Locust Hemlock Split Rail Fence

Locust split rail fence is also one of if not the easiest styles of fence to install.

Locust hemlock split rail fence. It is also easy to install. Other choices of wood we use are 1 spruce for stockade oak for strength for horse paddock fencing and also hemlock rails for split rail fencing. The split rail post rail fence has been a popular fence style since the early settlers came to america. Split rail material heavy duty hemlock rails lengths available.

Often called split rail fence west virginia lap rail is not truly split when made. Posts are typically set directly in the ground approximately 24 to 30 inches deep without concrete. It is cut at a sawmill. Stone or gravel can also be used to set the posts.

Slip board material treated pine oak board size is 1 x 6. A rail fence is known and loved for the beauty it brings to the rolling hills on a horse farm and for the natural country feel it brings to a neighborhood yard. Made using black locust posts with various hardwoods for the rails the split rail fence is one of the most cost effective styles for fencing in horses livestock children defining boundaries or decorating your property. One side of the spruce or hemlock rail is often half round while the other side shows where the rail was put through a saw.

Honoring history authentic black locust split rail fence. Split rail fence requires no brackets nails or screws. Post and rail horse fence. 11 to 14 2 3 and 4 hole locust posts 7 and 8 in length gate corner end posts available.

These posts are also run through a sawmill. Designed for minimal visual obstruction these fences bring security in a truly classic design that is sure to enhance your property while serving your family. We also carry locust rails for stacking. Rails are simply interlocked into the posts.

The knowing of the labor and time that it took to construct compels us to reflect on a simpler and pure existence that modern life so often seems to have forgotten. Split rail fence black locust posts with hardwood rails is the hardest most rot resistant wood available in the united states and will outlast any other wood split rail fence product on the market. We always use the pressure treated for all of our posts with the exception of split rail fencing in which we use the much preferred dense locust post. Our split rail fences are made with locust post and hemlock rails.

The inside and. Horse rail fencing material. Typically the half round side is faced out and the cut side in.