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Publication of the Fencing Contractors Association of New Zealand Issue 23 | September 2011

IN THIS ISSUE:

Field Days ReviewPSA Risk Management ProtocolSystem StaysProfile on McLenaghan ContractingGood v's BadNorthland Basalt

too much to do. This could be anopportunity to raise your prices to aprofitable level. Remember profit is not aswear word!!!

Please also remember as an FCANZmember you get the benefits thatFederated Farmers have to offer, be sureto check this edition of the WIRED for a listof their benefits or check out their website.

When purchasing goods or using servicesplease remember our Partners. They aresupporting us so lets support them.

To the whole FCANZ community work hard,work smart and enjoy your part in the NewZealand Fencing Industry.

Nigel BroadbridgePresident

Owing to the location of the ExecutiveBoard members, meeting locations havebeen changed to alternate betweenAuckland and Christchurch. This means wesubstantially reduce the flight costs and atboth locations we have free venues to use.

Suzy our Operations Manager hasexceeded our expectations. Part of Suzy’srole is to create and maintain relationshipswith Partners. We feel in the past thatmaintaining relationships with partners hasbeen an area where FCANZ has beenweak. Partners need benefit in return andI now feel that with someone solelyfocusing in this area we will excel.

As we move forward into summer and apotentially brighter economic climateremember to keep your standards high andnot rush through jobs, because you have

Hi All,

Welcome to the Spring edition of theWIRED magazine. I hope winter has beenas kind to you in your part of the country asit has been to me. It’s great to see somelonger daylight hours and the ability to getin a few more hours on the tools each week.

Things are looking positive for the fencingindustry, farmers have had a very goodyear and are passing their earnings on.Capital development ie: fencing is high ontheir agenda to offset taxes so we as anindustry will directly benefit from thiswindfall. Contractors I have talked toaround the country are already beginningto experience this and are getting bookingsfor some large scale jobs. This is awelcome relief from the tight last two years.

FCANZ is also experiencing some verypositive forward movement. We wereinvited to demonstrate fencing best practiceat Mystery Creek National Field Days, thisis a massive public event and we wereexcited to be involved. This event wasanother great way to expose our brand,getting out in front of people to let themknow who we are and what we are all about.Demonstrating best practice fencing atsuch an event aligns perfectly with ourmission statement “ to raise the profile offencing as a recognised profession andencouraging a high level of workmanshipthrough knowledge and standards.” Wepurchased a marquee for this event withour branding on it, we are sure you will seethe marquee at many future events, and itis another great branding tool.

August 17th & 18th saw the ExecutiveBoard members make their way to Lincolnto have a one day meeting focused solelyon marketing, preparing a marketingbudget, calendar and strategies for thefuture. This is a great tool for ourOperations Manager Suzy Alsop to use anddefines exactly how we will spend ourmoney over the next two years for FCANZto gain exposure and recognition withinNew Zealand. The following day was usedfor our normal six weekly meeting.

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Cover photo Pete GregorySincere thanks to our contributors Nigel Broadbridge, Rob Best, John Noakes, Pete Gregory, Andy Smith, Paul Fitzsimmons, Mike Samuel, McLenaghan Contracting & Suzy Alsop

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Saturday was a good opportunity to meetPartners and Sponsors and PotentialPartners and Sponsors, as we mixed andmingled. After three good days of weatherSaturday was wet on and off which meantnumbers were down and a totally differentcrowd compared to the rest of the week.We did strainer assemblies, went throughall the different scenarios of building fences,always learning new ways and sharingideas. Also the tools used and the littlethings for making jobs safer.

I would like to thank the Field DaysCommittee for getting FCANZ a site atMystery Creek and special thanks to Lucyand Warrick for all there help with meals,transport etc. We look forward to a top sitenext year for promoting FCANZ and thefencing industry at a high level.

