Waikato Farming Lifestyles June 2012
Tangle free fence standards The frustration of untangling electric fence standards has been solved by Geoff Pearson and his invention the PIGGYSTAK™.
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Pig-Tail Electric Fence Standard Holder
From MESS
• Hard to pick up and carry • Constant sort outs for use • Costly to lose, break & bale • Tangled mess, trip & fall hazard
... to SORTED!
The PIGGYSTAK™ stores up to 20 standards of any type. Farmers can also carry one in each hand with a reel to manage up to 40 standards at a time or simply have them hanging off the quad farm bike or ute to break feed with ease.
The PIGGYSTAK™ can be used as a handling device and a convenient tidy way to keep fence standards up off the ground, untangled, always ready to go. Farmers are able to run out their tape and put fence standards in the ground in one operation so it can also save time and effort. Keeping standards stored off the ground also means that they are easily found without the extra expenses and losses for contractors’ broken machinery when they are mowed or bailed up after being lost in the grass. The PIGGYSTAK™ won’t rust so can be left hung on a gate or fence for the season then can be hung up on the shed wall with fence standards when not in use so storage is no longer an issue and shed space maximised. Farmers are now able to have stressfree break feeding as the PIGGYSTAK™
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PIGGYSTAKs $
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3 for 99 allows tangle free electric fence standard use with easy transporting to and from the paddocks, without the constant frustration for sort outs. Children or women can easily carry 20 standards safely without the risk of pinching the skin on their arms or having a slip and fall problem, as the standards are not attached to them in any way. The PIGGYSTAK™ name was inspired by the jargon term Pigtails or Piggysticks, a term many farmers call their fence standards. Mr Pearson has been using the Piggystaks and fence standards with his ROCKUP Adventure business and property for several years and decided to launch the product at Mystery Creek Fieldays after getting so many positive comments and interest from groundsmen, farmers, schools, equestrian and sports clubs. He has received great feedback from farmers at Fieldays to the point of having to make up additional stock onsite each year to cater to the demand.
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The PIGGYSTAK™
Launched at Innovations Fieldays 2007 this invention sorts out the age old problem of handling and storing standards and reels.
The PIGGYSTAK™ has reflective strips to help find it in the dark and is made of high grade aluminium which means it will not rust, is light weight and strong, easy and comfortable to handle.
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The PIGGYSTAK™ Solution SITE C15 FIELDAY
• Holds any electric fence standard • Untangled ready to carry & use • Quicker break feeding, less hassle • Easy storage with reel, on gate, fence, quad or shed
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