Hardy Kiwi Growers... What do you use for a trellis?

After a few half-hearted attempts at single line systems (2 poles and a wire), I built a larger, sturdier trellis out of galvanized steel post and rail in 2013. You can see some more recent pics of it in this thread, where I mention the need to add bolts:

It’s construction pre-dated this website, but it looks like the old Gardenweb site still has the post about its construction:

Here are a few pics from it, from 2013:

I looked at the pic in Dax’s thread and it was striking how much space he had around the trellis. I think that is a big problem with my early kiwi planting- not enough space. I’ve started removing some of the early (pre 2013, not the pic above which is working out well) vines which were planted on the single line trellis and don’t have much space.

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