In message , Janet Tweedy
writes
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
Use a 3ft or 4ft post first (depending on how tall you are) and find a
gullible fool to hold it upright for you whilst you wallop it (it
preferably being the post not the aforementioned gullible fool. Check
for upright with a spirit level in both directions as you go.
--
hugh
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