"My Dad's Unroller Works Great"

"My Dad's Unroller Works Great" FENCING Miscellaneous 29-5-28 "What once was hard is now easy!" Those are the words of my dad, Keith Schole, after he made a wire unroller that slashes the time needed to string fence wire. The unroller rolls out wire easily, and in the near future, he hopes to attach a hitch to the handle so he can pull it with an ATV. To make the roller, my dad used five pieces of 2 by 2 fir board. The 55-in. long frame is supported by the handle and two cross beams, leaving an inside width of 13 in. Next, he drilled two holes, easily large enough for a 1/2-in. rod to act as an axle connecting a pair of 9-in. rubber tires. In addition, he finally drilled another set of holes for another metal rod to act as a second axle for the roll of wire. There's a bolt on one end and a cutter pin on the other, which makes the rod removable. To install a roll of wire, you simply unhook the pin, slide the rod back, insert the roll, slide the rod forward, and replace the pin. Once the handle is lifted, the roll easily clears the ground. All this for just $50 worth of supplies and 2 hrs. of construction time! The only improvements my dad says he'd like to make is to install a disk on each side of the roll to prevent it from swaying as it unrolls. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Keith Schole, R.R.#1, Pickardville, Alta., Canada, T0G 1W0 (ph 780 349-3538; email: jschole@west-teq.net).

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