A Special thanks to all the people, Partnersand Sponsors that made this all happen,and for supplying materials on site at theField Days:Wiremark – AndyGoldpine – Brendon, Shane and MattCyclone – ShaneStrainrite – Maurice, Struan and HughPaslode – Warren

A big thanks to our demonstrators:Rob and Ian Best – a great father soncombinationAllan RennieSimon Fuller

A very positive outcome as we go forwardin the future. FCANZ Setting Standards.Thanks to anyone I have missed and I’mlook forward to Field Days 2012.

Back in June FCANZ was invited todemonstrate industry best practice at theMystery Creek Field Days in Hamilton. Thefour day event kicked off on Wednesdayand we finally sorted our site out onTuesday, which was not in a great location,a bit out of sight of the public. We erectedour marque and organised material for a 3wire fence, displayed our FCANZ Partnersand Sponsors inside.

Wednesday dawned and we were on siteat 7am making sure everything was readyto go. We had Rob and Ian Best, AlanRennie, and myself doing thedemonstrations, promoting FCANZ,answering questions and hands-onshowing people how to do footings, staysand tie wire off and strain fence. At the endof the day we pulled the marque down andmoved to a new site right next to theFencing Competitions at the top of the hill.Gave us a much better profile.

Thursday we had Simon Fuller on sitewhich was great to have him pass on hisexpertise. We erected a netting fencedown over the side of the hill following thecontour and put in box stays. Answeringquestions, explaining best practice,meeting like minded fencers and newmembers wanting to join up, even peoplewho hadn’t heard of FCANZ before. Allpositive stuff!

Friday we put up a post and rail fence,mortice in the rails on the angle post tomake it neat and tidy (Best Practice) andhung a gate. Plenty of interest and heapsof questions, and to have our newOperations Manager, Suzy Alsop, on sitewas a bonus.

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Field Days 2011John Noakes

FCANZ Site and Fencing Competition actionfrom 2011 Mystery Creek Field Days

The results from the Mystery Creek Field Days 2011 fencing championship were asfollows:

Golden Pliers (singles finals)

1st - Paul Van Beers2nd - Jeff Joines3rd - Shane Bouskill

Finalists; Gordon Hansen, Matt Jones, Nick Liefting, Tim Stafford and Tony Bouskill

Silver Spades (doubles finals)

1st - Wayne Newdick & John Steedman2nd - Shane Bouskill & Gordon Hansen3rd - Matt Jones & Jeff Joines

Finalists; Mark Lambert & Craig Shortall, Nick Liefting & Darryl Wheeler and JaredNicholson & Tony Bouskill

Best First Year

Jared Nicholson

Best Second Year

Tony Bouskill

Bill Schuler Trophy

Jared Nicholson

We look forward to seeing next years competition!

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Field Days 2011(cont’d)John Noakes

Allan Rennie Drilling Strainer Hole

Best Drilling - Father & Son

Doubles Winners

Jeff Joines Runnerup Golden Pliers

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More action from the Field Days

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More action from the Field Days

This article has been supplied by Kiwifruit Vine Health Inc, they would like all contractors to be awareof the protocol required for working on kiwifruit orchards due to the risk of PSA.

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KVH Psa Risk Management Protocol—Kiwifruit-Orchard EntryKiwifruit Vine Health Inc

Who should follow the kiwifruit-orchardentry protocol?Every employee or contractor who isrequired to move onto kiwifruit orchards aspart of their employment must follow thisprotocol.

What is Psa?Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa)is a bacterial disease of kiwifruit vines, firstidentified on New Zealand kiwifruitorchards in November 2010. Psa carriesno risks associated with human or animalhealth, and it does not affect plants otherthan kiwifruit vines.

How does Psa spread?Psa is a transmittable bacteria, whichmeans it can be carried via heavy rain,strong winds, on equipment, machinery,people and plant material.

