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jonesfrm



Member Since: 03 Apr 2017
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Telegraph Poles...
I am about to make a small pole shed for sheep and a variety of things...does anyone have contacts that sell telegraph poles? Or the best place to buy them from?
I live in Gloucestershire so the closer the better! Thumbs Up
Jones
Post #639280 23rd Jul 2017 9:27pm
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custom90



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I'd be inclined to mention BT Openreach as I believe they do a lot of telephone pole work.
Quite how you'd get in contact I'm not sure.

I'm not entirely sure as to their suitability to your project with Creosote treatments used.

Batsford Timber up your way may be of interest to you.

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Post #639294 23rd Jul 2017 9:43pm
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gcc130



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I would try the classified ads in Farmers Weekly or one of the Farming Free Ad papers usually available in country stores.
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eBay, preloved, gumtree seem to have some, but not in your area, have you thought of railway sleepers? Far easier to get hold of and manage. Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200
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JOW240725



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I've always used grademore.com in Norfolk, I know they deliver in to London but not sure they'd go as far as you?

As above try FW or better still local farming press.

As for suitability, we built a telegraph pole lean-to for sheep absolutely fine. New pole do smell a lot, I know because BTS have a store of new pole right next to us! But weathered second hand poles should be OK. James
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Ads90



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Try Western Power Distribution - they are removing poles in various villages around us here in the Cotswolds as they bury the power cables underground.
The ones with BT lines still attached they cannot remove, and sadly BT seem unwilling to join in the project.
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Laurie



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custom90steve wrote:
I'm not entirely sure as to their suitability to your project with Creosote treatments used.

Didn't a lot of sheep-dips contain creosote? 
Post #639361 24th Jul 2017 11:05am
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Harry.O



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There's a wanted section on the farming forum, may be worth popping an ad up there?

https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php
Post #639362 24th Jul 2017 11:06am
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X4SKP



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Hello jonesfrm

All ideas so far are worth a try...

I bought 1 from a local Reclamation Yard (along with Railway Sleepers),
Reducing the Pole to 2M lengths for the Job in hand (£20)

Last year, the local Power Network surveyed a selectivity replaced
some Power Poles in our road...
(The Power Poles tend to be slightly larger than the BT / Open Reach Poles)

Whilst everyone on the crew claimed to be the 'Boss'... Exclamation
I bought 5 for £50 and they dropped these exactly in the right place... Thumbs Up


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Post #639363 24th Jul 2017 11:38am
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jonesfrm



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Thanks for that Thumbs Up ... I might scout round a few farms to see if they have any going spare that I could have...
I havnt thought of sleepers to be honest
Will let you know on my progress!!
The shed design is going to change slightly as I now want cows! Whistle
Thanks
Jones
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Huttopia



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I've got one laying in a field that you can have if you take it away. I'm near Abberley in Worcs. PM me if interested.
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custom90steve wrote:
I'd be inclined to mention BT Openreach as I believe they do a lot of telephone pole work.
Quite how you'd get in contact I'm not sure.


Telephone?
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Try 'FARMERS FREE AD'S'on Facebook, lots of interesting things appear on the site NormanD WE191

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