Re: OT — How do you guys stretch field wire?

Posted by bc on August 25, 2011 at 09:05:06 from (69.149.215.68):

In Reply to: OT — How do you guys stretch field wire? posted by 641Dave on August 24, 2011 at 12:42:00:

I wonder where Lanse is about now.

Dave, you still need to add a hot wire or two in an attempt to keep the hogs off the fence. With horses you want a wire about chest high and one on top to keep them from leaning on the wire.

I like to keep the fence a few inches off the ground so you can get a weed whacker under it. If you don't control the weeds, blowing dirt and dead weeds will eventually fill in and rise up and grab the bottom of the fence wire.

To protect your investment for more years, hot wires to keep the animals off of it and control the weeds and grass at the bottom. The longevity of the fence will also depend on post bracing as well.

Last one I stretched was with an old barbed wire stretcher that hooks over the post and has a lever and notches in it. Started from the top and did the heavy guage wires first and then went back to the lighter ones.

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