> > > Ralph Walter wrote: > > > Leland, > > > > You might try poplar, too. I have heavy rails on my front porch which turned > > out to be poplar and held up pretty damn well for 100 years plus. You might > > get into the new vs old growth problem, though. > > > > Ralph I'm not there but I have to doubt that poplar lasted 100 yrs as anything but a drawer side.. Sure these rails aren't locust/?? DD