Gatepost ideas

[DrDunc]

what have you concreted in that is not lasting? driving in an rsj ? all sounds like bs to me..


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can't remember when that was put in.


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theres yer railway line ... cut with a nine inch angle grinder and hangings welded on with a an 180 amp oil cooled welder
...put in ,must be about 40 yr ago ,i bet it will be there long after im dead and gone...
been doing several recently .lot dearer doing them atm though all replacing wood of various types.

Aye

A good made post like that will save a lot of time by no having to be replacing it

Will look good when you've installed a few more and made enough time to trim the hedge

 

[Bill dog]

The holly is an anti theft deterrent!

 

[Cab-over Pete]

I'll buy the gate post hole and the hinge holes, but I want them fitted in with the price.

Speak to Kevin. He loves drilling holes in railway sleepers of an evening.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Aye

A good made post like that will save a lot of time by no having to be replacing it

Will look good when you've installed a few more and made enough time to trim the hedge

I love Holly.
Its one of the few shrubs /trees that we find sheep wont browse.

Installed six full sets in the last week or so, very high gateway to field ratio here, which is a bit of a pita and definitely costly.
rail line is a bit dear now and harder to get so its back to concrete (but if they are not really heavy made they can crack if driven into ) and galv. ms. nowadays.

ideal would be some 7'6" 7x 4 of a good weight rsj with hangings welded on then sent to the galvanisers i reckon.

 

[Lazy Sod]

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.

I trust that you were true to your user name and ran your tractor on red diesel.

 

[Red Fred]

I trust that you were true to your user name and ran your tractor on red diesel.

I studied the guidelines carefully and concluded that as the tractor hasn't been filled up since 1997 (about the time of its last oil change), it is still legitimately running its tank down according to HMRC rules. Although we were working at "Mrs Fred's dad's", he actually passed away several years ago and his bungalow, along with the access lane, now belong to Mrs Fred who is a vital and irreplaceable part of the farm's operation. The fence also forms one side of Mrs Fred's livestock operation keeping in chickens, guinea pigs, spaniel etc.

 

[Lazy Sod]

Glad to hear it, I knew that you'd follow the rules to the letter.

 

[michael N123]

mini diggers are really cheap to hire and free if your neighbour has one

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]