New Fence Finally Going Up.

[AGRIMAN]

High tensile wire is too light for brace wire. Use #9.

That might be the case, but we have used it on over 10 braces in the last few days and it’s twisted tight enough to play Dixie and it “ant” broke yet.

 

[DT86]

That might be the case, but we have used it on over 10 braces in the last few days and it痴 twisted tight enough to play Dixie and it 殿nt broke yet.

:drink:

 

[DT86]

Here, chew on this a while.

What is High Tensile Wire? - fencing

Agricultural fencing consists of low carbon wire or high tensile wire.
Low carbon wire is made from steel rod with carbon content of approximately 0.06-0.08%. This type of wire is easy to work with and somewhat forgiving. However, it is prone to elongation (stretching and sagging) and the strength is low when compared to high tensile wire.

High tensile wire is made with higher carbon steel. The carbon content of this product is approximately 0.28%. This increased carbon content significantly increases the wire's strength and reduces elongation. This allows you to use a smaller diameter high tensile wire to replace a thicker carbon wire. Once properly installed, high tensile fences remain tight for years and require very little maintenance.

Brace wire is low carbon wire.

 

[whistlepig]

All well and good. Seems #9 low carbon wire is pretty much useless compared to high tensile doesn't it? Perhaps there is a reason many of us use #9 low carbon for brace wire instead of high tensile. But that's for a different post down the road.

 

[AGRIMAN]

Nice fence. Looking forward to watching your progress as you post more pics.

What brand of fence wire are you using, Agriman? The label looks like it says Stay-Tuf?

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Thanks! Yes it’s Stay-Tuff. The Cattle Tuff version, it’s 49” with 12” spacing. It’s relatively new in our area and I really like the Fixed Knot design. It also comes in 660’ roles which is really nice to. I was able to get hooked up with a new local fencing wholesaler that just started carrying it. He gave me a pretty good price on it but I have to buy it by the pallet (5 roles on a pallet). Nobody can touch his price on post but I had to buy a truck load


Stay Tuff provides a range of high tensile fixed knot wire fences to suit numerous applications

 

[DT86]

All well and good. Seems #9 low carbon wire is pretty much useless compared to high tensile doesn't it? Perhaps there is a reason many of us use #9 low carbon for brace wire instead of high tensile. But that's for a different post down the road.

Simple, #9 is easy to bend and get it to do what you want by hand, its cheaper and comes in smaller easy to use lengths, it been around a lot longer and doesn't require any special tools to cut or unroll. Hi Tensile comes in huge heavy rolls, is relatively new by comparison, requires real good cutters and a special unroller (spinning jenny, another $100 if store bought) to use properly.

Farmerdean said hi tensile was inadequate, I'm simply trying to prove it isn't. I never said it was the only way to go.:thumbsup:

Just like I said I enjoyed different methods of installing braces and AGRIMAN asked how I did mine. I told him how I did it but never said he was wrong.

 

[whistlepig]

Simple, #9 is easy to bend and get it to do what you want by hand, its cheaper and comes in smaller easy to use lengths, it been around a lot longer and doesn't require and special tools to cut or unroll.

Farmerdean said hi tensile was inadequate, I'm simply trying to prove it isn't. I never said it was the only way to go.:thumbsup:

We are on the same page.

 

[AGRIMAN]

Found this when researching the Stay-Tuff wire. I don't think that I'm going to try this test for for myself, but I can tell you it's some tuff wire.

FENCE TEST VIDEO - YouTube

 

[whistlepig]

Found this when researching the Stay-Tuff wire. I don't think that I'm going to try this test for for myself, but I can tell you it's some tuff wire.

FENCE TEST VIDEO - YouTube

Thanks for the video. This is premium wire. I payed a little extra for my premium wire. And it was worth every penny.

 

[AGRIMAN]

What driver do you use?

I have no clue on the brand name. I got it from an elderly neighbor on mine who bought it new probably 20 years ago. I will post a few pictures of it and maybe you can help me identify it.