D. WORKING WITH HIGH TENSILE FENCE WIRE

High tensile fences are stronger and usually less expensive to build than traditional barbed and woven wire fences. Once you know a few simple wire-handling techniques you'll find they are also easier to build.

SPINNING JENNY

Make sure you have a straight jacket handy on the day you try to dispense a roll of high tensile wire without a spinning jenny. Spinning jenny is a devise used to dispense wire smoothly without kinking or tangling. Don't try to work with high tensile wire without one.

START AT THE BEGINNING

There is a lead end and a tail end to each spool of high tensile wire. Both ends may be visible on the spool. When wire is pulled off the spool, start with the lead end. The lead end on new rolls is identified with a tag. If you cut the wire, be sure to identify the lead end of the wire left on the spool.

CUTTING WIRE

You'll wear yourself out trying to cut high tensile wire with ordinary wire cutters (you'll also ruin your wire cutters). High tensile wire can be cut easily using high tensile wire cutters.

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