Stretching Barbed Wire

joeu235 · Nov 23, 2020

Short video on how I stretch barbed wire. Hope you enjoy. Any comments it would be much appreciated if you'd post on YouTube

How to Install Barbed Wire - YouTube

Tinhack · Nov 23, 2020

Bummer. All I see is a big blank after your post.

My security software won't let me see in-line videos. It's not safe you know. Do you have a YT link?

joeu235 · Nov 23, 2020

Tinhack said:
Bummer. All I see is a big blank after your post.

My security software won't let me see in-line videos. It's not safe you know. Do you have a YT link?

How to Install Barbed Wire - YouTube

EddieWalker · Nov 24, 2020

I liked your video and subscribed to your page. My goal for this winter is to build a goat fence and I will be using barbed wire for the bottom and top of the fence. I really need to buy that attachment for holding on to the wire, that worked pretty good!!!

Fuddy1952 · Nov 24, 2020

I've stretched it with large vice grips clamped tight as possible then pull with a ratchet come along.
Not sure if it's right but works well.

CobyRupert · Nov 24, 2020

For attaching wire to your “puller”, search: “fence wire grip” or “fence wire puller”.
The modern ones look a bit different than the ones dangling from every old block and tackle set I have, but are probably safer than using vice-grips.

First strand of wire gets installed end-post to end-post, and loosely tightened (oxymoron) before intermediate posts get set, right?

Edit for controversy: Should the barb wire be rolled out from the top or the bottom of the roll? (-TBN version of the toilet paper debate

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the old grind · Nov 24, 2020

Saw two guys stretching and tying cyclone fence one post at a time. They got to the eighth post and the first two posts cam out of the ground.

There are lots of thing can be done wrong.

Thank for the primer on wire! Another guy ordered three rolls of wire std (soft) wire. On the dock he was given three rolls of high-tensile. He didn't realize the mistake until he went to string it up, and the store was 'too far away' to take it back.

btw, IIRC wire should be rolled out from the top, according to the guy who invented the wire holder.

No wait, that was the guy who invented the paper roll holder.

Egon · Nov 24, 2020

Wire Stretcher used to be a pretty common tool used for fencing.

joeu235 · Nov 24, 2020

CobyRupert said:
First strand of wire gets installed end-post to end-post, and loosely tightened (oxymoron) before intermediate posts get set, right

I've always built the end H braces, rolled out and tightened fully the bottom wire, put in the rest of the posts, and then rolled out the rest of the wire

joeu235 · Nov 24, 2020

I can't imagine it matters which way the wire is rolled, but I've been wrong once before

Tinhack · Nov 25, 2020

I thought I was wrong once but I was mistaken.

Fuddy1952 · Nov 25, 2020

I'm right 98% of the time...I don't care about the other 3%.

bcp · Nov 25, 2020

I hate working with four-point barbed wire. It takes too long to get each set of barbs exactly horizontal and vertical.

:laughing:

Bruce

Jim Nelson · Nov 25, 2020

The best I ever used many years ago was a Golden Rod Stretcher. I just checked and they are still available at Ace and other places for $35 to $40.

goeduck · Nov 25, 2020

I make my end caps out of concrete and set them with a backhoe

the old grind · Nov 25, 2020

Jim Nelson said:
The best I ever used many years ago was a Golden Rod Stretcher. I just checked and they are still available at Ace and other places for $35 to $40.

Just in time for fencing season too. :cool2:

btw, Guys, when anyone asks for my 'Christmas list' I'll just be texting product links this year anyway. (PM me to register)

And I sure need help. Last Summer I built a 6' high 7-wire fence for that neighbor lady but somebody helped her get out the next day.

Happy Thanksgiving!

EddieWalker · Nov 26, 2020

goeduck said:
I make my end caps out of concrete and set them with a backhoe

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I've thought about doing that. Seems like I see a lot of them still standing in perfect condition on TV shows about WW2. Makes me wonder how they where built, and why couldn't I do the same thing?

goeduck · Nov 26, 2020

EddieWalker said:
I've thought about doing that. Seems like I see a lot of them still standing in perfect condition on TV shows about WW2. Makes me wonder how they where built, and why couldn't I do the same thing?

I make mine at about $30 each, including 4 sticks of rebar. I do X-brace with wire using the two tubes on each post. It is a lot of work, but it is a one and done. Got tired of replacing wood posts. Barbed wire is tightened into the grooves which holds it from sliding.

tmc_31 · Dec 30, 2020

Enjoyed your video. I've stretched a little (very little)barbed wire in my time. I was hoping to get some guidance on how much to stretch barbed wire or a way to gauge when it was stretched enough from your video. Sorry but "stretch it until just before it breaks" is not helpful

Tim

jaxs · Dec 30, 2020

tmc_31 said:
Enjoyed your video. I've stretched a little (very little)barbed wire in my time. I was hoping to get some guidance on how much to stretch barbed wire or a way to gauge when it was stretched enough from your video. Sorry but "stretch it until just before it breaks" is not helpful

Tim

My thought exactly but that kind of drivel is increasingly common here every day. Totally worthless.