Isle of Lewis Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 Using 'country' high tensile fence Tying off at a strainer and the wire snaps, takes a deep breath starts again snaps over and over again! The weather hasn't been cold either Anyone having this issue ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED STAG Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 In a word Yes Don’t use the brand you mentioned but get it a lot I do end up terminating fences quite a lot a recent 1000 mtr job including gates 26 terminations not every wire snaps but if its say 3 and 5 that break I find it is usually the same at the other end. Frustrating it most defiantly is I usually cut the wire back to behind the strainer and crimp a new piece on from the 2.5 roll of plain wire and tie off as usual all takes time and costs the price of a crimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb844 Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Had this problem a lot, only buy tornado wire now, problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premnayloon Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Nb, to be fair t be the lad I've lived in the outer Hebrides, you often use the materials you can get, and have no widespread choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb844 Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 That's fair enough, but there's nothing worse than working with rubbish quality wire. Often found that if it was snapping when tied off it also wouldn't pull up properly, with 1 or 2 line wires remaining slack. Only way round these problems if you can't change the wire is to use gripples, and t clips instead of tying off, although that soon gets expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isle of Lewis Posted September 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Once one snaps everything else has to be cut back to the same length, have to be prepared for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isle of Lewis Posted September 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Must be the manufacturing process that causes it heat etc, anyone got the scientific explanation? inside the wire looks quite dark when it snaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb844 Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Rylock told me it was because they were using recycled scrap to make the wire and that it was causing impurities. They said it wouldn't happen again but in the two months it took them to get back to me I went else where and haven't bought any of that wire since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isle of Lewis Posted September 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 They should be replacing rolls straightaway with pure ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isle of Lewis Posted September 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Is rylock another brand like country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb844 Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Yeh just another brand. They told me they had stopped doing it and it won't happen again. I have used the odd bit from time to time that customers have lying around and tbh I can't see any improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goaty Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 It's a shame it can't be good product when it's made from recycled material. There is tonnes of metal used for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isle of Lewis Posted September 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Maybe they just need to turn the furnace up or down lol ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goaty Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Aye and probably if people who took it in and the merchants sorted it better you wouldn't get copper, tungsten, magnesium. Aluminium all mixed together the strength and properties of elements in one application is a weakness in another. The ram rush commerce of China has not helped metal quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.