rabbit fencing

[Aaron]

after other peoples little tips really, is there a quicker way? we dig the furrow to bury the wire with a 2 ton machine but even that is slow, have been wondering about adapting a plough to to make life quicker, any one else come up with any bright ideas? also do people strain there rabbit netting or just strain my hand tension and ring? just anoys me as you can never get the stuff nice and flat! anyone?

 

Aaron

[tractorboy1]

There are special ploughs for making the furrow this would be much quicker than digging. Do you strain a single wire along the top?

[tncountryservices]

i use a single furrow plough for getting the trench for the netting to sit in. As for straining i don't think there is a commercially available strainer i made a what is effectivly a boundry bar, you can only buy them designed for stock fencing, mine is made out of a couple bits of angle iron with a couple of eyes welded on and use a couple large ratchet straps the strain the netting then staple it to the posts. hope that makes sence. i'll put a pic up tomorrow as i'm currenlty doing 5 miles of the stuff.

[tractorboy1]

i use a single furrow plough for getting the trench for the netting to sit in. As for straining i don't think there is a commercially available strainer i made a what is effectivly a boundry bar, you can only buy them designed for stock fencing, mine is made out of a couple bits of angle iron with a couple of eyes welded on and use a couple large ratchet straps the strain the netting then staple it to the posts. hope that makes sence. i'll put a pic up tomorrow as i'm currenlty doing 5 miles of the stuff.

 

5 mile

[tncountryservices]

yep 5 miles got to love it, just quoted a job for 10 kilometers! should keep me busy for a few weeks

[Aaron]

yes all single strand wire is strained and yes we also use boundary bar, you say special plough? any pics or link to a website, special in what way? i was just curious as to what other people used. im sure i see somewhere a all in one machine some one made, it dug the trench, unrolled and layed the wire in then there was an angled plate to bk fill, basically a 1 pass machine, how effective this was i dont know. Thanks for the posts.

 

Aaron

[tractorboy1]

yes all single strand wire is strained and yes we also use boundary bar, you say special plough? any pics or link to a website, special in what way? i was just curious as to what other people used. im sure i see somewhere a all in one machine some one made, it dug the trench, unrolled and layed the wire in then there was an angled plate to bk fill, basically a 1 pass machine, how effective this was i dont know. Thanks for the posts.

 

Aaron

 

Have a look at this

 

Rabbit fence erection machinery wins invention competition at Suffolk Show - 6/4/2009 - Farmers Weekly

[dave fox]

i was toying with the idea of useing a subsoiler and a reel.

[keith@honda]

hi there just to say that we used to use a single furrow ploughto pull the trench out,then put the posts in and put the fence up,remember that most rolls of wire have a top and bottom ,the makers of the fencing used to put a label on the top,not sure about cheaper imported wire tho,then back fill afterwards hope this helps,

[bythamboy]

we have a single furrow plough made from old 4 furrow ,now fully offset and reversible so you can pull out furrow close to hedge. (don't forget to leave 4 ft gap for hedge cutter twixt fence and hedge) is for hire !! Usually mount rabbit netting on pretensioned plain wires