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Timber fencing posts

  • 28-03-2019 7:50pm
    #1
    MrManny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭


    Just wondering roughly how much would you expect to pay for a 5'x3'' tanilised fencing post for stock. Thanks


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  • #2
    limerick farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87 ✭✭limerick farmer


    dairygold are selling them for 2.59 at the moment or 50 for 115 euro although they are not great in my opinion


  • #3
    Farmer Dan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 230 ✭✭Farmer Dan


    limerick farmer wrote: »
    dairygold are selling them for 2.59 at the moment or 50 for 115 euro although they are not great in my opinion

    Can you recommend a good stake please? have a good bit to do & hard to know which is best between all the types, is larch good for stakes?


  • #4
    hopeso
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    Larch is very good...


  • #5
    Water John
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    FRS would have those in creosote for about €6.


  • #6
    PoorFarmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 654 ✭✭✭PoorFarmer


    hopeso wrote:
    Larch is very good...

    Farmer Dan wrote:
    Can you recommend a good stake please? have a good bit to do & hard to know which is best between all the types, is larch good for stakes?


    Have got larch posts last 2 years because I'm fencing land I bought as I tidy it up. €500 for a bale of 120 (I think) delivered. Can't remember the guys name but can look for a card if you need a number. Think that was standard enough price from all the sawmills I tried.
    Old lad got larch posts 25 odd years ago and still a few of them standing around the place


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  • #7
    80sDiesel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭80sDiesel


    Always wondered would second hand railway sleepers be a good idea. Cut them in half.

    A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.



  • #8
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    80sDiesel wrote: »
    Always wondered would second hand railway sleepers be a good idea. Cut them in half.

    I split a few lengthways for a boundary fence .
    Hard work cutting them, some get bits of stone chips embedded in them from the gravel they are laid on.
    Dosen't help the chain on the saw.

    Also I found that the odd sleeper can have a crack or weak spot in them, and could break in the middle while being driven.
    You wouldn't want to be standing beside it when it flys out sideways.....


  • #9
    Mooooo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    Water John wrote: »
    FRS would have those in creosote for about €6.

    Not that well able to take a belt of the sledge, split any I had to use sledge on. Rest were pushed in with the loader so will see how long they last


  • #10
    White Clover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,765 ✭✭✭White Clover


    Mooooo wrote: »
    Not that well able to take a belt of the sledge, split any I had to use sledge on. Rest were pushed in with the loader so will see how long they last

    Sledge or mallet? If sledge, you've the wrong tool!


  • #11
    Albert Johnson
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 1,916 Mod ✭✭✭✭Albert Johnson


    White Clover wrote: »
    Sledge or mallet? If sledge, you've the wrong tool!

    +1 on this advice. I bought a mallet a few years ago and would never use a sledge again. The mallet is way better balanced and has a much larger head which doesn't crack the top of the posts. I'd vote for the aluminium type over the rubber headed one's as the recoil isn't a problem with the metal head.


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  • #12
    Injuryprone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,048 ✭✭✭Injuryprone


    I think the 5' X 3" solid plastic stake is around 6.50 + vat. Would these be better value than any timber stake?


  • #13
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Injuryprone wrote: »
    I think the 5' X 3" solid plastic stake is around 6.50 + vat. Would these be better value than any timber stake?

    You can't strain from a plastic post though, and the old PlasticWood ones were impossible to drive a staple in.


  • #14
    Mooooo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    White Clover wrote: »
    Sledge or mallet? If sledge, you've the wrong tool!

    Yeah mallet is better put have hit plenty of posts that wouldn't split like that with the sledge


  • #15
    Dinzee Conlee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭Dinzee Conlee


    80sDiesel wrote: »
    Always wondered would second hand railway sleepers be a good idea. Cut them in half.

    Old ESB poles cut into quarters are a good post as well... You might get 12 posts out of one pole, depending on how heavy the pole was...
    Bit of work in cutting em up all right though...

    We had some larch trees fall there in the storm, so I quartered em and put em up. They're untreated, so we'll see how long they last. I would bet they'll outlast any cheap posts you'd buy...


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