Who is Kiwifruit Vine Health Inc. (KVH)?KVH has taken over leadership of the Psaresponse from ZESPRI and MAF sinceDecember 2010. KVH is working withindustry partners to develop and executeshort- and longer-term strategies formanaging Psa in New Zealand. (Refer towww.kvh.org.nz phone 0800665825, emailinfo@kvh.org.nz)

Protocol

Prior to leaving your office:1. Before leaving office premises or

commencing work, contact theorchard owner or manager to arrangea designated meeting place.

2. Enquire about the grower’s ownprotocols and orchard-hygienerequirements.

3. If you cannot contact the grower youwill need to delay your visit.

4. Ensure you have disinfectant todecontaminate yourself and yourvehicle upon exiting the orchard.

5. Ensure your vehicle is as free as ispossible of previous debris and mud inthe wheel arches. Ask to use theorchard wash-down area if available.

On arrival at an orchard1. You should see Psa risk-management

property boundary with contact detailslisted. (See attached orchard gatesign below).

2. Meet the orchard grower at thedesignated site. Only essentialvehicles should enter the orchard sopark outside the orchard if possible.

3. If you were unable to contact thegrower prior to leaving your office,once you have arrived at the entranceor the orchard office, make everyeffort to contact the grower again.

4. Keep to the hard-formed tracks whendriving through the orchard; do notdrive on the grass.

5. Follow the orchard owner’srequirements for hygiene.

6. Do not go under the kiwifruit vines (thisincludes people and vehicles) unlessit is absolutely necessary. If you haveto go under vines, you must follow theowner’s expectations and wear thecorrect protective clothing (disposablecoveralls/hats etc).

Prior to exiting the orchardCheck and decontaminate yourself andyour equipment of all plant material(including your shoes, clothes and vehicle)

People1. Do not take anything you do not need

from the site.

2. Immediately prior to exiting theorchard disinfect footwear (particularlythe soles) in a footbath; or spray withdisinfectant (Virkon, Quats, Trigeneetc. – follow the recommended labelrates).

Vehicle cleaning (prior to leaving theorchard)

1. At the wash-down area check that allplant material and soil on the vehicleis completely washed off andremoved.

2. Spray all tyres, wheel arches andaccess ladders with a high-pressurewater-hose followed by disinfectant(Virkon, Quats, Trigene etc. – followthe recommended label rates). Payparticular attention to the undersidesof the vehicles, ensuring tyres arethoroughly washed and make surenothing is trapped in the tread.

3. Ensure that any run-off or splash doesnot contaminate adjacent vehicles.

4. No vehicles will be allowed to leavean orchard until the vehicle has beensufficiently decontaminated.

Even if you do not intend going ontoanother orchard in the foreseeablefuture, you still must follow the aboveprotocol.

Psa risk management orchard gate signillustration:

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Launched at the National Fieldays in June, Gallagher’s latest fencing products are fine examples of farming technology which is simpleyet brilliant.

At Mystery Creek this year, Gallagher unveiled two new products- the High Conductive Electric Fence Wire (Electromax) and DriveThrough Electric Gate. Peter Nation, National Sales Manager for Gallagher, says both products showcase the innovation which hasmade the company famous.

Like all Gallagher products, he says these two latest launches are the results ofconsiderable research and development undertaken as a direct response to customerneeds. “They are great innovations from the leader in farm fencing technology.”

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The result is pleasing curves at the startand end of a laser straight line of post andwire fencing, with timber posts sitting upout of solid volcanic rock flows. “And everyday I drive up and down it, I appreciate thework that went into building it”.

and it’s probably the best way to describethis project.

“We found Intorock Drilling after a bit ofphoning around – I wanted 200mmdiameter holes in solid basalt so we coulduse 175mm SED poles in the stockyards –and Intorock had a 4.5T tracked machinethat runs off a 750CFM compressor on theback of a truck. They were confident therock wouldn’t be a problem but couldn’tgive me any real idea of how long it wouldtake to drill the 80-90 holes we needed forthe yards plus a couple of fencelines Icouldn’t do with the tractor & rammerbecause of the ground rock. But we didknow it was going to cost $280 an hour.Plus GST. Scary”.

