unfinished cedar posts or treated 4x4 posts? Which would be better installing a fence for a horse?

I will tell you this, you wouldn't dare talk about using wire around our area for horses, especially barbed wire, that's a no, no. Cedar post and fence boards only. Get them from a mill, there are plenty out there. We just put in 17 acres of fencing and no wire, boards only. This includes 16 stalls and two large round corrals. Absolutely no wire of any kind was used that a horse could get hurt on.

Telephone poles, railroad ties, anything that a cribbing horse could chew on is a no, no. These are all treated with poisonous materials. Natural cedar post are the best and will last for years with fence boards. We used one inch by ten inch mill cut boards 16 foot long.

If I were doing it I'd use telephone poles cut to the right lengths. They will outlast any treated or cedar post and are 3 times bigger for rigidity. It is overkill but that is my preference to do better than what it only needs. Then if you like you can drill holes through each post and run steel 1/2" cable through and tighten it all up at the end post. This would be a very durable and strong fence.

Don't waste your money on cedar fence for a horse. The animal will wreck a cedar fence and probably break it when they lean on it. Use treated, won't rot and if its visible, paint it. Cedar is expensive and animals put alot of abuse on corrals.

But it is your nickel.

I would also go with the treated. On another note, horses DO like to lean against fences. I have a friend of mine who drilled a hole at the top of the posts and threaded regular cable for the top wire. It lasts forever and doesn't injure the animal.

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Truth is, I've been a carpenter for almost 36 years, and I haven't found anything like this for less than 10's of thousands of dollars.

Horses crib.

They chew on every thing (seen one peel the paint off a pickup).

All pressure treats are poision to the animal.

CCA , copper chromated arsnic.

Use natural wood and put a top band of bare metal, to preventing cribbing.

He is correct in his statement however what he forgot to tell you that the pressure treated posts will have a green tinge to them from the pressure treating process. The two woods will not look the same unless they are painted or stained.

treated 4x4 posts, because it will shorten the amount of time you need to set up the lumver, instead of the untreated which you would have to stain and seal, but the treated you only have to put everything together!^_^

No my husband use to work in a lumber mill, treated is better as it will last longer against the elements.

Pressure treated is poisonous, I'd go with ceder