Found this 1/4 Corner today. This is what happens when cattle is around ????
Does it spin?
That is condition I would expect it to be in. Probably 75 percent of them are like that one. Shovel time.
Of course I would attempt to straighten it but with a monument like that I certainly wouldn't worry about it being perfectly plumb.?ÿ If I got close and found that there would be no doubt about where the corner lies.
Andy
They get bent:
and rehabilitated:
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Plumb it back up; you'll be fine...
In one pasture I have a standard water hydrant to fill stock tanks.?ÿ The pipe is about three feet above ground with the hydrant head attached to that.?ÿ The cattle never bothered it.?ÿ Put my wife's two horses in there and within two weeks the hydrant looked similar to the photo above.?ÿ Incredibly, the hydrant still works.?ÿ It takes some extra effort to raise and lower the handle, though.
At least the chances are slim it was hit by a road grader and dragged a dozen feet.
Plumb it back up; you'll be fine...
Unless the years of rust and freeze thaw damaged it enough that it snaps off.
Then who gets to recover the 250 dollar reward for disturbing it.... ???? ???? ???? ??? ??? ???? ???? ?????ÿ
I'm willing to bet most of the post is straight. It probably won't spin because the base is split and spread. A little work will rehabilitate the monument in the original location.
@jim-frame those usually don??t. I think it??s a 48 inch pipe with a flared end.
These monuments are usually difficult to re-bend. Filled with concrete or material of some type. The bottoms are flanged. Taking a sledge to them to bend them back will crack or break them.?ÿ
It's shovel work.?ÿ
I always figured one reason they stick out so far is cause they are so long. The old crews didn't want to dig that deep then anymore than I do today.?ÿ
It's a lot like straightening rebar by swinging the rebar snd gitting the hammer face. Grasp the longest straight piece (usually the base) and smack the bend on hard wood. Works like a charm and I haven't broken one yet...
