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Originally Posted by CaberTosser
Another option is concrete piles poured in a sonotube, with a galvanized "saddle" that has a very heavy hunk of rebar welded to a U-shaped piece of plate steel that will hold the 4x4 or 6x6 you sit in it. .................A recent product I discovered is fibre reinforcement for concrete, and I think it would be excellent for keeping piles from splitting..
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concrete and saddles are perfect!
the wood and concrete will never stay complete. the frost will always expand the wood and break the concrete. unless the concrete is below frost line.
metal and concrete have very similar coef of expansion.
the fiberglass additive is cool stuff