What can 36,000 feet of high tensile steel wire be used for?

oz in SC V2.0 · #1 02/09/12, 04:01 PM

LOL...
Someone is selling out a vineyard,they have over 36,000 feet of 12.5 gauge high tensile wire for sale.
They also have 800+ line posts 8' high.These are I believe nothing like T-posts,the wire slots into the post so not sure if they could be adapted for livestock fencing.

The 6 inch diameter 8' high wooden posts however can be used,and then there are the 250 ground anchors.

So...trying to figure out a use for the wire,we do not own horses and have no desire to do so.We do have goats.We will have pigs and possibly sheep in the future.

Or we could simply not buy it at all.

Bearfootfarm · #2 02/09/12, 04:04 PM

It's fence wire, and could be electrified with the right insulators.

It's not that easy to work with though

Ozarks Tom · #3 02/09/12, 04:43 PM

It all depends on what you can get if for. I'd figure what scrap price would be, and offer that. At least you won't lose any money. Then I'd put it on CL, and maybe put the word out at some feed stores. If you can buy it right, why not?

**highlands** · #4 02/09/12, 06:24 PM

This is high tensile smooth wire fencing. We have about 40,000'(?) of it on our farm. It's great fencing for keeping our pigs and sheep in. Works for cows. I have heard that it can be a problem for horses. Slice and dice. We have ours electrified.

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Our Little Farm · #5 02/09/12, 06:29 PM

I agree. If it is a good price, it makes great fencing for sheep, cows and pigs. We also electrify it.

What you don't need you could sell on CL

oz in SC V2.0 · #6 02/09/12, 09:01 PM

For 36,000 feet or so,it is less than $600.

I was really hoping the line posts were T-posts,but it doesn't look like that is the case.

Welshmom · #7 02/09/12, 09:06 PM

That could be a bargain, IF you were intending on putting up a high tensile perimeter fence anyway. I believe you will also need a tool called a spinning jenny to wind and unwind it. If it were here, I'd buy it for future pastures.

Lazy J · #8 02/10/12, 05:59 AM

Recycle it at a junk yard, take the money and use it for something you want.

DanielY · #9 02/10/12, 06:10 AM

You can use it for horses if you also make one strand of the fence poly rope or poly tape. the horses just need something they can see to avoid the solid wire. You can use it with horses as a wire to run across the top of a wood or vinyl fence to keep them from chewing also. It being hard to see is the problem with it being used for horses.

I would love to come across something like that at a good price. add a charger to it and sell the package to a rancher in this area for a profit.

Silvercreek Farmer · #10 02/10/12, 10:46 AM

High tensile works, but for goats and sheep it needs to be HOT (translation-expensive charger that will need replacing every few ears due to lightening), and even then some of my goats have to wear the "naughty collar" from time to time to keep them in (works great on cattle though). The wire is very stiff and springy and I can't imagine tring to recoil it in anyway that it would unwind smoothly. It would probably severly test your nerves (and perhaps your marriage) trying to reinstall it (ie. tangled slinky), but l have never tried, hard enough dealing with it in the factory coil. Straight runs are a must (but best for woven wire too). If I had it to do all over, I would probably would have put up woven wire with a single hot wire (run with a cheaper charger) to keep the animals off of it. More money up front, but I think it would be worth it in the long run when you consider the frustration of escapees and cost of chargers. If you can get a sweet deal on posts, that would help out considerably with much of the cost.

fantasymaker · #11 02/10/12, 11:02 AM

Wow seems like a great opportunity to build a vineyard

oz in SC V2.0 · #12 02/10/12, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by fantasymaker

Wow seems like a great opportunity to build a vineyard

LOL...she also has 400 muscadine grape vines available....

oregon woodsmok · #13 02/10/12, 03:04 PM

New Zealand Fencing.

I use it for corner braces and trellis for my berries and grapes, but that would be a lot of trellis. Unless you want an orchard. Modern orchards are dwarf trees raised on trellis. Very easy to manage that way.

plowjockey · #14 02/10/12, 03:43 PM

If the price was right and i was willing to do the work, I'd buy it and reuse it or sell it as good used fence/posts.

Post are reusable and the wire will be fine, if it's rolled up properly.

Price all those posts, wire, etc, new and find that used stuff will be quite valuable, to someone who want to put up a fence.

I have hot HT fence and my sheep and goats, have never gone through it.