A little clarity Bill, when Jeff backfilled with the stone, he left a 4 foot trench. The corner post was high, so Stewart started digging. It was much like shoveling ballast, covered in peanut butter. Once the lines were run, we started to set the bases. Then the pedestals, followed by the hand shoveling of sand around the pedestals. Luckily, we got this done last weekend, because the ground will be too wet to run machinery in that area this weekend.