Fencing posts

[tepapa]

What's the panels view on these View attachment 892252

Too cheap. I'd be very cautious

 

[Bury the Trash]

unless wereally, really have to, no wood here until it gets better treated ,or something, if ever.
only using concrete for strainers here now on and metal for intermediates,plus electric with plastic and fibre posts i'm sick of wood tbh. its depressing.what its cost. and the damage its caused.

we'll cast the straining posts ourselves if we cant buy them ;

 

[Northeastfarmer]

2"-3" might be a touch small maybe

I heard it not the size that counts but what you do with it

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Having compiled the prices of Scanpole, Octopost and Chesnut posts for my requirements (2 x 100m strips with strainers and gate posts), the Chesnut posts are cheaper by £400, but given that Scanpole has a 40 year guarantee (need to keep the paperwork and hope they are still around) that difference is price is marginal over the hopeful fence life.

Well pleased with these

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Well pleased with these View attachment 893250View attachment 893251

Suspiciously cheap

 

[poorsheepfarmer]

can we have a look at the inside of one?

 

[andybk]

can we have a look at the inside of one?

seller had a lot of fake tan getting near the use by date ,
lol seriously though derrick looks a bargain is that £2.35 per post , quite happily use them here for patching up fences on annual sheep keep ground, the 2-3" ones here well outlasted the 4" on a temporary fence we put up 15 years ago , been reusing them this week somewhere else

 

[neilo]

What's the panels view on these View attachment 892252

If that's the same Morgan as 'Morgans of Newtown’ (now in Aber as well I think), I had a couple of creosoted strainers off them to finish a job a few years ago. When I cut into them they were softest shite timber you could imagine, spray tanned with creosote. Within 2 years all the colouring had washed off and I fully expect to be replacing that handful sometime soon.

F&F creosoted ones put in at the same time are still seeping creosote on a hot day and are as hard as nails.

 

[Fast Farmer]

Oak is good also, we have oak posts here which have been hot dipped in creosote and must be at least 50 years in the ground, and we still tie the wire to them. But even bare oak will last a good 20 or so years just a ass to hammer the staples into

 

[Derrick Hughes]

If that's the same Morgan as 'Morgans of Newtown (now in Aber as well I think), I had a couple of creosoted strainers off them to finish a job a few years ago. When I cut into them they were softest shite timber you could imagine, spray tanned with creosote. Within 2 years all the colouring had washed off and I fully expect to be replacing that handful sometime soon.

F&F creosoted ones put in at the same time are still seeping creosote on a hot day and are as hard as nails.

It's not Morgans, about half an inch still white . No idea if that's good or bad

 

[Northeastfarmer]

It's not Morgans, about half an inch still white . No idea if that's good or bad View attachment 893262

Probably stained in coffee at that price

 

[Derrick Hughes]

And before someone starts I have no intention of selling posts . Just trying to br helpful. I know John well who sells those posts. He dont sell rubbish. I off to have a bath .I stink like hell if creosote

 

[Derrick Hughes]

1

 

[Post Driver]

Well pleased with these View attachment 893250View attachment 893251

They look a 3-4inch to me. Or is that his ploy to make you feel you got a good deal?

Any labels on the packs who treated them?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Santa Claus

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Can anyone break that code ?

 

[Post Driver]

You see that Santa tag on plenty fence posts, both Creo and Tanalised. I don't know who they are exactly but likely to be the merchants processing the timber out in the Nordic or Baltic States.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

You see that Santa tag on plenty fence posts, both Creo and Tanalised. I don't know who they are exactly but likely to be the merchants processing the timber out in the Nordic or Baltic States.

Ok thanks , they absolutely stick of creo .

 

[Poorbuthappy]

It's not Morgans, about half an inch still white . No idea if that's good or bad View attachment 893262

Is that after cutting in half?

 

[S J H]

It's not Morgans, about half an inch still white . No idea if that's good or bad View attachment 893262

That’s not a pack of your 2-3” though is it?