Tool price rant

[woodlandfarms]

Ahhh... It holds up a stretched out wire fence. Tree falls on fence, it gets bent and stretched. New taught wire tightens up fence, or at least lets it hang correctly.

 

[bcp]

I'm still lost. What does that wire do?
I've built a LOT of fence, but have never heard of that.

About one or twice a month I would find a section of fence smashed down about 8 inches or so. I would have to pull it back up into place and put in some kinks in the horizontal wires to tighten up the fence.

Here is the only photo I have. This isn't my typical fence, but is a temporary fence that was only stretched by hand.



Bruce

 

[MMagis]

Okay, now I see. I assume it's a lighter gauge wire, like 16 gauge?
Honestly, I've never heard of it before. I don't build many woven wire fences, that may be part of it.

 

[2458n]

I am guessing you do not have many bears in Guernsey Co Ohio.

 

[MMagis]

Nope, just the occasional passer through. Deer are my biggest problem.

 

[muddstopper]

Usually for wove wire, we run a couple of strands of high tensil barb wire above the wove wire. Mostly just for increaseing the height of fence, not so much for added support for the wove wire. I have found many instances where the barb wire kept a tree limb from mashing the wove wire. Dont think I have ever seen slick wire hog ringed to the wove wire, but understand the reason why one would do it that way.