“I got a local contractor in with a 12T diggerto clear the site for the yards and metalledit with a local red rock which we thencompacted with an 8T roller. Set out thesemi-circular yards with dazzle and steelpins ready for Intorock. The tracked drillingrig was a ‘down the hole hammer’ drill –blowing all the debris out as it went, toleave a smooth sided hole in solid basalt,with a neat pile of freshly made buildersmix next to the hole. Put post down hole,add cement to builders mix and grout postin hole – brilliant! Angles didn’t needstaying or breastplating – even better! Fourholes per hour = $70 a hole – ouch! But,as I’ve said to a few people, there were only87 of them, and we used H5 poles, andwe’re only planning on doing it once”.

There are some parts of Northlandcountryside where fencing gets really hard.

We’re talking about solid basalt. It’s whythere are so many stone walls around thedistrict – back in the old days the easiestway to build a fence was to keep it all abovethe surface. It was also a great way to clearpaddocks of surface rocks.

But if you’re a fencing contractor and it’syour own property, there are times youwant to see things done in post and wire,and in lines or curves that are pleasing tothe eye. Especially if your driveway is 900metres long and you’re driving up and downit twice a day.

When Pete Gregory and his wife JulesSmith bought their property west ofWhangarei in 2005, they knew they were infor some challenges forming a driveway towhere they wanted to build their house.There was also the daunting prospect ofbuilding stockyards as well. Pete had a fewpeople suggest a rock spike on his postdriver would do the job. “I can see thatworking when you hit a 3 tonne rock300mm below the surface – yeah right”.Faced with the challenge of outcrops ofsolid sheet rock and boulders the size ofsmall Japanese cars lurking just below thesurface, Pete decided the best approachwas to bring in a specialist rock drillingcontractor. “Always take a gun to a knifefight” is one of Pete’s favourite sayings –

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The metal stake had pierced his right side,gone through his torso and was nowprotruding from his stomach. Surprisinglythere was very little blood but his earpiercing scream was enough to alerteveryone on the building site.

Jason was only 15 and shouldn't reallyhave been on the site. His Dad could onlylook over his body mortified as theemergency services cut the stake and tookJason to hospital.The metal stake hadpierced his right side, gone through historso and was now protruding from hisstomach. Surprisingly there was very littleblood but his ear piercing scream wasenough to alert everyone on the buildingsite.Jason was only 15 and shouldn't reallyhave been on the site. His Dad could onlylook over his body mortified as theemergency services cut the stake and tookJason to hospital.

Why Jason was on the building site

Jason's father was contracted by Buildcoas a labourer on their new apartmentdevelopment in the city. It was schoolholidays and Jason's Dad decided to takeJason along to work. He knew it wasn'tstrictly allowed but Jason looked older than15 and was a responsible kid.

The metal stakes were protruding from thenewly laid foundations of Block C. Whilstthe stakes themselves weren't protectedthe whole area was cordoned off and thoseworking on the site knew to stay away.Jason, however, was a curious kid andwhen his foot slipped off the raised platformhe toppled onto the stake falling on his back.

It wasn't long after the accident that OSHwere on the site asking questions.

OSH decided to target Buildco

Whilst Jason was very lucky not to die, ifthe stake had been one inch to the left itwould have pierced several vital organs.OSH were keen to lay fault with someoneand as the owner of the site and theemployer of those working on it, Buildcowere the obvious targets.

Under the Health and Safety inEmployment Act 1992 (as amended),employers and people who control placesof work are under various legal duties.Some of the most important ones are:

* To identify and eliminate / minimisehazards* To operate a safe system of work* To warn of hazards

The consequences of not complying withthese legal duties can be serious andinclude a fine of up to $500,000 as well asa criminal conviction. Neither were aconsequence Buildco could afford to suffer.

How to avoid the cost of prosecution

Fortunately, Buildco were a responsibleemployer and were aware of their legalduties under the HSE Act. To comply withtheir duties they had put together acomprehensive Health and Safety policywhich included the requirement to have ahazard register, accident register and asafety induction for everyone entering thesite. Everyone working on the site was veryfamiliar with the policy.

