Cutting Trees For Fence Posts

Tree growth does not follow survey lines.

Cutting trees for fence posts.

Cut the fence post tops to the desired height with a reciprocating saw cutting at a slight angle so water runs off the tops instead of pooling up and absorbing into the wood. Named for their color when newly cut whitewoods include fir spruce and pine. You can never have enough fence posts on hand. Tree limbs hang over property boundaries and obstruct views.

You can save alot of money b. California easement rights for trees. Harvest your own fence posts. The tree was once widely planted to create wind breaks living fences and to provide farmers and ranchers with sufficient fenceposts to keep their.

In the southeastern and gulf coastal regions of the united states yellow pine is the wood of choice. They create hazards. In a time when landowners generally bulldoze their property burn the trees and then buy fence posts john still clears his land with a hand axe and carefully saves the long straight pines for. Trees don t honor boundary lines.

Both tree species are strong straight trees that provide quality fence posts. In this video scott is cutting fence posts on his property. Any fence or fence like structure unnecessarily exceeding 10 feet in height maliciously erected or maintained to annoy owner or occupant of adjoining property is a private nuisance. Permits are often required to cut down a tree.

May not cut down or damage tree on neighbor s land. The backwoodsman s institute presents. Tree trimming regulations in california are generally the same across the state but city and county specific rules exist regarding when a tree borders a neighboring property and what the legal ramifications are of cutting or trimming protected trees.