Celebrating 25 years in business, Farrell Fencing Products Ltd has recently branched into supplying baled sawdust for dairy cattle, wood shavings for horse and poultry bedding. Dean Farrell explains more.
Farmers can now significantly reduce their animal bedding costs by buying high quality wood shavings and sawdust direct from Farrell Fencing Products in Fivemiletown, Co. Tyrone.
From a farming background themselves, the Farrell’s recognise the importance of keeping bedding costs to a minimum while ensuring your stock are housed in a hygienic, dust-free and comfortable environment. Farrell Fencing Products can deliver Grade ‘A’ kiln dried white sawdust, wood shavings direct from their sawmill to your farm in baled form. The animal bedding meets red tractor standards, which means it meets the requirements of the UK’s biggest farm and foods standards scheme, covering animal welfare, food safety, traceability and environmental protection.
“We recognised the need for good quality animal bedding,” Dean Farrell notes.
“The sawdust and shavings are produced in our own sawmill and delivered nationwide. Because we sell direct to the user, we’re able to offer the most competitive prices on the market. Our sawdust is dried down to 10 per cent moisture. There is no MDF or any other recycled material in it,” he assures us.
Farrell Fencing Products supplies white wood sawdust in 20kg bags. There are 66 bags on each pallet. White wood shavings come in 22kg bags on pallets of 36. The company delivers throughout Ireland with its own articulated truck and curtain-side trailer. The bags are waterproof which means they can be stored outdoors.
The high level of dryness of the bedding is reflected in its maximum absorbency and odour-neutralisation performance. Kiln dried shavings are ideal for bedding horses and poultry, while sawdust is more suitable for cattle bedding. Farrell’s baled sawdust is especially popular with dairy farmers who use it to bed their cows in their cubicles.
Established in 1991 by Dean’s father David, Farrell Fencing Products has grown to become Northern Ireland’s largest wood gates and timber fencing manufacturer and stockist. The Farrell family operate their sawmill from a seven-acre site just outside Fivemiletown, which is on the Enniskillen-Dungannon Road. As well as earning an excellent name for the quality of its wooden gates and timber fencing, the company – which employs six staff – offers a reliable service supplying hardware stores and large timber merchants with the finest quality tanalised wooden gates and timber fencing.
“Our aim is to provide the ultimate in value, service and quality,” Dean says.
Constructed using time-proven methods, all of Farrell Fencing Products’ wooden gates are built with strength and durability in mind. A huge range of timber fencing and agricultural wooden gates from standard field gates to closed in and Goose neck gates are available. All gates are made to measure and are suitable for a variety of uses, from domestic gardens and driveways to country estates and farms. All wooden gates are manufactured using the finest quality, kiln dried and machined Swedish redwood.
The sawmill manufactures a wide range of timber entrance and driveway, agricultural and farm gates in a variety of styles to suit any entrance. The timber is chosen carefully to ensure strength and durability. Farrell Fencing Products treats all of their softwood timber with Tanalith E wood perseverative in their own on-site pressure treatment plant.
“We stock up to 200 gates in a variety of styles all year around. In addition, we are able to produce a bespoke gate to your exact specifications. With our many years of experience in gate-making, you can be sure that timber fencing, wooden, entrance or driveway gates are of the highest standard,” Dean continues.
“Once assembled, gates are pressure treated with Tanalith E Wood preservative to ensure long-term protection against all types of wood decay and insect attack. They are heavy duty and mortised to a maximum depth of 120mm hinge side and 72mm latch side. All gates can be supplied with the necessary fittings.
“Our fence materials are also treated with Tanalith E Wood preservative. Chunky fencing is quickly becoming the most popular. We now have a new post design where rails can be slotted into posts, which eliminates the need for brackets and nails.”
Farrell Fencing Products Ltd
Blacklands,
77a Clabby Road,
Fivemiletown,
Co. Tyrone,
BT75 0PU
Telephone: 028 895 21774
Fax: 028 895 22277
Telephone Dean Farrell: 077 09 136 020
Web: www.farrellfencing.com
Taken from Irish Tractor & Agri magazine Vol 4 No 9, November/December 2016
