Skidsteer Takes Down Fence

Skidsteer Takes Down Fence TRACTORS Skid Steer Loaders 33-5-26 David Gorrell made it much easier to take down barbed wire and fence posts with homemade attachments on his skidsteer. "I built a wire roller capable of rolling up 1/4 mile of fence in about 10 min. Up to five wires can be rolled at once," the Brookville, Kansas, rancher says. "You drive into the wire as you roll it up so you don't have to drag it." He made the roller out of 3-in. square tubing, a skidsteer bracket and 1/4-in. thick steel discs. A hydraulic motor spins the roller at the same speed as the skidsteer and also has reverse. When the winder is full, Gorrell loosens a nut and pulls off one of the ends and moves the skidsteer to dump the roll of wire. It's tightly wound and ready to sell for scrap. To save good barbed wire, Gorrell uses a different spool to wind one strand of wire at a time. After the wire is rolled up, Gorrell uses his skidsteer puller. A 5 by 6-in. steel bar at the end of a 4-in. hydraulic cylinder pushes the post against a 90-degree angle bracket to clamp it tight. "This puller grabs posts down low. You only need one person operating a skid loader," Gorrell says. "I have pulled T-posts, hedge posts, creosote posts, railroad ties and even cedar trees with it. "Both of these tools save time, make the job easier, and are safer ways to get the job done," Gorrell says. He adds he's not in the fabrication business, but would be interested in selling his ideas to someone interested in developing the equipment. He has a video that shows how his attachments work. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dave Gorrell, 8902 W. State St., Brookville, Kansas 67425 (ph 785 823-8555; daveg_54@hotmail.com).

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