What posts.

razor8 · 03-03-2021 10:28PM

I’m waiting on strainer ID plates for 18months. He used to be on here if I remember right

Some blow bag

MIKEKC · 03-03-2021 10:29PM

hopeso wrote: »

That's about the life of them now unfortunately.

At e3.50 thats about what you would expect

MIKEKC · 03-03-2021 10:36PM

paddysdream wrote: »

Bought balcas stakes for a few years.Replaced 27 out of 40 around my brothers house a week ago including a strainer.They were put up about 8/9 years ago and totally gone at this stage.
Found them no better than anything else in the last few years.

Used those octo posts on a few jobs this year.One lot were so saturated in "cresote" that we went through 2 pairs of gloves just driving them.They were also very very brittle as had to drive one in with a sledge and it split a foot down after 2/3 blows.Pure rubbish.Other batches of octo seem a bit better but not worth the price imo.
Very difficult to get good stakes at the moment.Drove "cresoted" ones a farmer got in Farm relief for a TAMS job and they were ok but very rough and uneven.

As regards treatment the cresote or whatever it is used is noty the same as used on ESB/Telecom poles.It stings on your bare arm but nothing like after handling an ESB pole cut up as a strainer.Hard to beat them for strainers/gate posts etc.

See a kingpost here at home at the end of a post and rail entrance gone totally and it was put up 6 years ago and treated/painted every year since.Only thing holding it in place are the rails and the fact that the gate on that side is very rarely opened.

Saw a job done recently with the clipex system .Looks ok(ish) and was told that erecting and wiring it is a doddle and works out about similar to timber stake job;perhaps a euro or less a metre dearer if even that.You have to use its own dedicated sheepwire as 8/80/15 will not fit the post correctly.Need a adopter plate on the post cap(simple job) to drive them but I assume a consaw to chop anything that meets rock.

Got Clipex and the ordinary 8 strand wire fitted

hopeso · 03-03-2021 10:53PM

Colian wrote: »

Buy from Tyrrellspass man at your peril. We bought 5000 euros worth of stakes during lockdown, it took a couple of months to get them delivered, many phone calls and stories but eventually got them and very relieved to see them at last. Now still no vat receipt after 6 months of letters and a hundreds of attempts to reach him on the phone both landline and mobile numbers. The price he quoted was vat inclusive and without the vat receipt we are about a 1000 euros out of pocket. The stakes are the best money can buy but is dealing with him worth the hassle? I can't recommend him, but would recommend the stakes they are all that is claimed. I only wish I had found this thread earlier!

Would reporting him to trading standards be any use? https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/get-more-help/report-to-trading-standards/

Or this crowd? https://www.ccpc.ie/consumers/how-to-complain/report-a-business-to-the-ccpc/

razor8 · 03-03-2021 11:09PM

He’s not on approved list anymore

https://assets.gov.ie/95211/7f7319e8-dfd6-4893-b0f5-6b904c9d086f.pdf

Colian · 25-03-2021 07:52PM

Just to let you know a registered letter cc to my solicitor finally got a response and receipt arrived. Now we'll see if the revenue will accept it. It says 'paid' and has his vat no on it so we shall see. Thanks for all advice duly noted.

Reggie. · 25-03-2021 08:52PM

Colian wrote: »

Just to let you know a registered letter cc to my solicitor finally got a response and receipt arrived. Now we'll see if the revenue will accept it. It says 'paid' and has his vat no on it so we shall see. Thanks for all advice duly noted.

Interesting

hopeso · 25-03-2021 11:06PM

What's he gaining by not giving VAT receipts? Is he pocketing the VAT or what?

25-03-2021 11:11PM

razor8 wrote: »

I’m waiting on strainer ID plates for 18months. He used to be on here if I remember right

Some blow bag

Is he still on TFF?

He's on the Irish Fencing Group on faceache

Pussyhands · 26-03-2021 04:08PM

You'd think there'd be a much better fencing solution developed by now.

Is it the moisture in the ground or outside that rots the stake? What if the part in the ground was dipped in plastic which prevented the moisture in the ground getting to the inside of the stake?

What about iron bars with a base of 4 iron bars to drive into the ground for stability? They'd last a lifetime no?

blue5000 · 26-03-2021 05:40PM

Pussyhands wrote: »

You'd think there'd be a much better fencing solution developed by now.

Is it the moisture in the ground or outside that rots the stake? What if the part in the ground was dipped in plastic which prevented the moisture in the ground getting to the inside of the stake?

What about iron bars with a base of 4 iron bars to drive into the ground for stability? They'd last a lifetime no?

An old grand uncle of mine used L iron for stakes, lasted his lifetime alright. They eventually rusted away at ground level. Didn't half curse the man when I ripped a slurry tank tyre on the butt of one. Will Clipex end up the same way I wonder?

older by the day · 26-03-2021 07:59PM

Every winter I'm threatening to make up a few moulds and get a few bars and pour a few concrete posts. I have a little 1/2 bag cement mixer. Those effing cheap timber posts are rotting as fast as I'm putting them up

Green farmer · 26-03-2021 08:01PM

blue5000 wrote: »

An old grand uncle of mine used L iron for stakes, lasted his lifetime alright. They eventually rusted away at ground level. Didn't half curse the man when I ripped a slurry tank tyre on the butt of one. Will Clipex end up the same way I wonder?

Who knows. The clipex is galvanised, so youd imagine it would be a fair few years before that wears away. Bought some clipex here last year and also bought a few hexagon creosote steaks from dairygold. Will be interesting to see how they both perform over time. Must say I like the look of steaks better in the field though.

wrangler · 26-03-2021 08:25PM

older by the day wrote: »

Every winter I'm threatening to make up a few moulds and get a few bars and pour a few concrete posts. I have a little 1/2 bag cement mixer. Those effing cheap timber posts are rotting as fast as I'm putting them up

I've these posts in the ground at least 15 years, I've one fencing job done 20 years and 75% of the stakes are still there

https://www.countrylife.ie/shop/product/Balcas-Incised-UC4-IS436-Permapost-Pallet/9104891

Bullocks · 26-03-2021 08:59PM

wrangler wrote: »

I've these posts in the ground at least 15 years, I've one fencing job done 20 years and 75% of the stakes are still there

https://www.countrylife.ie/shop/product/Balcas-Incised-UC4-IS436-Permapost-Pallet/9104891

I wonder are the new ones as well treated as what you bought 20 years ago?

wrangler · 26-03-2021 09:25PM

Bullocks wrote: »

I wonder are the new ones as well treated as what you bought 20 years ago?

I have them at all ages over the last 20years. I was using them until the famous neighbour started selling stakes and the way his are splitting up from the staples I won't be buying anymore of those 40 year stakes

razor8 · 27-03-2021 11:48PM

wrangler wrote: »

I've these posts in the ground at least 15 years, I've one fencing job done 20 years and 75% of the stakes are still there

https://www.countrylife.ie/shop/product/Balcas-Incised-UC4-IS436-Permapost-Pallet/9104891

Sure you don’t have any moisture in your free draining fields ðŸ˜œðŸ˜œ

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