ATV-Mounted PolyFence Wizard Makes Temporary Fencing A Snap
Dispensing and take-up reels along with fence post and jumper storage at the driver's fingertips
Dan Crummett
Published: Nov 22, 2011
Alan Newport has been moving cattle around in paddocks and studying intensive grazing management for more than 20 years, so it's no wonder he got tired of running back and forth to the shop for fence posts, getting tangled up in unorganized rolls of polywire and, in general dreading putting up temporary fence.
Last winter, the editor of Beef Producer (www.beefproducer.com) spent some time thinking about what he needed on fence building trips, then went to work with a welder to organize his efforts on the front of his 4-wheeler. The result was a pilot model of the PolyFence Wizard, now being built and marketed by fabricator, Rick Moberly of Ponca City, Okla.
The "Wizard" consists of an angle-iron frame which forms a tray in front of the ATV handlebars (with an expanded metal bottom), and tubing mounts for commercial or after-market wire spools. In addition, there's room in the racks in front of the tray for 52 tread-in posts. All the supplies are within easy reach of the driver.
  PolyFence Wizard creator Alan Newport and a pilot model of the ATV-mounted wire dispensers and fence post racks.  Take-up reel is powered with a cordless electric drill motor, and can pull in hundreds of yards of polywire in a minute.  A neat mount on the front of an ATV keeps fencing materials organized and within easy reach of the paddock builder.
Alan has used the rig this fall with a "mob grazing" experiment on his place in northern Oklahoma and says it's taken a lot of the frustration out of stringing wire.
For more information on the PolyFence Wizard, visit www.wendricktools.com, or call (620) 222-4708.
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