Are They Worth The EXTRA Cost? STEEL Vs TIMBER Fencing Posts - PRO'S & CONS

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  • @Conor3914
    @Conor3914 2 місяці тому +60

    The digger joke at the end was brilliant 🤣 Got a real laugh at that 🤣
    Hudson was having the time of his life in the field 💙

    • @IFarmWeFarm
      @IFarmWeFarm  2 місяці тому +17

      @@Conor3914 I wasn’t joking 😉

  • @hughgalbraith9277
    @hughgalbraith9277 2 місяці тому +51

    Adrian, you're a real character. Love watching your videos always puts me in a good mood.

    • @IFarmWeFarm
      @IFarmWeFarm  2 місяці тому +9

      Glad to hear it 👍

    • @paddy294
      @paddy294 2 місяці тому +3

      Cracking video as always. Always enjoy your videos. Sunday’s wouldn’t be the same. Keep up the good work.

  • @juliemcleod1119
    @juliemcleod1119 2 місяці тому +33

    So loved the "digger joke" as a mum of 2 daughters, i fully understand. 😅Thanks for the tip of the peppermint oil, will try that out.

  • @TifJones-p8s
    @TifJones-p8s 2 місяці тому +37

    here in NZ we buy Y posts painted black and put a plastic cover over the top - just incase a cow decides to jump over that steel post and injure themselves - they are around NZ54cents each when you buy a box and are made out UV stabilised polypropylene - called yellow plastic post caps for Y posts if you are looking for them

    • @BerndFelsche
      @BerndFelsche 2 місяці тому

      Those caps sound a good idea. Perhaps somebody could integrate a wire "trap" for electric fences.

  • @kathyw1710
    @kathyw1710 2 місяці тому +4

    Love your videos I get excited when you post you make my day. I am a senior disabled woman who lives alone. I love your videos. God bless you and your family. Thank you.

  • @richardparkinson8651
    @richardparkinson8651 2 місяці тому +22

    Digger reference towards the end had me in stiches 😂😂

  • @Canningfarms
    @Canningfarms 2 місяці тому +11

    That will save you a world of heart ache down the line they are some job.. thanks so so much for the shout out really really appreciate it

    • @IFarmWeFarm
      @IFarmWeFarm  2 місяці тому +6

      No worries, forgot to add the link 🙈. Just added it now

    • @Canningfarms
      @Canningfarms 2 місяці тому

      @@IFarmWeFarm thanks again you didn't have to do that means alot cheers

  • @DeirdreHickey-nx8nt
    @DeirdreHickey-nx8nt 2 місяці тому +8

    I agree with everyone else about your digger comment at the end. Very funny ( where are all the bodies buried) 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂the fencing looks great. Well done. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @hateglazer25
    @hateglazer25 2 місяці тому +1

    I bought loads of them for the farm in Galway.. Great job. But I bought them direct from the Clipex base in Ennis and it saved me a small fortune buying direct.

  • @radharcanna
    @radharcanna 2 місяці тому

    Adrian, your ingenuity, audio-visual skills and great good humour make this channel a joy to watch. It looks like the girls are starting to gain their independence.

  • @garymadden2656
    @garymadden2656 2 місяці тому +1

    Great video Adrian great steel posts I’ve seen them here in Australia I think there called star pickets I loved the digger joke at the end 🤣🤣🤣🤣👌

  • @gordiesullivan3289
    @gordiesullivan3289 2 місяці тому

    Great video Adrian,I like your sense of humour.

  • @Murphycats
    @Murphycats 2 місяці тому +1

    I love your sense of humor!!

