I wanted a fence stretcher

[Raul-02]

I don't like putting it up, maintaining it, tearing it out or looking at it.

LOL. My need for the stuff is Deer. The damn things are like the hoards of zombies on the walking dead. They destroy every single thing I try to do to my yard. I can't imagine what they'd to to a garden.
If I had my way I'd hire a team of molecular biologists to develop a disease that would wipe them all out.

And to think, I used to think they were cute.

 

[Raul-02]

High-tensile woven fence.....interesting

I'm gonna have to confess to ignorance of the significance of the world "woven."

 

[flyerdan]

Woven is your typical chain link fabric, where you can bend one of the knuckles out and take a picket out rather than cutting it for length. New rolls have a loose weaver in them so you can splice it to the next roll for long runs.
We did a lot of high tensile field wire for some vineyard gates where you'd wrap the horizontals around the frame and tie it to itself. That is some nasty tough wire, we made wrapping tools from a piece of rod with a hole it in, went lots faster than using pliers.

 

[Raul-02]

around the post

Thx. What did you use to prevent the wire from slipping down the post?

 

[Raul-02]

typical chain link fabric,

Would you call this woven?

https://images.kencove.us/prod/product/assets/WDN10-6BB.pdf

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

I remember buying an 18 wheeler load, and I mean stacked tight, field fence for 350 dollars. Some rolls were over 4 ft diameter. We fenced over two miles and had plenty to sell off and have some still. Wire was bigger than re mesh. Just built a corral and cattle chute. Welded that wire to the gates. Also built a fenced off area from angle iron and welded wire to it. Fenced divider was so I could be inside corral working chute gates. I made them with wheels on top and they go straight across and dont swing. Boys, it's slicker n snot.

I've got three of the net wire stretchers. 1878 is when the oldest was made. 1888 second one. Third one is a home made version that's well over 100 years old. These were probably the first come along ideas. They have a socket for a 3 in wood tapered handle to go in. About a 8 ft piece of 1/2 or 5/8 chain. They were sold as fence stretchers. Though I can see them used for pulling stuck wagons, model T's and moving loads. Mainly because they will do it.

 

[ruffdog]

Would you call this woven?

https://images.kencove.us/prod/product/assets/WDN10-6BB.pdf

Yes, I would call that woven as they also call it woven. High tensile normally means that the metal has more carbon than low tensile wire has. That way they can have a smaller wire gauge that is as strong and weighs less. The drawback is the wire ends are harder to bend. I use 11 gauge low carbon woven fence.

Low Carbon or High Tensile Fencing | Which is Right For You

 

[flyerdan]

Would you call this woven?

https://images.kencove.us/prod/product/assets/WDN10-6BB.pdf

Yes, (and not just because that's what they called it) but opposed to being welded wire, which is another common option. The wire we used for the vineyard gates was welded, about seven feet tall and had spacing that narrowed from about 8" at the top to about 1.5" at the bottom, so little critters were thwarted as well.
I would imagine that the woven wire would withstand more deformation without breaking any of the joints which would make it advantageous if cattle or horses were around it as well.

 

[oosik]

I installed a barbed wire fence around my 80 acres - 1320 x 2640. Mile and a half of fence. A pipe with spacers on the 3-point held each roll dead center behind the tractor. 1320 feet each time.

Rolling out the barbed wire with the tractor worked fairly well. Stretching it with the tractor proved to be a nightmare. Quit after trying with the first wire rolled out. With the tractor there is no "feel" about how tight the wire is.

Solution - my handy man/high lift jack. Chained to the tractor - worked great. Worked on getting this fence installed for two years. A little now - some more time, later. It has withstood the test of time. Installed in 1982 and still standing - tight, true and SHARP.

 

[24mph]

Trick from the 50's: fastened the fence to a Farmall Super A, pull the coil wire and hit the starter button. Wouldn't work with a diesel.

 

[PuffyC]

Some of you guys are fancy. My stretcher is a couple 2x4s bolted together pulled with a block and tackle. I've installed a bunch of woven and welded wire fencing and as long as I did it 100 feet at a time I could even do it by myself. Anything more gets too heavy unless you have someone to help, or you buy one of those rollers.

 

[grsthegreat]

Some of you guys are fancy. My stretcher is a couple 2x4s bolted together pulled with a block and tackle. I've installed a bunch of woven and welded wire fencing and as long as I did it 100 feet at a time I could even do it by myself. Anything more gets too heavy unless you have someone to help, or you buy one of those rollers.

You can make your own roller. I made mine out of scraps and 2 new hitch pins.

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[Raul-02]

Prba

With the tractor there is no "feel" about how tight the wire is.

prolly a bit over the top to suggest a piezo strain gauge with a blue tooth to your smartphone.
Found one on McMaster only $17-Grand.
That's an awful lot just for a glorified fish scale

 

[dodgewade]

I built one several years ago to put up field fencing (hog wire as we call it around here). I think I had enough height to put a roll of barb wire on top and roll it off with the field fencing. One I get to a corner post, I would get off and close the clamping and us my tractor in low first, let the clutch out and kill the motor to stretch it tight. I only had a 240 MF with water in the tires. This might not be advised with a bigger tractor. When it runs out, put another roll on make the splice and take off again.

These pics are not the best since the clamping part is closed. It must be opened and pull the wire through it. It would take me a day or two, but I could likely get a few dimensions and another picture or two. There has been a few thousand feet run through it over the years. Several friends have borrowed it to use and to make them one. The last fence I built was about 16, 17 years ago.

 

[DaBear3428]

Trick from the 50's: fastened the fence to a Farmall Super A, pull the coil wire and hit the starter button. Wouldn't work with a diesel.

Sure it would, pull the fuel cutoff

 

[EddieWalker]

I started out with a pair of 2x6's that I bolted together to stretch my fence, but the boards wore out and I wasn't getting the fence as tight as I wanted it on longer runs. I used new boards and then a length of angle iron and a 2x4 that worked better, but it wasn't ideal. I decided to spend the money and buy the Kencove stretcher bar. It wasn't very expensive compared to what you get, and how well engineered it is. I've been very impressed with it and highly recommend it.

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I use a come along on the bottom, and another on the top. This allows me to get the top or the bottom tighter, when needed.



To carry and unroll the 200 foot rolls of 2x4 horse fence that I'm installing, I attach my hay spear to my pallet forks. Since I already have them, it has proven to be a very cost effective method that works great.

 

[harrydarwen]

They need to start teaching that in schools again! I work on things all the time that call for special tools, would go broke if I had to buy them.

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