How to move 250 20 foot long telephone poles...

How on earth was that snarky?? (and I'm aware he misunderstood. that's why I explained what "hedge" is)

I was simply saying that there are other options, (considerably cheaper than TSC!), that last for many years.
And I have no idea where the OP is. Like many, he hasn't filled in the Location line on the profile page.

Maybe the SC refers to South Carolina... Maybe it refers to something else entirely.

But that is why I said there are probably similar options in other parts of the country.

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I agree, unless you read closely you would miss the "NC" reference in the OP's first post.

Personally I'd get enough for corners and in-line bracing as needed, then use steel T-posts for inbetween.

One aspect if you have to have them hauled for you, is once placed on cross poles (to keep pile up off the ground) you should have them not only for your use but for possible sale.

Pardon me. I thought everyone knew what Oz in SC V2.0 and NC meant I'll be more careful in the future.

Don`t know much about your posts but her in Illinois only the bottom of the post is teated the tops aren`t, so I don`t think your poles will last long. they would be better used as poles for a shed. Someone else suggested using Hedge , I would have to agree with them. Thanks Marc.

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I didn't know I hadn't filled in my location....but DID think the 'SC' part of my name might be a giveaway....

It is also mentioned that we would be taking the poles to NC in the OP.

We don't have this hedge stuff here,we do have locust wood that people use....however we also don't have that on our land so we would have to buy it.

I somehow doubt the guy trying to get rid of 250 telephone poles in six weeks is going to have much luck.

And yet when I used the term hedge posts (three times, even) I didn't think it was any big deal to further explain that no, I wasn't talking about bushes...

Such is the nature of a forum like this, Flag.
The vast majority of us are skimming the thread in order take in as much of it as possible without spending our entire day reading. Sometimes things are missed. It's not a big deal (and I can think of many occasions where initials in someone's name have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the state they currently reside in...)

lol I think you're probably right. Especially if he's insisting on not piecing them out!

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So you grow this hedge and then cut it down and turn it into posts,is that correct?
Like this:


When you wrote hedge I was thinking this:

I saw an offer like this right down the road from me - $1 per telephone pole. We bought a bunch and the guy used his tractor to load our trailer with them.

They are HUGE. Ours were already cut into sections and some of them are two foot in diameter. They are heavy, awkward, difficult. I can't even imagine moving whole ones without logging equipment. We got the small ones......!

Nope, it's just like a regular fence post. Someone else creates the product, you buy it, dig the hole and put it in the ground. (Hedge is just the name of the tree. It also goes by Osage Orange.)
However, it is far cheaper than creosote/green posts (not to mention, gentler on your skin).
I don't know how far east you can find hedge, but apparently they're found at least as far east as Illinois...
Do they make fence posts from locust? That might be something to look into...

Personally, were I putting in a brand new fence, I'd do hedge and steel T posts. A hedge post and a steel (or two), a hedge, a steel, etc....

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I can vouch for Erin's statement above! I have used them for corner posts and I must say they tend to last a LONG time but land sakes are they a bear to put in the ground.

I would hire a logger to do it. They have the equipment and the type of truck and trailer and I'd haul them home WHOLE. You can find independent loggers pretty easily - ask at a local sawmill - and of course you will need a skidder to load the logs with, but usually someone will have one available.

I got my telephone poles for free - the telephone company was taking down a bunch and replacing them, I needed arena light poles, viola, a barter was born..lol..they delivered them to me for free and a case of beer..lol..(after hours to the delivery guy who told me about them!).

New poles run around 250.00 each here in Georgia - I know, I've priced them as I needed said arena light poles, only need TWO more..gotta get busy, so I can get some lights going in the arena so I can ride after dark in the summer - too hot to ride during the day..

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Down south they treat the whole pole - there is a treatment facility about 60 miles south of me and you can see them putting the poles in for treatment if you go on a Monday or Tuesday.

Used to creosote poles, now those would last till eternity and I do have some of them around my place for corner posts, been here 22 years and no sign of rot yet!

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I would worry about planting all those big telephone poles, and a week later realizing I need to move the fence over ten feet. One reason I agree with Ken on the T-posts.

LOL....that certainly would be a PITA....

Uhaul has 20ft car trailers for runt, 30ft enclosed trucks... Loading them will be a pain anyway you go, those are going to be heavy!!!!! As others noted a PIA to use.

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Hedge / Hedge Apple / Osage Orange - all the same thing. These trees are thorny and in the fall have their fruit (hedge apple) that is said to keep spiders and bugs out of your house.

I know they grow as far East as PA, because when I worked at a greenhouse, the owner of it knew of several trees in his area and picked the hedge apples and we sold them for $1.00 - $3.00 each (depending on the size). We sold as many as the owner could get.

The owner also said the tree had like 1" - 2" "thorns" on the branches.

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I'll be another voice that calls for alternating t posts and wood, be it treated, hedgeosageorangemockapple, or locust.

I like your grit. Work don't kill ya, just makes you stronger. I've said it on here before: "Can't never did a darned thing".

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