horse fence

[jim buford]

i have sold my miniature horses and want to take down the high tensile wire ( 2 and 3 strands) that i used to keep them in. Does anyone have an idea how best to do this? Thanks

 

[rrlund]

How much do you want to spend? When I quit milking cows and took down all the smooth wire electric fences,I went to TSC and bought a cheap PTO driven wire winder. That was the only time I used it,but it was worth it.

 

[PJH]

I have a spinner exactly like this red one. It's easy to add a handle to the rim to use to wind wire up.

I see one on the internet that someone added a tractor steering wheel spinner knob:

http://www.msffarm.com/fence-products/images/manual-reel-inside-2.jpg

If you let a roll of high tensile wire get loose from you, you have a mess.
Spinner

 

[504]

Dad took a wooden spool and bolted it to the wheel of the JD,he jacked up that side and put it in gear, and wound two miles of old telephone wire.

 

[JD Seller]

I have a PTO driven wire roller. You just unclip the fence and then roll the entire run up. The one on the right is the kind I have. Most of the newer ones are hydraulically driven. They are better but cost more.

A friend of mine made on that he drove with one wheel of his garden tractor. It made smaller rolls as his reel had to be smaller than the OD of his retire on the garden tractor. He basically took a flat plate an cut a circle a little smaller than his rear tires. He drilled holes in the plate that lined up with the four holes in the rim that you would install wheel weights on. Then he cut pipe spacer so he could run long bolt through the rim and anchor the plate to the rim/tire. The he made four "L" shaped bolts that bolted to the plate about four inches in form the outside. So with the four bolts turned so they foot was out you had the spool holder. He then would park the mower in line with the wire he wanted to roll up. He would jack the one tire with the roller on it up high enough to clear the ground. Then just hook the wire to one of the four "L" shaped bolts. You wanted to hook close to the plate so it would not bend the bolts when you started rolling the wire. Then just run the mower tire to roll up the wire. When the wire starts filling the spool it helps support the bolts. When you had it full you just loosened the bolts and turned them in so the spool of wire would come off. If you do not have real long runs of wire this would work.

 

[jim buford]

Thanks guys for all the information. I have a lot to remove so might see what I can find commercially.

 

[Moonlite37]

Did you consider selling or giving away? I had some barbed wire to take down and gave half tee posts and 2/3 wire. New stuff

 

[rlp in Co.]

That's a cool idea!