Barbed wure removal problem

[63DH8]

Almost 30 years ago, I put a barbed wire fence up around my parent's property. Since then, the posts have fallen and the field has overgrown. I had almost forgotten about the fence until my tractor's brushhog found some. What I'm trying to figure out is how to find and remove the barbed wire from the field. Would a rock rake work? What else could I use to find and remove the barbed wire?

 

[GerardC]

Maybe something like this will work for you. Gerard

 

[daedong]

You could spray the general area with Roundup, and then when all is dead and dry, burn it. By doing it this way no vegetation gets entangled in the barbwire and it will be easy to handle.

 

[Egon]

The rake should help locate the wire. Removing it may be another factor. Chances are there will be a lot of hand work after you locate the wire.

Egon

 

[riptides]

What Egon said.

And the rolls seem to be a lot bigger then when they were installed. I think the wire when it gets exposed to air, triples in length. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Wear good gloves, eye protection and raggy clothes when your picking it up. Good luck.

-Mike Z. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Varmintmist]

Neighbor kids, cash, food, cutting pliers.

I have never used or seen a easy way to remove barded wire.

Start at one end and roll it onto a 5 gallon bucket until you run out of room, then get another bucket. Go to the phone company and see if you can get some small wire spools.

 

[JJT]

Get a tetnus shot before you start messing with the wire. If you have lots to remove, you are sure to get a few punctures...

 

[_RaT_]

I put the tooth bar on my loader to scratch around for stuff.

 

[turnkey4099]

Find an end and begin pulling up. This is WORK. Some way to apply power to the pull will help a bunch. The idea of burning off before beginning will also facilitate progress. You will probably have to pull staples from each post.

Harry K

 

[Cactus]

The best thing I ever seen was a guy with a bulldozer cleared a fence line,posts, wire and all . He dropped the blade followed the fence line and pushed it all in a pile shoved the dirt/wire over in a ravine and I had a nice clean piece of ground to work on.No brush,no posts,no wire.