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Final stretch on barbed wire.

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Rob

04-24-2002 16:33:43




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What's a good procedure for putting the finishing touch on the fence when all that is left is to set the tension?
Is there a certain amount of stretch a guy should pull out of 12 1/2 ga. 2-strand wire after it's taut? 15 1/2 ga. high-tensile 2-strand? Should you tighten in stages like torqueing a head bolt? Do you need to go back to the start and pull it back? What's the secret for setting and forgetting? :)

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chris

04-27-2002 14:14:52




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 Re: Final stretch on barbed wire. in reply to Rob, 04-24-2002 16:33:43  
Just an idea I used, I have a barbed fence running along the county road and snow always blows in there really bad breaking the wires every years. I took the spring setup for high tension wire and put it in the center of the fence and put 1//4-1/2 tension on the spring and left the staples out enough so that the wire has room to stretch and flex as the snow pushes down on it. This has saved many repairs on that fence. Wanted to pass this on to anybody having problems with this. chris

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Scott Green

04-24-2002 18:53:08




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 Re: Final stretch on barbed wire. in reply to Rob, 04-24-2002 16:33:43  
Rob , we use to tie off one end to the corner post. Roll out the wire to the other corner post. We would pull by hand while whipping the wire up and down , trying to get a nice stait route from one corner post to the other. We would pull all we could by hand , and then tie it off. Then we would go along and fasten the wire to the other fence post. Believe it or not , by the time we fastened the wire to all the inbetween post , the wire was like a banjo string. Our fields were not perfectly flat. As we went up and down the nolls in the rolling fields fastening the wire to the post , the wire got tighter and tighter.

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Grove r

04-24-2002 20:53:09




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 Re: Re: Final stretch on barbed wire. in reply to Scott Green, 04-24-2002 18:53:08  
Right on, Scott, here where I live, I stretch out eighty rod spools, double brace posts at the ends, [level ground]do exactly as you do, then use a four sheave, wire stretcher and finish pulling it up, as tight as you can, while someone snaps the wire up and down to release it from any obstructions on the ground, then staple from the middle both ways to the ends, but leave the staples back from the wire so the wire can move back and forth as it wants to, that way if anything hits the wire it can move without breaking, as it does if the staples are driven in tight. I also use one and three quarter inch barbed staples, haven't had one pull out yet! hope this is of some help, have a gooder, R.E.L.

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RayP(MI)

04-28-2002 12:59:58




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 Re: Re: Re: Final stretch on barbed wire. in reply to Grove r, 04-24-2002 20:53:09  
A come-along - one of those racheting handle cable winches will do a far easier job than a block and tackle - plus you don't have to work so hard keeping the ropes and pullies untangled!



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