  • @allanlee5817
    @allanlee5817 2 місяці тому +4

    In Australia they're called Star Pickets and come painted with black bitumen paint or galvanised and sizes 1.2m, 1.8m and 2.4m long. Generally they don't have the clips attached but have holes punched about every 100mm which makes attaching a strainer to an end post very easy.........BTW, great videos with interesting content.....thanks

  • @tonysargent7787
    @tonysargent7787 2 місяці тому +2

    Is there nothing you can't put your hands too I suppose it's cheaper doing it yourself than getting somebody in plus you know its done properly if you do it yourself 👍
    Another great video has always Adrian Sinead and girls 👍

  • @Evelyn-cy6hw
    @Evelyn-cy6hw 2 місяці тому +4

    In the U.S. the metal post 'driver' is a very thick and sturdy long metal cylinder like yours, and it has two large, long handles at the top end, located opposite to each other, which is where it's gripped with each hand, for driving posts in. Probably easy to find some photos or videos of them, online. FarmerTylerRanch has such videos, for sure. Your 'driver' without any handles was a shock to me! Also, in addition to pure 100% peppermint oil for prevention of unwanted insects, pure pennyroyal oil also works. Thanks Adrian for another excellent video! Evelyn in Minnesota

  • @shaneprior
    @shaneprior 2 місяці тому

    Nice one Adrian, being the father of a daughter, i might need to borrow some ground, i have my own shovel, keep at her Lad!

  • @TWJW
    @TWJW 2 місяці тому

    Just watched and chuckling to myself at getting the digger ready

  • @frankreidy5881
    @frankreidy5881 2 місяці тому +8

    Great stuff and pure entertainment - the poor working horse! Also, good wholesome earthy advice and Adrian gives great tips and advice. There are ‘pros’ on RTE and TG4 that could learn a lot from Adrian.

  • @J_Harker
    @J_Harker 2 місяці тому +2

    You can get longer and wider posts to go in corners as well as metal strainers if you needed. 👍

  • @roryredmond7378
    @roryredmond7378 2 місяці тому

    Brilliant job another bit done 😊 Adrian

  • @tkinvy9750
    @tkinvy9750 2 місяці тому

    I’ve used steel posts for years & I’m close to the ocean so a lot of things rust.
    Prefer steel posts wherever you have a straight line fence but buy insulators with plastic pins.
    Steel lasts longer than wood and maintenance is soo much quicker & easier.
    Only downside is curved laneways and you can’t get away from 10” diameter wood in nice & deep.
    My other suggestion is ratchet tensioners you can buy and you tighten them with a spanner. You just tension things enough not too tight as the temptation with strainers. That way tree branches falling ect doesn’t destroy a fence.
    Keep up the content 👌

  • @robertbyrne5374
    @robertbyrne5374 2 місяці тому +6

    Can confirm that the peppermint oil trick, works. Great content with this video, especially the digger comment, hilarious!😂

  • @ericknutsen1958
    @ericknutsen1958 2 місяці тому +5

    Thanks for your time creating videos. Appreciate your sense of humor!

  • @Chris97th
    @Chris97th 2 місяці тому

    Great Video... impartial review... like the idea of those posts... will probably try a few some time. interested to know if you looked at the strainer version they have. Wooden strainer have got expensive. BTW I'd say you were lucky to avoid holes dug in your younger years.

  • @lynneshaw9209
    @lynneshaw9209 2 місяці тому +1

    THANK YOU ADRIAN FOR YOUR VIDEO AND ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND ❤🎉

  • @jeremiahkearney5191
    @jeremiahkearney5191 2 місяці тому

    Hi Adrian, I’m getting a chance to view your video property today, I agree about the corrosion issue, if you have the time I would suggest that they would be painted with bitumen paint, or at least the portion of the post plus 4” (100mm) that goes underground, that will give them many more years life. A quicker but more expensive option is to have a steel barrel and melt bitumen in it and simply dip the bottom of the stakes into the bitumen. Great content as always.

