"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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How do you keep a met post straight as you wallop it into the ground so
that when you put a six foot 4x4 post into it the post will be straight?

Janet

A bit at a time. You knock it in just enough for it not to fall over, then
step back a good distance and check it out both from a north/south and an
east/west perspective. Push it the way it needs to go and hit it a bit more.
Step back again etc. Do this several times. By the time it's too stiff to
adjust anymore it should be perpendicular and stay that way.

Then you can start walloping.

Put a bit of scrap wood on top of the post and you won't split the end so
much.

Steve