Fence-Stretching Car Jack

Fence-Stretching Car Jack FARM HOME Cars 29-3-33 With one minor modification, an ordinary car jack can be used to make an effective fence stretcher for putting up chain-link fence. Tom Billingsley of Buckeye, Arizona says it only takes a few minutes to modify one, and they work great. He simply removes the bottom plate, and also the removable hook attachment on the front of the jack (this is the hook that would have gone under the bumper). Next, he welds a 1 by 3-in. piece of metal (big enough to hook around a post) on the top of the jack. Billingsley says he hooks the jack's small carriage hook (the one that was under the attachment he removed) onto the chain-link fence section. He hooks the modified top hook around the post. He then cranks the jack to stretch the wire. Billingsley says it's best to use two or three stretchers on a 4 ft. high chain-link fence to pull it evenly. After first stretching it tight by hand, a 50-ft. roll of chain link will only need to be stretched about three more feet with the stretchers, he points out. You could use the same device to stretch other types of fence wire with a bit of extra modification. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Tom Billingsley, 1131 N. 191 Ave., Buckeye, Ariz. 85326 (ph 623 853-0165).

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