Power Poles for fire wood?

[woodmeister]

28 year lineman here, those old cedars are great for kindling but those and some old chesnuts are the only untreated poles I have come across the rest are great for pole barns or in my case wood sheds.

 

[Thistle]

In my backyard in May 2007 Qwest replaced the old Western Red Cedar powerpole at south edge.They bored a hole about 2 ft west of old one,set the new post & transferred all the cables & lines to it.Meanwhile the old post stayed in the ground until May 2009.They finally came out one afternoon I happened to be home.Pole was near a huge 100 yr+ old Mulberry at the corner of 3 properties,they cut off the top 10ft in 2 pieces where it was pretty weathered & chewed up,to clear some lower branches.I split those top sections for kindling & garden stakes.The remainder was pulled from the hole.I asked them if I could keep everything to save them hauling it off.It was 27 ft long.Removed all the hardware,nuts,bolts etc,thick iron rungs used for climbing (they just screwed out with a few turns.I cut off 2 10' sections,split them into rails & posts for fencing.The remaining 7' of the post was creosote treated & was buried in the ground.It was 12" at small end,15" at large.I ended up milling a 3" x 12" plank out of the center,1 garden bench from the thickest slab & a few smaller pieces from the rest.On the top of post next to the hardware was an aluminum 'tag' stapled to the post,stamped Aug.1928,so the post was a few yrs newer than this house.Those cedar benches etc will probably still be around after this house & I are history.

 

[n6crv]

28 year lineman here, those old cedars are great for kindling but those and some old chesnuts are the only untreated poles I have come across the rest are great for pole barns or in my case wood sheds.

Thanks for all the info. That is what I was told they are. They broke right at the ground level. I would of tried to use them to stack wood on, but they were all cut up for me. I did try a small chunk and it burnt fine and coaled really well. Could not smell anything other the Cedar. Again Thanks for the help!!
Don