The policy itself addressed the hazardslikely to be found on the site, how to preventaccidents happening and what to do if anaccident did happen.

What this meant in Jason's case

Buildco had a policy that only persons over18 who had successfully completed theirsafety induction would be allowed onto thesite. Entrants to the site were monitoredusing a sticker attached to their hard hatwhich confirmed that the person hadcompleted the course. Jason's father hadborrowed a colleague's hard hat to getJason onto the site - he knew that the siteforeman wouldn't let Jason on without thesticker.

After a full investigation by OSH the chargesagainst Buildco were withdrawn. OSHagreed with them that they had taken allreasonable steps to ensure safety on thesite and that fault firmly lay with Jason'sfather.

Follow Buildco's example

Some may say that Buildco were lucky notto get prosecuted. But it wasn't luck thatstopped the prosecution in its tracks - it wasthe implementation of a thorough healthand safety policy which Buildco were ableto produce to OSH investigators after theaccident. Without that detailed writtenpolicy things could have been very different.

Do you have a professionally preparedwritten Health and Safety Policy for yourworkplace? If not you could be risking notonly accidents but also an OSH prosecution.If you need help putting together a sucha policy then go to my website.

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This article is being re-printed toinclude the photos which go along withthe article, we hope you enjoy it.

The best part to being a fencer I thinkwe can all agree is that our office isconstantly changing. We don’t workon a boring factory line doing the samething day in day out. In Feb./March thisyear we successfully tendered forremoving 8km of an all post fence and12km of ypost form retired ground inthe Hawkdun Ranges.

The fence was about 12yrs old usingCorsican 6inch posts with 7 2.5 wiresattached and spacings were 5m apart.

To give you an understanding at theremoteness of the area from Alexandrawe were travelling 2.5 hrs to get to thetop of the hill.

The last farm house we passed was30km away and cell phone coveragewas near on useless until we got to thetop of the range some 1400m abovesea level.

On a wet Monday morning (2 inches in12 hrs) we ambled up the valley, wewere heading into the upper

Manuherikea catchment hoping thatthe weather would clear however allthe creeks were raging and theManuherikea was in flood. We hadestablished a D5 bulldozer with a cagewe remedied at home to ferry materialsin the steep terrain, a digger, 4wd tiptruck and tractor with a homebuilt PTOwire winder.

Once we left the gravel road we had towind our way for 7kms beside the riverand crossed it 7 times (when it droppedits level) to get to the fence line. Youhad to be careful of the jagged rocksin sections (tyre killers) while alsomarvelling at the hand built water racearound steep rock faces built by earlyminers to supply St Bathans with water.

The Dozer was also modified with asmall crane at the front to extract postsand tiedowns all mostly 5ft 6 drivenhome using a chain and a sheet metallifter. The dozer was necessary due tothe steepness as well as fixing theaccess tracks.At the top of Mt St Bathans the terrainwas all weathered shingle and we weretreated to views of Central Otago andthe Waitaki District, You could seeLakes Dunstan, Pukaki, Ohau and MtCook. Alexandra, Cromwell, Omarama

Hill Country Fence RemovalMike Samuel

, Tarras, St Bathans and Ranfurly couldbe also seen plus the odd herd of reddeer.We first destapled all 1500 oddposts and wound the wire up insections, Posts were collected on thedozer and tandem trailer and thentransferred to the 4wd tip truck (150)at a time and taken to the bottom (onthe first day the return trip from top tobottom with the posts and then backup took 6 hrs). All the posts were soldto the neighbouring farm. Part of thecontract was that we retained materialsto dispose of how we saw fit.

Some days we opted to camp out in alocal DOC hut which is an originalmusters hut built right in the middle ofthe boundary line (the fence weremoved). It was built like this betweenthe 2 farms as there was no need fortwo huts as was agreed by the 2landowners yet neither trusted eachother to have it on one side or the other.

