Want To Buy 2 3/8" Drill pipe/drill stem.

[Oklahomabassin]

When I did these I picked up the pipe for $6-$8 for an approx. 8' piece. Going to try and finish the other side with the prices now at $18-$21 per 8' stick, FJB
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Looks like you could save at least a foot per post.

 

[Rez Exelon]

I’ll help him. He’s got a welder and I’ll drag mine over there too if that’s what you’re asking. The 2-7/8 is for posts and the 2-3/8 is for top rail. He’s also getting sucker rod for the fence and cee purlin for the barn.

"I'll drag mine over there" says the man with the custom built Rolls Royce of welding trailers

 

[mouthpiece]

All the 2 3/8" that I have bought was the sch 40 and I measured it with calipers and got .156" wall thickness so that .154" is probably spot on.
I have not seen and 1/4" wall stuff.
I have built many super strong things with the SCH 40 and rusting through in my lifetime I do not think so.
Unless you set it in mud.

Pretty much gonna be set in mud but I will pour concrete around them.
it's in the 100year flood plane

 

[Oklahomabassin]

What is soil pH? Acidic soil will corrode steel much faster.

 

[Mr.Glock]

Looks like you could save at least a foot per post.

Constantine Wire?? LOL!

 

[Perplexed]

Constantine Wire?? LOL!

Concertina?

 

[AKmoose]

Looks like you could save at least a foot per post.

But then I'd have a chit load of 1' pieces to weld together just to get another post!
Or coulda gone another foot on the 2'+ holes with concrete, in that hard stuff NO WAY. I was planning on a barb wire top but after saving a deer caught in the neighbors fence I decided against that so kinda liking the concertina wire idea just as a backup if need be plan. still need some for the other side though.

 

[Mr.Glock]

Here is what I was told by someone that is doing the same thing I am doing which is using this pipe for carport/shop legs(mine may actually turn into a shop)
the legs will be in the ground so you want the thicker pipe so it doesn't rust through
i'm either gonna try to use thick(.220) walled 2 3/8" pipe or I may go to the 2 7/8" and see what wall thickness it has.(i think my truss legs will accomodate the larger pipe but I will need to measure.
OR, I may end up using the thinner walled structural 2 3/8"(3/16" wall) pipe

You may be over thinking this and worrying about longevity.

The home place I recently bought has gates/pens and such built with drill stem. It was painted and put in the ground in the late 50’s. You should not have any worries about rusting in your lifetime!

I have dug up and removed differing sections of it recently to make the the old ones work for us. While the ground contact looked bad, it was still solid and no telling how many years it will go in and last.

 

[Mr.Glock]

Concertina?

@Perplexed Nope! Constantine Wire, it is different than Concertina Wire.

Constantine Wire in contrast to the helical construction of Concertina Wire, Razor Wire, or less commonly known Constantine Wire, consists of a single wire with teeth that project periodically along its length.

Constantine and Concertina are two different wires.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

But then I'd have a chit load of 1' pieces to weld together just to get another post!
Or coulda gone another foot on the 2'+ holes with concrete, in that hard stuff NO WAY. I was planning on a barb wire top but after saving a deer caught in the neighbors fence I decided against that so kinda liking the concertina wire idea just as a backup if need be plan. still need some for the other side though.

Oh you pay extra for the pre cut posts.