We use oilfield pipe and buy caps at a local supply store.
I've never used steel posts. Don't they rust through? Or is oilfield pipe some kind of rust resistant kind of steel? How long does oilfield pipe last in the ground? Or do you cement in every post?
Drill pipe has significant Wall thickness.
That's the good stuff. As long as you don't need to weld it.
Not always positive results. Seems that they ought to be stronger. And I have had them become dead shorts over the years. I have learned that I do not want to use them.
The people I use to buy bulls from on the coast said T post rust off at their place in 10 years. But at high tide you can throw and rock and hit salt water. he said he asked his FIL how long T posts last at his place. The reply was I don't know, the first one we put in the ground is still there. But he lives in the desert 300 miles from the ocean.
One end.
We use a lot of cedar posts around here. Some of these fences are easily a hundred years old and the posts are just fine. Maybe they'd go away in a wetter climate.
I would love to install pipe and yes I am a welder but used pipe around N Georgia is hard to find.
Not enough difference in wood and steel to justify using wood imo.
Man, I'd use the 4-5"x 8' for braces, maybe. Line posts here 3-4" x 6' are standard for line posts unless it's in the muskeg.
Pipe even cost more than that here if you can even find it. And there is lots of wire being held up by juniper posts that were installed 60-70 years ago. I have 100's of junipers that are just the right size for posts that are free for the cutting.
That's true as long as it is true. There's fence contractors in Oregon building good fence on steel post in the mountains. This nut likes that kinda work.if someone has a business and can't afford to buy the right equipment . They're usually considered a hack. Is ranching different
