Rubber "Hats" Preserve Wood Posts
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William Johnson got tired of having to replace rotten wooden posts all the time. So the Wiggins, Miss., farmer came up with a cheap solution to preserve them - he simply nails a section of rubber belting on top of posts to keep rain off.
Johnson uses old rubber conveyor belt from a local feedmill where he used to work. He uses a jig saw or sawzall to cut the material into squares, making the square big enough to provide a 2-in. overlap on each side of the post. For example, for an 8-in. dia. post he cuts a 12-in. dia. square. Then he nails each overlapping side of the material into the post, using nails that have a rubber O-ring under the head.
"My dad has been using this idea for a long time. He's got posts in the ground that have been there for 42 years but look just as good as the day they were put in," says Johnson. "Without the rubber hats, in our acid soil we'd have to replace wooden posts every 7 to 8 years. Moisture going down into the posts quickly rots them out."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, William Johnson, 82 S.R. Lawler Rd., Wiggins, Miss. 39577 (ph 601 928-2614).
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Rubber "Hats" Preserve Wood Posts FENCING Miscellaneous 31-2-26 William Johnson got tired of having to replace rotten wooden posts all the time. So the Wiggins, Miss., farmer came up with a cheap solution to preserve them - he simply nails a section of rubber belting on top of posts to keep rain off.
Johnson uses old rubber conveyor belt from a local feedmill where he used to work. He uses a jig saw or sawzall to cut the material into squares, making the square big enough to provide a 2-in. overlap on each side of the post. For example, for an 8-in. dia. post he cuts a 12-in. dia. square. Then he nails each overlapping side of the material into the post, using nails that have a rubber O-ring under the head.
"My dad has been using this idea for a long time. He's got posts in the ground that have been there for 42 years but look just as good as the day they were put in," says Johnson. "Without the rubber hats, in our acid soil we'd have to replace wooden posts every 7 to 8 years. Moisture going down into the posts quickly rots them out."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, William Johnson, 82 S.R. Lawler Rd., Wiggins, Miss. 39577 (ph 601 928-2614).
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