  • @eddywiggins620
    @eddywiggins620 2 місяці тому +1

    Adrian , peppermint spray around windows and corners in the house stops spiders to....the high lift jack mod, just get a bow shackle that's bolt goes through the fencing pole and use the piece of chain going through the triangle cast on the jack and link both chain ends together with the bow shackle....if memory serves me well I believe Highlift make attachements for that jack

  • @seamuspower5900
    @seamuspower5900 2 місяці тому +1

    Great video ..as always 👍👍

  • @pierceol966
    @pierceol966 2 місяці тому +1

    Thanks for that video Adrian, love the humour really cheered me up this morning had a tough weekend of it with heifers taking off a cross country and fixing up fences after them, ill be considered those metal posts for sure,im like yourself cant stand the smell of the fake tan and the perfume😂😂😂

  • @kevinberrygano1377
    @kevinberrygano1377 2 місяці тому

    Adrian I used to work in a wholesaler who sold a brand of them posts and there is an insulator you can buy for wire going at an angle

  • @sandymcghee3328
    @sandymcghee3328 2 місяці тому +1

    Another great video Adrian 👍👍👍

  • @Turbo6803
    @Turbo6803 2 місяці тому

    For the post hammer if you put some self adhesive sound deadening material around it it takes the ringing sound away and makes it more enjoyable to use

  • @chrisoconnor5880
    @chrisoconnor5880 2 місяці тому

    Small snug chain, and the front end loader, to pull the Waratahs

  • @Martin-n8c2q
    @Martin-n8c2q 2 місяці тому +4

    You crack me up Adrian thanks for making me smile, all the bedt to your family

  • @ruarioshea6015
    @ruarioshea6015 2 місяці тому

    I was looking at an old rusty Burdizzo on the market over the weekend to hang over the back door the digger is working perfect in the yard just an extra bit of a reminder that i dont mess about 🤨

  • @brendanoloughlin4601
    @brendanoloughlin4601 2 місяці тому

    Hi Adrian, I've a tool for pulling up those posts that I bought from the importer and it didn't cost much

  • @geraldbeattie1594
    @geraldbeattie1594 2 місяці тому +1

    I absolutely love that comment about the dig

  • @TomasOreilly-e6h
    @TomasOreilly-e6h 2 місяці тому +1

    A farm I worked on in oz cut out the y shape on a flat plate slightly bigger than the post itself and connected chain to front loader, slide straight over the post and the slight tension pulls it straight up with very efficient speed to remove and attach each post although the star pickets we used didn’t have them wee spring latches to get in the way

  • @davidduffy3021
    @davidduffy3021 2 місяці тому +1

    Great video

  • @damianandrewcoyle5674
    @damianandrewcoyle5674 2 місяці тому +12

    I think every dad with daughter wer cracking up 😂😂

  • @Andrew-yz1lb
    @Andrew-yz1lb 2 місяці тому

    i do like the clipex posts as they last longer. those insulators are ok, not great on corners, cattle do snap them off ocasionally so your left with wire shorting out on the metal fence post. recommend the white caps for the metal posts if your using them anywhere that cattle bunch up and put pressure on fence or spending alot of time near. lost one steer a few years ago that had sliced his shoulder open on the sharpe top of a post. not sure if he had been using as a scratching post, or was riding and fell on to it.

  • @TifJones-p8s
    @TifJones-p8s 2 місяці тому +3

    You can purchase (here in NZ so you must in Ireland) a steel strainer kit to go with the metal Y posts to do corners etc - called a steel strainer kit - a single strainer NZ$179 and a double strainer NZ$272 depending on where it need to go - you will understand this as you have put in wooden strainers - same concept

  • @patrickmorris3990
    @patrickmorris3990 2 місяці тому

    Very informative!

  • @dronedairys7461
    @dronedairys7461 2 місяці тому

    They are a good looking job Adrian. I only worked with them once with a suckler farm up in oldcastle and he seems very happy with them. I made road ways on my own farm in 2018 and a lot of the posts are rotten and need replacing already. I just might try them steel ones on some of it. Well done on yet another great video lad

  • @wadecfloyd
    @wadecfloyd 2 місяці тому

    With the strand wire we always would double wrap it around the insulator to maintain tension around a corner.

  • @johnoflanagan9139
    @johnoflanagan9139 2 місяці тому +10

    Adrian, why not put 3 or 4 inches of plastic pipe down around the bottom of the galvanized post to save it from the fertilizer.

