Bruce,
Does your Menards have the sleeves that you can bolt to the side of a 2 by 6 and slide your post down into it? I put my piers in during ice up this way. I slide the pier out on the ice than cut holes in the ice where the sleeves are bolted to the pier. Then I slide the galvanized posts into the sleeve into the water and to the bottom and drive them in. Next I jack the pier up above the ice and tighten the bolts on the sleeves. Works like a charm if you have good ice. Of course I'm waiting for the ice to come back so I can put more piers out on the other ponds! :rolleyes:
