Red Fred
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- Location
- Hants/Dorset border
Decent knockers are notoriously hard to find.
NonsenseDecent knockers are notoriously hard to find.
No easy to find hard to maintainDecent knockers are notoriously hard to find.
Just use one of our holes from the value range worth ten nectar points too.If it’s a hard block of concrete then a rock spike is brilliant at chipping through.
If it’s compacted hardcore then get a length of train rail and drive it through with the biggest f**k off post knocker you can find. Rail makes very sturdy gate posts. Don’t hit the new rail post with anything…..the post will win.
Where do you find a length of railway track ? ..............................stupid question really, the answer is obvious, you’ve been hanging round with that @Kevtherev too much, he’s a bad influence on youIf it’s a hard block of concrete then a rock spike is brilliant at chipping through.
If it’s compacted hardcore then get a length of train rail and drive it through with the biggest f**k off post knocker you can find. Rail makes very sturdy gate posts. Don’t hit the new rail post with anything…..the post will win.
Just use one of our holes from the value range worth ten nectar points too.
Not much of a salesperson today pete….
not sure you boys will be able to compete now , lidl are selling them, was in there the other day, had a special deal on....... ' btlogobof 'Well, my little Welsh wonder, rather than sell one hole to plonk the post into, we could supply two holes to put the hinges into.
I have a PTO auger, but when I have used it, it sometimes needs a loader tractor to push it down into the ground as it can just sit there spinning on shale.I use an Oxdale post hole borer on the back of my old IH250. It worked remarkably well putting in 14 concrete posts along Mrs Fred's dad's lane in urban Poole the other day. Caused lots of interest among the townies.
Another idea I use at home is to pull an old Acrobat out of the hedge and park it in the gate hole. It looks quite ornate and can be easily opened with a small tractor.
I contacted a couple of people (including Barret's Railway Salvage in Carmarthen) looking for a rail track, no one had any idea where I could get one. I wanted it for the silage shed to support the temporary panels while it was being filled.If it’s a hard block of concrete then a rock spike is brilliant at chipping through.
If it’s compacted hardcore then get a length of train rail and drive it through with the biggest f**k off post knocker you can find. Rail makes very sturdy gate posts. Don’t hit the new rail post with anything…..the post will win.
I'll buy the gate post hole and the hinge holes, but I want them fitted in with the price.Well, my little Welsh wonder, rather than sell one hole to plonk the post into, we could supply two holes to put the hinges into.
My sympathies over the broken arm, just recently had the cast off mine. I'm afraid that nearly every post that I've concreted in over the years had had to be dug out, I would drive an rsj or box barrier if I could.I've got a gate that now isn't quite wide enough and I could do with fitting a double gate. The whole area sits on an old hardcored site so is a nightmare to try and dig into. Anyone got any genius ideas for a simple way to install a gatepost?
I toyed with a plate on the bottom but the pins will be a nightmare to bash in.
Somehow setting one in a huge lump of concrete?
Bar getting a mini digger in to dig a massive hole for a conventional post I'm stuck.
I've also got a broken arm so not full tilt, which isn't helping.
Any ideas welcomed!
Thank