UPDATED! Anyone used the "Timeless T-Posts" for horse fencing? UPDATE - Bought them!

[Phaxxton]

UPDATE: I decided to take a chance and just order the timeless t-posts. What a great decision - I absolutely love them! My experience ordering and having them delivered was quite pleasant. We followed the directions about drilling pilot holes first, and they went right in easily. We did need a larger (wider diameter) t-post driver than we used for metal t-posts in the past, but luckily my neighbor had two of them he let us borrow. The posts did not get scratched or discolored by being pounded in either. The posts are sturdy, attractive, and so convenient. I think that in person they look better than the pictures on the web site. I will try to take some pictures of our fencing (so far - in progress) with the posts.

We used them with Electrobraid and used wood brace posts for corners and gates. It was only slightly irritating to have to string the fence through the holes, instead of being able to just pop the strands into insulators as you go around. However, it far less annoying and far less labor than drilling all those insulators on the posts to begin with (and then replacing them when some inevitably break). Additionally, it cost far less than buying metal t-posts + vinyl sleeves to go over them. I think the look is about equally attractive, which pleasantly surprised me. We got a lot of compliments from the neighbors when we put the first fence up. I’m really happy with them so far!

Original Post:

I’m curious to know if anyone has used these posts. I’m wondering how easy they are to pound in compared to regular t-posts, as they seem to be flexible. Of course there’s an instructional video on YouTube making it look incredibly easy, but I doubt that was filmed in the land of red clay in NC. :lol:

Also, it’s really difficult to tell how nice the finished product looks. The pictures seem to make it look like a fairly attractive option, but from some angles, I’m not so sure…

FWIW, if we did use them, I would likely be using them with Electrobraid fencing.

[shakeytails]

Those look interesting, and not much more than regular t-posts.

I’m still thinking on how to attach high-tensile hot wire to pvc covered re-bar for line/spacer posts when I re-do the back fence lines.

[SugarCubes]

These look awesome! I want to put in the Centaur Polyplus coated wire on my property and was trying to decide on fence posts. These look like a great option. I don’t know anything about them, but I will be following this thread!

[Guilherme]

Many years ago we used some 4" posts made from recycled soda pop bottles. They performed reasonably well. You could nail or screw a bracket of some type to hold electric tape or the like. Or you could “red neck” the process and just wrap it around the post. They were set like wood posts using auger. You could not use a mechanical “post setter” to pound them; they would fail under the stress.

The common way to set t-posts is with a mechanical “hammer” of some sort. I saw that they recommended drilling a “pilot hole” with an electric drill and small diameter auger. If there’s an “Achilles Heel” here then this might be it.

I’d love to see a video of these being set. Is there one? I didn’t see one on the website but, then, I didn’t look too hard, either.

G.

[horsepoor]

@Guilherme;7981316

I’d love to see a video of these being set. Is there one? I didn’t see one on the website but, then, I didn’t look too hard, either.

The first post on this thread has a link to the video on youtube.

These are interesting, so I’ll be following the thread as well. I’m trying to decide whether I like the flexibility of them, or dislike it (the video shows that they do flex quite a bit). I get that posts that bend won’t break, so that is a good thing, but not sure I like the idea of fences that can move so much. I’ll be curious if anyone who has actually used them posts (ha! pun not intended:lol:) here.

[Guilherme]

Thanks for the steer to the video!

Interesting product. I’m impressed that they took the “pounding” without much difficulty. The flexing is not too worrisome for me. I wonder how easy it would be to pull them? We usually use a FEL with metal plate with a hole and a chain. I’m not so sure how that would work. This is an important question for folks like us who re-do fencing on a periodic basis.

I presume you’d still have to use “caps.”

G.

[Phaxxton]

I’m also wondering how you would remove them. We use a t-post jack to remove them here, and I don’t see how that would work with these.

The very end of this video claims you can just pull them out of the ground.

[AmarachAcres]

Wouldn’t they still be dangerous? The danger in T posts is a horse being injured by the top part. If these are that strong, couldn’t they do the same damage?

I love the not needing insulators.

