Wire unroller

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JTD

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Has anyone every seen or used a wire unroller for woven wire that mounts to a 3 point hitch? Any sources for ideas? Thanks.
 
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You might try a search of previous posts. It seems like I remember someone fabricated one from 2x4's. Even posted photos. Good luck.
 
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JTD
I'm trying to visualize why you would need a woven wire un-roller. Usually just laying the roll on the ground, cutting it loose, and giving it a kick will unroll it with no problem. Are you trying to manuever between or around some things? Otherwise, a rod through the middle of the roll, and a means to apply a "brake" to keep the roll from unwinding too fast is needed.
Any additional info you can give us?
 
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I think I understand where he is coming from, if you have a lot of wire to put up it can be a pain rolling it out on the ground, whereas I think he wants to mount the wire upright on a turntable with a pole to hold the roll on the table so he can drive and the wire will unwind as he goes. Makes it easier for 1 guy to install a fence. I have seen units like this made for 3pt and bobcats which are used for 8' woven wire so they are built much heavier. I have never seen one produced by any company yet or seen any plans online for one. Most people that I have talked to that built them do it by trial and error. How much fencing do you plan on putting up?
 
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Robert,
Whitetail Deer Farm??? Do you actually raise Whitetailed Deer as a renewable resource? On purpose? Do you sell many? Live or butchered? What sort of prices? Who buys? Or is this a tongue in cheek sort of thing?

In many places deer populations have expanded to the point that deer are just rats with antlers, truly agricultural pests. Some towns have been virtually invaded with all ornamental plantings at risk. Some places allow archery in residential areas to thin the herds. Until they eat a lot more than the rye I planted for them I will tolerate them as I like to watch them out the window as they eat the rye within 15 feet of the window until about 5:30 or 6:00 am.

I was visualizing a vertical pipe with 5 rolls of barbed wire on it with spacers between the rolls. Probably spaced wider apart than in the final form in the fence to avoid easily tangling. Of course with some sort of brakes for each roll to keep good tension to reduce tangling. Drive a bit, attach wire stretcher to each strand in turn fasten to "T" posts then drive a bit, repeat ad nauseum. I wouldn't have thought of this except for this thread. Thanks guys. I too will be doing some one man fence installing.

Patrick
 
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Check the thread "Field Fence Installation Tool" in this forum for one solution. Good luck.

Bill
 
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I've got about 3 miles of property line fencing to put up (4 ft wire). Then crossfencing for pastures. My wife wants woven wire around the perimeter (part of the deal for me buying the tractor and attachments). I've got one to two helpers part time. I've cleared a road around the property where the fence will go so we probably will just unroll it on the ground as you've noted. However, my helper was wondering if a 3PH unroller would be helpful. I've seen two ideas for this in Farm Show magazine archives but I've found this forum is usually the best source around. Thanks for you input.
 
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We raise whitetails in captivity and can not release them into the wild nor can we take whitetails from the wild. We raise them mostly as a hobby and sell them to other people who want a couple for pets but usually we sell to other farms. As far as prices go it depends on what animal the buyer wants there have been bucks that have sold for over $200k and the 30-30 buck sold for $150k. We do not want to butcher our animals and so far have not had to but it is always a possibiltiy if we get too many at some point.
 
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Robert, I see from your reply and (DU-UH) the website in your bio that you are a commercial deer producer. No offense intended with my previous ligt remarks. Everyone around here cold claim ti be a deer rancher as we have plenty whether we like it or not.
Hope this isn't boring everyone else BUT I'm curious, do you practice selective breeding, artificial insemination, implantation, or any other high tech animal husbandry strategies like the high dollar cattle folks do? I should imagine there would be demand for smaller deer with larger racks and more docile "personalities".
As the resident deer expert and a way to sort of tie this to the general thread topic (fencing), what is our advice regarding keeping deer from damaging newly planted fruit trees and flowers. I built a rectangular fence around 10 new fruit trees, 3 strands of electric but will add extensions to the "T" posts to go up to about 8 ft with 3 more strands. Is this whistling in the dark? If there is rye grass outside the fence just like inside the fence how high would they jump to get to the plantings. Similarly, how would you protect roses and other flowers in general.
I suppose there are deer contraceptives that could be an alternative to having to butcher/destroy animals due to crowding in your operation. How many acres per head of venison or is our fertility such that you figure head /acre?

Patrick (patrickg not patrick_g that was a subtrafuge to get by a temp identity crisis with me, TBN, and Microsoft.)
 
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The larger farms with more money practice artifical insemination as we prefer to let the deer do the work. We do selective breeding and cull the inferior deer from breeding. In the deer industry you want as large a body deer you can raise in both doe and bucks and the bigger the rack the more the buck is worth as well as his fawns. Most hand raised fawns are as friendly as any dog and most of ours run up when they see us coming. As far as bucks go you do not want them friendly, you want them to maintain a slight fear of humans because if they do not fear you they will attack you. We have a few hand raised bucks and during the rut they do not hesitate to try and attack us because of they consider us the same as themselves. We only raise one buck a year to be friendly so that we have a calm deer for scent collection.

As for keeping deer out of gardens there was a thread on this exact topic a couple weeks ago and all your answers will be in that post.

And finally deer contraceptives are a joke and all the anti's that do think they are a way of controling deer populations do not know the amount of fun involved in this project. I am friends with the former manager of Penn States deer research facility and he did studies on contraceptives so that hunters don't have to kill deer, what the contraceptives did was allow the doe to be breed then force her to abort the fawns. In pen raised deer it is fairly easy to handle deer with the right facilities but to capture wild deer and give them contraceptives would kill at least 50-70% of the deer from stress as well as possibly killing anyone trying to hold the deer while they administer the contraceptive. I have heard of people who have been killed by deer as they can catch you with their hooves and they are powerful as I have been kicked a few times including this morning. Whitetail deer are one of the highest stressful animals and they don't take being handled well. And for our pens to control population we just remove the buck from the pen or remove some does from bucks. But contraceptives are a joke and I do not mean to offend anybody who may believe they are a way to control wild deer populations, hunting is the only cure for overpopulation.
 
 

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