Fence posts

Unchopped

In the westmeath\offally area, who is the best supplier on price(cheapest) of treated not dipped stakes. 6'x4" stakes is what i am looking for.

cacs

Unchopped wrote: »

In the westmeath\offally area, who is the best supplier on price(cheapest) of treated not dipped stakes. 6'x4" stakes is what i am looking for.

I had to do about 3.5km of fencing this year so I started looking at posts. The best post I found were from McNamara fencing in mallow. German hard woods, kiln dried , cresouted. They will deliver by courier anywhere in the country. I am from mayo. Work is all done I am delighted with what I got . To honest I will get a pallet of the next year to do any-other I have to do. Anything else is a waste of money

ganmo

cathal irwin wrote: »

Anything else is a waste of money

Pdm posts?
Don't know about delivery though

patsy_mccabe

cathal irwin wrote: »

I had to do about 3.5km of fencing this year so I started looking at posts. The best post I found were from McNamara fencing in mallow. German hard woods, kiln dried , cresouted. They will deliver by courier anywhere in the country. I am from mayo. Work is all done I am delighted with what I got . To honest I will get a pallet of the next year to do any-other I have to do. Anything else is a waste of money

Not being smart but how do you know you have good posts? Time is the only test for that!!!

cacs

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Not being smart but how do you know you have good posts? Time is the only test for that!!!

Honestly i dont but uut of 10 samples of post it was the best.
The post is solid when. You hold it. Dry not wet original cold tar cresouted treatment goes in a half an inch at least. Tight rings not soomth peeled

Count Mondego

cathal irwin wrote: »

I had to do about 3.5km of fencing this year so I started looking at posts. The best post I found were from McNamara fencing in mallow. German hard woods, kiln dried , cresouted. They will deliver by courier anywhere in the country.

What size and what price?

rangler1

Unchopped wrote: »

In the westmeath\offally area, who is the best supplier on price(cheapest) of treated not dipped stakes. 6'x4" stakes is what i am looking for.

Flynns in mulingar sell a good post, about €4.00 each for about 100 is what i pay, have some in the ground 20 years,maybe longer.
I think they're Balcas stakes, they're very like them anyway

Nobbies

I used so called pdm creosoted posts 6fts bout 4 to 5inch typically for the last couple of yrs.bought from frs €8 vat in.had used mc hugh posts standard same size before that as local co ops had nothing else,talk about pure ****e they turned out too be.many many of them broke in the ground.rotted i should say.leaving asponge like water filled butt in the ground.these where in both dry and wetter areas and at most only in ground 4 to 5yrs.but wat isince discovered is mc hugh supplys these so called pdm creosoted posts too who ever puts on the creosote,reluctant to buy another bale of them even frs claim a 15yr gurantee.any opinions on pdm?

Farrell

Nobbies wrote: »

I used so called pdm creosoted posts 6fts bout 4 to 5inch typically for the last couple of yrs.bought from frs €8 vat in.had used mc hugh posts standard same size before that as local co ops had nothing else,talk about pure ****e they turned out too be.many many of them broke in the ground.rotted i should say.leaving asponge like water filled butt in the ground.these where in both dry and wetter areas and at most only in ground 4 to 5yrs.but wat isince discovered is mc hugh supplys these so called pdm creosoted posts too who ever puts on the creosote,reluctant to buy another bale of them even frs claim a 15yr gurantee.any opinions on pdm?

Were the McHugh posts treated?
Have done some sheep fencing recently with a bale of McHugh 3-4" (now you have me worried).
Have applied for the grant & was intending to buy the creosote posts, what did they say when you brought back the posts with the 15yr guarantee?

ganmo

Nobbies wrote: »

I used so called pdm creosoted posts 6fts bout 4 to 5inch typically for the last couple of yrs.bought from frs €8 vat in.had used mc hugh posts standard same size before that as local co ops had nothing else,talk about pure ****e they turned out too be.many many of them broke in the ground.rotted i should say.leaving asponge like water filled butt in the ground.these where in both dry and wetter areas and at most only in ground 4 to 5yrs.but wat isince discovered is mc hugh supplys these so called pdm creosoted posts too who ever puts on the creosote,reluctant to buy another bale of them even frs claim a 15yr gurantee.any opinions on pdm?

nearly all pdm posts here for the last 15 years or so.
They've survived a forest fire next door on the hill the wire is rusting badly though:mad:

Nobbies

Farrell wrote: »

Were the McHugh posts treated?
Have done some sheep fencing recently with a bale of McHugh 3-4" (now you have me worried).
Have applied for the grant & was intending to buy the creosote posts, what did they say when you brought back the posts
I can,t say if they where pressure treated or tanilised i think they call it?but not creosoted.they where ****e anyway imo.so i quit buying them afew years ago now and switched too so called pdm creosoted posts which seem ok until i discovered they are amchugh made post from pdm so am reluctant too buy anymore off them.i think irish made posts are,nt wat they where 15yrs ago plus.