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Aussie design fence tensioner beats chain type hands down
Another superior smallholder device
f you have ever used a
traditional chain and
from Backsaver of Bultfontein
ratchet fence wire
joined the wires to the best of pliers to loosen the chain
tensioner you will know that
your ability and you hit the
(another “FLANG!!” as it all
it's a device that will often
metal clasps with your fencing jumps apart), you will know
leave you close to tears and
with a fence not quite as tight
as you'd like.
For a start, you'll know that
the little metal clasps that
hold the wire have a ten-
dency to come loose as you
ratchet the fence up,
particularly on new shiny
wire, often with a resounding
“FLANG!!!” as the whole
thing springs apart.
Then, as you try to join the
wires you're tensioning you
will know that the chain, now
under tension itself, lies
exactly parallel to the wires
you're working on, making
gripping them and twisting an
exercise in frustration as you
constantly become entangled
with the chain.
And finally, when you've
Australian-design fence tensioner form Backsaver
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the disappointment you feel
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