Fence post in the middle of stream

onyerbikepat

I need to put a fence post for barb-wire in the middle of a stream.
I have a tanolin one there at the moment and of course it is well rotten even after a few years.
Would it be possible to drive a concrete one there with a tractor post driver? I was thinking of casting up a heavy round concrete one myself and driving it with a heavy timber on top for protection. I could make the top of the concrete post flat for this.
Anyone ever done this?

PirateShampoo

Would a Star Picket be a better option?

moy83

Id say it would be hard sink a post in the river bed ,but I've never done it . Would it be possible to put strainers either side of the river bank , strain the wire across between them then hang a couple of strands from the bottom row , weighted down with stones ? It sounds complicated but I've seen it done and it works well and there is no fear of anything floating in the river pulling at the fence either

C0N0R

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Would a Star Picket be a better option?

Are these expensive? And what do you mean by star pickets?

PirateShampoo

C0N0R wrote: »

Are these expensive? And what do you mean by star pickets?

Sorry that's what the Australians call them. It's a steel fencing pole.

bogman_bass

Could you lay a telegraph pole across from one bank to the other?

Putting a fence across a river is a hoor of a job

Conmaicne Mara

Not thought this through fully but, 5 gallon drum (as a mould) filled with concrete with a length of rebar up out of it. Some plastic water pipe down over the rebar then just tie the wire to the pipe. If all it has to do is hold the wire rather than change it's direction it shouldn't need to be anything major.

C0N0R

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Sorry that's what the Australians call them. It's a steel fencing pole.

We called them waratahs or y posts in new Zealand! Can they be got here and if so any idea on price?