2017 - Volume #BFS, Issue #17, Page #94
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#1 In Fencing Construction & Repair - Ranchmate
Most farmers and ranchers learned how to build and mend wire fences from their fathers and grandfathers,who learned it using the traditional ways taught to them by the generations that came before them.

Truth is, the methods and material used to construct and mend smooth and barbed wire fencing haven’t seen many improvements over the decades. Until now, that is.



Ranchmate® an innovative newline of wire fence construction and repair products, is changing the old way doing things – and making them a whole lot easier. Ranchmate’s mission is to become the industry standard in how wire fences are built and repaired all across America. Developed and manufactured in the U.S. by Preformed Line Products (PLP), Ranchmate is new to the market – but the technology it uses is tried and true.



With Ranchmate products, the only tools needed to build or repair fence wire are a stretcher and a wire cutter. The TwistSplices are used to reconnect any broken or cut wire. The TwistEnds are designed to create a secure loop around a post or to create a radius around a corner post. When finished, there are no crimped and weakened wires.



What makes Ranchmate’s Twist-Splices and TwistEnds different is their preformed helical rod technology. Before being used, the preformed TwistSplices and TwistEnds look as though they are already wrapped around an invisible core.



When TwistSplices and TwistEnds are applied to correctly sized, stretched wire ends, they follow their preformed shape, locking tightly in place. Wrapping the TwistSplice around a broken wire or the TwistEnd to a terminating wire at an end post creates a solid rod-like connection.



The TwistSplices are color coded to match standard fence wire from a 12.4 to 18 gauge barbed wire or 9 to 12.5 gauge smooth wire. TwistEnds also match a wide variety of barbed and smooth wires, as well as insulated and non-insulated wood posts and metal T-posts.



The Ranchmate product line includes a variety of fencing tools and accessories, such as one-man single bar fence stretchers, fence clip tie bars for installing and removing T-post clips, the Patented 3D Post™ mount “no trespassing” “no hunt-ing” signs, a simple dispenser for coiled wire and more. A portion of product sales directly supports the National FFA® Organization™.



Ranchmate products are available at farm, hardware, retail stores and suppliers across the country and online (Free Shipping).

To learn more about Ranchmate products contact: Ranchmate 660 Beta Dr Mayfield Village, Ohio 44143 (ph 800-290-0436) Email: ranchmate@preformed.com Web: Ranchmate.com


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2017 - Volume #BFS, Issue #17