Strainer Post Install (New Zealand)

This video shows the way I do a strainer and stay assembly, there are many many methods to achieve the same goal but heres my take on it.
Im a New Zealand Dry-land farmer and NOT a fencer, so this is not so much a "how to" as just to show how I do them. Any tips welcome.

[@cloptonhouse]

the level of information and detail in doing this is much appreciated. It is sometimes difficult to find quality videos that walk through the process.

[@Lindz37]

Well thank you for commenting! So glad this could help.

[@robbiepayne9161]

Brilliant. From a townie who has just come to the country

[@barneyatkinson-saul9881]

Excellent video dude. Beautifully sharp chainsaw too. I’m putting in some stays tomorrow for a 1600-1800 fence with chicken wire and a top and bottom plate. Not nearly as deep as yours but on rotten rock and concreted in 100mm on either side. Definitely enough to go on here, great work.

[@paulsmith4220]

I enjoyed watching your attention to detail. I will view every strainer I see with new found respect. Cheers from Waipu.

[@Lindz37]

Thanks for your comment mate, much appreciated

[@halley29826]

Best thing to ever come from NZ and there’s been a lot 👍

[@Lindz37]

Well thank you very much for your comment haha much appreciated! Cheers for watching

[@aischaparker9471]

thanks for sharing, good explanation as you go along. i love your sped up digging. if only i could dig that fast. well done , knowledge is power.

[@Lindz37]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for your comment! And yes i wish i could dig that fast too

[@janlabuschagne7908]

Great job ,great tutorial and now I can do my first one👍

[@Lindz37]

Awesome! Thank you for commenting :)

[@madelinealdred5152]

Great thank you. Im a 70yr old woman so going to dig holes with an auger on a digger, and use dril and spade bit to ease a lot of the chiselling. Awesome tutorial.❤

[@Lindz37]

Thank you for your comment!

[@MrPjandjb]

That’s awesome mate. Job well done 👍

[@Lindz37]

Thank you, I appreciate your comment. Cheers

[@duncandogster]

Thanks for sharing that method, my friend! Here in the USA, we do H braces, which is less digging but more posts, wore tensioners, etc. I will try this on my goat pen for sure!

[@Lindz37]

Yea for sure, we do use an H brace at times too just depends usually on expense of materials and personal preference. Cheers for your comment

[@1987barbar]

Awesome mate. Alot of work goes in to it. Respect to fencers

[@Lindz37]

Cheers mate, appreciate your comment!

[@Muzz308]

Awesome vid mate.

[@Lindz37]

Thanks mate, I appreciate your comment!

[@davidsilveira198]

very helpful man! Regards from Taranaki!

[@Lindz37]

Awesome to hear mate, glad it helped. Thanks for ya comment.

[@fraforgt-350r2]

Great techniques, really nice tight joint. Personally where I live in the UK it’s very wet a lot so we always retreat cut ends of the wood with wood preserver. Normally I use creosote posts which are more expensive but they last 50+ years and I retreat their cut ends with creosote

[@Lindz37]

Yes, certainly not a bad idea re treating cut ends

[@tinyhousebigdreams1201]

Thanks for your efforts

[@Lindz37]

Thank you for watching and commenting! Means a lot

[@ianross1641]

thanks for this video, away to install four stays

[@Lindz37]

Awesome! Hope it goes well!

[@HunterGath3r3r]

Great content man! 👌

[@Lindz37]

Hunter Lindsay I’m glad you liked!

[@rogerdalton8356]

Awesome, looks good thank u

[@rachelrells7495]

Very helpful, thank you 😊

[@Lindz37]

Rachel Rells Awesome to hear!! Glad this video can help people in some way. Thanks for ya comment :).

[@johnnzperplexed2741]

Good to find this on KZbin for quick reference. Very tidy work too. Only thing I can think to add is using a battery drill with spade bit to get rid of bulk prior to chiselling can speed things up a bit.

