Clipex Fencing

[hally]

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we put miles of it, creosote strainers and struts
We set the strainers and pull the wire and barb in one go then knock the posts in last, clip and and we are done.
we also have a customer who slips fields with it so we can easily put it up and take it down, works great

Tidy job
How far apart do you put the strainers on a straight run, and how far apart are the clippex posts?

 

[ARW]

Strainer at every turn, or on a straight run 200 metres is asking a lot from your strainer, I would probably go 100-150 but it’s not often we get that.
clipex post every 3 metres for 2x barb on top, or 4 metres. Any more with barb it’s to much of a distance
For just sheep net 4-5 metres, for splitting fields and temporary fences 10 metres
Don’t waste your time any money with wire that isn’t forge knot when using clipex, the whole reason it works is because of the wire. Eco posts and ryelock are just as expensive and not as good
We only use XHT8-80-22 wire for stock netting

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Dare I ask what standard and beefy clippex post costs now?

McVeigh Parker have take the prices off their website.

 

[ARW]

Dare I ask what standard and beefy clippex post costs now?

McVeigh Parker have take the prices off their website.

Standard are about £6.10 I believe

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Dare I ask what standard and beefy clippex post costs now?

McVeigh Parker have take the prices off their website.

Website prices were pretty negotiable anyway.

 

[Danllan]

Standard are about £6.10 I believe

Not sure if that's with or without VAT, if with it's nigh on the same as decent - assuming you can get them - creosoted posts. I'm sold on clipex for large fields & / or places with very low stock density, and of course places that only have smaller livestock, but I don't have a place where that's applicable.

 

[Bury the Trash]

eco posts approx. £5.40ish before vat and ordinary 8.80.30. (at £70 per 100m roll. ) is working well here at 5 or 6m post spacing against hedges , 3 or 4 m in the open.
and Im very happy with that because i do the work and i write the cheques.
Concrete and creo used for strainers and struts.

High stocking density as well, mix of wet / thin hard/ dry ground as well, no worries best system for erecting i reckon no need for fancy knockers, well within the capabilities of farm staff and machinery/tools, quicker than conventional fencing .

pity its an imported idea, you would think innovation should be alive and well in this country but im not so sure.

 

[d-wales]

eco posts approx. £5.40ish before vat and ordinary 8.80.30. (at £70 per 100m roll. ) is working well here at 5 or 6m post spacing against hedges , 3 or 4 m in the open.
and Im very happy with that because i do the work and i write the cheques.
Concrete and creo used for strainers and struts.

High stocking density as well, mix of wet / thin hard/ dry ground as well, no worries best system for erecting i reckon no need for fancy knockers, well within the capabilities of farm staff and machinery/tools, quicker than conventional fencing .

pity its an imported idea, you would think innovation should be alive and well in this country but im not so sure.

I used the tractor loader to push in about 100 metal posts a few days ago.

A lot of them were going into ground that would snap a wooden post when knocked in with a post knocker.

So simple to put in.

 

[Hilly]

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we put miles of it, creosote strainers and struts
We set the strainers and pull the wire and barb in one go then knock the posts in last, clip and and we are done.
we also have a customer who slips fields with it so we can easily put it up and take it down, works great

I’m going to renew a fence with clipex it’s for cattle and sheep reasonable pressure want electric on top good level field do I use beefys or standards or bit of both ??

 

[ARW]

I’m going to renew a fence with clipex it’s for cattle and sheep reasonable pressure want electric on top good level field do I use beefys or standards or bit of both ??

Standard will be fine, we don’t bother with beefys if we need them we just knock a creosote strut or strainer in

 

[Hilly]

Standard will be fine, we don’t bother with beefys if we need them we just knock a creosote strut or strainer in

Thanks .

 

[David.]

I'm about to do some good straight runs, using oak sleepers as strainers.
Can I ask please, how do you pro-fencers avoid hard stapling to the strainers. I hate doing it but usually end up having to do it that way, because I normally pull runs up in one with telehandler.

 

[tepapa]

I'm about to do some good straight runs, using oak sleepers as strainers.
Can I ask please, how do you pro-fencers avoid hard stapling to the strainers. I hate doing it but usually end up having to do it that way, because I normally pull runs up in one with telehandler.

Pull up short of the strainer, as close as possible but leaving enough room to work, and tie off onto the strainer.

 

[Poorbuthappy]

I'm about to do some good straight runs, using oak sleepers as strainers.
Can I ask please, how do you pro-fencers avoid hard stapling to the strainers. I hate doing it but usually end up having to do it that way, because I normally pull runs up in one with telehandler.

Wrap around the strainers either end and pull to the middle.

 

[David.]

Pull up short of the strainer, as close as possible but leaving enough room to work, and tie off onto the strainer.

I have to say I prefer the sound of that to pulling to the middle, no waste netting and time stripping back in the tensioning process then. Do the straining clamps not bruise the galv as bad as hard stapling though?
Which are the best netting clamps please?

 

[Wooly]

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Thought I would try some. Appears very strong and easy to put up.

More expensive than wooden posts, but hopefully in the long run will work out cheaper............ especially as we have just replaced 80% of the posts on a fence that was only erected 7 years ago.

Above link was my Clipex in 2014

This is the posts today :

All still good and lasting well after 7 years. ..... which incidentally was about the length of time the wooden posts lasted !

 

[Bury the Trash]

I have to say I prefer the sound of that to pulling to the middle, no waste netting and time stripping back in the tensioning process then. Do the straining clamps not bruise the galv as bad as hard stapling though?
Which are the best netting clamps please?

gripples and tool are the simplest most versatile/useful way. and can be retensioned if need be. i often use 2.5 ht wire for the join section to save stripping the verticals as well.
other than that boundary clamps are needed gone up a bit theses days tho
got 2 of these https://mcveighparker.com/boundary-clamp#212=749 plus the 2 hook end chain strainers (top and bottom) needed for 250 not so long ago.. dont seem to do them all together now tho.

 

[Bossfarmer]

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we put miles of it, creosote strainers and struts
We set the strainers and pull the wire and barb in one go then knock the posts in last, clip and and we are done.
we also have a customer who slips fields with it so we can easily put it up and take it down, works great

what do you use to put the clipex posts in? mel? loader?

 

[Bossfarmer]

whats beefys and how much does a clipex post cost?

 

[ARW]

what do you use to put the clipex posts in? mel? loader?

We knock them in with post knocker