Eastern Red Cedar Fence Posts For Sale

3 4 or less of sapwood and 3 of red at the small end.

Eastern red cedar fence posts for sale.

Aromatic eastern red cedar fact sheet. I m now in the process of building my shed to cover my mill and i m looking cedars to saw into 6x6 s for the corner posts. Natural red cedar blends with nature and becomes more beautiful every year. Uses for cedar are practically endless.

I know of other people that used cedar for this and had no problems. It has a fine grain but a soft texture which makes it great for woodworking. Posts red cedar posts can be used for a variety of things like porches fences chairs and more. There was no bark on this post as it fell off the first few years.

In the midwest eastern red cedar fence posts have been found to last for decades. Various diameters from 1 to 12 diameter for milling and lengths up to 24 6 8 10 and 12 lengths to select from of eastern red cedar the kind that cedar chests are made from. Our policy when selling erc round logs for fence posts is to keep sapwood to a minimum. Don t forget to add cedar railing posts post caps and lattice to complete the look of your new outdoor addition.

What we have available. I ve used cedar posts in fences all my life with no problems. Eastern red cedar is the perfect wood for building sturdy and durable cabins. The heartwood of eastern red cedar is much harder than sapwood and thus holds its natural color longer.

Eastern red cedar fence boards and posts from chesterfield fence deck company are composed of primarily all heartwood as opposed to sapwood. Eastern red cedar is a highly desirable wood to work with due to it s durability strength and versatility. In checking some of the other posts in this line fence all cedar posts were still functional. In addition the natural oil in the heartwood minimizes mold decay and insect infestation.

Here is the life expectancy in years of some wood fence posts from the virginia cooperative extension. Eastern red cedar march 22 2018 cedar for sale fence post split rails and really nice saw logs they are 16 22 inches across the stump all of the cedar is cut to order big supply of all. Some examples are log home building fencing siding flooring furniture and cabinets. I ve been told that by sawing eastern red cedar into posts that it will not last long.