Clipex fencing

PLW17

Hi everyone, planning on replacing some fencing with Clipex fence posts going forward due to creosote posts coming off the market. Will be one or two strand electric fences and be for keeping in dry stock. Just wondering what the opinions are on it?

Thanks

SuperTortoise

There's a sample one erected not far from me, i'm in two minds, mind you i've never seen one close up but just from looking at them from the road i'm not convinced they are heavy enough for a boundary fence onto a road for example, paddocks and internal fencing absolutely.

I've a good bit of fencing to do here this year and i've no idea what posts i going to use, i change my mind weekly.

PLW17

Yes it’s hard to know about how secure they would be, especially on bends and turns with greater pressure. Seem to be a good solution to creosote long term.

emaherx

Put up a run with 2 strands barbed wire and one electric along a boundary hedge about 4 years ago, wire hasn't lost any tension and cattle haven't tried going through it either. I'm happy with it so far and will probably use it again, very easy and quick to put up with just hand post driver.

MIKEKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058287282/clipex-fencing

Put it up here a few years ago. Sheep wire. With electric on top.On bends tied stake. back to .free .Excellent job

Donald Trump

I remember when I was a child there was some old rusted metal bars along hedges and gaps here. I think that they had holes in them and then the old barbed wire was held to them with other wire through the holes. Probably the same idea as the clipex but not galvanised. I'll keep an eye out if I ever come across them again. They were like inch angle iron I think.

caddy16

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120327462#Comment_120327462

Presume you'd still need creosote strainers?

Have an idea of the cost?

Hard Knocks

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120327655#Comment_120327655

Does the run need to be level for clipex with sheep wire

MIKEKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120327669#Comment_120327669

No more so than with timber stakes.I thought that being narrow that they would pull up in uneeva n ground but the ears on them stops this

hopeso

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120327665#Comment_120327665

No, they make their own strainers too

893bet

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120327924#Comment_120327924

But are €€€€€€€€ if I recal!.

any one used plastic posts here?

emaherx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120328372#Comment_120328372

They have a couple of options for strainers, there is a cheaper option which converts 2 of their Beefy posts into a strainer. Can't remember what I paid but it was considerably cheaper than the straining posts. It's just a bracket flat pate to stop the diagonal one sinking and wire/ gripple pulling back against the main post.

emaherx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120327656#Comment_120327656

Similar around here, I guess it's the same idea, but they are galvanized and the clips really do make for quick attachment compared to fiddling with bits of tying wire.

For temporary electric fences I'm using lengths of light angle iron drilled with split pin insulators.

MIKEKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120327656#Comment_120327656

Seen them locally.I think the land commission put them up There was a recent to .strain the wire.Some of them are still there

MIKEKC

Anyone know how to get iPad to spell properly When spelling some words it keeps changing the spelling . It must have known I was asking this question as it's spelling correctly

amacca

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120328711#Comment_120328711

What is that product called...is it a beefy strainer?

I've been looking to get a couple of those for a while as I think they are much less than the large strainer with bracing ...could be wrong but I think they were charging near 300 for the larger corner ones with the stays on the base and stabiliser/bracing secured with long poles.....mad price really when you could have relatively successful stab at making one yourself with a chop saw, a pillar drill ,some decent piping etc

emaherx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120331327#Comment_120331327

I can't find my order e-mail at all, but I think it was 2 X Beefy Posts + Corner kit or something to the effect. It's never been on the site but I'm sure if you call them they'd sort you.

hopeso

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120331232#Comment_120331232

I wish I knew the answer to that....I have one here. It's the most hateful piece of sh!t I ever owned.

Niallers87

Hi All,

Just on the above, what sort of price are you looking at per post with the clips without the strainer posts?

ABlur

I paid €6.60 per post plus 50 cent for each electric fence insulator last year. The driver tube cost €16.5. All prices ex vat at 23%. I'm sure prices have increased since.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120328752#Comment_120328752

Where'd you get them?

