Posted on 12/30/2015 1:03:19 PM PST by djf
OK, this is under the gardening topic, thats the closest I could find.
I had a YUGE fir tree come down at the beginning of December. Fortunately, it missed the house and shed.
But it pretty much wrecked my cyclone fence. It smashed and bent the top bars, but left the posts still standing straight. It caused the weave or whatever you call it to fold down.
So my first step was to buy new bars along the top, and the attachments that hold them to the posts. But the posts aren't straight, and I need to bend the bars. Not a whole lot of bend, but it needs some.
So any ideas/thoughts/suggestions on pipe bending is what I need. I remember working in a hardrock mine how we would bend the rails (there is a tool that holds the rail and allows a hydraulic jack to bend it), but no one in any hardware store seems to know about it.
TIA!
BTW, these are aluminum pipes/tubes, fwiw.
How big is the pipe? If it is small enough, you can pick up a hand bender at Lowes, Home Depot, Ace, etc.
Sorry I can’t help, but I suggest you get Sessions to build it and Trump to pay for it.
It’s about 1 1/2 inches dia.
Home Depot didn’t have anything on the shelf...
Rope, Jeep, driver, cold beer.
Get a bigger piece of pipe to just go over your existing pipe, slide it down to the bend and pull to straighten while bracing the bottom part.
Do you have a local tool rental place? Renting a hydraulic is cheaper than wrenching your back. Good luck!
Did you check their rentals?
May want to forgo the beer. One of the lessons of my youth, it sucks rebuilding fence with a hangover.
no pictures?
Do you have or know someone who has an ATV they can drive over the pipe? I do this with my pipe horse gates...
Will it fit between a trailer ball and the receiver hitch?
How in the would could one possibly do a job like this without beer?
You will need a tubing bender to bend the pipe.
Look here and see if they have something that is affordable and would work.
Other wise you may have to replace the line posts. Which may be cheaper than buying a bender.
One other thought you might check with the local gardening clubs and see if someone has a tube bender that you can borrow/rent?
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Yup.
Nobody has heard of anything that can do it. I suppose I could buy the fittings and just cut it to the length I need, but that nowheres near the way it was when I bought the place.
Take a photo and post it here.
I had had too much beer. That was why I had to fix the farmers fence with said hangover.
If it is just 3-4 post it might be easier and cheaper just to replace them. Pull the old ones out, geta couple bags of quick crete.
“Get a bigger piece of pipe to just go over your existing pipe, slide it down to the bend and pull to straighten while bracing the bottom part.”
That sounds the easiest and cheapest. Get a long enough pipe so you still have plenty of leverage - stand on the bed of a pickup. If you have or can rent a come-along (hand winch) that might help. Anchor it to the truck, nearby tree, etc.
I wonder if a bit of heat with a propane torch would help soften the bent pipe?
Do you have a custom exhaust shop in your area?Just take the bent pieces to them for straightening.
Shouldn’t need any heat on that light weight stuff. Retired Journeyman pipefitter here.
“...but that nowheres near the way it was when I bought the place.”
I was going to mention using 2” x 2” x 8’ pine, hose clamps, zip ties and duct tape, but.....
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