Ronsii
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- Western Washington
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- s/e Heavy equipment operator
Like I am sure a lot of people here on HEF have found out since they started making everything 'Green' is it just doesn't last any more....
So does anyone have any suggestions/tips on what to use to give additional protection to ground contact rated posts? I have seen guys soak them in everything from used motor oil to all kinds of mixes of oil waste products... but does it help? any one here done anything similar a ways back and are the posts still going strong?
We put in all kinds of 'pressure treated' lumber for support posts,fence posts, pole buildings, etc... and I keep seeing them fail miserably: here are some pics of a fence line with 4x4 treated posts every 50 feet that went up 4-5 years ago... over 90 percent of them have rotted off and needed to be replaced starting around 3 years ago
Or does the 'Ground Contact' rating only mean that the post can come in contact with dirt and not be immersed in it...
So does anyone have any suggestions/tips on what to use to give additional protection to ground contact rated posts? I have seen guys soak them in everything from used motor oil to all kinds of mixes of oil waste products... but does it help? any one here done anything similar a ways back and are the posts still going strong?
We put in all kinds of 'pressure treated' lumber for support posts,fence posts, pole buildings, etc... and I keep seeing them fail miserably: here are some pics of a fence line with 4x4 treated posts every 50 feet that went up 4-5 years ago... over 90 percent of them have rotted off and needed to be replaced starting around 3 years ago
Or does the 'Ground Contact' rating only mean that the post can come in contact with dirt and not be immersed in it...