[Guilherme]

[QUOTE=AmarachAcres;7983452]
Wouldn’t they still be dangerous? The danger in T posts is a horse being injured by the top part. If these are that strong, couldn’t they do the same damage?

I love the not needing insulators.[/QUOTE]

I would add t-post caps. There are some elements of risk, here, but steel t-posts have them, too, even with caps. Probable “push” on relative risk of equine injury.

G.

[bfeintn]

My only thought is with the holes pre-drilled for the wire - you will have to make sure a the posts are level to eachother and not following the natural curvature of the ground or your wire isn’t going to look pretty - so they could be a little of a PITA to install.

[Guilherme]

[QUOTE=bfeintn;7984525]
My only thought is with the holes pre-drilled for the wire - you will have to make sure a the posts are level to eachother and not following the natural curvature of the ground or your wire isn’t going to look pretty - so they could be a little of a PITA to install.[/QUOTE]

You’re correct. But beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. My fences follow the contour of our East TN ground because that’s what I have to deal with. If I wanted pretty, straight lines I’d live on the Great Plains!!!

G.

[Phaxxton]

[QUOTE=bfeintn;7984525]
My only thought is with the holes pre-drilled for the wire - you will have to make sure a the posts are level to eachother and not following the natural curvature of the ground or your wire isn’t going to look pretty - so they could be a little of a PITA to install.[/QUOTE]

I don’t think that would be all that difficult, though I certainly haven’t used these. If the ground isn’t relatively level, the fence really shouldn’t be level either, though. When we installed our Electrobraid (using vinyl covers over t-posts), we measured and drilled for our insulators using the distance from the ground to the spot on the post, not the distance from the insulators on the next post over. It came out beautiful and straight. So if you mark the end spots on the t-posts themselves and pound all to that mark, it should be fine. If you have a dip or a little hill, the fence should go up and down, with the wire parallel to the ground the same distance from the ground at all points. Otherwise, the wire will be too high off the ground in some areas and way too close in others. If the ground is level, and you pound all the posts in the same, then it should come out level.

This is our Electrobraid installation.

[Phaxxton]

[QUOTE=AmarachAcres;7983452]
Wouldn’t they still be dangerous? The danger in T posts is a horse being injured by the top part. If these are that strong, couldn’t they do the same damage?

I love the not needing insulators.[/QUOTE]

I would cap them. I definitely would assume they could have the same danger as a regular t-post, though I wonder if the flexibility maybe lowers the chance of injury slightly. I still wouldn’t chance it and would use caps.

[Phaxxton]

Bumping for update in the original post.

[Cindyg]

I didn’t get these posts, but I did get my pasture cross fenced for the first time ever, and I am thrilled!

[csaper58]

Can you use the wide, 2" electric tape with these posts?

[Phaxxton]

[QUOTE=csaper58;8089706]
Can you use the wide, 2" electric tape with these posts?[/QUOTE]

Not really. The posts are trilled with holes, not slats that would keep the tape flat. I’ve seen tape stuffed into them, but it does not look nice. I don’t think it could be tensioned either.

Also, to address the issue of the fence being level, it was quite easy to get a nice level fence. We measured 18" from the bottom of the posts and marked them with a sharpie. Then we pounded them in to that line.

My only complaint is that they are difficult to remove. We had to dig them out to remove them. However, I came up with an idea that would allow us to use our regular t-post jack, and I’ll let everyone know how that goes when we try it.

[csaper58]

Thank you for the update.

[missmelis]

Are you still happy with the fencing?

Hi. We’re getting ready to install a large amount of electric fencing. I was wondering if you are still pleased with the Timeless fencing. Would you do it again? Anything you would do differently?

[Phaxxton]

[QUOTE=missmelis;8449025]
Hi. We’re getting ready to install a large amount of electric fencing. I was wondering if you are still pleased with the Timeless fencing. Would you do it again? Anything you would do differently?[/QUOTE]

Sorry I haven’t been on here in months and am just seeing this now. Probably too late – but yes, I’m still really happy with the timeless T-posts and wouldn’t have done anything differently!

Also, in terms of removing them, you just have to stick a metal bar through one of the holes. Then you can use a t-post jack to pull them right out. We weren’t able to just pull them out as in the video, but removing them this way has been quite easy.