6ft PDM Posts

gaz123

Anyone know where to get 6ft PDM posts - Looking for about 100 plus - Cheapest place to get them

patsy_mccabe

Apart from FRS, does anyone else sell them?

Keepgrowing

You can buy from PDM direct

gaz123

Any sort of idea what price per post is being charged

Keepgrowing

gaz123 wrote: »

Any sort of idea what price per post is being charged

Can't say as I've not bought in a while. Will be buying soon to carry out repairs at housing

Genghis Cant

gaz123 wrote: »

Any sort of idea what price per post is being charged

8:25 each or 8 euro if you're buying a bale is what I bought them for in the spring.

Longford Leader

I bought 160 of 4"-5" (6') PDM posts for €7.50 each in my local co-op store last week.
7' strainers were €22 each.

Keepgrowing

Longford Leader wrote: »

I bought 160 of 4"-5" (6') PDM posts for €7.50 each in my local co-op store last week.
7' strainers were €22 each.

Were they PDM stakes or just dipped and calked PDM

Longford Leader

Keepgrowing wrote: »

Were they PDM stakes or just dipped and calked PDM

They have the PDM label attached showing date of treatment, etc.

Keepgrowing

Longford Leader wrote: »

They have the PDM label attached showing date of treatment, etc.

They're the business. Some of the **** being pawned on farmers is appalling. Some of the imported stakes are too dry and therefore brittle.

Only use PDM here now, a bit like concrete only dear the first day. Only worry now is a lug on a machine taking one out.

gaz123

Where is your local store Longford Leader

gaz123

Longford Leader wrote: »

I bought 160 of 4"-5" (6') PDM posts for €7.50 each in my local co-op store last week.
7' strainers were €22 each.

Where's this store. Thanks

patsy_mccabe

Paid €12 today in FRS Ennis mart for 7 foot 'turners' as they call them. Diameter about 6 to 7 inch.

Longford Leader

gaz123 wrote: »

Where is your local store Longford Leader

Its lakeland town and country. Richmond street, Longford town (co-ords: 53.726953, -7.808753)

They will charge €8 a post for small quantities. You want to order 100+ to get €7.50

There are 40 posts per bale.

gaz123

Longford Leader wrote: »

Its lakeland town and country. Richmond street, Longford town (co-ords: 53.726953, -7.808753)

They will charge €8 a post for small quantities. You want to order 100+ to get €7.50

There are 40 posts per bale.

Thanks Longford Leader

Hobby farmer

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Paid €12 today in FRS Ennis mart for 7 foot 'turners' as they call them. Diameter about 6 to 7 inch.

I bought proper strainer posts at €22.50 each a few months back where I needed two strands of electric. I've more to do but will only need one strand would those "turners" do for end posts?

Username John

Hobby farmer wrote: »

I bought proper strainer posts at €22.50 each a few months back where I needed two strands of electric. I've more to do but will only need one strand would those "turners" do for end posts?

I bought old telephone poles for 20euro during the summer... They were about 20 feet long, some a bit longer some a bit short her maybe. Got 2 posts from (got 3 from some)

Better value if you could get em, in my opinion...

Hobby farmer

Username John wrote: »

I bought old telephone poles for 20euro during the summer... They were about 20 feet long, some a bit longer some a bit short her maybe. Got 2 posts from (got 3 from some)

Better value if you could get em, in my opinion...

Ah yeah they are the job alright! Hard got in good condition though!

patsy_mccabe

Hobby farmer wrote: »

I bought proper strainer posts at €22.50 each a few months back where I needed two strands of electric. I've more to do but will only need one strand would those "turners" do for end posts?

Well the FRS guy told me that's what people were using now. They are that bit lighter then strainers.

White Clover

Hobby farmer wrote: »

I bought proper strainer posts at €22.50 each a few months back where I needed two strands of electric. I've more to do but will only need one strand would those "turners" do for end posts?

You might get away with them on a short pull on good ground but they are not called strainers for a reason.

patsy_mccabe

The strain on a short pull is the same as a long one, but you're right about the strainers being better.

White Clover

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

The strain on a short pull is the same as a long one.

Get two lengths of wire patsy, one 150m and other 70, strain them yourself and report back to tell us which one was more difficult to keep a strain on.
We'll see then!

patsy_mccabe

White Clover wrote: »

Get two lengths of wire patsy, one 150m and other 70, strain them yourself and report back to tell us which one was more difficult to keep a strain on.
We'll see then!

The longer wire stretches more, but the pull (Newtons, Kgf, whatever) is the same.

White Clover

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

The longer wire stretches more, but the pull (Newtons, Kgf, whatever) is the same.

There's more wire, therefore more weight. That's why bigger posts are always used at the end. In practise the smaller posts don't work.
Its all relative to the distance between the strainers.

patsy_mccabe

The weight only depends on the distance between the individual posts, nothing to do with the end strainers. If the distance between all posts was let's say 15yards, you could go a mile with the wire and the strain on the end posts would be the same as if you only went 50 yards.