Making fence posts from Japanese Larch

Hello

I have some old photos from when we were making fence posts.

We used a Husky 365 chainsaw and an alaskan saw mill to make the posts. The slabs were cut 3inch deep so we could used a 3" circular saw to cut the posts from the slabs

MrGee checking out the quality of the timber

The trees are Japanese Larch, which grow very straight. The timber is highly rot resistant and much stronger than pine. I understand its used to make house cladding and yachts.

We cut them posts with a 3" circular saw. We deliberalty left some of the edges on the posts for a home made look. We treated the post with Creosote first and Bitumin paint second. Post holes had pebbles put in the bottom. We are on sandy soil here so we are hoping the timber type, treatment and the soil will mean they dont rot that easily (fingers crossed).

Thanks for reading this far !