40 year lifespan stakes.

Farmer_3650

Anyone ever dealt with a man in tyrellspass who sells stakes? not sure of his name but he advertises on donedeal regularly.
The reason I am asking is because I was going to order stakes off him, but recently seen a post on facebook claiming he never sent stakes to a lad who ordered them last year. I was talking to the man last year at the ploughing and he had great stakes there, and seemed reasonably priced. Is he genuine?

richie123

Farmer_3650 wrote: »

Anyone ever dealt with a man in tyrellspass who sells stakes? not sure of his name but he advertises on donedeal regularly.
The reason I am asking is because I was going to order stakes off him, but recently seen a post on facebook claiming he never sent stakes to a lad who ordered them last year. I was talking to the man last year at the ploughing and he had great stakes there, and seemed reasonably priced. Is he genuine?

That post was deleted very quickly.
Probably for good reason too.after that it's anyone's guess

davidk1394

I wonder what was the result afterwards? Interesting read on a Sunday morning.

eire23

That thread on Facebook made good reading alright.they are definitley good stakes, got some this year amd was impressed with them. I used another supplier in donegal. As far as I know they are the only two people selling them.

Farmer_3650

eire23 wrote: »

That thread on Facebook made good reading alright.they are definitley good stakes, got some this year amd was impressed with them. I used another supplier in donegal. As far as I know they are the only two people selling them.

Whats the name of the place in donegal that sells them? He told me that he was the only person selling them, but I was taking everything he said to me with a pinch of salt..

patsy_mccabe

You'd want to be careful buying stakes with a 40 year guarantee, especially if yer man was pushing on in age.

hopeso

Farmer_3650 wrote: »

I was taking everything he said to me with a pinch of salt..

You must be a good judge of character

richie123

There scanpole stakes.
Good stakes alright should hit 25 years at least
I don't think there's a huge difference between them and octo stakes though.both of swedish origin.

farawaygrass

I don’t guy in to the 40 years part. Will you still have the receipt to hand in say 30 years if need be, or will the company still be n business. I assumed also that after say 30 years if the steaks rot or break get a new steak in it place but I was told you don’t. If the steak goes after 30 years and it’s guaranteed for 40, you only get the difference which Is 10/40 of the value of the steak.

J.O. Farmer

farawaygrass wrote: »

I don’t guy in to the 40 years part. Will you still have the receipt to hand in say 30 years if need be, or will the company still be n business. I assumed also that after say 30 years if the steaks rot or break get a new steak in it place but I was told you don’t. If the steak goes after 30 years and it’s guaranteed for 40, you only get the difference which Is 10/40 of the value of the steak.

Will many be too bothered in 30 years if the stake rots. Unless you're in your under 50 in 30 years time you'd be in your 80s and hopefully someone younger will be fixing the fence.

Anyway 30 years wouldn't be so bad compared to less than 10 for a lot of posts.

Farmer_3650

hopeso wrote: »

You must be a good judge of character

It was just the way he had nothing good to say about anyone or anything else’s products, and nothing he ever did was wrong.

Farmer_3650

farawaygrass wrote: »

I don’t guy in to the 40 years part. Will you still have the receipt to hand in say 30 years if need be, or will the company still be n business. I assumed also that after say 30 years if the steaks rot or break get a new steak in it place but I was told you don’t. If the steak goes after 30 years and it’s guaranteed for 40, you only get the difference which Is 10/40 of the value of the steak.

I wouldn’t be that bothered either way, will be happy enough if they only lasted 30 years. Just titled the thread 40yr lifespan because that’s what he advertises his stakes on donedeal as and was thinking people that have dealt with him might click onto it.

wrangler

Farmer_3650 wrote: »

It was just the way he had nothing good to say about anyone or anything else’s products, and nothing he ever did was wrong.

He's locally referred to as 'the cock'
Someone told me lately that you wouldn't believe the radio in his jeep.
But on saying that the stakes are good, they're very hard and they are prone to split from the staples so its better to have the staples horizontal so you don't put the two legs in the one grain

Reggie.

Oh him.....

Jb1989

Reggie. wrote: »

Oh him.....

What?

Kevhog1988

Have asked him a few questions on Facebook before. He never gives a straight answer on the whole 40yr thing. I reckon he's full of bs

farawaygrass

farawaygrass wrote: »

I don’t guy in to the 40 years part. Will you still have the receipt to hand in say 30 years if need be, or will the company still be n business. I assumed also that after say 30 years if the steaks rot or break get a new steak in it place but I was told you don’t. If the steak goes after 30 years and it’s guaranteed for 40, you only get the difference which Is 10/40 of the value of the steak.

Part of a lot of those deals is you'll only get the 10/40th off more merchandise bought from the same company. Forget about cash into your hand or bank transfer.

wrangler

Reggie. wrote: »

Oh him.....

You must've known he sold stakes.... surely
The guy that told me about his radio in the jeep was told in the tractor protest to drive on through the red lights, as it was arranged with the guards,
Well my friend has a fine to prove it wasn't arranged with the guards to drive through the lights

Reggie.

wrangler wrote: »

You must've known he sold stakes.... surely
The guy that told me about his radio in the jeep was told in the tractor protest to drive on through the red lights, as it was arranged with the guards,
Well my friend has a fine to prove it wasn't arranged with the guards to drive through the lights

Oh I did

Now you know what he is like. Terrible thing to say but more fool your mate to listen to him

Reggie.

Jb1989 wrote: »

What?

Alot of locals dont deal with him or only dealt with him once

Reggie.

