What is the best price available for a fence post 8 foot above ground

[kubota4me]

I want to construct a deer fence around my garden 8 foot high. So that means approximately 30-36 inches underground making the fence posts 10.5 to 11 feet in length. What is the cheapest price in either galvanized chain link post or wooden that you are aware of?

 

[RickB]

No location given; No worthwhile answer possible.

 

[kubota4me]

No location given; No worthwhile answer possible.

Midwest US

 

[lakngulf]

Pressure treated 4x4s are quite pricey these days, but then everything is. What type fence are you putting in? My garden area is small, but I put 10 foot 4x4s at the corners. I then installed five ft hog wire, and above that I used single strands of regular wire (you could use barb) to give it more height. So far it has worked for deer....Now chipmunks, squirrels, birds, raccoons, rats....that's a different story.

 

[flyerdan]

Probably the best pricing you can get, especially if you need a lot of them, is to get a bundle of 21' CQ20 or struc tubing in 1.625" and cut them in half making 2 posts. Get a few sticks of 2.375" for corners and terminals.

 

[kubota4me]

I wanted to have an 8 foot fence to keep deer out. A neighbor has 7 foot they are going over. The cheapest I can find for any posts that will support a fence is $17 per 4" x 4" x 12' treated posts. I know that is overkill, but chain link posts are astronomical and I can't find any used ones at a construction company as some people had suggested. I want to go with 2 48" fencing smaller holes than hog fencing to keep small animals out such as raccoon. I would overlap them slightly by about 4 inches and then on the very top put one electric wire to keep coon from climbing over. On the very bottom I would get some 2 foot chicken wire to go around to keep small animals like baby rabbits out.

 

[randy41]

i got locust posts out of the woods for my garden deer fence.

 

[kubota4me]

i got locust posts out of the woods for my garden deer fence.

All I can say is you're lucky.

 

[Midniteoyl]

2 2x4's laminated together would be about $4-$5 cheaper than a single 4x4.

 

[tcreeley]

Around here- if they are not deep enough, the frost heaves them out of the ground after a few years- as much as 6" a year. I try to put them in 4-5'. 5' is best. Ask around how deep your frost goes, then go below. That will tell you what you need for a post.
I just put a 2 strand electric fence around our garden on steel posts and it is working for now.