Lack of fenceposts

[greybeard]

I bought some fire-killed rails last feb. from a guy who cuts them. He was pi$$ed because the government boys weren’t going to let them in the burn areas for more than one year after the fire because the may be tramping down new growth. He said it wasn’t worth setting up with access roads and all for only one year.
Post cutters are on the low end of the wage scale and it is one of the dirtiest jobs in the world. I have to wonder where the replacement workers come from in this labor market.
Call Ron at Lehner’s in Price Albert. He’s been selling posts for 30 years and the posts match the description. 306- 763- 4232
Co-op's are enjoying windfall profits due to the refinery in Regina. They don't have to run by the basic rules of buisness as long as high fuel prices prop profitability up.

[coppertop]

I wonder if the fellow from Prince Albert is the same one that usually comes through this area calling on each farm selling posts. cswilson, better hope the pine beetle doesn't get all the timber in Sask., or your post supply may be limited !!!
As far as being a dirty job goes, I can relate to that. The year we bought the farm, my husband, the WELDER, built a dipping vat for fence posts, and between, he, the two boys and I we cut, peeled and treated every !!@@##$$ post for the perimer and all the cross fences on the farm. It was about the second hour on my job of turning posts in the DIPPING VAT that I questioned the sanity of wanting to be a WORKING PARTNER on the farm !!!!

[cswilson]

I'd be pretty leary of the travelling post salesmen. L and M in Glaslyn make good posts and probably have a 20 acre yard full of treated wood right now.

[cowman]

The PA guy used to stop in regularly and I would always buy the whole load! Maybe I was too tough on him as he hasn't called back for a few years! He always seemed to roll in about 11-12 at night!
Personally I always was impressed by the stout posts he sold me.

[cswilson]

There's been alot of guys took by them over the years. I ran the last guy off the place-I was out checking cows and he got yappy about why I didn't ride over to the fence to talk to him. He left with some great new ideas about where to pound his posts lol.

[coppertop]

i have purchased posts from the PA fellow a couple of times. They posts seemed to be as good as ones purchased locally at UFA etc.

[cswilson]

Well if the PA guy has been treating you well I'd for sure stay with them but they all aren't as trustworthy.

[ALLFARMER]

The UFA here is terrible. No one knows anything and their word is worthless. If they are the only ones in town that have it, we look in another town.