More posts-unbelievable!

big tee · Feb 11, 2018

Same guy past auctions had the first picture 155 "posts"-$1009--another guy had some $500-beats the hell out raising beans and corn. That's all-sorry-slow Sunday---Tee

steve706 · Feb 11, 2018

I really hope you are joking, if not, I really cannot believe that people that stupid actually have made it this far in life.

big tee · Feb 11, 2018

Go to Big Iron past auctions and see for yourself--Loren the Case guy from New York is the richest guy in the world for he has more firewood than Smokey Bear---Tee

used red MN · Feb 11, 2018

Can?t see the bark well enough but I think those are what we called ...hedge... tree posts in KS. Or Osage Orange. They last as long or longer then treated telephone pole type posts. I personally know some fence post that were put in ground on my mom?s farm before I was born that are still holding up the 4 strand barb wire. I?m 55. Do they sell for what they?re asking? I have no idea.

DeltaRed · Feb 11, 2018

Someone is building fence.They have done their homework and know what 'new' hedge(Osage Orange) posts sell for.Acctually,they probably made a pretty good buy.Hedge posts last virtually forever,practicly indestructible.

Ronnie Budd · Feb 11, 2018

(quoted from post at 20:19:03 02/11/18) Someone is building fence.They have done their homework and know what 'new' hedge(Osage Orange) posts sell for.Acctually,they probably made a pretty good buy.Hedge posts last virtually forever,practicly indestructible.

Osage Orange (hedge) posts do last a long time. We have fences with hedge posts that my Grandad put in in 1940. They are still solid. $6.50 per post for something that lasts that long is cheap.

JMOR · Feb 11, 2018

I have no idea if same tree or maybe just a relative, but I have some from my wife's grandfather's farm that are still strong after more than 100 years. Called Bois d'arc here in Texas.

tim s · Feb 11, 2018

I'm not sure how you would deal with a post that crooked,,we have hedge trees here in Ohio but I have never used them for post. Back in 1980 my brother and I cut and split 3500 locust post for fence, they were all study and straight,,still holding up good since then 38 years ago,,locust have always been the wood of choice around here, but a few years ago some kind of bug got to working under the bark and is killing them around here. About every farm around here had a wood lot full of them, and would harvest them as needed, splitting them by hand was kind of an art, and My Brother and I got good at it using a sledge and wedges.

Mike(NEOhio) · Feb 11, 2018

My father in law used locust and osage for posts. Funny thing, locust will last in the ground but I have yet to cut one down that didn't have ants tunneling the trunk. He would use osage to make felling wedges, too. Very tough, it's also good for mallet heads.

kcm.MN · Feb 11, 2018

If that IS Osage Orange (bois d'arc), then the high bidder may well have had competition in that bidding. Osage Orange is highly valued in a specialized portion of the woodworking world. Native Americans used to use it for making bows, and many folks still swear that a bow made of Osage Orange can't be beat.

Another interesting tidbit about Osage Orange is that all you need to put a beautiful finish on it is water. Yep, just progressively finer grits of sandpaper and a little water, and you'll have a beautiful and long-lasting finish.

So, if that's Osage Orange, then the buyer may indeed feel like they got themselves quite a deal.

Main drawback of using that as lumber is, they don't normally get very large, so that really limits the amount of uses in the woodworking world. ...I think I might even still have a piece floating around here somewhere.

glennster · Feb 11, 2018

kcm, i have quite a bit of osage orange growing in my timber. if ya need some , let me know!!, when the fruit is ripe ya dont want to walk in
the woods, they will clunk you in the head pretty hard!!!!

tim s · Feb 11, 2018

I'm kinda thinking that is what they call the hedge around here,,it don't get very big, and it grows an Apple that is green and useless,,hard as a rock,,they grow in old fence rows and along back roads,,it has a orange looking wood..I have heard old timers talking about using them for fence post years ago.. The locust that we use grows straight and they get to be 24" to 30" in diameter,,we would make a 6 or 8 way split out of the large ones,,prop them up in stacks and let the cure for at least 6-8 months before using them.

VicS · Feb 11, 2018

Have a good friend,big cattle farm, He uses hedge posts.yes they are that small and crooked. Also you have to wire the fence to them. To hard to drive.a staple into. He has fencerows of hedge. Him and I built fence while in high school. Fence wire has been replaced.but not the posts. We're 72.

kcm.MN · Feb 11, 2018

Thanks Glenn. Don't know if I'll ever get back into woodworking, but if I do I'll [b:cb1a2e1684][i:cb1a2e1684]definitely[/i:cb1a2e1684][/b:cb1a2e1684] keep that in mind!

Can't remember how I learned about Osage Orange -- maybe a show on PBS? Or maybe from a book. Either way, had always wanted to try making something from it. Sadly, I'm not a real artistic person, but I bet the wife could sure do something nice!

One thing that'd be cool would be letter openers. ...Of course, the younger generation these days barely knows what an envelope is. *lol*

MF#1 · Feb 11, 2018

Ugh! Those aren't posts to me, they are walking sticks! kcm, how many hedge do you need? I've got plenty of all sizes. Cedars and locust are the favorite around here. I guess if all you had was hedge then that's what you use but man, what a mess.

kcm.MN · Feb 11, 2018

Here's some pics of Osage Orange wood, and why it's so highly prized by some.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=osage+orange+wood&FORM=QBIR

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Osage+Orange+Bows&FORM=IRMHIP

http://www.wood-database.com/osage-orange/

One more is its use for turned bowls, but that's for larger pieces of wood.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Orange+Osage+Wood+Bowl&FORM=IRIBQP

So, if you have a lot of Osage Orange wood growing on your place and someone stops by wanting to know if they can have any, you might not want to just "give" it away. :wink: If you have an unusually large tree, then you might just be sitting on a small pile of Good Fortune. *lol*

Adirondack case guy · Feb 11, 2018

Geeese, Denny, I missed the boat!!!! I cut all my posts 19-20" long Might work for a turtle farmer. HeHe.
I have some friends up north of me that make furniture, (end tables) from swamp trees. They make some increditable things, including beds and stair railings from pieces like you pictured.
Loren

notjustair · Feb 11, 2018

Hedge is all I use for fencing. A 6-8 inch post and four tee posts between. I like 9 footers and see if I can?t get 3 1/2 feet in the ground. You will never have to replace them. You better put them in the ground green, though. You won?t get a staple in otherwise. You need to put it upside down or they grow roots and take off. That?s annoying when you have made a sorting pen out of those posts and well pipe.

hd6gtom · Feb 11, 2018

We put posts like that in the ground in 1961 outside of being weathered a little they are just like the day they were put in. Locust post dad cut and split in the 1950's were replaced about 10 years ago with steel. If I had access to them I would still use them, got about 1/4 mile of fence to replace this spring. Darn treated corner posts are about $30.00 each around here.

pcsaw · Feb 11, 2018

I was spilling some on the sawmill for post and a garter snake came out of a not hole as it was passing by me it really creeped me out almost took off running

dhermesc · Feb 12, 2018

The first picture actually looks like the typical pile of hedge posts. In my area (NE Kansas) if they are 7' - 7.5' tall those are $4 to $7 each. They will last a lifetime. Once put in the ground nothing bothers them (termites, ants) when they cure.

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