So we’ve started dipping the giant pile of poles, one by one, two by two! At this stage we reckon on needing 450 poles and droppers at 10m spacing.
Poles dipped in preservative
Three by three also possible.
Poles dipped preservative
Garikai is determined to catch that sun.
Poles dipped in preservative
Poles dipped in preservative
Poles leaving the dip tank
Poles leaving the dip tank
Poles leaving the dip tank
Reflecting in the dip tank
Don’t forget the secret sauce
Dipped pole
Now a giant pile of dipped poles
Happy Days Pole Dipping Plant
Part way through we also dipped the rolls of veld fence (Bonox fence) in bitumen to provide some protection to the bottom of the fence in contact (or buried) in the ground. No pictures of the operation due to yours truly being the ‘senior driver’ but we used the forklift attachment on the front loader to pick up each roll held on end. Then dipped it in the butumin and placed it on the stack shown below. Each roll is 100m and weighs approx. 90 kg.
Bitumin dipped veld fence
Bitumin dipped Bonox fencing
Eastern Highlander 
Love the updates – will definitely visit the Eastern Highlands soon!!
Well done folks this is the new jewel in Troutbeck. Really proud of your hard work and vision . Over here we are fine getting darker earlier and gloomier miss the African sun badly.love you all Mbuya. Mbuya
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