Pacific Southwest

Title: A durability test of wood posts in Hawaii…second progress report

Author: Skolmen, Roger G.

Date: 1965

Source: Res. Note PSW-RN-091. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 3 p

Station ID: RN-PSW-091

Description: Exposure of double-diffusion treated and untreated round posts of Hawaii-grown wood showed that (a) untreated 3- to 5-inch posts of 10 species will last from less than a year to 3 years, depending on species, and that (b) except for three species, the treatment did not afford a service life long enough to justify using it.

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Skolmen, Roger G.  1965.  A durability test of wood posts in Hawaii…second progress report.   Res. Note PSW-RN-091. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 3 p.