“Been using this post to run sheep for about six months now, absolutely no issues. Post is solid, reliable, and easy to use. The only suggestion I would make is to use an angle grinder to grind a point into the metal spike. These will arrive with blunt tips which are extremely difficult to drive into dry ground. If you grind them into a point (takes about 20 minutes to get through a whole box of 50), you can drive them into literally anything even slightly less dense than a rock. On the driest day this year I had to use a mallet to drive in two of the 50 or so posts I usually put in a paddock, and that portion of the ground was mostly gravel and clay. Even after leaving them in the ground for a couple of weeks without rain, they pull out very easily. I don't think I'll ever use another kind of post; all my other branded step ins are just sitting in a pile unused.”
Thank you for your 5-star review, Joshua! We love the O'Briens posts along with many other graziers. They are a crowd favorite! We appreciate your input for folks using them in dry, rocky soil. The spike diameter is smaller than many other step-in posts too, which makes it easier to get in hard ground compared to other posts. We appreciate you taking the time to leave a review. Please let us know if we can help you or supply you with anything else for your sheep operation!
“I use these post to m.i.g. pigs, sheep and cattle. There is always a rung at just the right height for any species or stage of growth. These post are the best on the market. Don't mess with the pasture management version of these, In comparison those are garbage. Others on the market do not have the same integrity or uv resistance. These are pricey, but life is too short for cheap grazing equipment.”
