hole about 2' dianpmeter and setting
ours on concrete.

Within a year it was about 20 degrees of the vertical.

Eventually it was tied to an apple tree that was high enough.

Remember a washing line is the reverse principle to a scissor jack. You
can multiply the weight of washing by a fairly large factor in terms of
the lateral thrust on the line top.


It wont fall over, but it will creep gently degree by degree till it
looks like a dead elephants dick.