Pipe Fence Questions

[radios1]

good drainage around the post greatly reduces rust. and I think drill pipe would be scrapped if the threads wore out.. I had an all Aluminum chain link fence around my previous house, never a problem..

 

[jaxs]

Drill pipe you can get cheap is worn out. If it wasnt, they would be still using it. I assume the color code stuff is true, at least in some areas.

Not sure if there is any truth to the radioactivity rumors, but there is plenty of salt down there & other corrosion inducing chemicals used. Even if it looks good on the outside it's likely rotting from the inside. I'd be mighty skeptical about good deals on "new" pipe, or any deals with used pipe.

So if you don't trust people making a deal on any kind of pipe,are you ok if they raise the price or do you buy wood material instead?

 

[lowellcantrell]

Have you considered used Highway guardrails? Google guardrail fence for specs and suppliers.

 

[oosik]

I have one fence line - about 1200 feet that has four chunks of pipe. Two gates - four chunks of pipe. The pipe is old 4" oil well pipe. Almost as heavy as the railroad ties used for my other gates. Because bedrock is so close to the surface - all four are three plus feet into the bedrock. Neighbor has a BIG air driven jack hammer. Holes drilled - pipe set - followed by a mix of sand/gravel/dry cement. After the first rain - these pipes are now an anchor on the earth.

The remainder of the fence line - standard T-133 - steel posts and four strands of Ever Sharp barbed wire.

 

[joeu235]

My grandfather made fences with 2 3/8 drill stem, my father made fences with 2 3/8 drill stem, and I've made fences with 2 3/8 drill stem. All are still standing and none have rusted out. I think the used pipe issue is something everyone has heard of but no one has actual experience with.

Used 2 3/8 has been ~ $1/ft, 2 7/8 $1.5/ft, and 4.5 $3/ft around here since 2013. New sch 80 is a **** of a deal at $1/ft