[@Lindz37]

Oh that’s a great idea I’ll give it a go next time! Thanks for your feedback.

[@paulsmith4220]

Faster still, side cuts with plunge of saw. Then chisel. As long as water can drain out of pocket, no issues. Bugle screw foot on. Pilot drill foot so only screw into post.

[@johnnzperplexed2741]

@@paulsmith4220 I'm pretty sure that could be done with correct technique but didn't feel safe to me as amateur.

[@neilcreswell5808]

Great video.. We have hard clay country .. I have using the post hole borer with a 200 mm auger . I bore a hole as far as I can ,then slide a half round in with matchs the hole . The I ram the stay in like you have .. saves a lot of hard digging....

[@Lindz37]

Sounds like a good system!

[@bernardmccann7676]

Nice one mate very good

[@Lindz37]

Thank you, I appreciate you commenting my friend.

[@josemathiasoliveira3323]

Belo trabalho! Fiquei cansado, só de assistir o vídeo!

[@abowhand]

Very nice, going to try that in upstate NY

[@Lindz37]

Brilliant! Good to hear! Thanks for your comment

[@rnzeducation6704]

Thanks for the lesson!

[@Lindz37]

No worries! hope it helped

[@rikertvonfulton16]

Thank you from Kansas.

[@Lindz37]

My pleasure! Thanks for your comment

[@orweyztungchiu5819]

Awesome mahi bro - can't beat good traditional kiwi fencing - posthole rammers not as neat but sure make the long stretches a breeze.

[@Lindz37]

Orweyz Tungchiu cheers mate, yea for sure! I don’t mind putting in the hard yards and time if it’ll last.

[@bradloney5574]

Cheers for that mate! Just about to have my first crack at it. Not looking forward to how hard the digging is going to be though…

[@Lindz37]

Good luck!

[@gregtaylor8327]

Good job. Got that tee shirt. Good old fashioned hard yacka mate

[@Lindz37]

Thanks mate, I appreciate your comment

[@rrssmooth6643]

Pretty good all round.

[@Lindz37]

Cheers mate appreciate you’re comment!

[@billharris3650]

Thanks for that. I have half a k of my own fencing to do at our place shortly and never done it before. This makes much more sense. We have clay to deal with about 300mm down so that's gonna be fun... not...

[@Lindz37]

Done properly mate you’ll look at that fence and feel good every time knowing you built it! But yes fencing is not an easy task. Cheers for your comment

[@scarboroughriders]

nice bro

[@johnconen3623]

Good video mate. Whats the rule of thumb for the deep of your strainer post and full rounds every 4m or so for an 8 wire? Is it aways half the height out of the ground in the ground for strainer and full rounds or? Cheers John

[@Lindz37]

Hey, so for strainers and any angles i generally like to use the 2.2m 175mm strainer and because the fences around me tend to be about 1100mm high, the strainers and angles go in the ground 1100mm with a foot. In this video the ground was real hard so i could get away with a 2.2m strainer which is plenty big enough. If a contractor is ramming the posts in they'll tend to go for the 2.4m pointed posts and put them 1300mm in the ground with a different footing system. As for the in lines i use 1.8m 125mm posts at a depth of 700mm in the ground again leaving 1100mm out of the ground. Ground conditions will change things a little bit, like if ground is swampy then bigger posts will be used and different footing. Hope this is of some help, Thanks

[@jonathanrayfencing1824]

I like it

[@Lindz37]

Thanks, I like it too, stays solid for years and years, and i reckon it looks tidy too.

[@davidsilveira198]

Hey HCL, i know with strainer posts they always do round posts. What would you advise with line posts, quarter posts or full rounds. We are getting the quarter rounds for $6 and the rounds for $10. What would be more durable long term. Wet country 3-5m of rain per year.