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

Have asked him a few questions on Facebook before. He never gives a straight answer on the whole 40yr thing. I reckon he's full of bs

I know he wasnt giving receipts for a while there anyways

ruwithme

I like that one wrangler about the radio in his jeep.think I'll use that one again me self. There's some horse manure claimed by lads nowadays. Likely good stakes,but claims of 40 years guarantees are disingenuous. Guarantee being the bit i don't like.

Cattlepen

I have used a lot of them. They are probably the best post I’ve used as the creosote goes through to the centre and it is real creosote. You would get a bad scalding from them. I don’t know about the 40 year thing.
BUT, yer man is some pain in the h@l*.
Self proclaimed genius.

Water John

I get the creosote ones from FRS. You need to wear gloves handling them.

eire23

richie123 wrote: »

There scanpole stakes.
Good stakes alright should hit 25 years at least
I don't think there's a huge difference between them and octo stakes though.both of swedish origin.

Id agree there, done a good bit of fencing the last few years with octoposts. The oldest octo's are 13 years old and perfect. only started using scanpole this year because of trouble getting octoposts. Loughwood who are the main importer kept promising that they were coming but I was running out of time due to a tams deadline so went with scanpole
Do see a lot of posts being sold which are cresoted, most aren't worth a damn because the timber in them is sh1te

satstheway

eire23 wrote: »

Id agree there, done a good bit of fencing the last few years with octoposts. The oldest octo's are 13 years old and perfect. only started using scanpole this year because of trouble getting octoposts. Loughwood who are the main importer kept promising that they were coming but I was running out of time due to a tams deadline so went with scanpole
Do see a lot of posts being sold which are cresoted, most aren't worth a damn because the timber in them is sh1te

Who in donegal? Are they good?

eire23

satstheway wrote: »

Who in donegal? Are they good?

Boyle agri in donegal. Their on donedeal. Spot on to deal with. The stakes are very good, creosote be's bubbling out as your hammering in the stapel.
But as wrangler said above you need to put the stapel in horizontal because like octos they are prone to cracking because the timber is so hard in them.

Farmer_3650

eire23 wrote: »

Id agree there, done a good bit of fencing the last few years with octoposts. The oldest octo's are 13 years old and perfect. only started using scanpole this year because of trouble getting octoposts. Loughwood who are the main importer kept promising that they were coming but I was running out of time due to a tams deadline so went with scanpole
Do see a lot of posts being sold which are cresoted, most aren't worth a damn because the timber in them is sh1te

Did you ever see an octopost to split while driving it?

eire23

Farmer_3650 wrote: »

Did you ever see an octopost to split while driving it?

No, would have close on 6kms of fencing done with octoposts and never had that happen.

Count Mondego

wrangler wrote: »

He's locally referred to as 'the cock'
Someone told me lately that you wouldn't believe the radio in his jeep

Is this the Agr*kn*ves Fella?

patsy_mccabe

By the way, oak posts will last 40 years and that's with no preservative .

Bleating Lamb

eire23 wrote: »

No, would have close on 6kms of fencing done with octoposts and never had that happen.

Is that driving them in with a tractor or with a sledge?

Reggie.

Count Mondego wrote: »

Is this the Agr*kn*ves Fella?

Yep

eire23

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

Is that driving them in with a tractor or with a sledge?

Drove with a machine

orm0nd

we have cresote posts here since 1990 . pulled a good few of them this year and re used them , at the time I think monard was still in production

also some pdm since 1997 which are still good drawn up and driven again a couple of months back

Donegalforever

eire23 wrote: »

Boyle agri in donegal. Their on donedeal. Spot on to deal with. The stakes are very good, creosote be's bubbling out as your hammering in the stapel.
But as wrangler said above you need to put the stapel in horizontal because like octos they are prone to cracking because the timber is so hard in them.

They must keep their lamp under a bushel because I live in Co. Donegal and I have never heard of them.

Kevhog1988

Cattlepen wrote: »

I have used a lot of them. They are probably the best post I’ve used as the creosote goes through to the centre and it is real creosote. You would get a bad scalding from them. I don’t know about the 40 year thing.
BUT, yer man is some pain in the h@l*.
Self proclaimed genius.

if he could turn around fast enough hed ride hismelf lol

Danzy

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

By the way, oak posts will last 40 years and that's with no preservative .

Home made oak post here that is 70+, that said it's on its last legs.

eire23

Donegalforever wrote: »

They must keep their lamp under a bushel because I live in Co. Donegal and I have never heard of them.

You musnt be looking to hard. From ardara, advertises on Facebook and donedeal.
I'm in no way connected to them. They just sell a good product and had them delivered to me in the time they said they would.

gozunda

eire23 wrote: »

No, would have close on 6kms of fencing done with octoposts and never had that happen.

Have used octoposts and same. Though I had a couple that came with cracks. Got them replaced

Nekarsulm

Used the Burt Bolton Haywood posts this last few years, bought from McCorry Agri. in Fermanagh.
Their (BBH's) label states "expected service life of 40 years" and further on down it states "creosote treated to BS xxx, giving expected life of 30 years".
One sure thing, don't let the flail hedgecutter clip the top of these posts, as they'll split down 9 inches.
In fairness, if this happens, the creosote is soaked in to the centre.

hopeso

wrangler wrote: »

This is his silage outfit,

https://youtu.be/RI3v3rQ3FxQ?t=45

He also sells peat, he did a great job on making a riding arena lately and last I saw he was building a stone wall at a chapel, so he's a tryer, pity about the rest
Naturally enough the wagon behind the white Valmet is the biggest in the country

He must have himself nominated for sainthood after doing the chapel wall.... :rolleyes: