The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Buffy the eggs layer on July 10, 2015, 12:15:54 pm
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I got a pallet full of wooden hurdles last year from a guy called Davey in the North East that have been great. He made them himself at his workshop and they started at £4.50 for a 4ft one. I found him on ebay at the time but now that I need some more I cant seem to track him down.
I just wondered if any of you had bought from him and still had his contact details?
:thinking:
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Maybe he's still there, but not listing anything at the moment. Are you able to go back in your Ebay history to help track him down and send a message?
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Good thinking Womble,
I tried that as OH had dealt with his through hos account but he says all his messages have disappeared!
I may have to just buy them for twice the price from someone else boo hoo! :'(
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Might he have run out of raw materials for now. I contacted a couple of local hurdle makers and neither will have any available until they cut the hazel in the Autumn.
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he may indeed MF so it may pay for me to hang on a while. :thinking:
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my son and I ran 6 up yesterday. They cost us about £4 each, are 5ft long and about 4ft high ( didn't intend them to be so high! :-[ They will certainly keep our little Ryelands in then!) and really meaty, although I can easily lift them myself. We could have made lighter weight ones cheaper.
It only took us about 2 hours and it was really enjoyable.
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tell us more Kimbo, what did you use for materials? :eyelashes:
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Yes, I think we need some pics Kimbo! :thumbsup:
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Tim Tyne has a detailed tutorial in his Sheep for smallholders book. The ones that I had bought were great and cost about the same as it would have been to make them. I dont want to add another few days of work to my ever growing list of jobs but making them is an option.
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LOL!
OK, pics when my son gets back from cricket. They were put to their first use today as we rounded up the Ryeland boys for a check over. Worked a treat....I was a bit surprised tbh ;)
In fairness they are too high. That's down to my bad maths. I was trying to work out how many uprights to get out of a length of timber so I could get the saw mill to cut to my requirements. They duly did that for me (FOC) but I did the sums wrong and they cut it into 3 pieces when I should have asked for 4. Consequently I could now keep an adult alpaca in!
Never mind...I know for next time.
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Matthew at Wensley sawmill, Darlington.
Tel 07500006106 or 07843265810.
£4.50 each for a 4ft hurdle. Available to collect, or sent on a pallet of 30 with £50 carriage. :wave: :sunshine:
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Thanks will try mathew!
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here they are. We made 6 in 2 hours. I think the wood was 3" X 1"
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Hi LRR, :wave:
I saw the one you mention on ebay but he adds vat on to the prices quoted and the delivery cost which makes 20 6ft hurdles £221. It may be cheaper to pay Kimbo to make me some :-J ;) ![size=78%] [/size]
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HaHa! Yes, I'll undercut anyone on eBay!! ( Im joking! No orders please ;D )
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Was it Dave Maynard in Helmsley?
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No JM it was Dave Cutter at DTS. I have an invoice from him but no contact details. Who's the guy in Helmsley?
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http://www.davemaynard.co.uk/ (http://www.davemaynard.co.uk/)
I got some 6' hurdles from him last year. Can't remember how much they were though....
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There is a good design in the Smallholders D-I-Y (Gold Cockerel) book, I made some a couple of years ago, they are great. If I ever get a spare second I will make some more. (sorry for bad photo, it seems its the only one i have)