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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.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, F. W. Weidner Collection (PAColl-3067)

Reference: 1/2-022050; G

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Robert Peden, Farm fencing – Wire fencing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15296/wire-strainer (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Robert Peden, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.

Comments

Stephen Aspden
14 August 2010
It would be only on rare occassions that the barbwire, would be wrapped around the post ,because using that method you lose the critical wire-tension, particularly on short wire strain lengths.Most are tied by the double loop knot method , a sample of which can be seen in your photo, two wires below the wire-strainer.