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Posted by Walt Davies on August 01, 2007 at 09:35:36 from (70.41.245.71):
In Reply to: Re: fence stretching question posted by msb on August 01, 2007 at 07:30:47:
The crimps are in the wire so it can go evenly over small rises and dips. with out them you couldn't get a straight fence unless you put it on perfectly flat land. I always stretch the bottom wire first them the top wire. leave the others to find their own tension or use a claw hammer to slightly tighten them. If you have a large dip or sharp hill you may have to put small twists in the wire from top to bottom or bottom to top to take up the slack. After a year or two you will need to retighten the fence. Put a Barb wire strand about 2 in. above the woven fence to keep animals from sticking their head though and pulling it down. I also put a wire in about every 6 or 8 ft. tying the two together. At the end of each 330 ft. section of wire i put in two wood post about 4 ft. a part with a wooden X frame between them. Tie one roll to the far post and the next roll to the other side of the post and tie to the first post set your staple on the other post so that the wire can move. This creates a point where the fence can flex back and forth to keep it tight. Put at least one of these in the center of every run or every 330 ft. I have fences that look good after 4 or 5 years with no extra work on them. where I didn't do this the cows make a mess of the fence. Also remove any fruit trees that are on the other side of the fence the cows will tear down a very good fence to get to them. Don't ask how I know this. Walt
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