Drill Stem Pipe Fence Post

[Kbar]

it dont matter if you use pipe or if you do wood - hammering them in is gonna take some detail work after the fact.

[SB09]

it dont matter if you use pipe or if you do wood - hammering them in is gonna take some detail work after the fact.

Yep. Doesn't matter the material. The top is going to get belled out from the machine striking the posts. Typically speaking, you want to run them long and cutoff after driving.

[Jtrisler]

Not a great pic but this is the pipe fence that wraps around our house. Horizontally, it has 3 sections. A good coat of white paint would make the place "pop"! LOL

[Kbar]

[QUOTE=southtx;14524608]I thought this thread was about pipe fence

Please post your pictures on your fence building experiences.
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[southtx]

Fence

[quote=Kbar;14526108]

I thought this thread was about pipe fence

Please post your pictures on your fence building experiences.
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Sure. What kind of fence pictures do you want. Just asking so I don’t post pictures of fence that are of the complete opposite material you want or are interested in

[Kbar]

waiting for them pictures cowgirl

[Kbar]

waiting for them pictures cowgirl

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[southtx]

Fence

Here you go sally...

[Kbar]

I am gonna quit trashing this mans thread ------------ and I would highly suggest you do the same ----------
Its called common respect------------

[Palmetto]

Looking at building some fence and I’m looking at using drill stem for the corners and line post. Anyone have any idea what the life expectancy would be for unpainted drill stem? Looking at using 4” for the corners and 2” for the line post.

A long time.....Actually longer than if painted. If you don't blast it before painting, it will need repainting in a few years. Atleast that is my experience on the gulf coast, and to me that is just too much work. I have been there.

We have fence that we built 30 yrs ago similar to what Southtx posted, and it looks like the day we installed it. Heck, I have pipe sitting in a pipe rack that has been there for a loooong time, and it just has surface rust. So yes, it will last unpainted.


BTW.....thats a wierd looking pipe fence Kbar. I think your contractor screwed you.

[cva34]

If ground is not rocky and big roots you can shove them in with Backhoe/Excavator ...

[7sdad]

I need to build a few hundred feet of fence so how do you tell the difference between drill stem and tubing?

[TX03RUBI]

Let me know if you need some caps cut from 1/8” plate, we do quite a few out of scrap for people and they always like them.

Salt how much do you charge per cap? I may need about 65-70 for a project I’m about to start in January.

[Saltaholic]

Salt how much do you charge per cap? I may need about 65-70 for a project I’m about to start in January.

What diameter?

[Texans42]

Looking at building some fence and I’m looking at using drill stem for the corners and line post. Anyone have any idea what the life expectancy would be for unpainted drill stem? Looking at using 4” for the corners and 2” for the line post.

More then your life time as long as they are capped. Just becareful of that 3 1/2
, 2 7/8 or 3/8 being highly magnetized, makes running a bead fun.

Most 4” or bigger is line pipe, not drill steam