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BobMo

01-07-2005 08:10:39




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Do you guys out there use a crimping tool for splicing barbed wire and if so which type. I have always done it the old fashioned way but am trying to use the high tensel wire and it is difficult to tie to say the least. Any advice?




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Jerry/MT

01-09-2005 20:53:05




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 Re: Barbed Wire in reply to BobMo, 01-07-2005 08:10:39  
I took a Gallagher fencing course a few years back and they showed us how to splice it using a sheep shank knot I believe it was called. I've used that and it works very well and leaves a smooth splice when you wrap the tag ends around the wire. I usually use a Western Union splice on barb but with high tensile barb, I use the sheep shank. I have used crimp splices also and they work well. If there is a Gallagher fencing dealer near you, call him up and see if they have some classes. It's worth the time to learn how to handle the stuff 'cuz it's not like soft galvanized steel wire. The down side of using it is that you need to buy some specialized tools to work with it;wire jenny, hight tensile cutters (you can comb your hair with ordinary lineman pliers after you use them on high tensile wire!), strainers, etc.

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kyhayman

01-07-2005 20:31:09




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 Re: Barbed Wire in reply to BobMo, 01-07-2005 08:10:39  
I use the high tensile barbed wire exclusively, have for 15 years. Never used a crimp on it though I have the tools, got them for regular h.t. smooth wire. I dont loop it, some of my old wire dates to the end of WWII and it wont take a loop. Always just wrap each pig tail 3/4 times around the other wire. Works great, quick and easy. No fumbling with clips in mittens in 6 degree weather.



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FarmerDave

01-07-2005 12:05:13




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 Re: Barbed Wire in reply to BobMo, 01-07-2005 08:10:39  
I use the crimper tool, Spilce-It. There about $40 at the farm store. Electric fence calls for one with holes in the crimper. Both types are basically a bolt cutter with a opening between the blades.



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Ron in Nebr

01-07-2005 10:19:49




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 Re: Barbed Wire in reply to BobMo, 01-07-2005 08:10:39  
For splicing barbed wire we always just make a normal hand splice- put a loop in each end and twist it back around itself. For the high-tensil we have some crimp connectors that use a tool that looks like a bolt cutter.



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BobMo

01-07-2005 11:35:33




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 Re: Barbed Wire in reply to Ron in Nebr, 01-07-2005 10:19:49  
I'm sorry I didn't make myself clear earlier as I was refering to high tensel barbed wire splicing..... ..



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