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| We have some new posts to put in for pens and are wondering about fencing. Everyone I know put in creosote and those are no longer available. CCA pressure treated, some other treatment or oil pressure treated........was leaning toward the oil.....this is going to be fairly close to our well- I don't want any leaching trouble. Any experience/advice appreciated. Not planning to put in concrete or anything with them and need wood ones. |
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| How about cedar?
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  Semper Fi
Location: North Texas | rodeoveteran - 2016-06-15 7:01 PM
How about cedar?
"I" prefer locust. Lasts longer than cedar.
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| The only options I've seen available here are the different treatments in pine. Not seen any Cyprus or cedar available. |
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Location: Lala Land | We are doing pipe posts on our new fence. |
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Married to a Louie Lover
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| We cut our own hedge/Osage orange/ironwood for all our posts.
We also build fence (hopefully for a living in the next 12-18mo) as a business - barb, woven, continuous pipe, high tensile.
If you can get your hands on hedge and don't mind the more rustic look of not straight posts, it's the way to go in our opinion, they will outlast any treated post. |
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| What about hedge and I know people have used electrical poles if you can find them, like the old ones that have been replaced just cut them up. We use a 5 to 1 fence for our pastures and put in 5 T-posts to 1 hedge but not sure if you have a lot of hedge trees or that option where you live.
And we put in oil well pipe for our horse runs and our arena is oil well pipe lined with continuous fencing panels. But it's finding someone who has them.
Edited by newracer 2016-06-16 10:20 AM
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| We can get the Creosote posts again here (KY), so you might be able to do so also. I am trying some fiberglass pipe posts here. They came out of the oilfileds. I paid $8 a post for 6inch pipe this a wall thickness of 1/2 inch. I was willing to take the odds and ends left from other fencing projects from the seller, so my posts run in length from 9 foot to 13 foot. We were able to shove them in the ground with a backhoe to an even level, so who cares what they were? I did use creosote for the corners and the brace posts in long running sections.
Time will tell wither I made a good decision or not, but I wasn't very happy with the treated posts I could find in my area, and since I wanted really tall fences (easier to spray and mow under), I couldn't afford to do it all in creosote at $29 for an 8foot and $47 for a 10 footer.
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