Hayes wire pullers

westlander

Hello All,
could someone tell me if the hayes wire pullers can be used too stret barbed wire from the actual strainer?


When I was looking at it, it appeared that you needed too have wire either side of the pullers before it would work.


Any comments appreciated.

Thanks,
westlander

RightTurnClyde

westlander wrote: »

Hello All,
could someone tell me if the hayes wire pullers can be used too stret barbed wire from the actual strainer?


When I was looking at it, it appeared that you needed too have wire either side of the pullers before it would work.


Any comments appreciated.

Thanks,
westlander

Ya, it'll work fine on barbed wire. The side with the chain on it can be wrapped around the straining post and run the chain through the "triangle" and pull away.

Muckit

What I do is put a short length of rope onto the clamp on the puller, then make a lassoo and put this down over the strainer.

You could also make a lassoo by threading the chain through the clamp and then attaching the wire to the clamp on the pullers, but you are losing a lot of chain that way.

westlander

thanks for the replies lads I actually have a wire pullers bought awhile back but i didnt use it much. Its a New Zealand make i think but it is very like the Hayes.

Hopefully it will work the same as the hayes!

joejobrien

RightTurnClyde wrote: »

Ya, it'll work fine on barbed wire. The side with the chain on it can be wrapped around the straining post and run the chain through the "triangle" and pull away.

+1 great job;)

Nekarsulm

If you have much fencing to do, can be worth while buying 12 foot of chain with the same link size as the Hayes chain, and putting a hook on one end. Lets you reach out that extra bit to a tree or bush or whatever.

kingstown

Just bought one last week - mighty machine..

Mad4simmental

kingstown wrote: »

Just bought one last week - mighty machine..

Yep one of the tools that you can buy and if minded you'll have for years.

munkus

Looking for one at the moment. Mental that the same model (H300) was around 70 quid a few years ago and is gone up to 120 -140 quid now. Anyone use other strainer manufacturers?

kingstown

Had the same thought myself last week, the Spalding one was €50 and the Hayes one was €147 (got a few euro off..) but had a bit of fencing to do and thought to myself my knuckles were worth a few squid more and it looked better made.

Hopefully i will have it for years (no lending out this one..)

Someone said to me the reason the Hayes one is so exp is the EU have a high import tax on New Zealand products ?

Nekarsulm

Saw a set of Hayes strainers last week, priced in the mid 60's Euro. (and yes, they were new...)

freedominacup

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Saw a set of Hayes strainers last week, priced in the mid 60's Euro. (and yes, they were new...)

Found the old one here last autumn around two weeks after we bought the new one. The old one is older than I am. Great reliable bit of kit. Price not too much of a concern as you'll have it until you lose it.

munkus

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Saw a set of Hayes strainers last week, priced in the mid 60's Euro. (and yes, they were new...)

..........and where did you see them?

Nekarsulm

Robert Keiths s Arva Cavan

Nekarsulm

kingstown wrote: »

Someone said to me the reason the Hayes one is so exp is the EU have a high import tax on New Zealand products ?

No sign of it with the Lamb anyway!