Simpson Strong-Tie FPBS44 - Spike Black Post-Base Spike for 4x4

The EZ-Spike and EZ-Mender are great products. I was recently reminded of the awesomeness of the EZ-Spike when we did a little fence repair after the high winds of March 2023.My only advice for users is to make sure you center the tip in the old wood or hole and keep a level handy to make sure it goes in vertically. There is a little adjustment you can make when you put the post into the socket and drive in the base nails or screws, but there are limits, so keep it as straight as possible as you're driving it in.My advise for Simpson is to sell a square metal pounding block to fit in the socket so you won't continually destroy stubs of wood or the sides of the socket with the sledge as you're driving it in.Would definitely buy again and recommend to friends.

Love these, especially for semi-permanent fencing. I already had 2 of the 36" I previously used to add a dividing fence separating social area from dog area; now working on replacing/extending social area fence out into a gravel parking spot w/very hard ground. Work great, just remember to pre wet 1-2 days & keep post site quite wet while pounding in to ease and prevent twist/bend. I use old 4x4x3ft as my pounding rod to prevent damage; then just cut it 2" above brace top, drill some 1/2" wide holes from top of left wood rod, then use 2x2 or even an old socket extension to knock out the stuck plits a few days after Installing spikes.

This was a great buy. My mailbox was just about to fall over and I didn't need to replace my 4x4 post because it was still in good shape above ground. So when I saw this, I thought this could be a way to reuse my box. With a little help from my brother-in-law, it only took about 30 to 40 minutes to complete the install. And a lot of that time was spent gathering all the tools we needed. Mailbox is now solid and stable. I'll be buying two more of these for my clothes line.

I tried these for setting fence posts.. bought a set of 4 to check them out, then bought another 4 to finish.I did not want to set posts in concrete.. it a hassle, and there's no going back if you make an error. (although bolting to concrete is an option)I did not want to rely on pressure treated wood to hold up in soil, alone.These are decent construction, heavy gauge.I used these in clayey soil.. saturated from heavy winter rains. I dug a 12-18 pilot hole, set the spike.. and drove them in with fence post in them. Used a 2.5 mini-sledge.2 of my 8 posts hit tree roots or rocks, and I had to get a little creative to set them deep enough.After constructing the fence, I was able to adjust for plumb.. and in 2 cases was able to drive a post deeper, or raise it.. to work with the needs of the fence.I used rocks as shims and backfilled with gravel and sand, to set, plumb and level.In a couple yrs the clay soil will settle in well and form a very sturdy set.I don't think these would be great for rocky soil.. and I'd not expect the spike to hold up to any kind of ram driver.For signs and mailboxes.. it would be hard to beat this product.

These are very thick, powder coated steel. Should last for years.

We are very happy with Simpson post stakes! Since moving into our old (but new to us) home, I've had to dig up and smash four cement boulders that a previous owner just cut their wood posts off at base and covered up. A lovely surprise while cutting the grass, let me tell you!I wanted to put up a picket fence around our front patio, but I DO NOT want the hassle of having to dig cement up if or when posts rot or snap. This product is perfect! The spikes are SOLID and powder coated. I can't say anything about driving them into ground yet, because although I did start to drive them into ground, I met a slight road block. Another buried cement boulder! Grrrrr! After digging the monster out, I set spike in the boulders left behind cavity and tampered in filler dirt. The first post plays double duty as our mailbox post. So far she is straight as an arrow and no lean or wiggle!I will be buying more of these spikes to slowly replace our back yard fence posts as needed. Yippie, more cement removal!!

They drove in pretty easily. Before sinking these, I drove rebar down to my target depth to make sure I was mostly clear of roots and rocks. As others have said, it's really hard to get them perfectly square and lined up, but they ended up really close for my rectangular fenced enclosure. I cemented in the post the gate was attached to for good measure.

Great product; This is a well built fence post anchor that is strong enough to use without the fear of the post wobbling, or leaning. I used one to install a gate post where there was not enough room to use a post hole digger between a sidewalk and my garage {just six inches}. It work's excellent, even with the use of the gate swinging at least 4 times a day after 6 weeks of use. If this product fails I will update my comment, but I don't see this happening.Update; After reading some comment's when other purchaser's had a hard time driving the anchor in the ground, you might try what I did... I pounded a piece of rebar into the ground first, which made a hole just big enough to help drive the spike end into the ground nice and snug. This method worked excellent for me