Splitting wire........field fence

carl reitnauer · May 26, 2013

I bought about a thosand feet of 8 foot high galvanized wire fence;like a heavier gauge field fence. Any ideas on how I can split it length wise to get 4 foot width? Very badly need it as 4 foot wire.

Fergienewbee · May 26, 2013

Roll it out and use a pair of bolt cutters. Tedious and hard on the back, but that's the only way I can think of.

Larry

Harold Hubbard · May 26, 2013

What is the diameter of the roll? Is it a factory roll, or a sloppy mess from being takend down and rolled up in the field.

If it isn't too big, you might be able to cut it with a gasoline powered abrasive saw while it is rolled up. You might have to cut part way and unroll it to finish. The saw may want to pinch and kick.

Zachary Hoyt · May 26, 2013

Angle grinder with a cut off wheel?
Zach

Rick Kr · May 26, 2013

I second Fergienewbee. Big bolt cutters. I think anything powered - grinder, recip saw, etc - is going to bounce and jump all over the place on you. Unless you have a couple guys to hold it down.

Get to helpers and a good and BIG set of cutters. One cut, two roll, when the cutter gets tired, switch around.

Or, just thought, plasma cutter or torch, but invision the hoses all tangled up in the fence as you are cutting it.

Let us know what way worked the best.

Rick

fixerupper · May 26, 2013

Zachary has about the best idea. With a grinder you can cut the wire of right next to the horizontal wire it's wound around. I've cut lighter gauge woven wire that way and the cutting disk cuts through fairly fast without grabbing and catching. I don't know how much slower it'll be on a heavier gauge wire like yours. Probably depends on how much power the grinder has and the cutting ability of the disk. Jim

IH2444 · May 26, 2013

I would have just bought 4' wire.

I am asuming you got a great deal on the 8' stuff?

ben there · May 26, 2013

i've seen some of that 8' game fence with 2 horizontal wires in the center with about an inch between...if this wire isn't built the same you're gonna have about six inches of loose vertical stays on 1 roll...bolt cutters would be cheapest way to go and also safer...wire pinches cutoff disk and its shrapnel.

carl reitnauer · May 26, 2013

Bolt cutters will be used. I was hoping someone might have a brain F--t on something better. It's in neat 100' rolls,juat a few years old and cost .10 a pound.

Anonymous-0 · May 26, 2013

Regular fencing has a heavier guage wire on top and bottom for proper tensioning on stretched wire. If you cut it in the middle you will not have a good workable piece of fencing, probably wasting your time. I would sell and buy the size I needed.

Yukon3639 · May 26, 2013

Gas powered chop saw. Works great!

Janicholson · May 26, 2013

were it mine to cut with a bolt cutter, I would put the rolls on a 3" pipe supported on each end (possibly 2 steel T posts driven in 2 feet and chained to hold the roll off the ground a foot) so it could be rolled out away from you from the bottom of the roll. I would then fasten 2 2X4s across the free end and hook it to a receiver hitch on a car/truck with an auto trans. resting the cutters on a bench or blocks at mid roll in height and centered, With a helper to drive the car/truck forward as needed snipping the wires as they come around. Stop before the last bit of roll. and take tension off the roll to prevent violent re rolling. Jim

Russ from MN · May 27, 2013

Wow! I would like to have some 8 foot wire for deer fence, they are eating everything!

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