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Posted By: wabigoon Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/27/20
A neighbor offered us some fence posts. We always can use good posts.

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John would not take any money, I need to get a package of prime steaks to him.
Posted By: tikkanut Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/27/20


4" treated ?
Posted By: tikkanut Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/27/20


here in Podunk

we can buy a fresh cut cedar post 11-12" at the base for $8
Posted By: tikkanut Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/27/20


this cedar post.........

probably planted in 1953.......

still holdin up a fence...........

and a Marlin

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Posted By: tikkanut Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/27/20


big azz cedar post

Cedar is where its at

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Posted By: wabigoon Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/27/20
Tik, those are old time creosote I'm sure. The size? The price was right.

Not a thing wrong with a cedar post, I'll think in that dry climate any post lasts a long time.

Years ago we had some red oak posts, hard to drive a staple into.
Posted By: rockinbbar Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/27/20
Originally Posted by tikkanut


this cedar post.........

probably planted in 1953.......

still holdin up a fence...........

and a Marlin

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You better have a talk with that fence post.... laugh laugh

It's fallin' down on the job!
Posted By: tikkanut Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/28/20


no the fence fell down

sold many a Marlin rifles from that post !

the saying

pic is worth a 1000 words !
Posted By: JamesJr Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/28/20
Originally Posted by tikkanut


here in Podunk

we can buy a fresh cut cedar post 11-12" at the base for $8



I use a lot of cedar posts, and there are some here on the farm still standing, that I know were here when I was a small child, and I just turned 70.
Posted By: wabigoon Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/28/20
What is easy to come by that works.
Posted By: GWPGUY Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/28/20
Evnin, our old cedar barn is still standing & doesn't look any different than it did in 1951 when I was born. When we put in a cement floor we had to take out cedar floor. It was cedar poles standing on end (about fire wood length) when they came out they were only soft & degraded for about 2 inches, the rest of it was like the day my grand father put them in. We hosed them down, & my job was to split them into kindling. If the owners of it now decide to tear the barn down I want a nice log to make a table, they came off the farm when they cleared the land & ya can't get your arms around them. Bill out. πŸ‘£πŸΎπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Posted By: roundoak Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/29/20
Good neighbor, good score. This spring I cut a bunch of Black locust for posts.

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Posted By: wabigoon Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/29/20
Wayne, you have of course, squared those posts, can you set them bark, and all?
Posted By: cowdoc Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/29/20
How long do you typically expect black locust to last in a fence?
Posted By: JCMCUBIC Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/29/20
Originally Posted by wabigoon

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John would not take any money, I need to get a package of prime steaks to him.


Yes sir.

I've got a lot of posts in the ground that came from used fence that an old friend of my father's wanted taken down. He died this past year.....lot of good memories tied to him and the posts give me lots of opportunities to remember him.
Posted By: roundoak Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/29/20
Originally Posted by wabigoon
Wayne, you have of course, squared those posts, can you set them bark, and all?


I squared several posts to be used in a couple of pasture corrals where used road guard rails will be attached with lag screws. It helps in the application and looks better. grin You can set them without debarking, preferably after drying for at least a year. If you set them wet in some soils they have a tendency to sprout.
Posted By: roundoak Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/29/20
Originally Posted by cowdoc
How long do you typically expect black locust to last in a fence?


I don't have an average lifespan, but there are posts in a fence my Grandad and Dad put in during the early 1960s that are good and solid. The terrain was hilly well drained soil. Some posts have been replaced and the common theme there was the posts had less than 5"-6" of heartwood. My Dad and I put in a section of fence with 11 T posts spaced then a locust post, then 11 T posts, etc., and locust was used for corner and brace posts. That was 37 years ago and not one locust post has been replaced.
Posted By: cowdoc Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/29/20
Thanks for the reply-good looking posts!

We can usually find hedge (aka Osage Orange) here in southern Iowa/northern Missouri which typically last a lifetime.

LOL, makes me think of what my Dad said to me as I was coming of age-"Son, fencing is an every other generation proposition. I'm sorry."
Posted By: wabigoon Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/29/20
OK, now, can those black locust posts be bought, and shipped at practical price?

The best posts I have ever seen were black creosote posts from Arkansas by Dierks. I hope most posts in that load are such.
Posted By: wabigoon Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/29/20
The tags on the Dierks posts.[Linked Image from i.imgur.com][Linked Image from i.imgur.com]
Posted By: JamesJr Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/29/20
There are scattered groves of black locust trees here, and a lot of people use them for posts. I have plenty of honey locusts, the ones with thorns, and I'd gladly trade for black locusts. I do have a bunch of cedar, and that's what I use. The more red in them, the longer they last. It's said that the best cedar posts come from the poorest soil.
Posted By: wabigoon Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/29/20
I have bought some posts from LandOLakes wood preserving at Ten Strike, Mn.[img]https://landolakeswood.com/[/img]
Posted By: huntsman22 Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/30/20
I cut up a bunch of phone poles for posts today. Will use them to rebuild the shipping pens on the north place.

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Posted By: wabigoon Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/30/20
That should be a solid fence Don, how do you fasten the 2x6's, nails, lags,--?
Posted By: huntsman22 Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/30/20
It will be continuous pipe fence panels installed with clips and lags
Posted By: wabigoon Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 06/30/20
Like this Don? I like a fence I can climb easy, and fast when I'm tight with cattle. [Linked Image from i.imgur.com]
Posted By: huntsman22 Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 07/01/20
prezactly...
Posted By: wabigoon Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 07/01/20
What do you have to pay for 20" Don?
Posted By: huntsman22 Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 07/01/20
I don't know what 20 inchers cost, but 20 foot, 5 rail, 4' high are $130. and 14 foot gates are $125. We had a fence guy build a little set of pens on the south place, and an alley and sorting pen at the home place outta them. He used drill pipe for driven line posts and 5 inch pipe posts in concrete for the corners and gate posts. they turned out nice.... I'll do the north place with the extra panels and gates we bought.

the south pens
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you can see the pile of old wood from the dilapidated wood corrals I tore out this last winter to the right thru the gate.... I'll burn the pile next winter when we get some snow cover.
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Posted By: huntsman22 Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 07/01/20
a quick 10 second vid of the guys driving the pipe line posts. it'll load at midnite...


Posted By: wabigoon Re: Fence posts, John Irwin - 07/06/20
That sure looks rugged Don. We need lime rock or something on the ground here in Iowa, it'd be deep mud in Iowa.
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