Groundline Treatments of Southern Pine Posts
Abstract
In 1957, 12 groundline treatments were applied to untreated green southern pine posts set in a field plot in the Harrison Experimental Forest of southern Mississippi. When supplemented with an effective cap treatment, groundline treatments substantially extended post life. The relative performance of groundline treatments to posts was strongly influenced by the formulation. Different formulations also provided different modes of protection to posts at the groundline. Push tests, used to monitor the posts, gave results that are useful in estimating likely performance of posts in agricultural and urban fences, but did not provide estimates of residual strength nor measure depths of protected wood prior to breakage at the groundline. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA108788
Entities
People
- Rodney C. Degroot
Organizations
- Forest Products Laboratory