Cheap Quickset Poles?

[borntohunt 19]

Hi all,

 

have my longnets already quicksetted.. but yesterday while i was picking up the christmas tree in Homebase, i noticed what they are calling growing canes. for 98p for the short ones and they have bigger thicker ones available. they look just the job for longnet poles.

 

anyone used them ?

 

Kev

[longnetter 32]

What they made of, mate?

[borntohunt 19]

solid plastic... sharpend on one end.

[longnetter 32]

solid plastic... sharpend on one end.

 

Sound OK, how thick are they? Will they be strong enough, do you reckon?

 

ATB

[Fat-Ferret 857]

I know the ones you mean, they look like solid plastic, but there hollow light aluminium or similiar dipped in plastic. I used them on a net for a couple of seasons a few years back and they worked well, as long as the ground was sandy.

 

Hard ground or frozen sandy ground saw the end of them...

[andy s410c 60]

Just replaced my Hazel poles on both my qs longnets to 12mm fibreglass & for me it makes a big difference.The net is more easy to set, as in the quarries the earth is mixed with limestone shale which was not to easy to get through with Hazel.Yes there expensive but sometimes you just have to bite the bullet to get the job done.

[The one 8,468]

Aye there hollow plastic coated wont take hard earth as they soon buckle

[borntohunt 19]

i also have fiberglass poles on my quicksets.. but thought they might be interesting to someone.

 

kev

[auld salmon 28]

Hi all,

 

have my longnets already quicksetted.. but yesterday while i was picking up the christmas tree in Homebase, i noticed what they are calling growing canes. for 98p for the short ones and they have bigger thicker ones available. they look just the job for longnet poles.

 

anyone used them ?

 

Kev

tryed them there shite dont bother

[rapidjenky 97]

if there hollow what about filling them with something to make them stronger? hard as nails or something. just to fill the void and then they wont crush as easily.

[matchbox 0]

Go to scrapyard and get stainless steel we have some, good, we can get well we make crab pots lobter pots and plastic comes from a plase were there get all types of plastic piping and other plastics very had or bendy or long and solid stainless rod, make hole put hazel in we air dry hazel in summer

[smithie 2,443]

why not use hazel. it will fix to tour net and the price is right

[matchbox 0]

why not use hazel. it will fix to tour net and the price is right

We do have hazel and lots of it it still is the best

[Leeview 791]

why not use hazel. it will fix to tour net and the price is right

 

Went out today couple of hobs a40yd longnet and the 2 older dogs the land was wet and muddy but getting the metal poles(MasterHunter) into the ground was a nightmare you'd of had no chance with Hazel

Y.I.S Leeview

[smithie 2,443]

why not use hazel. it will fix to tour net and the price is right

 

Went out today couple of hobs a40yd longnet and the 2 older dogs the land was wet and muddy but getting the metal poles(MasterHunter) into the ground was a nightmare you'd of had no chance with Hazel

Y.I.S Leeview

 

 

cant argue with that i supose... looks like hazels not a goer.. but i manage on my trad net last light... not that i caught owt