Laminated posts made of 3 2x6 or 3 2x8 nailed and glued together are much better these days. I sure wouldn't use a 4x4 or 6x6 any more, the wood is so poor it twists, and any sort of pressure treating - ot the much poorer soaking you mention - doesn't get in real far. The skinnier 2x material will soak much closer to all the way through.
Then with 3 different timbers put together, any knots or warping will not be an issue.
Also, you can spend mone on the well-treated stuff that is in the ground, and use untreated stuff above ground, putting the money where it is needed.
Going to auctions and looking around at the various pole barns, see a lot of the solid poles having issues. The laminated ones don't look so bad as I see things.
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