    • @IFarmWeFarm
      @IFarmWeFarm  2 місяці тому +1

      @@johnoflanagan9139 might do that yet, would it not hold onto moisture though 🤔

    • @pumphesh2048
      @pumphesh2048 2 місяці тому +1

      Shtop will ya its a post for 40years we willall be gone before it

  • @charlieburns4272
    @charlieburns4272 2 місяці тому

    Is there a plastic post I wonder. Like what they make the plastic picnic tables out of. Seems really strong material and would last and last and keep lasting

  • @massey7616
    @massey7616 2 місяці тому

    Great video Adrian. Steel post are getting popular. Was at Lama show and a lot of interest with them, costly de day you buy, but maybe not in long term.
    Now we see why you bought the digger 🤣🤣

  • @padraicmcpartland7830
    @padraicmcpartland7830 2 місяці тому +1

    Great viewing as always Adrian 😂😂

  • @DonalKelly-wf1tp
    @DonalKelly-wf1tp 2 місяці тому

    You can buy strainer posts for the corners I bought the 1.8m torny wire and electric wire every second row and sheep wire on the back of it great video

  • @GaryLaurin
    @GaryLaurin 2 місяці тому

    Adrian great update. Peppermint oil works perfectly for the critters. 👍🏻🇨🇦☘️

  • @goptools
    @goptools 2 місяці тому +1

    I didn't know that yellow jackets hate peppermint. I'm going to get some because I hate those buggers. Thanks for that tip! They are just plain nasty, and they will chase you. I know all creatures have a purpose but, for the life of me, I can't figure what the purpose of the yellow jacket is. The fencing looks great. Nice and straight. I wonder if you could coat the steel posts just where they meet the ground with something like tar that would protect them from the fertilizer.

  • @georgemorrison6689
    @georgemorrison6689 2 місяці тому +1

    Spot on Adrian, never really see those steel post in a working environment but they look okay, loved the crack about digging the holes, enjoyed the video as per usual good luck to you and all yours

  • @irishdancer2753
    @irishdancer2753 2 місяці тому

    Adrian, I like your hat, suits you! Ah, discos! Good tips with your fences!

  • @chrisoconnor5880
    @chrisoconnor5880 2 місяці тому

    In Australia they call them Star pickets, in NZ we called them Waratahs

  • @bernardcasey1500
    @bernardcasey1500 2 місяці тому +1

    Great video adrain and interesting as always 👍 👌

  • @PadraicOBrien-o5f
    @PadraicOBrien-o5f 2 місяці тому

    Have clipex for 6 years they are brillant and a crash barrier cut in 2 makes a serious longlasting strainer

  • @kirkforster5254
    @kirkforster5254 2 місяці тому

    Our steel posts are different. They have holes in them to put pin lock insulators on never use claw ones plus they come in galvanised and painted black but there are also plastic ones made by Gallagher from memory. With your post driver weld some handles on it much easier to use and most have a lug welded inside ti stop the post from twisting

  • @michaelcreedon1994
    @michaelcreedon1994 2 місяці тому +9

    Only issue I have had with steel posts is around silage fields where long grass grows around them and reaches the wire.when that grass gets wet current disappears ,cattle grazing after cutting helps but you may have to either clean or spray around them.

    • @IFarmWeFarm
      @IFarmWeFarm  2 місяці тому +1

      @@michaelcreedon1994 that’s a good point

    • @icryostorm3727
      @icryostorm3727 2 місяці тому +2

      @@IFarmWeFarm weed burner or salt spray is good around posts saves strimming/scything and far better for you than glyphos./

    • @michaelcreedon1994
      @michaelcreedon1994 2 місяці тому

      Will give that a try thanks

  • @rickywest57
    @rickywest57 2 місяці тому +5

    Great Video 🫶🏻

  • @thatcouncilestatekid1832
    @thatcouncilestatekid1832 2 місяці тому +1

    Adrian this makes Sunday morning a pleasure for me thank you mate and you made me laugh 😂

