You are right Dave! Especially from a dollar standpoint! I reckon that it's just being hard headed, but we always used wood posts back in the 50's, in my part of Illinois, and I like them better, for looks. Here folks use a wood post every 100 ft, and then use heavy T posts between. I am blest with a stand of Honey locust, which I have been using the straightest post out of it. When I moved in here 13 yrs ago, there was a ridge of dirt close to the property line, left over from using a dozer to level the house site. I started trying to move it ,and level it, and ran into honey locust trees buried in the dirt. They were covered at least 15 yr's because that was how old the house was. The bark was falling off of them, and the only rot was about 1/8th inch deep. Thats when I decided to start using them for fence posts. Very heavy devils tho, for their size. Bonneville power folks, were cutting down a stand of honey locust trees, under their lines, and were going to run them through a chipper. I talked to the line manager, and he let me take out 180, 8' posts,before Asphundi came in with the chipper, and cleaned up the brush. I still need about 80 more, but belive that I have more than that on my place.
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