CONCRETE FENCE POSTS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 35, 18 March 1914, Page 11

CONCRETE FENCE POSTS.

The manufacture of. concrete fence posts is yet in its infancy, but such posts undoubtedly show superiority over the wooden ones. They are usually /ft long, sin x sinat base, tapping to.Sin x 3in at the top, with holes placed at suitable intervals for either plain or barbed wire. To thpse concrete posts timber can be bolted to carry gates and any class of fence. Plain wire, barbed wire, or wooden pickets can be readily attached. The machine for moulding the posts is constructed of steel throughout, with collapsible sides and ends, so that a man, with the assistance of a lad, can make 100 posts per day of eight hours' labour. Reinforcing is recommended With some form of metal (old fencing wire, either plain or barbed, or hoop iron will answer the purpose). The superiority of such posts over woodfu ones is self-evident. They are lireproof and rot-proof; weeds, leaves, and rubbish "which usually accumulates around the base of fence posts may be burnt with out the slightest injury to the post. It is practically everlasting, and in many localities proves equally as cheap as a wooden post, since it must be remembered that the first cost of a wooden post is not the only one; a wood post may rot away or be burnt, and the cost of maintenance must be considered. Posts of any size can be made in the moulding machine by blocking off at either end, and the fastening holes for each post can be regulated according to requirements.