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   brownbagg | Jun 21, 2009 05:10am | #1

   1) yes
   2)no
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   woodway | Jun 21, 2009 05:32am | #2

   What function does the rebar fill that the round steel pipe doesn't?

   Market owner in our small town uses four inch dia steel pipes filled with concrete to prevent cars from crashing into the side of his store...they work fairly well and in the last five years the score is steel posts "six" ---cars "zero!"

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   fingersandtoes | Jun 22, 2009 02:02am | #3

   If you are worried about side impact such as cars hitting them then yes, but in vertical loading the thickness of the post walls is a much better measure of strength than filling them with concrete, and there is no point putting in rebar in either case.

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   FastEddie | Jun 22, 2009 02:24am | #4

   No need for rebar.  the concrete will prevent the pipe from bending over at the ground level, if there is enough pipe and concrete in the ground.  really does a number on the fenders of the escalades that the soccer moms try to drive through the bank drive-in.  They come in hollerin about how our pipe damaged their car, but when we point out the pipe wasn't the moving part, and it is tall enough so it can be seen over the top of the fender, they always go away."Put your creed in your deed."   Emerson

   "When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it."  T. Roosevelt

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   fingersandtoes | Jun 22, 2009 05:07am | #5

   Too bad there wasn't a motion activated web cam. I'd pay to watch them chipping away at it.

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   deskguy | Jun 22, 2009 07:23am | #6

   cant answer your question with any knowledge, but I once bought a 80 CJ5 that the previous owner welded a 4" pipe to the front of, then filled with concrete. Always wanted to smash the #### out something with that thing, solid and heavy.

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   FastEddie | Jun 22, 2009 02:37pm | #7

   welded a 4" pipe to the front of, then filled with concrete

   I'm sure that was good for the suspension and handling."Put your creed in your deed."   Emerson

   "When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it."  T. Roosevelt

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   catfish | Jun 22, 2009 04:00pm | #8

   I bet he didn't have any problems with the front wheels spinning.

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   deskguy | Jun 22, 2009 06:17pm | #9

   that thing could do wheelies, 283 4 brl. Never noticed any handling problems. Only had it for a summer, wasn't a real practical college commuter