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Re: when to cut locust for posts
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Posted by kyplowboy on October 29, 2006 at 17:36:16 from (63.146.226.90):
In Reply to: when to cut locust for posts posted by plumboy on October 29, 2006 at 09:34:07:
I use black locust for post and this is just what I do. Cut them late fall or winter. Do not know about lasting longer just know I do not last at it in August. I stack them up where the sun can hit them and let them dry. Late next summer I can peel the bark off like paper. Getting the bark off and drying helps keep bugs out. Bugs make holes that let in water that rots post. Also keeps from them from sprouting. If you have shoots on top you have roots low. When it dies the roots rot and leave holes in the posts and you have water geting into the wood. I know year old locust is a pain to drive nails into but they will last for years and years. As for the nails, I have found that a cordless drill is my new best friend when fencing. When puting up insulators, I love drywall screws. If driving staples or nails, get a handfull of cheap lil bitty bits and make starter holes. Hope this helps. This is the way grandad always put up post and I do not have a truck stout enough to pull over some he sat when he was young. (Had a guy tear up a hopper bottom pretty good when he did not swing out far enough around a post that he set in the 40's, just can't find good help these days :) ) Dave
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