Show equipment needed for creosoting fence posts the only equipment needed for the open tank method of creosoting fence posts Is a tank which can be heated A good outfit Is a galvanized iron tank three feet in diameter and tour four feet high the che creosote may be heated edever over an open fire with the tank on a temporary foundation the posts should be thoroughly seasoned before treatment the lower half of the post should remain in hot creosote degrees F tor or ai a period of two to four hours the posts shoula then be allowed to remain in the creosote as aa it cools the tops of the posts such as cottonwood and willow should be dipped in the creosote for a few minutes A penetration of one half inch in the ille portion lon of the post coming in contact with the ground will give good protection |