Looking to get my hands on old telegraph poles

Gorteen

I want to build a wooden shelter for an old tractor. Where can I get my hands on old telegraph poles? I probably need three or maybe four in total. How much can I expect to pay?

macker16

i have 4 very long esb poles

Gorteen

PM on the way!

jomoloney

macker16 wrote: »

i have 4 very long esb poles

are they stuck into the ground with wire tied to the top :D

Conor556

I have a load of em we bought em off the boys replacing them, gave em 100 for 12 but some wernt great so brought around 18 in tolal

Conmaicne Mara

If you email ESB they'll put you in touch with local pole contractors, if other avenues don't work out for you.

Gorteen

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

If you email ESB they'll put you in touch with local pole contractors, if other avenues don't work out for you.

Thanks. Never thought of talking to them

macker16

jomoloney wrote: »

are they stuck into the ground with wire tied to the top :D

nope:D

Jack180570

Conor556 wrote: »

I have a load of em we bought em off the boys replacing them, gave em 100 for 12 but some wernt great so brought around 18 in tolal

Hi Conor.... whereabouts are u n are u interested in selling some? If yes could u pm me with details. .. thanks

Jack180570

macker6 wrote: »

i have 4 very long esb poles

Hi Macker... If you are interested in selling and not too far away I would be interested in buying. .. can u pm Details to me. . Thanks

Bodacious

i bought 10 privately for E200 to build a shed, may seem pricey but they were local and all good thick straight ones, all 15ft in length

moy83

Bodacious wrote: »

i bought 10 privately for E200 to build a shed, may seem pricey but they were local and all good thick straight ones, all 15ft in length

Was that recently Bodacious I was looking for a few but couldnt get any off our local esb man ? Any pics of the shed or is it up yet ?

Gorteen

moy83 wrote: »

Was that recently Bodacious I was looking for a few but couldnt get any off our local esb man ? Any pics of the shed or is it up yet ?

I'd also love to see pics of shed to see how best to build...

Bodacious

moy83 wrote: »

Was that recently Bodacious I was looking for a few but couldnt get any off our local esb man ? Any pics of the shed or is it up yet ?

Last year, Shed structure is up but not finished .. ill post pics when its completed, timbers got so wet i wanted to get couple of dry days to paint them before we sheet it but,,... getting few dry days last 6 months has been difficult:o

Bodacious

Gorteen wrote: »

I'd also love to see pics of shed to see how best to build...

Hi Gorteen,

please see attached pictures of my shed... sheeted roof and front elevation at weekend... sheet side elevations now and put a floor in it and ill be on the pigs back

Its 22ft x 14ft and reason for all the deadwork is that its situated in highest elevation of winterage/a very scenic area .. its also very strong as windy spot.. it'll be just handy if i have a rough night calving can stick her in

front elevation



Internal:

We put 2 full length light panels in it .. just have to cut away the roofing felt in a nice straight line!

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

Bodacious wrote: »

please see attached pictures of my shed... sheeted roof and front elevation at weekend

Fine job Bodacious
Tis great to have shelter from the cold wind

Bodacious

ZETOR_IS_BETTER wrote: »

Fine job Bodacious
Tis great to have shelter from the cold wind

I'll be well set up alright where it is, i'll put calving gate or sculling gate and swinging gate/half race in it also should i have any bother late at night rather than driving her in out of the field to my own crush.

Will put 22ft galvanised gutter/downpipe collection barrel connected to an water drinker inside.

buddy of mine reckons i should mount a small generator for light in it also but that might be going a bit far!!!! :D

Conmaicne Mara

Bodacious wrote: »

buddy of mine reckons i should mount a small generator for light in it also but that might be going a bit far!!!! :D

Dealextreme have a torch called the Fandyfire stl v6, $46 or there abouts. If you got one and left it pointed at the ceiling you wouldn't need any generator/solar lights.

Gorteen

That's a fine job! It looks a lot more complicated than what I'm going for, seeing as it's built on a hill. Well done. You must be delighted. Have you set the poles in concrete? How deep are they? How far apart are they spaced?

moy83

Great job Bodacious , its nice to see the stone being used around the outside , it will blend the whole shed in nicely to the place
How is the wallplate attached to the poles ?

Bodacious

moy83 wrote: »

Great job Bodacious , its nice to see the stone being used around the outside , it will blend the whole shed in nicely to the place
How is the wallplate attached to the poles ?

