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| SPLICE THE
FENCE |
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| A) |
Cut the fence wire |
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NOTE:
We recommend using the Stay-Tuff JM-592 fencing
tool and long crimp sleeves to splice your Stay-Tuff
fence. Stay-Tuff crimp sleeves are designed to work
specifically with high-tensile fencing, and can
withstand up to 1500 pounds of tensile stress. Do
not use anything less or your splices could fail.
Tighten the top or bottom stretcher bar as needed
to square up the vertical wire stays in the fencing.
At this point one stretcher bar should be 3’
or 4’ from the end of a roll and the other
would have extra fence wire to cut off.
Trim off the excess fencing, leaving enough length
to overlap the two fence ends.
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Trim
off excess fence fabric and square up the
stays |
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Lay both fence ends over each other to determine
where to cut the fence. Cut the horizontal line
wire approximately 1.5 inches from the stay wire
on one fence. Cut the line wire on the other fence
against the knots on the stay wire, leaving a full
length of wire to work with. You’ll use this
long line wire to measure for even alignment as
you crimp.
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| B) |
Place the splicing sleeves
on the horizontal line wires |
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Place a splicing sleeve
on each line wire, then slip the opposite
line wire into the sleeve. Work your way down
(or up) the fence fabric, placing sleeves
on every line wire.
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Place
sleeve on each line wire |
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Now feed each line wire into the crimp sleeve.
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Wire
passing through crimp sleeve |
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Wire
correctly positioned in each crimp sleeve |
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| C) |
Crimp the splicing sleeves |
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You’ll be using the JM-592
Multi-Tool for this step. The 12.5 gauge high-tensile
fencing shown on these pages should be crimped with
our JM-593 crimp sleeve. Use the first notch on
the Multi-Tool for this particular sleeve.
Note: Be sure
to read the instructions for your Multi-Tool for
details about which notches work with the different
sizes of Stay-Tuff sleeves.
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Multi
Tool ready to crimp splicing sleeve |
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It is easiest to do this
job with two people, one person holding the wire
and the crimp sleeve while the other does the crimping.
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Multi
Tool ready to crimp splicing sleeve |
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Crimp the full length of the sleeve, squeezing 4
to 6 times.
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Multi
Tool crimping the splicing sleeve |
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Carefully trim off any wire overhanging the crimp
sleeve.
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Crimp
sleeve after crimping |
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The final product! This join will hold to 1,500
lbs. The wire will break before the crimp gives
way. When joined evenly, from a distance the splice
will look like the rest of the fence.
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Crimp
sleeve after crimping |
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| D) |
Release the stretcher bar
pullers |
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Once all your splices are complete,
loosen the stretcher bar pullers by using the handle
to “walk” the jaws of the bar puller
backwards down the chain.
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Release
the stretcher bar pullers |
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Once the tension is released, remove the stretcher
bars from the fence by knocking the steel wedges
out of each wedge retainer. |
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