  • @robertcrowley8650
    @robertcrowley8650 2 місяці тому

    I spent about 8 hrs looking for this man’s farm yesterday and I think tis under a rock 🤣 Il take a look around it some day tho as for now the hurlers of caven need me to do a job 😅 and il do my best don’t worry but I will be back 🙈

  • @iaincampbell285
    @iaincampbell285 2 місяці тому

    I’ve got a neighbour that’s just had Y post fencing done. It was made by Clipex and there’s 2 different post you put in. Most of the fence is normal Y posts but every 5th is a beefy Y post it gives the fence a lot more strength. Also you can get Clipex post caps for holding wire and electric wire. Not sure if they’re any good or not but might be worth a look. Cheers.

  • @kennymcg
    @kennymcg 2 місяці тому +4

    @ 3:40 when I seen the water pistols I thought you where going to have the girls stand at the back door and spray the wasps to keep them away. 😂😂

  • @johnoconnell700
    @johnoconnell700 2 місяці тому

    To help with the fertilizer issue try putting a PVC Pipe over lower 12 inches of post

  • @johncorley5951
    @johncorley5951 2 місяці тому

    Hi Adrian have 2500 meters to do , sheep wire and barb

  • @kevingovier5090
    @kevingovier5090 2 місяці тому +1

    Certainly had me giggling, watching and listening to you Adrian 👍😄 good to see Bailey and Hudson out helping! Interesting about the metal posts , shame there’s no way of using the winch on the quad to lift the posts out ? Anyway keep up the great videos 🍻

  • @shanemunnelly5083
    @shanemunnelly5083 2 місяці тому

    hi Adrian love you videos just wondering if you considered the plastic posts no insulators needed just wondered what your thoughts on it is

  • @patodwyer721
    @patodwyer721 2 місяці тому

    Nice one Adrian

  • @jamesjohnston1007
    @jamesjohnston1007 2 місяці тому

    Great video Adrian

  • @nickthomas8400
    @nickthomas8400 2 місяці тому

    quick fix and solid - fathers cousin used to make his own concrete corner posts - wooden box frame and re bar - used to one a week

  • @stevepalmer8285
    @stevepalmer8285 2 місяці тому

    Hi Adrian.thanks for another great video.i appreciate you making this content for us.take care and have a nice sunday.

  • @davebestie5945
    @davebestie5945 2 місяці тому

    I love the 5 foot holes to be dug comment over the next few years at the end as a dad of 2 daughters myself 😂

  • @alanlanghorn9528
    @alanlanghorn9528 2 місяці тому +1

    We have used the galvanised steel post have been in the ground around 15 years or more they are rusted on the bottom yes but still very strong we will just sand the rust of and re paint them with bit silever kill rust and get fair bit more out them

  • @FarmerP
    @FarmerP 2 місяці тому +4

    With four daughters, I would often mention the digger and the cricket bat... Just so they understood 😄

    • @IFarmWeFarm
      @IFarmWeFarm  2 місяці тому +5

      Wrap of the sledge Ian 😜

  • @jeremiahkearney5191
    @jeremiahkearney5191 2 місяці тому

    Adrian, on a slight bend (not straight line) you could put the steel stake in at a slight angle away from the bend and it helps to keep the stake from leaning over.

  • @K-Peace123
    @K-Peace123 2 місяці тому +3

    Being a Cavan man and all that 😁 recycle empty plastic bottles cut the tops and bottoms off and slip them over the posts to stop the dung getting on them, and start up a worm farm for when the digger business takes off 😉

  • @nataliegraham9552
    @nataliegraham9552 2 місяці тому

    Lol, Adrian, great post today, both about the... posts, 😁 with all the great advice and observations, and the humorous zingers that were at a level 10. 😂 We will need an update on how things went for the Disco Girls! Have a great upcoming week - cheers from here in Summerville, SC, State-side. ❤🐄❤🚜❤

  • @lynwill65
    @lynwill65 2 місяці тому +3

    Oh Adrian, you are a riot!! I'm the youngest of 4 daughters, I know your pain lol

  • @oisinkierancoyle5518
    @oisinkierancoyle5518 2 місяці тому +1

    I’m still looking forward to seeing a film on the yellow digger itself.

