Field fence unroller and stretcher

An apparatus, mountable on a farm tractor, adapted for handling rolled woven fence wire, unrolling the wire and stretching it from a first fence post to which the wire has been already been attached to a second fence post, which comprises:

• (a) a generally rectangular frame having upper and lower horizontal frame members, which are spaced apart, and front and rear vertical frame members;
• (b) a platform mounted atop the lower frame member, the platform being sufficiently large in size to hold the roll of woven fence wire in an upright position;
• (c) the platform and the upper frame member defining first and second holes, respectively;
• the first and second holes being aligned vertically with each other;
• (d) a removable shaft which is slip-fitted into said first and second holes, the shaft, when so slip-fitted, spanning at least a distance from the upper horizontal frame member to said first hole, so that the roll of woven wire can be placed upright on the platform and held in position by the shaft;
• (e) means for temporarily clamping a segment of woven fence wire across its entire transverse width against the rear vertical frame member wherein said means is pivotally connected about a vertical axis, so that unrolling of the roll of wire held by the shaft can be temporarily halted whenever the tractor is moved in a direction away from the first fence post and toward the second fence post.