Mains Fencer Across a Road

Rebel Man

How to guys get mains power to a holding across a public road? Was thinking of cutting small channel in road(an inch or two wide and deep), putting down insulated cable and putting concrete over it. Would council have issues with this?? Road is a reasonably busy country road.....type of road you could drive cattle on but would have two or three cars behind you if you know what I mean!!!

L1985

Rebel Man wrote: »

How to guys get mains power to a holding across a public road? Was thinking of cutting small channel in road(an inch or two wide and deep), putting down insulated cable and putting concrete over it. Would council have issues with this?? Road is a reasonably busy country road.....type of road you could drive cattle on but would have two or three cars behind you if you know what I mean!!!

We did that-but it was 39 years ago and it's a small country road. Works great thou 🙂. I'd say the council would have an issue if they knew but there is a saying-better to ask forgiveness then permission!

Hitman3000

Rebel Man wrote:

How to guys get mains power to a holding across a public road? Was thinking of cutting small channel in road(an inch or two wide and deep), putting down insulated cable and putting concrete over it. Would council have issues with this?? Road is a reasonably busy country road.....type of road you could drive cattle on but would have two or three cars behind you if you know what I mean!!!

You need to apply for a road opening licence to your council.

Aravo

I've seen people put up scaffold tube and cross overhead with wire. Don't like this to be honest. You could get someone out and drill a 1" duct across. Cost a few hundred but well worth it. Just make sure u know whats in the ground.

Kristopherus

Hitman3000 wrote: »

You need to apply for a road opening licence to your council.

Which is/was around €500.00

foxy farmer

Cut the tarmac with a con saw. A strip 4-6 inches wide. Cut the strip into sections about a ft long and lift them without cracking them. Dig your trench. 6-8 inches deep. Put in a water pipe while you're at it. Backfill the trench with a stiff concrete mix. Get the final level fairly good and wet the concrete before finally dropping the tarmac strips back into place. Tap them down brush in some dry cement to fill the saw cuts and walk away. Did it here back around 99. You wouldn't notice it unless you were standing over it.
Someone will be along to talk about road openings permits co councils insurance etc. Oh they're here already.

Hitman3000

Kristopherus wrote:

Which is/was around €500.00

Well tbh I'm not going to suggest illegality. That would mean suggesting getting a Con saw , conduit, some tarmacadam and concrete and a whacker but that would be suggesting doing it yourself which is not legal.

gctest50

Impact mole like Bord gais use maybe ? way less pain

valtra2

Get a con saw with double blade and make a cut across road. Stuff insulated cable down job done.

foxy farmer

Is it a fencer cable or a 230v mains cable to power the fencer that you want to run?

patsy_mccabe

Get on to the council. There may be gas pipes, water pipes or electrical cables underground.
You can drill across the road using a directional thrust boring machine (mole). You don't even have to stop traffic.
I saw one used before to cross under tarmac in a factory carpark and it is a great job.

http://www.xgate.ie/underroad.html

Muckit

How wide is the road? What is the ground like? Going under the road is the way to go if you know you are not going to hit anything! Yes you could use a fancy mole machine but a track machine would shove a 3" thick walled steel pipe with a point welded on. Once through, cut off the tip and use the pipe as a conduit to shove your pipe across.

patsy_mccabe

A few years back, there was a guy cutting grass in an industrial estate where I worked. He hit the tractor lawnmower off a timber stake and there was a loud bang. The stake ruptured a gas mains. Factories had to be evacuated. Funny thing is the gas (methane) never caught fire. It sounded like a jet engine though.

longgonesilver

Is their any drains or culverts under the road already.

Timmaay

longgonesilver wrote: »

Is their any drains or culverts under the road already.

Was just going to suggest. I did fished a wire here under the road in a drainage pipe last yr to the rented land, worked perfect.

tancoman

Yeah, I done that a few years ago. Put a 3/4 inch water pipe and also a wire for the fencer in a culvert under the road. The road was only about 12 to 15 feet wide.

Belongamick

Tried the mole about 10 years ago to cross a 10 foot fairly quiet country road. Stones are the problem - if the mole hits a stone it will deflect. Mole was deflected up, appearing unexpectedly in the middle of the road! Neighbor nearly drove over it and mans foot - you couldn't write it.
Plan B involved saw a channel across road and drop multi core armored cable into the channel. Tidy up after. That worked well apart from the intervention of three generations of nosy power walkers. It has been in place for years without a problem.

Attie

What about over the top.
By over the top I mean tall trees to carry the wire.

cacs

Attie wrote: »

What about over the top.

Wait for a quite evening. Get 2 men at work signs and some that tar that is used for patching. . Cut a 1 to 2 inch strip. Go down a coiple of inches put in 3/4 of 1/2 hydra . Wack in tar on top

kowtow

valtra2 wrote:

Get a con saw with double blade and make a cut across road. Stuff insulated cable down job done.

The double blade would speed things up alright, particularly if he's crossing something busy like the M8.