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John A.
10-17-2007 22:45:44
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Re: need a little help on woven wire fence in reply to Dave from MN, 10-17-2007 05:31:03
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Dave, There have been a lot of comments on net wire fence building. This is an area I know a lot about.
First off your corners have to be done right and set deep. At least 4.5 feet deep depending on your soul type and type of post you ate useing. You spoke of R.R. crosties. They make a good corner here in Texas with our dryier climate. In wetter areas I do not think they work as well. Another opition is pipe, either oilfield or new reject. which is the way most folk are going nowdays. I personally like hand tamping on wood post, Not Cement for that short cut will come back to bite you. On pipe then cement is ok. Weld in a crosswise brace pipe and maybe a kicker and away you go.
Tie off your loose end on one corner, Remove a 2 or 3 vertical wires, make 2 wraps around the posr and tie the wire off by neatly making wraps around the line wire on each line. unroll completly.
At the other end ..... .
A fix a vertical pipe to a tractor drawbar and tie off the top part to the center link btase ot axles with a length of chain.
Line up the pull pipe on the tractor with the fence line, tie off each line on the pipe on the tractor. start driving forward in small incerments as the wire take the tention it will stand up. NOW look at the little crimps in the line wire. pull till half of the crimps are pulled out. (a reduction of each crimp in 1/2 its size.)
On wood post simply staple at lease 3 times on the corner and brase post each.
On pipe it is alittle more tricky, You must get a cable pull(come-a-long)and a wire clamp, fasten off the cable end of the come-a-long to the tractor or whatever you can clamp on the middle wire fairly close the the corner post, just down line of that post,,,,Say about 1 ft down, pull just a little tention or till this short piece slacks some. At that point... cut wire from pull post, wrap 2 times arounf corner post, then neatly wrap the pigtale of wire arounf the line wire. Now alternate top to bottom till you all you have left is the heavier top and bottom wires left.The look and figure out which enf top or bottom will move more if the other is cut. Mine needs the top cut first them the bottom. Then work out the rest of the line post Till it is finished.
OBTW.....TIE OR STAPLE EVERY LINE ON EVERY POST!!!!! it will make you a better fence, not a half a$$ one!!!
Hope this helps!
Later,
John A.
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