Posts and poles

This operation processed smaller logs and the tops of logs, which were cut to length and then de-barked. They were sprayed for anti-sap stain and fungi prevention, and then dried and tanalised for uses which included telegraph poles, marine piles and for haysheds.

Shorter lengths went to the sorting chain, where four men sorted for length and diameter. At this stage some were pointed and some were sawn into half-posts. They were then bundled and tanalised for sale and used for page 25farm fences, grape posts, deer fence posts and kiwi fruit stays. The latter would be the smaller diameter posts.