How to Mend a Barbed Wire Fence

By Sharon Mcallister
Published on May 1, 1975
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PHOTO: FOTOLIA/TROMBAX
You'll find that it is easiest to replace defective posts first. Start by unfastening the strands of wire (whether tied or stapled to the upright) without cutting them. The broken post — stump and all — is then removed. (A pair of posthole diggers comes in very handy at this point.)

“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have
time to do it over?” That’s been our basic motto, and
usually it provides a pretty workable philosophy. Even the
best job is not necessarily permanent, though, and after 50
years or so even a well-built barbed wire fence may need to

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