Handy Fence Wire Unroller

Handy Fence Wire Unroller FENCING Miscellaneous Idaho rancher Lynn Thomas needed to build several miles of fence with limited help At 78 years old he needed to come up with a new way to get the job done Wire unrollers he’d seen either unrolled too fast or easily got tangled up So he made a simple one using a 13-in tire off a small car still mounted on the rim with a 3/8-in round metal plate on top of it A metal rod is driven down through the plate and tire into the ground “It works well because the friction between the metal plate and the roll of wire creates a little drag that acts like a brake The wire won’t start spinning out of control ” says Thomas who used the method to unroll 4 miles of 5-strand barbed wire fence The device stays in place even when pulling some long runs - even up to 1/4 mile Even in brushy uneven terrain two people can readily pull the wire with one at the end of the wire and the other back 75 to 100 ft “I’ve never had anything that worked as well as this and we’ve built more than 25 miles off fence over the past 55 years on this ranch ” says Thomas Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Lynn Thomas Box 215 Salmon Idaho 83467 ph 208-756-2841

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