DURA-LINE has been a saving grace here at Counts Hollow Vineyard, as I do most of the vineyard work myself. From layout of the vineyard on, I knew DURA-LINE was what I needed. No sudden electrical storms can stop me from my work and it's easy on my back. With so much else to worry about each growing season here in Missouri, I know I never have to worry about my trellis systems breaking down. Thank you DURA-LINE for your great product and service.

I just wanted to bring you up to date on our demonstration work with DuraLine.  We are comparing 12.5 gauge high tensile wire to 12.5 gauge and 8 gauge DuraLine.  The wire was tensioned to 270 pounds and the Duraline was stretched 3 feet per 100 feet of trellis row.  We measured sag on the wire and monofilament midway between posts using a 30 pound pull.  At installation, the high tensile wire sagged about 6 to 7 inches, the 8 gauge DuraLine sagged between 8 and 10 inches and the 12.5 gauge DuraLine sagged between 13 and 14 inches.  We will repeat these measurements throughout the summer and next winter.

The DuraLine installed last fall certainly seemed to be as tight as at installation, although we have no numbers to confirm this.

I anticipate using the DuraLine I have in excess of the above trials in demonstrations on grower farms.

Dave Lockwood

Plant Sciences

University of Tennessee

 When I look at this product it makes me smile! I'm always trying to think of new things that I think would be better in my vineyard. I tried using baling twine it was cheap and light weight but by the end of the second year it fell apart. The Dura-line would have made my first attempts work. We will be changing over all our catch wire to Dura-line over the next 2 years. I never had a wire for the drip tube so now the tube will be straight and not get in the way of between vine weed cleaning. The icing on the cake is no more grippels. Just tie it off with a fisherman's knot and away you go. If it would break again a simple a fisherman's weight knot and its fixed. Keep up the great work. When others try it they'll see how easy putting wires up should be!

If anyone wants to see it in my vineyard please contact me and I'd be happy to show!

Rick Kasmier (Kaz)

Kaz Winery

233 Adobe Canyon Rd.

Kenwood, CA  95452

707-833-2536

http://www.kazwinery.com

WHAT A GREAT PRODUCT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I FINALLY GOT TO WORK WITH THE CATCH WIRE THIS WEEKEND. It was a pleasure to work with. No binding, or large reels to handle. Using the Bayco/Dura-line post clips, plus a Gripple the work went fast, plus it was easy. Now that I have finished the planting, I will be concentrating on the wire installation. I know you showed tying the line at the end each row. I found it just as easy to stretch the line and use a gripple;  doing the final stretch with the Gripple tool. Last year I installed the traditional wire on my First vines and it took me over an hour to complete one short row. With your product, I was able to do two of the same size rows and I went back and removed what I installed last year, then replaced it with the Duraline product;all within one hour. What a time saver!!!!!!!!!!. This weekend I plan to start installing Cordon wires and am looking forward to the ease of installation.

Paul Crowley

Still River Vineyard

Woodstock Valley, Ct 06282