Winding up sheep netting

neilo · Feb 24, 2024

Looking to wind up some HT sheep netting to reuse elsewhere.
I know Quickfencer make an attachment with a hydraulic motor that is supposed to make a tidy job of it. Are there any other options that I’ve overlooked?

M-J-G · Feb 24, 2024

neilo said:
Looking to wind up some HT sheep netting to reuse elsewhere.
I know Quickfencer make an attachment with a hydraulic motor that is supposed to make a tidy job of it. Are there any other options that I’ve overlooked?

Do you kind anyone with a forestry grab?

Bury the Trash · Feb 24, 2024

cut it at 50m and roll up by hand.
trouble is even mechanically wound will need a bit of manual help to keep 'straight' and put it in too tight it will be hard to unroll again withoyt snags .

David1968 · Feb 24, 2024

Not hard to knock something up if you have an old hydraulic motor and you can turn the flow rate on the tractor right down. If you have a hydraulic top link as well, it's not difficult to wind it on straight, despite @Bury the Trash 's pessimism.
And it rolls out again fine, provided there are no torn bits.

neilo · Feb 24, 2024

David1968 said:
Not hard to knock something up if you have an old hydraulic motor and you can turn the flow rate on the tractor right down. If you have a hydraulic top link as well, it's not difficult to wind it on straight, despite @Bury the Trash 's pessimism.
And it rolls out again fine, provided there are no torn bits.

I don’t have a hydraulic motor, but could certainly buy one.
I was thinking of mounting on the front of the telehandler, which would surely allow it to be wound on straight, as well as making handling the full rolls easy?

neilo · Feb 24, 2024

M-J-G said:
Do you kind anyone with a forestry grab?

It’s good wire that I want to reuse, not gather up for scrap. I would use a muck grab on the telehandler if that was the aim.

M-J-G · Feb 24, 2024

neilo said:
It’s good wire that I want to reuse, not gather up for scrap. I would use a muck grab on the telehandler if that was the aim.

I've seen it rolled up with a forestry grab and reused.
How much is there of it?

Tubbylew · Feb 24, 2024

neilo said:
Looking to wind up some HT sheep netting to reuse elsewhere.
I know Quickfencer make an attachment with a hydraulic motor that is supposed to make a tidy job of it. Are there any other options that I’ve overlooked?

Solorap from solo fencing systems, fits on a three point hitch, wouldn't know how much it is mind.

Solo Fencing Systems on Instagram: "#SoloRap nett re-rolling system. Wraps up old net in tight bundles for re-use or disposal. Various mounting options available."

234 likes, 5 comments - solofencingsystems on October 8, 2022: "#SoloRap nett re-rolling system. Wraps up old net in tight bundles for re-use or disposal. Various mounting options available.".

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glasshouse · Feb 24, 2024

neilo said:
Looking to wind up some HT sheep netting to reuse elsewhere.
I know Quickfencer make an attachment with a hydraulic motor that is supposed to make a tidy job of it. Are there any other options that I’ve overlooked?

Drag your old haybob or other old machine out the nettles and attach net to pto shaft.
Tickover speed will wind ii in nicely

Mc115reed · Feb 24, 2024

How much netting are we talking here? That will be the defining factor… 100m I’d say muck Grab and buy a new roll… 10,000 metres id say required some engineering and clever thinking….

Bury the Trash · Feb 24, 2024

Mc115reed said:
How much netting are we talking here? That will be the defining factor… 100m I’d say muck Grab and buy a new roll… 10,000 metres id say required some engineering and clever thinking….

its probaly nearer the later ,a few thou metres at about 25yrs old wellused and a wee bit rusty .... a big job lot go with an ebay winning bid of 18 pound

and all hes got to remove it by Tues day or something, still at least will distract him from trying to skin farts for a day or 2

neilo · Feb 24, 2024

Mc115reed said:
How much netting are we talking here? That will be the defining factor… 100m I’d say muck Grab and buy a new roll… 10,000 metres id say required some engineering and clever thinking….

I'd roll up one or two x 100m by hand, but could be a fair bit. Not sure yet, just looking at options.

David1968 · Feb 24, 2024

neilo said:
I don’t have a hydraulic motor, but could certainly buy one.
I was thinking of mounting on the front of the telehandler, which would surely allow it to be wound on straight, as well as making handling the full rolls easy?

Used to have one we made years ago to wind up several km of net from a pipeline. It clamped onto the side of the post knocker.
You need a base to support the net as it winds in. Think it was 3mm plate about 2ft in diameter and fixed so it turned along with the motor.
That means you need an arm underneath to fix the motor on the end, maybe 18in long. And needs to be strong enough to carry the weight of a full roll. Ideally you want a centre pipe the full height of the roll fixed back onto a mast, but free to spin, if that makes sense. And another one sitting on a peg on the base plate, about an inch to the side of the centre one, and you feed the wire between the two to get the roll started. If it's made so the pipes can be lifted out, you can just push the roll off onto the ground.

Was a bloody good thing for spooling out ht electric fence wire as well. Loop the pipes for the motor together and the motor works like a brake so the turntable doesn't start turning faster than you can walk down the field pulling the end...

neilo · Feb 24, 2024

Bury the Trash said:
its probaly nearer the later ,a few thou metres at about 25yrs old wellused and a wee bit rusty .... a big job lot go with an ebay winning bid of 18 pound and all hes got to remove it by Tues day or something, still at least will distract him from trying to skin farts for a day or 2

Oi! It's only the bottom three strands that are rusted out! It'll make more than new price in a collective sale.

tepapa · Feb 24, 2024

Tubbylew said:
Solorap from solo fencing systems, fits on a three point hitch, wouldn't know how much it is mind.

Solo Fencing Systems on Instagram: "#SoloRap nett re-rolling system. Wraps up old net in tight bundles for re-use or disposal. Various mounting options available."

234 likes, 5 comments - solofencingsystems on October 8, 2022: "#SoloRap nett re-rolling system. Wraps up old net in tight bundles for re-use or disposal. Various mounting options available.".

www.instagram.com

Not cheap is the answer

glasshouse · Feb 24, 2024

tepapa said:
Not cheap is the answer

Do you get to wear shorts while using it?

Welderloon · Feb 24, 2024

hydraulic post hole auger drive unit & a piece of pipe

livestock 1 · Feb 24, 2024

neilo said:
Oi! It's only the bottom three strands that are rusted out! It'll make more than new price in a collective sale.

I generally roll it up and keep lifting it and pulling it as I do it to get a respectable looking roll
Not that easy probably for old people

livestock 1 · Feb 24, 2024

A certain group of people fenced a fell not a million miles from here and realised they had put the fence in the wrong place a couple of years later. I got 2 livestock trailer load of rolls of wire off the lad it was absolutely fine to use once it had a bit of a pull here and there. It’s not easy stuff to deal with

steveR · Feb 24, 2024

livestock 1 said:
I generally roll it up and keep lifting it and pulling it as I do it to get a respectable looking roll
Not that easy probably for old people

Very, very true.

Bending down while rolling wire up, is bloody hard work.

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