wtd: telegraph poles

[Tez Burke]

Carl come on down!

Can anyone suggest where I may purchase some old BT telegraph poles
in/around Leeds?

Best bet is probably anywhere dealing in "Architectural Salvage". Can't
think of too many off hand in Leeds, but you could try Andy Thornton's at
Greetland.

Tez.

[Colin Blackburn]

Post by Tez Burke
Carl come on down!

Can anyone suggest where I may purchase some old BT telegraph poles
in/around Leeds?

Best bet is probably anywhere dealing in "Architectural Salvage". Can't
think of too many off hand in Leeds, but you could try Andy Thornton's at
Greetland.

And remember the Grundys may have to dismantle their pole barn so check
your situation before erection.

Colin

[Carl]

Tried emailing BT to find out where to get their old telegraph poles, but no
reply as yet.
I'll keep an eye on 'Yeller' & 'Adtrader' and phone a few salvage yards. I
need about 20 to form part of a retaining wall structure in the garden.

Cheers for replies so far,
Carl.

PS Who are the Grundys?

[Tez Burke]

Carl come on down!

Post by Carl
PS Who are the Grundys?

The real reason for listening to the Archers, of course!

Tez.

[caravan]

Post by Carl
Tried emailing BT to find out where to get their old telegraph poles, but no
reply as yet.
I'll keep an eye on 'Yeller' & 'Adtrader' and phone a few salvage yards. I
need about 20 to form part of a retaining wall structure in the garden.
Cheers for replies so far,
Carl.
PS Who are the Grundys?

Also you could phone all the Timber Recyclers in your local Yellow pages
phone book. One of them will know where the poles are going.

[Colin Blackburn]

Post by Carl
Tried emailing BT to find out where to get their old telegraph poles, but no
reply as yet.
I'll keep an eye on 'Yeller' & 'Adtrader' and phone a few salvage yards. I
need about 20 to form part of a retaining wall structure in the garden.
Cheers for replies so far,
Carl.
PS Who are the Grundys?

You don't listen to the Archers?!

The built a pole barn without permission. They might have to take it
down.

Colin

[Colin Blackburn]

Post by Carl
Tried emailing BT to find out where to get their old telegraph poles, but no
reply as yet.
I'll keep an eye on 'Yeller' & 'Adtrader' and phone a few salvage yards. I
need about 20 to form part of a retaining wall structure in the garden.

They aren't local but if it's of any use I came across:

http://www.kilgraney.com/KFtelegraphpoles.htm

while looking for a supplier of railway sleepers.

Colin

[Ewan Scott]

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 15:24:13 +0000 (UTC), "Carl"

Can anyone suggest where I may purchase some old BT telegraph poles
in/around Leeds?
Thanks.

The poles collected around West Yorkshire are taken to the Pole Stack
in Wakefield. You used to be able to go and buy poles but you had to
collect them yourself and if you wanted them cut to size you also
needed to do that yourself.

The poles are treated with a carcinogenic wood treatment and are now
classified waste. They are apparently unsuitable for domestic use and
I believe that very shortly you will not be able to buy them - I am
also told that the same restriction applies, or will apply to railway
sleepers for similar reasons. But I stand to be corrected.

Ewan Scott
http://www.claytonwestscouts.org.uk

[Carl]

Thanks for all your replies.

Ewan, do you have a contact number or address for the 'Pole Stack' in Wakey?
I've tried search engine to find it to no avail.

Thanks,
Carl.

[Carl]

This is detail of advert as placed in Adtrader:

<<Telegraph Poles From £12, offers for the lot. (yadt-35-719) Tel: (07092)
412821
Price: £12.00
Town: Barnsley
Postcode: S728
You could try calling them via the adtrader number to ask if they have
sleepers. He is delivering 40 poles to me today, so I'll ask him and post
reply later tonight.


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[Carl]

OK found a bloke in Barnsley that has a few hundred telegraph poles for

sale

at good price. He is advertising in Adtrader, so if you need any give

hime a

call. Cheers for all your replies,

Does he have any sleepers?
Colin

Asked the seller and he said he has 7feet long Russian sleepers for sale.
Don't know asking price so best call him if you are interested.

[Colin Blackburn]

Post by Carl

OK found a bloke in Barnsley that has a few hundred telegraph poles for

sale

at good price. He is advertising in Adtrader, so if you need any give

hime a

call. Cheers for all your replies,

Does he have any sleepers?
Colin

Asked the seller and he said he has 7feet long Russian sleepers for sale.
Don't know asking price so best call him if you are interested.

Thanks very much, I'll give him a call when I've worked out how many I
need.

Colin

[hannah d.]

Post by Colin Blackburn

Post by Carl

Does he have any sleepers?

Asked the seller and he said he has 7feet long Russian sleepers
for sale. Don't know asking price so best call him if you are
interested.

Thanks very much, I'll give him a call when I've worked out how
many I need.

what are your plans? i guess you're not building a railway :)

h.

[Colin Blackburn]

Post by hannah d.

Post by Colin Blackburn

Post by Carl

Does he have any sleepers?

Asked the seller and he said he has 7feet long Russian sleepers
for sale. Don't know asking price so best call him if you are
interested.

Thanks very much, I'll give him a call when I've worked out how
many I need.

what are your plans? i guess you're not building a railway :)

:-) I live the other side of what was the highest standard gauge railway
in Britain (or so I'm told) so rebuilding that would be
interesting...but it is for raised beds. I like the idea of sleepers
because of their bulk and appearance but we may yet go for 12 by 2 and a
little more woodwork.

Also, old sleepers tend to have all sorts of crap (oils and tars) in
then and so there is a decision to be made on whether to use old and
line or use new, treated sleepers. On top of that we have to design
everything with the possibility of siting a new wind turbine next year.

Colin
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