DRAYTON VALLEY, Alta. – Along with sucker rod fence posts, Bob McLeod has developed a corner post system made with oilfield scrap steel tubing.
“The brace is made of 27/8 inch tubing, with three inch line pipe that fits over the tubing, so it can slide up and down,” said McLeod.
“You lay that corner brace on the ground where you want the corner to be. It’s your template. Then you take 27/8 tubing, however long you want, eight or 10 feet. Pound it down to the height you want while the corner is laying on the ground.
“When you get them both pounded in, you slide that brace up, tighten your set screws and you have a corner built.”
McLeod said farmers can put a cross wire brace on the corner posts to get extra support.