[@Lindz37]

100% if you can afford the full rounds then go with them, I reckon they look way nicer too. People say the quarter rounds are just as strong, i farm bulls and disagree. I prefer the full rounds, but it comes down to personal preference tho

[@davidsilveira198]

Hey HCL, We are going to start our fencing project soon, would just like to enquire, what sort of posthole shovel are you using, where would the best place for me to get one. This is the green shovel you are using. Thank you very much. David

[@Lindz37]

I don’t know/ remember the brand but I got it from mitre ten mega. Just a basic one with a hard wood handle so lasts a bit longer

[@davidsilveira198]

@@Lindz37 Thanks man.

[@winaa270]

I'm looking for a new chainsaw just for fencing, what size Stihl is that and what size bar do you recommend.

[@Lindz37]

This one is the Ms170 with a 14” bar it’s one of the cheapest saws stihl make but a bit better is the Ms180 with a 16” bar would be nicer. Little bit more grunt but a little more expensive .

[@davidsilveira198]

Would you kindly share your wisdom, on what is the best way to put in a straight fence. Thanks HCL!

[@Lindz37]

There’s no one way haha, I put all my strainers and angles in first then put the second from the top wire on and strain, as well as the second from bottom wire on too and strain. I usually bore the holes for the in line posts instead of ramming as I don’t have a rammer but with the two wires tight you can get a decent line to follow with the in line posts, if your using stays then put them in after wires but before the inline posts. Again mate that’s just the way I do it haha.

[@davidsilveira198]

@@Lindz37 That is really good insight. The last fence we put in was quite wonky. We had a tougher time getting the posts out that we put in, than im putting them in! Ha ha!

[@davidsilveira198]

Hey, what did you use as a foot. Is it a number 2 or 3 quarter round cut into chunks?

[@Lindz37]

Cant actually remember what I used, probably a No3

[@Lindz37]

In saying that tho, u can use what ever you want, half round quarter round of what ever size as long as it’s treated for under ground, so not battens which believe it or not iv seen before haha.

[@davidsilveira198]

@@Lindz37 I can Imagine! Thank you very much for that, it is very helpful. Great content man! Found the video extremely helpful. Keep it coming! :)

[@abbo3272]

@@Lindz37 not, battens, any G.Tpost will do

[@InvestingwithTom]

G that was actually mean 🤙

[@Lindz37]

Cheers man!

[@westonandelin4556]

Question from the USA. Just curious on the number of wires. I've noticed that the kiwi's and aussies mostly do hi tensile with 7-11 wires. I've recently switched to hi tensile smooth wire and my cows are respecting a 5 wire non electric fence. Why so many wires? I run around 300 cows.

[@Lindz37]

Hey, very simple answer, generally over here most farmers will run both cattle and sheep, the sheep will go through most fences that arnt battened or that haven’t got 8 or 9 high tensile wires. Farmers here that run cows only can get away with a 1 or 2 wire generally hot fence to keep them in, as females tend to not “push” through fences to get into another mob. Bulls, on the other hand (that I farm) will push through pretty much anything that isn’t hot sooo farming both sheep and bulls a 9 wire with 2 hots does pretty good at keeping both sheep and bulls in. Hope that clears it up a bit for you. Thanks for your comment.

[@hikurukutai]

Good job there young fella Always wondered why kiwis use spades over the American 2 handle job may be spades are quicker

[@Lindz37]

I wonder the same thing but i guess its just what each-other is used to, i must admit i have never tried the 2 handle, i should give it a go one of these days, ill make a video if i ever do haha.

[@abbo3272]

@@Lindz37 spade is good for facing your hole, and digging, rebate for the foot.

[@davidsilveira198]

Hey HCL, I am putting a 3 wire electric fence. If possible I'll go for number 1 rounds. If not possible, I'll go for a quarter rounds. My question is if I went for number 1 rounds, how many meters apart could I place them to keep older calves and bulls in a 3 wire fence? Gallagher manual says 15-20m for dairy cows. Thank you very much. David

[@Lindz37]

Hey, again with this it’s personal preference but probably 7-8m spacing should be ok, can always add more wires later if u find it’s not as stock proof as you were hoping too.

