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<blockquote data-quote="Brute 23" data-source="post: 1692723" data-attributes="member: 6291"><p>For people reading along here who may not build fence daily, a former boss of mine had a scar that went for a little under his eye almost down to the edge of his mouth from some one pulling barbed wire with a tractor when he was a kid. It parted and went flying. The wire cut clean through his cheek and almost got his eye. Did the tractor cause it, did the wire have a kink or bad spot? We dont know that part.</p><p></p><p>Its extremely easy when using machinery to over pull wire, especially a single wire. When you are controlling the pull with some thing like a come along, it's like having a fish on the line, you can feel it and and have a little more control. You have to really get down on a hand crank to break it. Kind of like using an air impact vs a hand ratchet.</p><p></p><p>You may pull wire 100 times with your tractor, it may break 5 of those and fall to the ground, but it only takes that 1 time to go across your kids face and you will spend the rest of your life wondering if you shouldn't have just done it by hand.</p><p></p><p>I watched chains bust and fall dozens of times winching up equipment on trucks in my life before one time I saw it slingshot right into his back headache rack. I took the stand back call a lot more serious after.</p><p></p><p>How many times have you seen a rope break when guys are roping? A friend of mine who does it for a living had a rope bust when they were dragging a cow up in a trailer with a tractor. He was pointing in the air to the guy on the tractor to go ahead and the rope snapped and whipped around and chopped his pointed finger off a foot or less from his face. It happend so fast he didnt realise it at first. Would that have happened with a horse dragging?</p><p></p><p>Just consider the risk vs reward before you do some of these things. Short term gain does not always pay off long term.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brute 23, post: 1692723, member: 6291"] For people reading along here who may not build fence daily, a former boss of mine had a scar that went for a little under his eye almost down to the edge of his mouth from some one pulling barbed wire with a tractor when he was a kid. It parted and went flying. The wire cut clean through his cheek and almost got his eye. Did the tractor cause it, did the wire have a kink or bad spot? We dont know that part. Its extremely easy when using machinery to over pull wire, especially a single wire. When you are controlling the pull with some thing like a come along, it's like having a fish on the line, you can feel it and and have a little more control. You have to really get down on a hand crank to break it. Kind of like using an air impact vs a hand ratchet. You may pull wire 100 times with your tractor, it may break 5 of those and fall to the ground, but it only takes that 1 time to go across your kids face and you will spend the rest of your life wondering if you shouldn't have just done it by hand. I watched chains bust and fall dozens of times winching up equipment on trucks in my life before one time I saw it slingshot right into his back headache rack. I took the stand back call a lot more serious after. How many times have you seen a rope break when guys are roping? A friend of mine who does it for a living had a rope bust when they were dragging a cow up in a trailer with a tractor. He was pointing in the air to the guy on the tractor to go ahead and the rope snapped and whipped around and chopped his pointed finger off a foot or less from his face. It happend so fast he didnt realise it at first. Would that have happened with a horse dragging? Just consider the risk vs reward before you do some of these things. Short term gain does not always pay off long term. [/QUOTE]
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