Good place to buy poles from?

[Muddy unicorn]

My daughter’s instructor has given her some Christmas ‘homework’ - pole work exercises. All the poles at the yard bar two are ancient wooden ones with faded, peeling paint and they’re not easy to a) see against the arena surface and b) lug around. So I was wondering how much it would cost to get a set of poles for our own use? And where would be a good place to get them from? Thanks

 

[Wheels]

i get mine from the local saw mill and then paint them up myself as the ready painted ones in the local tackshop are £££

 

[HeyMich]

I ordered 12ft 'machine rounds' from the local sawmill and they worked out at about £12 each delivered. Much cheaper than from an equine supplier.

Buy some cheapo primer and gloss and set your daughter another bit of christmas homework - get her to paint them as jazzy as she likes!

 

[GoldenWillow]

Another who buys poles from their local sawmill although I did get bought a couple of heavy plastic ones, which are great but 3x the price.

 

[Goldenstar]

I use eight feet poles ,I got them from Mole valley .

 

[blood_magik]

Local sawmill for my basic ones and then my plastic weighted ones are from Jump 4 Joy - they’re a little bit more £££ but you can get lightweight ones that are really easy to move about

 

[Flyermc]

im not sure if they still do them, but it might be worth trying to find some pole covers/sleeves (they were like a long narrow plastic bag for the poles with pole marking on them) they were not expensive and you could use them on the existing poles.

either that, or could you get a group together to repaint the set you have?

 

[Xanthoria]

I try to get our barnmates together every couple of years to paint the barn's poles. Everyone benefits. Gets everyone to care how the poles are treated a bit better too!

 

[Myloubylou]

Having polyjump pro poles myself I’d recommend wooden poles as they roll easily if kicked.

 

[greybadger19]

Likewise on the local sawmill and a tin or four of paint!