Bultfontein farmer and inventor Michris Janse van Rensburg is known all over Africa for his innovative designs that make farming easier, from vegetable planters to herbicide applicators.
His latest invention will find a home on any farm – a wire tensioner.
Every farmer, no matter what they farm with, will be faced at some point with a fence where the wires have become slack. Now there is help to tighten fencing easily. Michris’s new design includes a rachet system that maintains tension and ensures enough space in which two pieces of wire can be
joined.
Contact Michris at 073 454 4111.
The wire tensioner with all its parts 
The ratchet wheel, which prevents
the tensioner from slipping and so
maintains the tension of the two
pieces of wire that are being joined.
A pair of pliers can be used as a lever to tighten the wires. 
The wire tensioner connected to a corner post. At the back end the ratchet system can be seen with which the wire is tightened.
A wire fence being repaired with the wire tensionerMichris designed. Note how the system allows for enough space to connect two loose pieces of wire easily, without any part of the tensioner getting in the way. 
Inventor Michris Janse van Rensburg.
