Pruning and mounting lime trees

Lime trees are very popular for fencing off yards or as natural sunshades. More and more often, fruit trees are also used for this purpose. Apart from being practical, these trees also regularly bear fruit. You understand that everyone wants this.

Mounting advice:

When you have planted your lime tree, it is time to tighten the cables.  The ideal steel cable thickness is 4 mm. Galvanised steel cable is sufficiently resistant to rust and is most commonly used to guide the lime trees.

Standard shopping list Securing the lime trees:

• Steel cable - most commonly used is steel cable galvanised 4mm 
• Wire strainer - M6 galvanised strainer with hook and eye
• Wire clamps - Position 3 wire clamps per loop Type 741 - galvanised
• Wire clamp bit - for extra quick attachment of wire clamps
• Wire stocking for the correct distribution of force - Wire stocking 4mm
• Screw eyes for in the wooden posts - screw eye 6x60 

Mounting advice for steel cables in wood

1. Use screw eyes of at least 5mm thick.  Pre-drilling with a drill that is slightly thinner than the screw eye is recommended. This prevents the wood from splitting.
2. The wire tensioner is equipped with a bolt. This can be unscrewed and connected to the screw eye.
3. The middle piece of the turnbuckle has a hole. A screwdriver or an awl can be inserted here. By turning the screwdriver or awl, the thread is retracted and the cable is tensioned.
4. By placing a sleeving in the cable, the forces on the cable are well distributed. And the cable will not kink.
5. The wire clamps can be tightened with a spanner. The short end can be placed in the wire clamp at the top.  

Mounting advice for steel cables in concrete

1. The only difference when fixing in concrete is that a plug is used. If necessary, you can use a keilbout.
2. The hook can be placed in the eye. Make sure the eye is flat and the open part of the tensioner is facing down.
3. Turn the middle part to tension the cable. This can be done with a socket spanner, spanner or gripper.
4. Attach the sleeving over the eye and make a loop with the wire rope.
5. The wire clamps can be tightened with a spanner. The short end can be placed in the wire clamp at the top.  

Mounting advice on fixing steel cable in Iron or Steel

1. Depending on the desired eye, tap m6 or m8 thread into your metal profile. And screw in the eye. 
2. Try to turn with the eye in a horizontal position. And hook in the wire tensioner. 
3. By turning the middle piece, the cable will be tensioned. This can be done with a socket spanner, spanner or gripper.
4. Attach the sock over the eye and make a loop with the wire rope.
5. The wire clamps can be tightened with a spanner. The short end can be placed in the wire clamp at the top. 

Installation advice for steel cable in stainless steel

1. Predrill the holes with 3mm. Screw in the screw eyes.
2. Turn the wire tensioner to its longest position.
3. Make a loop in the steel cable
4. Attach the stainless steel wire clamp and tighten both nuts equally.
5. Turn the middle piece of the tensioner to tension the wire rope.

There is a bundle of this example is available:  Go to>> Stainless steel lime beam construction kit

 

Stainless steel wire rope fixing advice with architecture tensioner

1. Depending on the eye you want, tap m6 or m8 thread into your metal profile. And screw in the eye. 
2. Remove the safety spring from the fork (clevis) and attach it to the eye. 
3. By tightening the long tube with a spanner, tension is created on the cable. The cable must be cut as precisely as possible.
4. The end piece of the terminal has two small parts in it that are placed on the wire rope. Then the end piece can be turned on the cable and the wire rope can be clamped.
5. The wire rope must be stainless steel because it has a 7x7 wire rope composition. Galvanized steel wire rope has a fibercore that cannot be clamped.

And some more practical tips

• When you have many trees, decide to use crimping clamps. This works much faster, but you need a special pair of clamps.
• All the above examples of galvanised iron are also available in stainless steel. This is a little more expensive. But it also has a much longer life.