How Much Are Fencing Stakes Going For?

mikefoxo

Priced them in the co-op (Glanbia) recently. 6ft, 3"-4" €2.70 or €2.90 delivered. Strainers were € 18. Just had a quick look on DD and they seem to be the cheapest. Anything better out there?

Username John

mikefoxo wrote: »

Priced them in the co-op (Glanbia) recently. 6ft, 3"-4" €2.70 or €2.90 delivered. Strainers were € 18. Just had a quick look on DD and they seem to be the cheapest. Anything better out there?

Paid close 6 something / post for 5-6 inch creosote recently.
They not cheap

freedominacup

mikefoxo wrote: »

Priced them in the co-op (Glanbia) recently. 6ft, 3"-4" €2.70 or €2.90 delivered. Strainers were € 18. Just had a quick look on DD and they seem to be the cheapest. Anything better out there?

I don't think there's any such thing as cheap stakes. You get what you pay for and they're all relatively poor value. At least with the dearer creosote treated ones the job should last longer.

slippy wicket

The Tanalised strainers that Glanbia sell are pure muck. They snap off like carrots after a year or two.
An esb pole or railway sleeper would be a much better job.
Once you have good strainers in place and wire tightened up you can afford to use a slightly lighters take

mikefoxo

Hmmm, never used strainers from Glanbia, always esb poles. The smooth stakes aren't much to write home about. I was driving a few in with the sledge last year and nearly burst them asunder!!

td5man

slippy wicket wrote: »

The Tanalised strainers that Glanbia sell are pure muck. They snap off like carrots after a year or two.
An esb pole or railway sleeper would be a much better job.
Once you have good strainers in place and wire tightened up you can afford to use a slightly lighters take

Gathered 30-40 <10 year old tanalised posts that had rotted and fallen over.

frazzledhome

Will be ordering some 4-5 inch tomorrow from PDM I'll let ye know

freedominacup

td5man wrote: »

Gathered 30-40 <10 year old tanalised posts that had rotted and fallen over.

I got two bales of 3-4's and a bale of strainers last week and well over half of them are to replace exactly that type of stake of the same vintage. This is the usual amount every year. I think the only day you will be able to say you're finished fencing is the day you retire or the day that the bounds are reduced to 6x4 whichever comes first.

freedominacup

frazzledhome wrote: »

Will be ordering some 4-5 inch tomorrow from PDM I'll let ye know

I didn't realise that they sell direct.

Greengrass1

freedominacup wrote: »

I got two bales of 3-4's and a bale of strainers last week and well over half of them are to replace exactly that type of stake of the same vintage. This is the usual amount every year. I think the only day you will be able to say you're finished fencing is the day you retire or the day that the bounds are reduced to 6x4 whichever comes first.

My neighbour goes around every year and sprays all the stainers with burnt oil. Goes about a foot up the stake.
Suppose when your free in the summer ye would gave the time to spend a day doing that

Muckit

Complete waste of time that.

Greengrass1

Muckit wrote: »

Complete waste of time that.

Don't know. He wouldn't be doing it if it didn't work.

blue5000

Had to do a bit of fencing earlier this year, got 14 6ft creosoted stakes for €100. can you still buy creosote?

whelan2

mikefoxo wrote: »

Priced them in the co-op (Glanbia) recently. 6ft, 3"-4" €2.70 or €2.90 delivered. Strainers were € 18. Just had a quick look on DD and they seem to be the cheapest. Anything better out there?

are 3-4 inch not very small, better going for 4-5 inch, we got a bale of 3-4 inch sent out by mistake and we sent them back

frazzledhome

blue5000 wrote: »

Had to do a bit of fencing earlier this year, got 14 6ft creosoted stakes for €100. can you still buy creosote?

Yes I get from PDM the only place licenced to sell creosote, well that's what they told me!!

mikefoxo

whelan2 wrote: »

are 3-4 inch not very small, better going for 4-5 inch, we got a bale of 3-4 inch sent out by mistake and we sent them back

If that's what the boss man wants:rolleyes: I'll plant a hedge behind it and then hopefully I won't have this problem again.

oldsmokey

Larch is yer only man..a bit dear, but what price your time going around replacing stakes every 5 minutes..if I've time I'll dip the bottom 2 foot of the stake in creosote before driving it in the ground, maybe overkill, but I reckon do the job once, then thats enough.

blackdog1

Use oak stakes for boundaries. About 10-12 euro each. Larch are great too for same price.

blue5000

blackdog1 wrote: »

Use oak stakes for boundaries. About 10-12 euro each. Larch are great too for same price.

Jeezus it's getting expensive now. There is some money in stakes, I was working it out somewhere around €400 a cubic metre for forestry thinnings which are probably given away by the lad growing them.