Long lasting fence posts (FG2 grant)

[Farmer Roy]

We have gone to chestnut posts and not regretted it, no more rotten bottoms.

untreated hardwood ( eucalyptus “iron bark” ) posts here will last at LEAST 50 years or more.

 

[Zedlock]

Our recycled plastic has an expected service life of 50+ years. The posts aren't currently permissible in FG1/FG2 schemes but we are working on it...

 

[Still Farming]

Someone told me they wouldn’t allow creosote posts? That may of been wrong but I didn’t want to put 2km’s of fences up only to find we won’t be paid for them.

Damageing and poisonous to bugs most likely?

 

[pellow]

Our recycled plastic has an expected service life of 50+ years. The posts aren't currently permissible in FG1/FG2 schemes but we are working on it...

How much is a 75 mm 1800 mm post please?

 

[Y Fan Wen]

untreated hardwood ( eucalyptus “iron bark” ) posts here will last at LEAST 50 years or more.

Ffestiniog Railway were using sleepers from Australia at one time, (Jara or Kari?).
They reckoned you needed diamond tipped tools to work on them.

 

[Zedlock]

How much is a 75 mm 1800 mm post please?

Hi, the closest size match is 80x1750mm, these are £10.72 in brown, £9.93 in grey. Prices ex. VAT and delivery. Attached is our fencing price list. Product page: https://zedlock.com/hanit-recycled-plastic-fence-post-round-80x1750mm-brown.html

 

[puntabrava]

I’ve just bought 700 pressure creosoted 90mm machined posts…they had one cut in half and it had gone right through. Apparently they are made by the company that makes the telegraph poles….they certainly look excellent posts and the stench of creosote off them is unreal….time will tell whether they last

Supplier and cost would make the post relevant in some way.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Supplier and cost would make the post relevant in some way.

Mole valley…I can’t remember exact price now. It was £4 something

 

[puntabrava]

Mole valley…I can’t remember exact price now. It was £4 something

I went to Frome market last week and mole valley next door had some of the blackest posts I have ever seen,makes a change from some strainers I put in 15 years ago and they rotted away in 5 years. Think they had a major problem back then and have tried to address it.

 

[Headless chicken]

Ffestiniog Railway were using sleepers from Australia at one time, (Jara or Kari?).
They reckoned you needed diamond tipped tools to work on them.

We used acacia I think. Nearly impossible to get the staples in and nearly had a hernia lifting them.

 

[smallholder99]

oops, I will ask Mark, next time I have to get some posts from him, I know Morgan's of Aberystwyth sell some sort of Creo posts, but I have had a lot of tanilised posts from them in the past (when they were under a different ownership ~ Mount Trading), and those posts were very quick to rot, so I have been a bit dubious of their creo posts.

they also sell redwood posts, any good

 

[super4]

Does anyone know if you can use telegraph poles as strainers for the FG1 grants?

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Does anyone know if you can use telegraph poles as strainers for the FG1 grants?

have done, but I have a feeling I shouldn't have!