Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:01:05 -0800,
wrote:

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You are lucky. The stuff I'm working with is quite damp
and *full* of termite trails.

WHAT? You must have some mighty hungry termites down there. Dem bugs
prefer every OTHER type of wood to redwood and cedar.

I got some bugs that *love* redwood.

But they'll eat
pressure treated lumber nowadays, too. There isn't anything on the
market which is still safe to use.

I dunno. The PT posts I put in a few years back are still
solid.

Now I'm dumping about half a box of borax into each hole
just prior to placing the PT posts.

Termites don't like borax. Heh.

Forget that. Buy some Boracare or TimBor, treat the posts with it,
and then seal them before cementing, so it doesn't marinate off. I'm
painting cuts on PT wood with Jasco Termin-8 preservative.

I had the entire bottom of my house treated with TimBor this year.
http://thepestcontrolstore.com/categ...c=6&cView=prod
I don't think you can use -any- of the above in the Republik of
Kalifornia, though. I think they limit you to flyswatters there.

They let you have flyswatters?

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Yeah, redwood doesn't have the integrity that the absolute lowest
grade of SPF (with brown dye and fungicide on it!) has, does it?
Especially after a dozen years of marination.

I dislike redwood but I can't get people to buy teak for
some strange reason.

The quick fix: Find new clients made of money.

Ain't it always.

I'm on the hook for further duty so I want a speedy means of
removing the big'uns.

How big is big?

I'd like to be able to pop a ~150 pounder out of the ground
without needing flat space around it. I'm thinking 'tripod'.

I think I'll build one of these pulleyed bastids.
http://www.fencepostpuller.net/index.html (first video) and use my
winch with it.

As Gunner mentioned, a tripod and winch would probably
be way more portable and useful.

--Winston