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Awesome trellis wire I had to share

Topsmoke

Topsmoke

I have grown blackberries for several years using traditional metal wire for trellising and its always been a pain.  I put in several raspberries last year and wanted to do a better job of trellising them and found this monofilament wire. 
http://www.orchardvalleysupply.com/products/vineyard-monofilament-wire
 
Its similar to weedwacker string and dosent need any hardware! :party:  
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you just use their special knot which is just wrapping the excess up then down the wire and sticking it through.  Do it on both sides and your done.
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heres a shot of the whole thing, I know its not much to look at right now, I put in three bare root heritage raspberries last year  but this will just be a wall of canes this season.
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I just wanted to share how awesome this stuff is, really easy to work with and no extra hardware.  I got really lucky today actually and the whole install only took like 45min I think.
 
how much tension can it accomidate?
 
lol i just dropped fairly serious cash on parts and a tool to do a high tension trellis. 9 gauge galvanized wire.  400lbs tension on each line.
 
queequeg152 said:
how much tension can it accomidate?
 
lol i just dropped fairly serious cash on parts and a tool to do a high tension trellis. 9 gauge galvanized wire.  400lbs tension on each line.
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     They make two types. One holds 400lb, the other holds 1200lb. Can't you read, boy?!  ;)
 
was that link there when this thread dropped?

and damn this stuff looks nice... do they sell smaller rolls?

and you just wrap this shit around itself?

fuck why didnt i see this like a week ago. i bought all of these steel squeezer things and splice things.
 
heres the vid.  the tying technique starts at about 1:40  they use a tensioner but I didnt need it that tight so I skipped it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xjewfRfMds
 
damn... i coulda saved like 80 bucks using this stuff. 9 gauge wire is pretty much impossible to wrap around like that.

it looks like hes just using a standard tensioner + gripple connector to pull tension on the wire.

oh well.
 
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