Electric Fence Roller Powered By Electric Drill
Kevin Weber, G&A Farms, Hopkinton, Iowa: Kevin uses a lot of temporary electric fence on his 175-head stock cow herd. Rolling the 17-gauge wire was always an unpleasant chore, until he developed a roller powered by his cordless electric drill. He welded washers and two 1/2-in. nuts onto a 1/2 dia., 8-in. long bolt. He then attached a door handle to one end of the bolt and ground the opposite end of the bolt square to fit into his drill. The door handle is attached so the bolt can spin freely. Washers welded to the bolt near the door handle have smaller bolts attached to the outside of the washers that slip into the end of the spool of wire, so that the spool spins when the bolt spins. Weber says the device lets him roll wire twice as fast as he could before, with much less fatigue."
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Electric Fence Roller Powered By Electric Drill FENCING Miscellaneous 27-4-37 Kevin Weber, G&A Farms, Hopkinton, Iowa: Kevin uses a lot of temporary electric fence on his 175-head stock cow herd. Rolling the 17-gauge wire was always an unpleasant chore, until he developed a roller powered by his cordless electric drill. He welded washers and two 1/2-in. nuts onto a 1/2 dia., 8-in. long bolt. He then attached a door handle to one end of the bolt and ground the opposite end of the bolt square to fit into his drill. The door handle is attached so the bolt can spin freely. Washers welded to the bolt near the door handle have smaller bolts attached to the outside of the washers that slip into the end of the spool of wire, so that the spool spins when the bolt spins. Weber says the device lets him roll wire twice as fast as he could before, with much less fatigue."
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