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| Green grass and high tides |
So I have a 300+ 39" wire fence to stretch. I started with an H brace properly built. I have got a combo of wood posts and t-posts. There is some uneven ground. Some ups and downs. Nothing radical. I use a fence stretcher attached to a come a long anchored to my deere tractor. For some reason I can pull it really tight. Use proper staples hammered into the wood posts. T-post clips attached. Take the tension off and it loosen's up enough to not be satisfactory. I am wondering wth I am doing wrong???? "Practice like you want to play in the game" | ||
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| Bookers Bourbon and a good cigar ![]() |
Fence posts either not deep enough or strong enough. Put a really strong one in to anchor the first section, then continue off of that. Any dog can be a Guide Dog if you don't care where you're going. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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| Green grass and high tides |
I do not think the posts are the issue. They are not moving and are good sized and rock solid. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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| Bookers Bourbon and a good cigar ![]() |
What kind of wire fence? Chain link? If chain link, are you using tension bars. Any dog can be a Guide Dog if you don't care where you're going. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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| Green grass and high tides |
No, it is like Redbrand field fence. Mine is H&H brand I believe. Quality fencing built in OK. USA. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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| Bookers Bourbon and a good cigar ![]() |
We used two fence pullers on the tension bar, one on top and one on the bottom. That's all I got from memory. We used it for horses, ETA: we did a whole length at one time, not in sections. Any dog can be a Guide Dog if you don't care where you're going. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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Is your Tractor strait inline with the section of fence or off to one side a couple of degrees? i found when we ran our fence if i was off a couple degrees going away from the posts I was attaching it to that the section wouldn't be as tight as I liked. After the first section I made sure i was off a couple degrees in the direction I would be stapling the fence to the post. As for the ups and downs, I had some interesting grades to cover. anything past about 10* and I found it easier to put a braced post at that point and after 25* an H post was necessary. If less than 10*, I stretched real tight, like probably tighter than I needed. Then I installed the t-posts prior to tacking and releasing tension. _____________________________________________ Never use more than three words to say "I don't know" | |||
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