“Back in the days working on the family farm, I absolutely hated building fence,” says Lance Exum. “I love it now.”
Each of his three-man crew runs a Stockade cordless power stapler. “It is definitely a game changer having the tools you need,” he says.
Lance stepped away from the family farm in 2015 and started up Exum Fence Company in Morven, Georgia specializing in cattle fence, woven wire and electric fence as well as land clearing and grading work.
Morven is as Southeast as you can get in the US. People call it the Flat Earth. Flat ground with a lot of wooded areas, and hills, few and far between. Away from the swamp, it’s sandy loam, good soft digging dirt.
“I had to get to that point of knowing that I didn’t want to build fence the way my grandad or even my dad had built fence before. From the start I was looking for a stapler tool to make my life easier.”
In the early days of Exum Fence Company, Lance was equipped with a small, imported stapler. It was not ideal. “We were dragging hoses and trying to figure out what was wrong with this little cheap pneumatic stapler tool that we had. From day one, I was always looking for a better option.”
Lance was also looking out for better ways to build fence. He began to follow fence contractors online: Luke Gibson and Ryan Sloop who introduced him to Stockade tools and Strainrite’s Hugh Morrison. “Those guys are great and have a wealth of knowledge.”
Next, Lance sought out the Stockade rep, and another fencing contractor quipped, “If you are not running the best stapler and tools, are you really putting up the best fence?”
It was the push he needed. “I asked myself why I was running cheap tools and trying to put up the best quality fence? We stepped out and bought our first ST400i cordless stapler, then we bought the pneumatic RingFast tool, then another ST400i, then another.”
“I love the speed of the ST400i. They shoot at good pace. The ergonomics are really good. Everything seems to be well placed – and you can actually call upon somebody and ask them if there is something going on with them.”
“The crew loves them too. I have one guy who has run a whole series of stapler tools. He has the same points as I have: they are more comfortable, they are more efficient, more reliable and we don’t have to worry about anything with them.”
Recently the Exum Fence crew took on a big project with a lot of footage and short runs.
“We had three guys stapling off at once and the RingFast tool coming behind. With the relief on your body, the productivity, we could staple off ten times as many posts easily with the ST400i versus hammering staples. The RingFast tool has been able to keep up with whatever we throw at it. It is simple to use and can put rings on as fast as you can walk.”
“I knew it before, but this job made me realize just how effective these tools are and the productivity gains. We can staple off short runs of fence with multiple tools and they are going to last all day — non-stop.”
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