ATV-Mounted Electric Wire Winder

1995 - Volume #19, Issue #6, Page #08

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"It's simple but it works better than any-thing on the market because it's so easy to use. I wouldn't farm without it," says Ray Bjork, Ocheyedan, Iowa, about his 12-volt "wire winder" that mounts on front of his 4-wheel ATV.
Bjork made the wire winder after seeding his entire farm to grass last year so he could set up a rotational grazing system for his cattle. He divided the farm into a series of 80-acre pastures that are subdivided into smaller paddocks by poly wire temporary fences. He moves cattle every day between the paddocks so he needed a fast way to set up and take down wire.
A 12-volt motor powered by the ATV's battery mounts on a bracket that bolts onto the ATV's front rack. The motor turns a shaft that holds a spool of wire. A 14-in. high wood box straps onto the ATV's front rack to hold plastic fence posts and extra spools.
To unroll wire, Bjork mounts a spool on the back rack of the ATV (or on front next to the box) by inserting a post through the center of the spool and strapping both ends down to the ATV frame.
To take the fence down, he puts the spool back on the wire winder and wire is pulled back through the "eyes" in the posts and guided through a steel loop on the frame that helps keep the wire from getting tangled up on the spool.
"I can put up 1/8 mile of fence in about 5 minutes without ever leaving the ATV - stringing the wire on plastic, step-on posts spaced every 50 ft. - and later wind the wire back up on the spool in only about one minute," says Bjork. "If the wire snags on the spool as I'm rewinding it a circuit breaker automatically shuts off the motor. After all the wire is back on the spool I pull the posts up on-the-go from the seat of the ATV and put them back into the box. The wire winder can be quickly removed by lifting it up off the bracket and unplugging the wire to the battery. I think the same idea would work by mounting a bracket on a pickup."
Bjork says he's considering manufacturing the wire winder which he says could probably be sold for about $150.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ray Bjork, 6281 160th St., Ocheyedan, Iowa 51354 (ph 712 758-3672).

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ATV-Mounted Electric Wire Winder FENCING Tools 19-6-8 "It's simple but it works better than any-thing on the market because it's so easy to use. I wouldn't farm without it," says Ray Bjork, Ocheyedan, Iowa, about his 12-volt "wire winder" that mounts on front of his 4-wheel ATV. Bjork made the wire winder after seeding his entire farm to grass last year so he could set up a rotational grazing system for his cattle. He divided the farm into a series of 80-acre pastures that are subdivided into smaller paddocks by poly wire temporary fences. He moves cattle every day between the paddocks so he needed a fast way to set up and take down wire. A 12-volt motor powered by the ATV's battery mounts on a bracket that bolts onto the ATV's front rack. The motor turns a shaft that holds a spool of wire. A 14-in. high wood box straps onto the ATV's front rack to hold plastic fence posts and extra spools. To unroll wire, Bjork mounts a spool on the back rack of the ATV (or on front next to the box) by inserting a post through the center of the spool and strapping both ends down to the ATV frame. To take the fence down, he puts the spool back on the wire winder and wire is pulled back through the "eyes" in the posts and guided through a steel loop on the frame that helps keep the wire from getting tangled up on the spool. "I can put up 1/8 mile of fence in about 5 minutes without ever leaving the ATV - stringing the wire on plastic, step-on posts spaced every 50 ft. - and later wind the wire back up on the spool in only about one minute," says Bjork. "If the wire snags on the spool as I'm rewinding it a circuit breaker automatically shuts off the motor. After all the wire is back on the spool I pull the posts up on-the-go from the seat of the ATV and put them back into the box. The wire winder can be quickly removed by lifting it up off the bracket and unplugging the wire to the battery. I think the same idea would work by mounting a bracket on a pickup." Bjork says he's considering manufacturing the wire winder which he says could probably be sold for about $150. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ray Bjork, 6281 160th St., Ocheyedan, Iowa 51354 (ph 712 758-3672).

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