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<blockquote data-quote="Cowdirt" data-source="post: 631356" data-attributes="member: 2609"><p>Hayray; when you cut the honey locust tree you can tell if it will be good for post. A good tree will have a large amount of yellow heartwood. Younger (smaller) trees will have much less heart wood surrounded by white sap wood. The former type make very good posts. I would not put green posts in the ground. Best to cut them, let them season. The bark then comes off very easily. As someone stated, it's difficult to drive staples without bending them. There were many old honey locust posts still solid on my farm when I bought it that I'm sure were 30-40 years old.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cowdirt, post: 631356, member: 2609"] Hayray; when you cut the honey locust tree you can tell if it will be good for post. A good tree will have a large amount of yellow heartwood. Younger (smaller) trees will have much less heart wood surrounded by white sap wood. The former type make very good posts. I would not put green posts in the ground. Best to cut them, let them season. The bark then comes off very easily. As someone stated, it's difficult to drive staples without bending them. There were many old honey locust posts still solid on my farm when I bought it that I'm sure were 30-40 years old. [/QUOTE]
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