Over the past 3 years we have nowremoved 50kms of fence in the OteakeConservation area some by helicopterbut most by machines due to thelarge amount of reusable materials.

The work is extremely varied which theemployees really enjoy.

From fencing rural blocks of land, the teamhas been part of the new SouthernMotorway Stage Highway 1 project, shiftingand installing new fences to enable themotorway to progress. Post earthquake, ateam was involved in installing securityfences to close parts of the Summit Roadindefinitely. We run a Fence Pro -combination side mount on a 6200 JohnDeere tractor and a Wyma EngineeringPost driver on a Same 90, both with rockspikes.

McLenaghan Contracting has beenoperating in the Selwyn District for 22 years.A family owned business started by Andyand Carol McLenaghan, now employingtheir three sons Jeremy, Hamish andSimon and 18 other staff members. Initiallydoing mainly agricultural fencing, cultivationand haymaking the business hasdiversified several times due to the growingnumber of lifestyle blocks in the area.

The company now covers a full range ofservices for the lifestyle block owner, civilworks, landscaping and agricultural work.

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Contractor ProfileMcLenaghan Contracting

Lifestyle Fencing

The Team

At Work

The optical square can also be used to find points on a line between 2 outer points, and

place a point on a line between 2 points and at right angles to a 3rd point.

We have found the optical square to be a very useful tool, and is an excellent time saverwhere there is a requirement for a number of square corners, for example, setting out yardsor compounds.

They are available from most stores selling survey equipment, including online fromTrigInstruments (www.triginstruments.co. nz) where they currently sell for $59.00 plus GST.

The optical square is a simple hand heldtool which has a number of uses, the mostsimple being the set out of square corners.Traditionally we use the 3,4,5 triangulationtechnique, however the optical squareoffers a simple, accurate alternative to thismethod. Using this tool in conjunction witha plumb bob to set out a right angle, anaccuracy of around 1cm at 30m can beachieved.

To set out a square corner, hold the opticalsquare over the corner point, (using aplumb bob for greater accuracy if desired)and sight through the lower prism to aranging pole (or batten, crowbar etc) atPoint A. Have an assistant move a rangingpole or crowbar, sighting it through thecentre window until the 2 poles align asabove. When this alignment occurs, youhave created a square corner.

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the cliff edge, and securely fastened toanchor points using ropes and karabinersThese anchor points can include rocks,waratahs, fence posts, or trees. The ACRteam use a brake bar system and prussicknots to lower a team member down to thepatient. A pulley system utilising amechanical advantage of 5:1 (or more asrequired) is then used to raise the patienton a stretcher back to the rescuers. At alltimes there is an independent safetysystem operating to ensure the safety ofthe rescuer and patient.

ACR have expressed their extremehappiness with the final design andperformance to date, and the entire tripodassembly was manufactured for roughly ¼the cost of proprietary units available fromthe United States.

information and tweaked the design to usematerials readily available in our workshop,including 20mm gate lugs (for the hingedhead section), 40mm swaged pipe (for thelegs) and standard flange plates (to preventthe legs sinking into soft ground. Thematerials were quickly assembled,including welding the gate lugs to form ahinged joint, and once the initialconstruction was approved by ACR, thehead section was zinc plated andpassivated to give it an attractive goldcolour. Several different pieces of swagedpipe were supplied so that the tripod canbe assembled easily on uneven terrain,and were fitted with PTO pins which holdthe legs together. Once on site, the legsare assembled to the required lengths, andlocked in to the head section. Theassembled tripod is put in position close to

Early in 2009, KC Fence Systems, asecurity fencing contractor in Christchurch,was approached by the Alpine and CliffRescue Team, a specialist team from NewZealand Land Search and Rescue. Thisteam, whose members come from the NewZealand Alpine Club and the CanterburyMountaineering Club, is available for SARoperations at the direction of the NewZealand Police in areas of technicaldifficulty in a mountainous or cliffenvironment.

