On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Mike Waters W0BTU
<mrscience65704@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Most of them are of a very heavy branch (that fell out of the top of a large
> tree during freak winds last May) that landed near one end of the NE-SW
> Beverage. That gives you some idea of just how strong that galvanized
> electric fence wire is! Ladder line would have broke, I'm sure. I could not
> push on the branch and lift it one inch, it was so heavy.
No reason for Ladder line to break if you secure the ladder line to
the supports using a break-away mounting. I use light duty plastic
tie-wraps around the ladder line, leaving the ladder line free to
slide and allowing the tie-wraps to break easily with a few pounds of
force. They're cheap and replaced easily in a matter of seconds.
73,
Barry N1EU
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