Fence Post Alternatives??

[BarefootMom]

Why can't you use steel posts? Like T-posts?

I wouldn't buy at Lowes or any place like that though. Look and see if you have a metal place around that sells them. I think at Lowes they are around $4.50- $5 each, but at our metal place you can get them for about $3. When buying several, it can all really add up. ( don't know how many you are needing. the last time we bought posts we bought 450 of them

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[Kaitie09]

I use landscaping timbers for posts here. Home Depot had a deal whee they were $1.50. We recently used them to add an extension onto our goat run. We dug down about 1ft, and cemented it in.

 

[lizzy14]

My dad doesn't think that the t-posts and u-posts are sturdy enough for chain-link fence, especially if we aren't using concrete in the holes. He and my husband went out today to look around and found cedar posts at a local lumber place for $5 each - we only need about eight of them. They are pointed at the end so that we can just pound them in without a post-hole digger. Thanks again for all the suggestions! So far, we've spent $110 total on the coop and run! And we shouldn't need to buy anything thing else

 

[nightshade]

try landscape timbers they are 4x3x8 pressure treated and around here when not on sale run $4 at home depot or lowes but they are only $2 on sale at home depot, usually around the main summer holidays. good luck

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

There are two ways to build a fence.

The right way, and the cheap way.

The thing about the cheap way is you will have to redo it in a few years.

Do it right, and it can last a lifetime