Larch any good for fence post?

[elfinwood saws]

Hi i,ve got lots of larch and need 50 fence posts is larch any good for the job and how would i go about treating them to stop them rotting?

[slack ma girdle]

Yes.

 

 

 

Delux weathershield priming woodpreserver contains lots of nasty chemicals that will preserve wood for a long time.

[niftysteve]

cromer wood treatment also good my local saw mill s fencing is larch , he as large tanks he dips the products in staining them very dark drown

theres some pics on there web site

http://www.cottenhamsawmills.com/Fencing.asp

[arbmark]

Larch is at its best off the ground, but since you got it i'd use it..... larch in the round is pretty good au naturel but id lie the cut n' pointed posts on the flat and slap some preserver on the 8" that will be above and below ground level (easy if you mark your posts befoe driving them), rolling them as you paint. they always fail at soil/air interface. They'll last at least as long as the MVF rubbish. Champfer off the tops too (especially the highest edge). I'll be doing the same in about 10yrs time hopefully.

[Busy Daddy]

Soak it in creosote in an old sheep trough

[tommer9]

Jap larch will last years and years untreated as posts.

[elfinwood saws]

the farmer next door has told me to soak the bottom of the posts in old engine oil, is this any good?

[arbmark]

very much so indeed