Fence Post

[Dunham Farm]

What if any thing do you all use for treatment on your fence post? I have a sawmill and saw out my post but would like them to last longer around our gardens. We have alot of dear.
Thanks Brian

 

[scott_vt]

What if any thing do you all use for treatment on your fence post? I have a sawmill and saw out my post but would like them to last longer around our gardens. We have alot of dear.
Thanks Brian

Good Afternoon Brian,
I used pressure treated posts when I put up some split rail earlier this year, Im hoping for 15 or 20 years !

Some guys use tar on the bottom of the post thats in the ground for longevity !

 

[dsgsr]

Paint them. My wife and I have been putting up fencing and we are painting the post & rails with "WOODSCAPES" 100% Acrylic water based Stain.

The first pic. is our first section. Second pic is of my son setting on the last section we put up. Have 16 section up and hundreds to go

David

 

[Dunham Farm]

I was looking at PT, but where I have the trees I was hoping there was something on the market now that worked.
Thanks Brian

 

[WayneB]

I was looking at PT, but where I have the trees I was hoping there was something on the market now that worked.
Thanks Brian

Do you happen to have an cedar around that you could make the post out of?

 

[riptides]

Do you happen to have an cedar around that you could make the post out of?

I have cedar posts on the farm that are still standing after 50 years. They are holding up barb wire. They burn really clean.

 

[MossRoad]

My father always used creosote and things would last until they would be pulled out of the ground. I don't know if you can get it any more.

I have locust trees. They make good posts as is, but if you wait for them to dry, you can hardly pound a nail into them. Putting them in green with bark on and they sometimes sprout limbs.

 

[Cliff_Johns]

Split will generally last longer than sawn because endgrain is where the water is absorbed the most. When you split the log, the only endgrain is at the end, but if you saw it, then you end up with grain comming out the side of the post too. Still, sometimes sawing is the only realistic option.

Cliff

 

[kenmac]

My father always used creosote and things would last until they would be pulled out of the ground. I don't know if you can get it any more.

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Don't think it's allowed anymore. I don't know how the R.R. gets by useing it for cross ties

 

[czechsonofagun]

My father used old car oil to paint fence posts; I dont think it is advisable any more.