Kōrero: Farm fencing

Wire strainer

Wire strainer

This wire strainer was invented and manufactured by the Hayes company in Oturehua, Central Otago. Two clamps hold two wires, which are strained by alternately moving the jaws of the mechanism along the length of the chain. Once the barbed wire is strained to the desired tension, the two wires are looped together and tied, or the barbed wire is tied around the post, and the short wire removed.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, F. W. Weidner Collection (PAColl-3067)
Reference: 1/2-022050; G
Photograph by F. W. Weidner

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Robert Peden, 'Farm fencing - Wire fencing', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15296/wire-strainer (accessed 10 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Robert Peden, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008