Itryhard

Canning farms got 300 stakes, gripples and driver for €2800

patsy_mccabe

Clipex have a place across the road, in the industrial estate, from Ennis Mart. Eircode is V95 D592 .

orm0nd

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120472589#Comment_120472589

Is that where kerry coop shop is?

patsy_mccabe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120472811#Comment_120472811

Well near enough but in behind. You use the next road nearest Limerick.

emaherx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120470845#Comment_120470845

https://www.electric-fence.co.uk/25x-split-pin-insulator-ringform-voss-farming.html?emcs0=Produktdetailseite_Zusammen%20geka&emcs1=Produktdetailseite&emcs2=42310;0&emcs3=44224;0

orm0nd

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120472838#Comment_120472838

Thanks must check them out, have a heap of rotten posts to replace.

patsy_mccabe

Good video showing Scottish fencing contractor putting in Clipex fencing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkInomu9PaM

emaherx

Well his strainers are not going to budge any time soon.

endainoz

I've some clipex fencing done on a field beside a road. Got their strainers too, was able to do the whole lot by hand. Drove the strainers with a hand post driver. It certainly wasn't easy but doable. The clipex posts themselves are a dream to drive down, half the time taken to drive timber posts, maybe even less.

Got the posts that can take 4 lines of wire, ended up putting 3 on it. Very happy with the result, would do the whole farm with this stuff if I could afford it.

kevthegaff

How much are they compared to timber? Do they suit one strand? Do they go brown after awhile?

emaherx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120496012#Comment_120496012

https://www.tirlanfarmlife.com/search/?text=clipex €10-30 a post on Tírlan (probably cheaper to buy direct)

They suit single strand fences just fine.

Mine are up since 2018, no discolouring yet.

No stapling or mechanical post drivers needed which could be a big saving in costs/labour compared to wooden posts (may depend on soil types though.)

endainoz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120496012#Comment_120496012

They are more expensive for sure, the galvinised 4 clip posts I got were 7.85 each. Bag of 25 insulators was 12.50, the big strainers were 35. I found the ease of doing the whole thing myself was a big plus for them. Galvinised posts should be a lifetime job, I was sick of finding rotten fence posts around the place and was sceptical of clipex myself but I'm fully converted now.

kevthegaff

I'm on my own, if the ground is stoney do.u just drill and hammer down with a sledge

kevthegaff

U could have a good few in the back of the jeep and replace as timbers rot

endainoz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120497264#Comment_120497264

Not sure about drilling but there's a sleeve they sell to drive the posts, very handy to use, much lighter than the hand sledge, and you get them at the correct depth every time. The narrow shape of them made it easier to get around stones I found.

50HX

Bought a shot of 2 clip fence post last month & the driver for sinking them.

What a super product, so easy to drive

Used esb poles for strainers, strained the wire, once that's done I had 25 post & insulators on in 20 mins

With the increase in treated timber post prices & the removal of creosote from the market they are not overly expensive in the long run imo

Will replace all rotten timber ones going forward with these

Hard Knocks

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120584596#Comment_120584596

Did you prop the strainers or are they free standing

SuperTortoise

I have very uneven land boundaries, up and down in and out, how much of an issue would this be with clipex posts?

I should also mention you could'nt drive a dinner fork into the ground here without hitting stone, seriously considering clipex but any i have seen are on good land with nice straight fence lines.

kevthegaff

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120584749#Comment_120584749

Id drill with a battery sds first, gona buy a bunch of em soon and try out

50HX

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120584748#Comment_120584748

Just standard driven post, a good point with a chainsaw helps

50HX

I think they'd be OK on uneven ground, you get the 4 clip posts ,& twould give more options on height

Sami23

Used Clipex for the first time last year.

Found them very easy to drive and work with it general.

Only issue I have with them is the sheep seem to be loosening them scratching off them.

Do other people find that and is there anything that can be done about it