Stokboard

satstheway

Anyone on here use stokboard.
What thickness would you need for sheeting gates and the bottom of doors?

Thanks in advance

yewtree

satstheway wrote: »

Anyone on here use stokboard.
What thickness would you need for sheeting gates and the bottom of doors?

Thanks in advance

We use it here in calf shed and calving pen. I find it good, powerwashes down very well. I find smooth surfaces a lot easier to clean and disinfect. I have it riveted on to gates.
I think it was the 4mm thickness we used. There is a heavier one. We got in from FRS a couple of years ago.

stretch film

3 6 or 9 ml
Drill an oversize hole for Tec screw with big washer and don't over tighten. Allows for expansion.
Great for temp windbreak for calves.

hildywildy

What sort of money is stokboard, where would I get some in meath

satstheway

hildywildy wrote: »

What sort of money is stokboard, where would I get some in meath

Farm Relief Service seam to stock it nationwide.

tractorporn

satstheway wrote: »

Anyone on here use stokboard.
What thickness would you need for sheeting gates and the bottom of doors?

Thanks in advance

I've sheeted a few gates with it this back end. I got 6mm from FRS. I'd say you could get away with 3mm for the bottom of doors as the 6 mm makes gates heavy but there isn't much in the difference in price

dohc turbo2

I got a 3 mm to try in a calf pen I think it was 22 Euro

satstheway

dohc turbo2 wrote: »

I got a 3 mm to try in a calf pen I think it was 22 Euro

How tou get on. What spaces do you have the cross members?

dohc turbo2

satstheway wrote: »

How tou get on. What spaces do you have the cross members?

It’s on to a calving gate so was put on where it needed it’s temporary while calfs are young . There was no method on measuring , just where there was support drilled m6 hole and tec screw on

Earnshaw

Anyone use 9mm StokBoard on gates? How did you fix it on? Does it make the gate too heavy?

J.O. Farmer

Earnshaw wrote: »

Anyone use 9mm StokBoard on gates? How did you fix it on? Does it make the gate too heavy?

9mm is overkill on a gate assuming it's a standard gate. 3mm would be more than sufficient with all the bars behind it.

bogman_bass

Earnshaw wrote: »

Anyone use 9mm StokBoard on gates? How did you fix it on? Does it make the gate too heavy?

No advantage in it. In fact with the extra weight it will probably fall out sooner

bogman_bass

It’s a great job to resheet a round feeder

Hard Knocks

Earnshaw wrote: »

Anyone use 9mm StokBoard on gates? How did you fix it on? Does it make the gate too heavy?

Put 9mm on a gate here
Tex screw every 10-12” on every gate bar

Do it once and do it right

White Clover

Earnshaw wrote: »

Anyone use 9mm StokBoard on gates? How did you fix it on? Does it make the gate too heavy?

6mm used here. It's there with at least 10 years and as good as day 1. Used Tex Screws. 4 bar gate, screws every foot or so.

satstheway

I went to buy 6mm but guy reckoned 3 would do and its great job.

gozunda

bogman_bass wrote: »

It’s a great job to resheet a round feeder

Do you have any photos of one you resheeted bass?

J.O. Farmer

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Put 9mm on a gate here
Tex screw every 10-12” on every gate bar

Do it once and do it right

I agree with most of your post but 9mm is very heavy for the job unless you're putting it on a big frame rather than a gate. It's not like your cattle are going to be walking on it.

You'd have a job to damage 3mm on a gate even with the sledge with all the support of the bars.

Hard Knocks

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

I agree with most of your post but 9mm is very heavy for the job unless you're putting it on a big frame rather than a gate. It's not like your cattle are going to be walking on it.

You'd have a job to damage 3mm on a gate even with the sledge with all the support of the bars.

Didn’t know
When I was buying I was told 9mm

bogman_bass

gozunda wrote: »

Do you have any photos of one you resheeted bass?

Not handy. I just cut it to shape drilled hole in the stock board and cable tied it to the frame. Had to replace about 5 cable ties the second winter. Haven’t checked it yet for this year.
Prefer the cable ties for that job because if it fails it’s not leaving a hole for muck and water to get into and no tek screws ending up in animas feet.

I put the sheet on the inside of the feeder so the pressure from the bale is pushing it against the frame rather than away from it.

It’s there at least 4 years now but I think it’s the 6 mm I got. It wouldn’t want to be any heavier or it would be to hard to curve round

Water John

Used it on a sliding door and also a part of a shed that's a straw bedded area for cattle. Sheeted to the ground and stokboard on the inside.

amacca

Who have ye found to be the best supplier for stokboard?

Thinking of sheeting the bottom of the inside of some bedded sheds with the stuff

also thinking of making a couple of raised beds for veg etc and wondering if I could use a couple of thick sheets of it braced with plastic fence posts......would like not to be using scaffolding boards rotting slowly away.

bogman_bass

amacca wrote: »

Who have ye found to be the best supplier for stokboard?

Thinking of sheeting the bottom of the inside of some bedded sheds with the stuff

also thinking of making a couple of raised beds for veg etc and wondering if I could use a couple of thick sheets of it braced with plastic fence posts......would like not to be using scaffolding boards rotting slowly away.

Yeah but you can kneel on the scaffolding board

Water John

amacca wrote: »

Who have ye found to be the best supplier for stokboard?

Thinking of sheeting the bottom of the inside of some bedded sheds with the stuff

also thinking of making a couple of raised beds for veg etc and wondering if I could use a couple of thick sheets of it braced with plastic fence posts......would like not to be using scaffolding boards rotting slowly away.

Not sure if Talitech in Cork are the main importers? Might be worth contacting if you were getting a handy bit;
https://www.talitech.com/product/stokbord-18mm/

Bass Reeves

It's a great job on the floor of s trailer. I had a 2 wheel trailer 6.5'X4' with a chequer plate floor. Sheeting went underneath. I used 12 stockboard for the floor. It will take a while to rot that....I think

gozunda

Bass Reeves wrote: »

It's a great job on the floor of s trailer. I had a 2 wheel trailer 6.5'X4' with a chequer plate floor. Sheeting went underneath. I used 12 stockboard for the floor. It will take a while to rot that....I think

I got a sheet of it when it first appeared and used it on a gate. With repeated wind / rain / UV exposure - its now starting to become friable with small bits along the edges breaking. So yeah slower than ply but still not immune to the elements. I think the best advantage is that it doesn't absorb water and its relatively light.

Omallep2

bogman_bass wrote: »

It’s a great job to resheet a round feeder

What thickness sheet you go with?

quietsailor

Bass Reeves wrote: »

It's a great job on the floor of s trailer. I had a 2 wheel trailer 6.5'X4' with a chequer plate floor. Sheeting went underneath. I used 12 stockboard for the floor. It will take a while to rot that....I think

Hi Bass, I was asking over on another thread about flooring a trailer and they directed me to you here.

Did you have to add extra metal under the floor to give the stock board support?

Bass Reeves

quietsailor wrote: »

Hi Bass, I was asking over on another thread about flooring a trailer and they directed me to you here.

Did you have to add extra metal under the floor to give the stock board support?

It was a 6.5X4' two wheel trailer. The floor previously had been timber with, I had replaced with plywood and chequer plate on top. There is a lip front and back and two intermediate bars(cannot remember if box or angle iorn). I removed the chequer plate and plywood. I replaced the plywood with 12mm stockboard and placed the chequer plate back on top of the stockboard. Trailer is capable of carrying 5-600 kg loads of stone. I added no further support than was there already. However I have the chequer plate on top of it