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<blockquote data-quote="Stonewall Joe" data-source="post: 1827072" data-attributes="member: 41433"><p>I made our spool out of 4" pvc as a shaft then I cut some 2x6 "plugs for stoppers at both ends and cut 2 spool ends out of plywood. I made the spool about 20" long. I drilled a hole through the plugs at the end and used a piece of 1/2" pipe for the axle and left it hanging out about a foot on both sides, then I drilled through the pvc with the plugs in it at both ends and secured the pipe axle inside with a bolt going through so the axle would spin the roller. A made a frame out of 2x4's for both ends shaped kind of like a roof truss and got 2 harbor freight wheels and tires and took the tires off and drilled 2 holes in my carrier so the pipe would go through and mounted the wheels on the carriers and ran the pipe through the axle hole so I had bearings on both ends and made a crank to torn the shaft and welded it on the end of the axle so you could turn it and trimmed the axles if it stuck out too far. I think we have about 3 or 4000' feet on it and could put more. It would be easy yo weld a nut on the end and use a cordless drill on it to roll it up. I had all the "stuff" to build it except for the tire and wheel assembly and they cost about 5 or 6 bucks apiece I think and it took about 3 hours to build including beer drinking and engineering time, yu could easily adjust the sizing and make it any size you want to accommodate how much wire you want on there. Ours will sit in the bed on a Mule</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stonewall Joe, post: 1827072, member: 41433"] I made our spool out of 4" pvc as a shaft then I cut some 2x6 "plugs for stoppers at both ends and cut 2 spool ends out of plywood. I made the spool about 20" long. I drilled a hole through the plugs at the end and used a piece of 1/2" pipe for the axle and left it hanging out about a foot on both sides, then I drilled through the pvc with the plugs in it at both ends and secured the pipe axle inside with a bolt going through so the axle would spin the roller. A made a frame out of 2x4's for both ends shaped kind of like a roof truss and got 2 harbor freight wheels and tires and took the tires off and drilled 2 holes in my carrier so the pipe would go through and mounted the wheels on the carriers and ran the pipe through the axle hole so I had bearings on both ends and made a crank to torn the shaft and welded it on the end of the axle so you could turn it and trimmed the axles if it stuck out too far. I think we have about 3 or 4000' feet on it and could put more. It would be easy yo weld a nut on the end and use a cordless drill on it to roll it up. I had all the "stuff" to build it except for the tire and wheel assembly and they cost about 5 or 6 bucks apiece I think and it took about 3 hours to build including beer drinking and engineering time, yu could easily adjust the sizing and make it any size you want to accommodate how much wire you want on there. Ours will sit in the bed on a Mule [/QUOTE]
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