How to Cut Trees for Fence Posts

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Tip 1 - Making your own posts

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Rose Worthy | permalink

For further reading: http://www.openspace.org.nz/Site/Managing_your_covenant/Fencing/Making_your_own_posts.aspx ^[1]

Tip 2 - Treated Fenceposts For Free

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Eric Semel | permalink

The story of an old time Texas homesteader who makes his own treated fence posts from cleared wood and used motor oil.
Tags: Treated Fence Posts, Modern Homesteading, Used Motor Oil, Preserving Wood

For further reading: http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/treated-fence-posts-zmaz74sozraw.aspx ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to Make Fence Posts Out of Pine Trees | eHow

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Nikolaos | permalink

You can cut a pine tree into fence posts right after you cut it down. The younger wood near the top of the tree isn't suitable for fence posts, because the nails will fall out of the wood grain. Any part of the tree with a continual diameter of six inches is suitable for making fence posts. You can cut larger diameters in different ways to get more...

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_7660879_make-posts-out-pine-trees.html ^[3]