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1. [TowerTalk] Wood posts (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 08:58:16 -0400; I'm planning on using pressure treated 2x4's to support some Beverages. I'll just poke some holes in the ground with my tractor's post hole digger attachment, and drop the 2x4's in. Does anyone have; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00498.html (7,822 bytes)
2. [TowerTalk] Wood posts (score: 1): Author: w2up@mindspring.com (Barry ); Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:06:28 -0400; Tom: Another material you may want to consider is PVC. I use 10 ft sections of 1 1/2 inch PVC pipe. I cut a slit in the top, with a hack saw, about 3 inches deep, and wedge the wire in the slit. At t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00500.html (9,477 bytes)
3. [TowerTalk] Wood posts (score: 1): Author: VE6JY Don Moman" <ve6jy@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca (VE6JY Don Moman); Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 15:24:32 +0100; My choice would be to use pressure treated fence posts - 3" or so by 6' long. Then bolt or screw (I just use 3.5" drywall screws) your 2x4 to that.... slightly more money but 2 advantages: - lets you; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00501.html (9,463 bytes)
4. [TowerTalk] Wood posts (score: 1): Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith); Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:40:59 -0400; Can't say for sure about your soil, but I recently pulled some 4X4 PT (CCA) fence posts that had been in the ground here for 8-9 years, and they showed no visible deterioration. I understand that som; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00503.html (8,818 bytes)
5. [TowerTalk] Wood posts (score: 1): Author: k1xt@hotmail.com (bill thomas); Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:40:54 -0500; To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Very true, Pete. I now remember my father in-law who is a farmer commenting on how treated lumber is much more likely to warp. He too attributed it to how it is daily; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00505.html (9,641 bytes)
6. [TowerTalk] Wood posts (score: 1): Author: n0tt1@juno.com (n0tt1@juno.com); Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 16:51:55 +0100; I've had all I can take from "treated" wood posts! hi hi (but see below). They simply don't seem to last for a "reasonable" length of time around here in Missouri...so I use 7' steel fencing "T" post; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00508.html (10,763 bytes)
7. [TowerTalk] Wood posts (score: 1): Author: franknorton@home.com (Frank Norton); Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:05:00 -0400; In the state of Michigan there is a grade of pressure treated lumber that is commonly used for the construction of basements and submerged structures. This requires a 30 year lifespan in direct conta; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00509.html (9,467 bytes)
8. [TowerTalk] Wood posts (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (J. Kincade); Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:02:25 -0500; Hi Tom, Where I'm at (central OK), pressure treated 4x4 fence posts are good for at least 10-12 years IF I slop on some good old asphalt roofing tar about 6" above and below ground level before setti; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00510.html (9,631 bytes)
9. [TowerTalk] Wood posts (score: 1): Author: n2tk@earthlink.net (N2TK); Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:42:21 -0400; I have had 2" x 4" treated posts in the ground for 5 years so far without any problems. Before I installed them I soaked the bottom 3' for a few days in Thompson's Water Seal. Then I let them dry for; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00512.html (7,980 bytes)
10. [TowerTalk] Wood posts (score: 1): Author: aa4lr@arrl.net (Bill Coleman); Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:57:09 -0400; Depends. Where I used to live in Stone Mountain, the termites were so thick that they ate away a pressure-treated mailbox post in 4 years. I suggest you encase the 2x4 in a couple of bags of concrete; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00517.html (8,595 bytes)
11. [TowerTalk] Wood posts (score: 1): Author: n0tt1@juno.com (n0tt1@juno.com); Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 02:10:56 +0100; FYI, the "real" Western Electric used to have a timber testing facility near Orange Park, FL (and other sites)...tested all kinds of wood poles and preservatives. As I remember it, CCA treated South; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00530.html (8,649 bytes)
12. [TowerTalk] Wood posts (score: 1): Author: k5go@alltel.net (Stan Stockton); Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 00:02:22 -0500; Tom, I have found that a good, easy to install, and cheap solution is to use barbed wire fence posts ("T" Posts) for the first 4 foot or so and then use the appropriate sized PVC (1.25" I think) that; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00537.html (9,288 bytes)
13. [TowerTalk] Wood posts (score: 1): Author: howk2@hotmail.com (Howard Klein); Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 18:59:21; I have tried various wooden posts and rebar but find 4 ft fence posts with 10 ft.long, 1.5 inch dia., sked 40 PVC over them is most durable and certainly a snap to maintain. I space them 50 ft apart; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00565.html (8,605 bytes)

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