JohnGalway
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- Connemara, Ireland
Are the clips metal too?
Clipex Fencing
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exmoor dave
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- exmoor, uk
Suffolk Serf
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- Bury/Thetford
Yes but "dissimilar metal, so they don't corrode together" I was told. They wouldn't have to last very long to be better than most wooden stakes!
JD-Kid
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- Akaroa.. New Zealand
Check the weight of the galv and also the weight of the post .. as good as a post fence with posts at 4meters strainers at corners or 200 meters not a show in hell start off less in the ground so can lift eazer on rolling ground
40 years ummm a tared one here on our place i would say 30 years 50-60 years inland thick galv should last longer
faster ummm unsure still have to mark out the lines drop post off etc etc but lighter carry more etc
would i use them on a road side or driveing lane maybe in a 10 meter between posts and 2 steel posts between gap
i'd check the price weight and galv and compare to a galv Y post you can get clips for putting the wire on thats not too bad in price and don't take long to put on ..
40 years ummm a tared one here on our place i would say 30 years 50-60 years inland thick galv should last longer
faster ummm unsure still have to mark out the lines drop post off etc etc but lighter carry more etc
would i use them on a road side or driveing lane maybe in a 10 meter between posts and 2 steel posts between gap
i'd check the price weight and galv and compare to a galv Y post you can get clips for putting the wire on thats not too bad in price and don't take long to put on ..
Ruaidhri
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- tyrone Ireland
Clipex fences seems to be a little low from what I can see
- Location
- Romney Marsh
Had a good look at them at Lamma today on the McVeigh Parker stand. Was impressed with what they had erected and certainly not going to be easy to pull up.
The expensive bit appears to be the strainer units at about £50 (strainer, strutt, pressure plate etc), so having a telegraph post as a strainer and clipex posts would probably be the way to go.
Will probably try some on the next fencing job, especially as the posts we used 5 years ago have already rotted. The posts that were put in 25 years ago are still going strong!
The expensive bit appears to be the strainer units at about £50 (strainer, strutt, pressure plate etc), so having a telegraph post as a strainer and clipex posts would probably be the way to go.
Will probably try some on the next fencing job, especially as the posts we used 5 years ago have already rotted. The posts that were put in 25 years ago are still going strong!
JD-Kid
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- Akaroa.. New Zealand
yea wooly seen another Y post outfit's strainer set up asked the price think over 100 dollars mind you if i sat down and worked out cost of strainer stay stay block time to dig post in etc etc it maybe getting much the same .. don't know if i'd like to swing a 14 foot gate of there strainer setups tho
exmoor dave
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hillman
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- Wicklow Ireland
Would it be up to cattle ?
What size stakes do u guys use used to use 4/5" now 3/4" and extra couple seem to be lasting a bit longer
What size stakes do u guys use used to use 4/5" now 3/4" and extra couple seem to be lasting a bit longer
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- Romney Marsh
End Strainers £49.55
Corner strainer £69.92
Eco posts 1.8m, 2.59kg £3.99
Standard post 1.8m 3.24kg £4.40
Beefy post 2.0m 7kg £7.82
Deer standard 3m 5.4kg £ 6.80
Deer Beefy 3m 10.5kg £13.23
Discount for quantity
exmoor dave
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thanks wooly,
i've potentially got to run a new fence down over our cliffs to the sea in the next few years and this system looks idea.
i've potentially got to run a new fence down over our cliffs to the sea in the next few years and this system looks idea.
SilliamWhale
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Couldnt justify corner or strainer posts at that price.
What you reckon is maximum spacing you can go to for stakes? After all only holding.
What you reckon is maximum spacing you can go to for stakes? After all only holding.
Suffolk Serf
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Their booklet says 4metre centres with high tensile net, less with mild steel.
The strainers are a lot quicker to put up than wooden, so it depends how you value your time.
I reckon that I might use it for fences that get taken down and re erected every couple of years (pig electric fence training paddocks where we use an electric fence inside a hard fence).
In the USA you see nothing but steel T posts, which would be cheaper than Clipex but more fiddly to attach wire.
The strainers are a lot quicker to put up than wooden, so it depends how you value your time.
I reckon that I might use it for fences that get taken down and re erected every couple of years (pig electric fence training paddocks where we use an electric fence inside a hard fence).
In the USA you see nothing but steel T posts, which would be cheaper than Clipex but more fiddly to attach wire.
JD-Kid
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yea i think thats where they are aiming at the speed of putting on wires 9 wire fence not a lot of fun putting on ties .. spaceings ummm would depend on area etc etc netting 4-5 would be about max plain wire low pressure areas say hill blocks with non pushing sheep a bit wider if the ground was flat ,dozed maybe 6-7 meters
eletric maybe 10-15 meters as really all yer doing is holding the wires off the ground
looking at the weights wooly the eco would be a light Y post maybe OK for shorter term fences around balage 2 year fence etc etc the standard ones for any more perm fences
looking at there flyer in ozzie think they used a beefy post at 25 meters and standards at 5 meters
if and thats the big IF wooden posts lasted good driveing etc think a post and wire fence would be as quick
keep in mind ground in oz can set rock hard so can't drive posts along with insects and fire risk so steel posts work alot better along with move gear on the line landcruser with a pallet of standards can carry 400 no way yer going to cart 400 4-5 inch posts
SilliamWhale
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What would happen if you placed posts 8m apart?
chris elk
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- sleaford,lincolnshire
Looks very impressive will have a look at Lamma !
chris elk
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Looks very impressive will have a look at Lamma !
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- Bedfordshire
A rep from mc Veigh told me last year they were working on new system using telegraph poles re treated and pointed as strainer and angles as intermediates. I think this would be the way to go.
Although i don't see how you knock the posts in. They'll be a bugger to get in straight and in hard ground. They won't knock with a driver as I'd have thought they'll bend. I wouldn't fancy putting in 1500m worth of posts in by hand.
Although i don't see how you knock the posts in. They'll be a bugger to get in straight and in hard ground. They won't knock with a driver as I'd have thought they'll bend. I wouldn't fancy putting in 1500m worth of posts in by hand.
JD-Kid
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S J H most time with air or petrol impact drivers hand thumper would get old realy fast and lower output per day
will ..8 meters doing what perm fences ?? if a perm fence it would get pushed around with stock sag etc etc sheep push under cows lean over
will ..8 meters doing what perm fences ?? if a perm fence it would get pushed around with stock sag etc etc sheep push under cows lean over
JD-Kid
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S J H some thing like this
i have one the same as the frist link no probs driveing a 6 foot Y post to ground level for tie backs or tir downs on strainers eazer than a hammer the frist 3 or 4 a guy with a hand thumper maybe faster then as the day wears on you just keep going hand thumper man wearing out
i have one the same as the frist link no probs driveing a 6 foot Y post to ground level for tie backs or tir downs on strainers eazer than a hammer the frist 3 or 4 a guy with a hand thumper maybe faster then as the day wears on you just keep going hand thumper man wearing out