Posted signs on lug "T" posts

[stillok]

Lug "T"posts present a sort of unique problem when you wish to add a sign to them--NO HOLES. I recently acquired 50 lug posts which I plan to use to post my property. "U" posts would have been a much better choice, but the lug posts cost me almost nothing and the prior owner left the " "T" post wrap around insulators" on the posts. To attach the posted sign, I cut the fence holding nubs off each insulator with a hack saw, drilled the appropriate sized hole through the center of each insulator, and attached the sign using two backers (one front/one back) and a pop rivet through the drilled hole after attaching the insulators in the appropriate location on the fence.

 

[bcp]

Welcome to TBN, and thanks for the tip.

Bruce

 

[KYErik]

Awesome tip. I once drilled a T post to hang a sign on it. I will never do that again. I don't know what type of metal they are made of, but it is really tough stuff and will dull a bit very quickly.

 

[ovrszd]

Welcome to TBN.

What are you posting your property from that requires 50 signs?

 

[Redlands Okie]

Fast walking slow readers...........

 

[japody]

Awesome tip. I once drilled a T post to hang a sign on it. I will never do that again. I don't know what type of metal they are made of, but it is really tough stuff and will dull a bit very quickly.

I once saw a segment on "How's it Made" that showed that t posts are made out of old railroad rails. Explains why they are so hard.

 

[smstonypoint]

Here's my method.

I mount metal "NO Trespassing" signs on 3/4" cedar boards with screws and attach two eye screws to the back of each board. I then run wire through the eye screws and mount the signs on plastic insulators attached to T-posts.

Steve

 

[sixdogs]

Welcome to TBN.

What are you posting your property from that requires 50 signs?

Burma Shave?

 

[Ford850]

Awesome tip. I once drilled a T post to hang a sign on it. I will never do that again. I don't know what type of metal they are made of, but it is really tough stuff and will dull a bit very quickly.

I learned the same lesson.
But I did find better quality sharp bits worked ok in the end.

 

[crackerjack222]

I once saw a segment on "How's it Made" that showed that t posts are made out of old railroad rails. Explains why they are so hard.

There is a steel "mini-mill" about 3 miles from my house. They take in scrap metal and make angle and channel iron, rebar, and t-posts. When I toured the place a number of years ago I saw the melt furnace in action and saw where they make the finished products. The melt shop pours molten steel into forms that make a billet about 24' in diameter and maybe 20 feet long. They take these and squeeze them down thru successive rollers into the other products including t-post blanks. The t-post blanks are sent to another shop that cuts them to length, puts on the plate and paints them. The finished posts are stored in a shed. I drove by the shed today and they had about 10,000 t-posts ready to ship.
I dont know that all t-posts are made from recycled rail because this mill takes in all kinds of scrap metal, including car bodies and rail.
Watching the melt operation was very impressive. IIRC, four large carbon rods carrying 3000 volts at 55,000 amps contacting a kettle of scrap iron makes for a lot of noise and sparks and smoke.

sorry to hijack the thread, but the mention of t-posts got me started.:dance1: