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West Salem, IllinoisFound a place that sells used guard rail and have e few questions.
1 ) Is $20 per 12'6" section a resonable price?
2 ) What kind of post spacing do you use? I really think a fence with posts on ten foot centers and three pieces of guardrail would be bull stout but the rail being 12' has me stumped!?
3 ) What kind of posts does everyone like? I'm 32 years old and really don't want to every do this project again!
4 ) Has anyone ever used the "I" beam posts that the state uses? The person I talked to said they were 5' tall, so my thought is that three of these posts welded together and than cut in half would be a great post, but I'm up for any and all suggestions
5 ) How "thick" of a fence do you end up with?


Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot$20 is a steal. Place I buy it at is usually $3/ft, but usually they sell it to me @ $30/ piece and usually I just load the trailer up with scrap and trade it out. Posts on 12' centers will work, but they had better be stout posts. 6' spacing is better in a crowding area. Easier to put more posts than fool around cutting new holes. RR ties usually work for posts. I've been building some fenceline feeders using 2 pieces of guardrail with posts on 12' spacings, but the posts are RR track concreted in about 5' deep. Works well. If you can find it I'd use the RR track for posts, sort of 'forever' if that is what your after.


NW IowaDoon Sawmill sells them for $14 or $15, they are used but slightly and usually are in good shape, if you don't like one you can take it back. The I-beam that they sell is mostly 6 ft. with some 7 footers, if i remember right they are $21. Bought a lot from them this year and think my gaurdrail price was in that $2.55-$2.65/ft. range.

Driftless SW Wisconsin

Life with guard rail is a whole lot easier if you use the prepunched holes and post spacing of either 6'3" or 12'6". Your 12 ft 6 in is really the hole spacing i believe. The actual steel length is a bit longer. I would look for the 25 ft lengths if you can handle them and the heavier gage "real" highway rail not the lighter stuff. Galvanizing is much heavier on the real rather than lightweight that I have seen. Unless you have buffalo or elephants, good rr tie posts at 12-6 should be plenty. Used poles from a local utility cut into sections also make good guard rail posts. Use the bottom of the pole for corners. I bevel cut the top so water tends to flow off and will hopefully las longer. $3/ft is about what I paid a few years ago for good used real rail.

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Edited by Jim 10/12/ 06:01