  • @nicklad9463
    @nicklad9463 2 місяці тому

    Them galvanised posts look a great job just cant understand we more people dont use them . Had you any drought this summer because its a while since we had nice grass growing in the south east no growth now

  • @johnlydon533
    @johnlydon533 2 місяці тому

    Great video Adrian. Nice tidy fencing posts. Enjoyed watching. 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @archiereid4474
    @archiereid4474 2 місяці тому

    If u make u shape bracket to fit on the reel, it will fit on both sides of the insolater

  • @stephenkelly2067
    @stephenkelly2067 2 місяці тому

    Brilliant video as always I been using those posts for patching hedge wire as long time they are great

  • @hughmarcus1
    @hughmarcus1 2 місяці тому +1

    How about a short length of 3”perforated pipe & drop it over your steel post. That would stop the fertiliser hitting the post.

  • @keithturney3667
    @keithturney3667 2 місяці тому

    Another class video Adrian I can see your very busy so my C/H and house wiring will have to wait 😉GHTYAY

  • @JohnHickey-h1k
    @JohnHickey-h1k 2 місяці тому

    How did the cow collars work for Heat detection this year ??.Would you recommend them .Was think of getting some next year. Good advice from you every week .thanks

  • @agood1280
    @agood1280 2 місяці тому

    I live near the coast in the west of Ireland and I have these posts with the last 10 years
    I spread fertiliser and they also get the elements from the salty air and wind no evidence of any rust appearing yet
    I recommend them very highly, but they need to be in solid ground not boggy ground

  • @NoelWalsh-q4e
    @NoelWalsh-q4e 2 місяці тому

    Great video as always lad

  • @Lisa-ju6vy
    @Lisa-ju6vy 2 місяці тому

    Another Great vid addy❤

  • @John-e5g4d
    @John-e5g4d 2 місяці тому

    I love tractors and kicking ball over the bar

  • @willyfindlay4398
    @willyfindlay4398 2 місяці тому

    I am thinking of trying out that fencing by the main road as the irregular rotten wooden posts interfere with the sight lines.😊

  • @swiftyscotsman
    @swiftyscotsman 2 місяці тому +6

    With all these UFO sightings I now know its Adrian on the hills with his shorts on and not some spaceship with glowing lights haha. Great video as always.

  • @RedcastleGAV78
    @RedcastleGAV78 2 місяці тому

    Weather decent with you there. Will be down your way from Donegal in a few weeks as my local football team is playing a Cavan Monaghan league team in a soccer competition. Hopefully get weather like that. 👍

  • @gbeardy5720
    @gbeardy5720 2 місяці тому

    We still use creosote stakes here in Cornwall but after being burnt on hot sunny days l am looking for an alternative is this the answer! Thanks for the informative video

  • @mickrussell2532
    @mickrussell2532 2 місяці тому

    Love the videos... I don't know if it is even an issue.. But the galv. Posts seem to be harder to see then the wood ones.

    • @IFarmWeFarm
      @IFarmWeFarm  2 місяці тому

      @@mickrussell2532 I actually think there easier, maybe that’s just the new shiny surface. Could be harder in time

  • @amdvideos3610
    @amdvideos3610 2 місяці тому

    I have seen the posts installed for a grass reseeding demo day back seven years ago. Each one is perfect but it is that initial cost is the trouble. The clip needs to be refined more but the concept is slowly taking off. Timber posts on average last five years so this option makes for a gradual change over worth while.

  • @debe8890
    @debe8890 2 місяці тому

    If you have a dedicated post/place to hang your reel, how about putting 2 posts in the spot just far enough apart to clip your reel between them.

  • @Scotty7268
    @Scotty7268 2 місяці тому

    In South Africa we say 'n boer maak 'n plan (a farmer makes a plan/solves a problem!) We use that phrase for any clever solving of a problem - so I would say - you made a plan!