They had an unusual request: “Can youdesign and build a tripod to assist with clifftop victim recovery?” After a shortconsultation, KC Fence Systems answereda resounding YES!. Murray Cullen fromACR provided a brief of their requirementstogether with a basic design. Theserequirements included the ability for thetripod to be broken into small pieces to beeither carried into remote sites, orhelicoptered in as required, for any lostparts to be easily replaced, and above allto be robust enough to take the combinedweight of 2 people comfortably. Obviouslyit also needed to meet the client’s budget.KC Fence Systems staff took this

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We hope you don’t need it, but…………!!!!!!!Murray Cullen and Paul Fitzsimmons.

We certainly lost time with themanual Planer so with aportable generator and anelectric Planer we save approx.3 min a stay and tired arms.

If you don’t have portable power take all the gear to a shed or atyour yard, a good wet day jobfor us is prepping stays.

This is a Strainrite FencingChisel it cost over $100 but hasproven to be well worth it. Wewere using old building chisels.This is a far better option andmade the job much easier andquicker.

By changing our method I havehad so many comments aboutMortising. Clients are looking atour fences more and are reallyimpressed with the end result.

It doesn’t matter whether we areat the front or back of the farmall strainers get the sametreatment. At the end of the dayas tradesmen we want peopleto recognise our work for time tocome.

This is a stay that is cut to lookthe part with a 6inch nail drivenhome, NOT Industry BestPractice.

This is a mortised stay, A chiseland plane, Gauged to correctheight – not going to move. Thisis Industry Best Practice.

One thing we encountered withnumerous staff was the heightinconsistency of stays sincemortising we have a set heightwhich is gauged so that thewires run above or below thestay and not through it.

The other major thing I touchedon was the time factor, as wehave got better at doing themortising we are quicker andhave also employed a fewdevices to speed the process up.

By sorting out how many boxesor angles we now do several ata time rather than 1 by 1

Once upon a time we used to doangle stays and box sectionsquite different to what is knownas best practice.

My response to mortising wasthat it was too time consumingand in the country we operate inmeant we had no playsometimes in our strainers to bethat precise. I proved myselfwrong.

We were taught by theassociation cutting stays andplaning them out and after a lotof driving around New ZealandI really looked harder at differenttypes out there.

I believe that there are manyways to brace and I’m sure all ofus have our own style. This isjust one acceptable method andI’d like to touch why we changed.I was shown a Fenceconstructed by former FCANZPresident and it was just likewhat many of us have seen inthe Fencing competitions.

It was smooth, the grains werevisible, not an ounce of gaparound the chisel hole. It wasprofessional and tidy. Imentioned that it seemedextreme for a fence and alsothought for the amount of timeand precision that the cost of thefence must be “way up there”

In regions in New Zealand thatare highly competitive thisattention to detail will ensure thatyour work is recognised as apoint of difference fromcompetitors and help you bechosen over the next guy.

I thought this should be as goodas any time to change.

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Systems – StaysMike Samuel

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Something I see occasionally, is strainers installed incorrectly on sloping ground where a gate is to be hung. An example of thisis shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Notice the strainer has been put in plumb which has made it difficult to hang the gate parallel to the ground, leaving it almost incontact with the ground at the latch end and needing a log of wood in the resulting gap, to make it sheep proof at the other.Also the bottom gudgeon has been lengthened excessively to counter the problem.

Figures 3 and 4 show a much better relationship between the gate and strainer and is more consistent with the slope of theground - gudgeons are adjusted evenly and are much neater and more professional looking.A strainer can be installed on the correct contour simply by standing the gate in the proposed position and driving the strainerparallel to the hinge end of the gate. This is easy to do, but so often overlooked.

