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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Mar 3, 2008, at 3:15 PM, VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:

> I have some friends who are trying to afford a fence
> on a rented place, absolute bottom dollar is all they
> can afford.  I have lots of fence post size trees that
> need to go anyway, would it be worth their while to
> use these since it would be free posts to them?

Brings up the old question of the value of time. That is the laborer's  
call. Takes time to cut trees down, limb, pile brush, cut posts to  
length, perhaps split to quarter, haul to fence location, dig  
substantial hole in loamy, sandy, clayey, or rocky soil, then set  
solidly.

Metal T-posts go in fast, can be removed easily and taken with the  
owners to a new location.