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Hot take: T-posts are actually better than wood posts for most residential jobs
I know everyone in this group swears by cedar or treated pine for fence posts, but after 7 years of installing, I switched to T-posts for standard yard fences and it cut my labor time by almost 40%. Found a study from Texas A&M Extension that said steel posts hold up 3x longer in wet soil than wood, and the cost was only $2.50 per post versus $8 for treated pine. That stat blew my mind because I always thought wood was the only real option. I just finished a 200 foot run at a house near Austin with heavy clay soil, and driving those steel posts took me 2 hours instead of a whole morning digging holes and mixing concrete. Has anyone else tried this on a big job and seen similar time savings?
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brooke_walker2316d ago
My buddy tried this on his own fence last spring and said the posts rusted through in less than two years.
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mia44216d ago
Wow, that's a pretty big claim. How did you handle the look of the T-posts compared to wood, or did the clients not care at all?
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