Cutting Trees For Fence Posts

In the southeastern and gulf coastal regions of the united states yellow pine is the wood of choice.

Cutting trees for fence posts.

In this video scott is cutting fence posts on his property. Both tree species are strong straight trees that provide quality fence posts. Around here osage orange is known as hedge hedge apple and bodark but rarely osage orange and virtually never by its binomial maclura pomifera. Cut the fence post tops to the desired height with a reciprocating saw cutting at a slight angle so water runs off the tops instead of pooling up and absorbing into the wood.

Permits are often required to cut down a tree. Tree trimming regulations in california are generally the same across the state but city and county specific rules exist regarding when a tree borders a neighboring property and what the legal ramifications are of cutting or trimming protected trees. May not cut down or damage tree on neighbor s land. The tree was once widely planted to create wind breaks living fences and to provide farmers and ranchers with sufficient fenceposts to keep their.

The backwoodsman s institute presents. Tree growth does not follow survey lines. In a time when landowners generally bulldoze their property burn the trees and then buy fence posts john still clears his land with a hand axe and carefully saves the long straight pines for. Any fence or fence like structure unnecessarily exceeding 10 feet in height maliciously erected or maintained to annoy owner or occupant of adjoining property is a private nuisance.

Trees don t honor boundary lines. Tree limbs hang over property boundaries and obstruct views. Named for their color when newly cut whitewoods include fir spruce and pine. Harvest your own fence posts.

Cut up trees as fence posts post by greybeard sun apr 07 2013 2 49 pm oak or elm would not last long in my area due to the insect population and the dampness. Douglas fir is commonly used in the pacific northwest. You can save alot of money b.