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    I was reminded that the word is aesthetics not ascetics. Ha! Sorry all!

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    Just thinking... With a top rail, adequately secured, would 4X4s be sufficient?

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    Trailslug I'm so happy to hear these work. I've been eyeballing the post protectors wondering if it's a battle to pull the post in and out of it. I'd like to be able to get the posts out for lawn mowing and just so we don't have to look at them everyday. I usually only hang at home on the weekends because of nearby traffic starting really early (3AM) on weekdays.
    Going to use 4X4's and some sort of ridge brace. That'll probably be a 2X4 with holes to fit onto dowel rods set in the end of the 4X4's nice and easy to put together and take apart to stash away.

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    I lucked out. Guy across the street was ready to cut up 2 6x6x12 treated post because they had a small twist, landed up giving them to me. They are now in my yard 18' apart, 4' in the ground. Considering the 2x4 top rail but what about BIRDS? Sometimes I leave my stuff up for 2 or 3 days.

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    I leave my stuff up longer than that. So our solution was to have Jared at SLD make a version of his "catch all" sack in a 1.9 waterproof material. Now I just slide the sack over it w/ quilts and all and don't have to worry about birds, tree debris, or rain.

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    Having farms & using cedar post cut from farm for fence post I can tell you any white wood on a cedar post will rot very quickly & leave a post loose. Also if the tree was cut with the sap up the life of the red is greatly reduced. The pressure treated post now are environmentally friendly. They had to quit using the old arsenic & tar method. That's why power poles are being replaced withfiberglass or concrete as they need replaced.

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    Wise Owl, and others, make a “hammock sheild” - it’s like a snake skin for the hammock and may be large enough to also hold an attached summer weight UQ. The idea is, when not in use, it protects the hammock from UV and rain. Like sacrificial zinc on a boat’s rudder shaft, the skin takes the brunt of the UV rays. They cost around $20.

    As far as birds, we had a wooden owl figure to scare them but they just pecked at it for bugs. So you could put the scary owl someplace where you want to birds to congregate.

    It’s different philosophy - instead of trying to rid pests that you know will be relentless, you give met a place to “meet” away from where you want to be.

    But yes, the top board of our bordering brown fence is white, and it’s not because of chipped paint.
    In order to see what few have seen, you must go where few have gone. And DO what few have done.

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