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I have some black locus trees I'm cutting up in 7 foot lenghts for fence posts rather than fire wood. Four to ten inches in diameter. Any body know what the sell for? I have a guy wanting them.
 
Round here, $8 per pole, is what I see, in the papers. I've seen people go nuts for 'em at auctions, $15 ain't unheard of. Split the ones 8" or bigger in half, double your money, on that post!!
 
I wouldnt give you anything for a 7 foot long fence post; too short to be of any value to me. Now if you cut them 8 foot long, then you have something. Tom
 
Only 8 footers . myself i like them end post to be at-least ten foot drill a four and a half inch hole and dig out a little to get a ten inch or bigger started in then POUND IT down as far as i can , then they stay set . also then frost don't push them back up.
 
I would check your local farm store to see what they get for the treated pine and charge the same. Also peal the bark off and you will have a post that will last your life time and then some.

Bob
 


The thing I'm learning is that the type of ground they're going in plays a big roll on post rot and it's longevity.

I kept thinking you guys were talking about the thorn tree honey locust as opposed to black locust.


Here's allot of info on the tree. One thing I didn't know and looks like something to watch is make sure you trim all the leaves off if you haul post back to your place and have a horse or two standing around. Seems the leaves and bark are pretty poisonous.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinia_pseudoacacia
 
Don't see why a 7 foot post wouldn't work- 2 feet deep is adequate, but put it 3 feet in the ground, if it makes ya feel better, fence will still be 4 feet tall, which should keep in all but the most agile pigs.
 
I cut black locust 7" long too. I use to split them, which is fast. Now I cut them lengthwise with a chain saw. They look much straighter for around the house. I have some that are 50 years old still good. Expect 40 average.
 
Last ones I sold were several years ago and the guy offered $1 a foot for them. He was building a working pin and wanted them 10' long and 6" or more across.

Dave
 
There are several on this farm my grandfather set when he was in his early teens and a few that he said had been set longer than he could remember. He would be 85 this year, died 13 years ago.

Cut them in the winter before the sap rises. Stack them off the ground the in the sun and let them dry for one summer. The next fall peel the bark off them and with our weather and soil they will out last who ever sets them.

Dave
 

to some part,it depends on where in this beautiful country you live, different places, different prices. And as was said before 7 foot is an odd size, be sure to only cut them to that length when you got the buyers money, otherwise, you're ..scrxxxd and stuck with something very hard to resell.
Last year, in SW OK, 3-4" 8ft went for $6-8, depending on straightness, size, big corner posts for 18-24 (around 6-7") In general, prices here run about the same as pressure treated store bought things, perhaps a tad higher.
 
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