Fence Post tops

[Maynard Reece Byrd]

Thanks for all the suggestions. Keep them coming. Maynard, I really need you to post a pic of the boots (The wife loves the idea, her horse pens anyway). Robert, I like yours too, how messy is it, or can you paint it on neatly?

I can't figure out how some people can go through that many boots, but they must or have all there friends and family bringing them boots. I will see if I can get a picture. Not surprised you haven't heard of it, you know, "What happens in Dodge stays in Dodge."

 

[UpToNoGood]

Not sure if you have seen this thread.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/rural-living/145893-caps-tops-wood-posts.html

 

[EddieWalker]

I've been thinking of ways to do this to. I want it to be attractive and have a WOW factor to it, but not be junky or tacky. I've beent hinking that a dinner plate, glued to the post unside down might look nice if I had something nice to put on top of it. I don't know what, but have thought of things like a bottle or a decorative ceramic animal or bird. I've also thought about a metal disk and then putting a phinial on top of it of some kind.

Eddie

 

[forgeblast]

Mix up beeswax and linseed oil, heat it up and you can seal the tops.
I used this mix on the outside of my bee hives to keep them "natural".

 

[Housten]

Forrest,

I took a roll of (I think its called) metal flashing I bought at HD and cut it into sized squares. I beat it with a hammer to form around the post. There was no need to attach with a nail. Ten years later, I now realize the treated post weakest part is in the ground, not at the top.

Housten

 

[Chilly807]

Almost all of ours rot out at the ground level, very few go bad at the top enough to make a difference in the integrity of the fence.

We try to use black spruce and juniper as much as we can, although a red spruce gets in the mix from time to time. Balsam fir is largely a waste of time.

Sean

 

[jimmyj]

Does it really make a difference to put a coating or topper on a post? I'm skeptical. Never seen a post rot away from the top down.

 

[MF1652]

We have been using roofing tar. Horses won't bother it and it's cheap.

The reason for topping the post keeps the horses from cribbing the wood.

 

[jimmyj]

The reason for topping the post keeps the horses from cribbing the wood.

Right! Of course. Thanks.

 

[Rocksprings]

Down here in South Texas we use cedar post. They will last alot longer than you will.