Clipex fencing

Conmaicne Mara

What do ye reckon? I think it looks fairly easy to steal in the soft ground we would have here. But in hard ground it looks a good option, cost depending...

http://www.mcveighparker.com/content/clipex-fence-solution

AnFeirmeoir

Look good. Posts can't be cheap though. Iike the idea of the petrol post driver.

When driving galvanised posts i'd be afraid or exposing the metal of them

foxylock

I would be very curious as to the price, found something similar recently on an old boundary wall obviously not galvanised or anything but the same principle. That stuff will last. I wonder if you over strain the wire on uneven ground would the pressure pull the post up? Have had it happen with six foot posts driven with an excavator! Ate a fair bit of spinach mixed in with the weetabix that morning though!!!:D

dink8321

How much are the posts?

sheepfarmer92

It looks a good job, seen it at mullingar show, was very impressed with the sheep wire theyre using, looks far stronger than the usual stuff, and has the larger squares so lambs shoudnt get theyre heads caught in it as easily

davidk1394

Looked at it last year for the TAMS grant. Very good job but very costly. I think each strainer cost €90 Inc VAT and each post was €17 + VAT. Has a 30 year guarantee. if you drive them into the ground and try to lift them spikes at either side come out and stick into the ground to increase the resistance. It cost us 10k to fence our outside farm boundary for all stakes wire and everything else needed and that included our own labour and machinery. I think to use the clips system it would have cost 20k for the stakes alone. What i didn't like about the system was the amount of ground that was taken up by each strainer as they had stays at either side of them stretching out about 6ft

susign

David, you mentioned 17 + VAT for each post. I am hoping that's a typo? Is it not 7 + VAT. I am thinking of trying the clipex system on a few fields in the near future before I invest in replacing the rest. I met the distributor from Agri knives at the ploughing championships and I was well impressed with the product. I think I might use concrete steaks or my own steel posts for the strainers through. I would agree with your comment regarding the stays taking up too much ground, the cost of the end posts is another factor