Juergen Hannappel wrote:

"George E. Cawthon" writes:

[...]

You are kidding? Making a square pole would require taking
a large round pole and removing wood. Why would they spend
money to shave wood off and make the pole smaller and less
strong? You do know that the poles start out round, right?

For a fence the choice is obvious: If the tree is thin: Make round
poles. If its to thick for that make pie shaped poles by splitting the
tree. If it's so thick that this still is no good idea use the
precious wood for something else.

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Absolutely!