[@davidsilveira198]

@@Lindz37 what if i did 10m?

[@Lindz37]

@@davidsilveira198 yea can’t see why not, just the more posts the better generally as it’s more of a visual barrier too, but yea I’m sure it would be sweet.

[@owenscott5063]

Do you use the same technique for a corner post just with two stays? Or do you have a different method for corners?

[@Lindz37]

Same I just use one stay for the angles (corner) and just aim in in the middle of the wires, so where the pull is. If that makes sense, u can use two stays just more expensive so I use one. Both work great. Hope this helps

[@owenscott5063]

@@Lindz37 makes sense - thanks!

[@InvestingwithTom]

He’s alive!

[@Lindz37]

Yeap it's been a while!

[@johnfradgley7368]

Do you make your own fencing spades?

[@Lindz37]

Hey, in the video that’s a brought one, but yes my main spade I use now is home made.

[@beneaththetrees7126]

Hey bro. Get yourself some pincers and you will dig all that dirt about 80% quicker. I’m a fencer in Brisbane Australia and I don’t even use a crow bar unless it’s rock shale or solidified white clay. Dirt is really tough in Brisbane. I use pincers all the way. In farmland I can dig a hole 800ml deep in about 8 minutes that’s going for it hard core but pincers are the way.

[@Lindz37]

Yea I have looked into them a bit but haven’t found a one that feels like good enough quality to not fall apart in the hard stuff, but thanks for your comment I will give it a go. Cheers

[@XxBloggs]

All well and good if you can dig a hole that deep in your ground. I have shale at 30cm

[@Lindz37]

Yea that’ll put the breaks on pretty quick. Blast the hole?

[@xf9001]

Hey bro what brand is that hammer

[@Lindz37]

Stiletto. Chur

[@user-wickedflower]

Now you’re an expert can you come & do mine 😊

[@Lindz37]

Haha too many of my own to do, but nice try

[@whangapiritaterongomautiak2883]

No fuss simple application.

[@Lindz37]

Defiantly does the job well and lasts for ages without moving, even with bulls barging through gateways haha

[@peterpole4330]

Much easier to use Double Shoval digging out hole.

[@dannycrow4193]

No way you could dig a hole like that with shovels here in the ozarks.

[@tingo101]

Exhausted just watching that…

[@Lindz37]

😂

[@johnclaffey7218]

Why aren’t you using a post driver?

[@Lindz37]

Would love to mate, but can’t afford one yet. Cheers

[@johnclaffey7218]

@@Lindz37 you must work in good ground. Stoney Ireland is a different story for hand digging. Even the post driver fails regularly.

[@Lindz37]

@@johnclaffey7218 Yea certainly ground is on most of the time we have all sorts of soil types, my biggest problem is limestone country.

[@abbo3272]

@@johnclaffey7218 post drivers, use a spike rammed down, first, breaks up, or moves rocks.

[@CoolDarthVader]

How deep for that hole 22:28

[@Lindz37]

Hey, it’s about a foot and a half usually, as long as the stay block is solidly in place and can’t move and the angle of the stay is appealing to your eye then it’s not a specific depth. Don’t go too deep or it will effectively be leavening the post up out of the ground. if that makes sense. Cheers

[@mishakolomoicev9701]

A man Bun? Oh Geez even the Kiwis are loosing it!

[@Lindz37]

😂 yea guilty haha

[@mishakolomoicev9701]

🦘💨💨💨

[@devinvenema4493]

That’s not moving. Looks mint

[@craigdarling3088]

Pay attention all Americans. This is how fence.

[@Lindz37]

Haha I appreciate the comment!

[@peterconnolly9828]

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