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Good v’s BadRob Best

Figure 1 Figure 2

Figure 3 Figure 4

Fri Sept 9 20.30 A New Zealand v Tonga Auckland Eden Park

Sat Sept 10 13.00 B Scotland v Romania Invercargill Rugby Park Stadium

Sat Sept 10 15.30 D Fiji v Namibia Rotorua Rotorua International Stadium

Sat Sept 10 18.00 A France v Japan North Shore North Harbour Stadium

Sat Sept 10 20.30 B Argentina v England Dunedin Otago Stadium

Sun Sept 11 15.30 C Australia v Italy North Shore North Harbour Stadium

Sun Sept 11 18.00 C Ireland v USA New Plymouth Stadium Taranaki

Sun Sept 11 20.30 D South Africa v Wales Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium

Wed Sept 14 14.30 D Samoa v Namibia Rotorua Rotorua International Stadium

Wed Sept 14 17.00 A Tonga v Canada Whangarei Northland Events Centre

Wed Sept 14 19.30 B Scotland v Georgia Invercargill Rugby Park Stadium

Thu Sept 15 19.30 C Russia v USA New Plymouth Stadium Taranaki

Fri Sept 16 20.00 A New Zealand v Japan Hamilton Waikato Stadium

Sat Sept 17 15.30 B Argentina v Romania Invercargill Rugby Park Stadium

Sat Sept 17 18.00 D South Africa v Fiji Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium

Sat Sept 17 20.30 C Australia v Ireland Auckland Eden Park

Sun Sept 18 15.30 D Wales v Samoa Hamilton Waikato Stadium

Sun Sept 18 18.00 B England v Georgia Dunedin Otago Stadium

Sun Sept 18 20.30 A France v Canada Napier McLean Park

Tues Sept 20 19.30 C Italy v Russia Nelson Trafalgar Park

Wed Sept 21 19.30 A Tonga v Japan Whangarei Northland Events Centre

Thu Sept 22 20.00 D South Africa v Namibia North Shore North Harbour Stadium

Fri Sept 23 20.30 C Australia v USA Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium

Sat Sept 24 18.00 B England v Romania Dunedin Otago Stadium

Sat Sept 24 20.30 A New Zealand v France Auckland Eden Park

Sun Sept 25 15.30 D Fiji v Samoa Auckland Eden Park

Sun Sept 25 18.00 C Ireland v Russia Rotorua Rotorua International Stadium

Sun Sept 25 20.30 B Argentina v Scotland Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium

Mon Sept 26 19.30 D Wales v Namibia New Plymouth Stadium Taranaki

Tue Sept 27 17.00 A Canada v Japan Napier McLean Park

Tue Sept 27 19.30 C Italy v USA Nelson Trafalgar Park

Wed Sept 28 19.30 B Georgia v Romania Palmerston North Arena Manawatu

Fri Sept 30 20.30 D South Africa v Samoa North Shore North Harbour Stadium

Sat Oct 1 15.30 C Australia v Russia Nelson Trafalgar Park

Sat Oct 1 18.00 A France v Tonga Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium

Sat Oct 1 20.30 B England v Scotland Auckland Eden Park

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Rugby World Cup Timetable

Sun Oct 2 13.00 B Argentina v Georgia Palmerston North Arena Manawatu

Sun Oct 2 15.30 A New Zealand v Canada Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium

Sun Oct 2 18.00 D Wales v Fiji Hamilton Waikato Stadium

Sun Oct 2 20.30 C Ireland v Italy Dunedin Otago Stadium

Sat Oct 8 18.00 QF1: W Pool C v RU Pool D Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium

Sat Oct 8 20.30 QF2: W Pool B v RU Pool A Auckland Eden Park

Sun Oct 9 18.00 QF3: W Pool D v RU Pool C Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium

Sun Oct 9 20.30 QF4: W Pool A v RU Pool B Auckland Eden Park

Sat Oct 15 21.00 SF1: W QF1 v W QF2 Auckland Eden Park

Sun Oct 16 21.00 SF2: W QF3 v W QF4 Auckland Eden Park

Fri Oct 21 20.30 Bronze Final Auckland Eden Park

Sun Oct 23 21.00 Final Auckland Eden Park

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