Cheers Moy, yeah I think the blue slate blends in better than the tacky green or brown! Stone walls either side too and it's in a spot well out of the way behind a hill protecting its view from the road ... Mostly visible to the sea only

Hence the massive amount of deadwork of stone ... 6ft of stone at high corner of foundation ... Will be great soakage anyway !

2 x 9"x2" to front of poles.. Buried with 6" nails to the piles... Rafters are rested on bottom 9" x 2" and noggins cut in between the two and all fixed down again with that flexible metal with 2" nails.

Its a windy spot so we put extra runs of 3x2"s into sides and roof especially

Bodacious

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Dealextreme have a torch called the Fandyfire stl v6, $46 or there abouts. If you got one and left it pointed at the ceiling you wouldn't need any generator/solar lights.

Thanks, Conmaicne
A good quality headlight would prob be better than that if you assisting cow on your own .. You know well feckin torch would either fall over or be blinding you in the heat of the battle !

Might look into a small Jenny and a bulb on a plug ...Aldi Jenny would do, takes very little to light a bulb... We got the loan of a 850 Aldi job and you want to hear the revs out of it trying to boil a kettle... Useless !!

Bodacious

Gorteen wrote: »

That's a fine job! It looks a lot more complicated than what I'm going for, seeing as it's built on a hill. Well done. You must be delighted. Have you set the poles in concrete? How deep are they? How far apart are they spaced?

Thanks gorteen,

Poles go all the way into ground beneath stonework and set in concrete and stone built around them and back filled...

Longest pole 15-16ft at bottom side working up to the smaller gable ... Then cut off level with the roof.

Poles are 5ft apart but this is overkill just had them and wanted it to be extra strong in the exposed location... Also didn't fancy a lim springer with the crubs out coming out through the side of it at 4am and me after her! ;-)

Conmaicne Mara

Bodacious wrote: »

Thanks, Conmaicne
A good quality headlight would prob be better than that if you assisting cow on your own .. You know well feckin torch would either fall over or be blinding you in the heat of the battle !

Might look into a small Jenny and a bulb on a plug ...Aldi Jenny would do, takes very little to light a bulb... We got the loan of a 850 Aldi job and you want to hear the revs out of it trying to boil a kettle... Useless !!

I have killed one Aldi genny, and am onto my second victim (the brother in laws). One word, Honda. The problem I found with the genny is the fupping thing never worked when I really needed it to, something always going wrong with it. But anyway, tis a hard stand trying to boil a kettle with a flash light

The torch idea I use myself in my own little shed, tis like daylight, this thing is serious bright. I used some light bungee cord to hold it onto a weld mesh divider I have. A headlamp isn't a bad idea neither.

You're making a fine job of that shed, I have been thinking of putting something up one myself lately. You can never have too many, particularly in bad weather. I was thinking steel but now I'm wondering if that wouldn't be over kill.

enricoh

we built a lean to with esb poles at 12' centres, 9 by 3s connecting the poles, 7 by 2 rafters every 4', 3 by 1.5 purlins every 3'. poles about 3-4' deep in lean mix, 4" conc floor (still standing 5 years later!)

my tips would be:
notch out of the esb pole when concreted in with a chainsaw a 9 by 3 block.
make a T plate with some flat steel n bolt each pole to the 9 by 3
use plenty of that galv. roll with holes in it for nailing down purlins
use plenty of galv straps for nailing rafters to 9 by 3 s

but most importantly dont have lean to facing west coz the wind will be trying to rip yer roof off constantly!

enricoh

oh yeah, if you are doing a decent sized shed get a spinning laser and mark each pole - saves a lot of eyeing up and head scratching!

Conmaicne Mara

enricoh wrote: »

use plenty of that galv. roll with holes in it for nailing down purlins
use plenty of galv straps for nailing rafters to 9 by 3 s

Galband I think it's called, it's useful stuff. I had some holding a down pipe to a stone wall.

moy83

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Galband I think it's called, it's useful stuff. I had some holding a down pipe to a stone wall.

Galviband I call it . I have miles of it and the straps for holding down rafters onto the wall . In the celtic tiger days I reckon roofers ordered double the galviband that they wanted and then only used half what was needed . I used to always have a bit going home with me after a job .

A solar powered floodlight might work for you Bodacious