I was just given a bunch of power-company poles that they pulled out of my property during an upgrade. All dated 1945 and all look perfect still. They are all southern yellow pine and creosote treated. The replaced them with new southern yellow pine that is ACQ treated.
I've got some buildings around that I built 40 years ago with CCA treated poles and they too ares still fine with no sign of rot.
The problem now is this. CCA is not stocked any more by most lumberyards I know of. It IS still legal, but scarce. After the major change to ACQ, treatment has been cut way back for the stuff commonly found in lumberyards, Home Depot, etc. That because ACQ is a lot more expensive then the older CCA.
The end result is - most treated 6" X 6" in stock in lumberyards are not well suited for long-time burial. The correct poles have to be custom ordered. And 4" X 4"s ? Last I checked, they cannot even be ordered for long-time burial use. At least not through any lumber-yards here in my area of NY.
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