Mastering Basic Wire Strainers: Essential Fencing Techniques
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2023
- In this video, we're going to be talking about how to master basic wire strainers for straining farm fencing. By learning these essential fencing techniques, you'll be able to strain fence quickly and easily.
If you're looking to improve your fencing skills, then this video is for you! By the end of this video, you'll be able to master basic wire strainers and strain farm fencing with ease!
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Exactly the way my uncle have taught me how to use the wire strainer on different types of fences from RSA.
Great video again Tim ,i enjoy watching your fencing videos above the rest cause you always bring your bag of humour. The only thing you have never mentioned!! the most essential piece of fencing kit to have at all times is the smartphone. How did Tim tie that knot again 😂😂😂.
As an infrequent fence repairer, this video is Gold for me. cheers for your tutelage.
I knew I should have watched that video you did on knots first. Now I've really got to watch that one!
Good stuff.
Thanks Tim, I have realized what I have been doing wrong now for years, thanks again. Cheers
Great work Tim; you are the Russell Coight of fencing. I love your videos and frequently share them with people asking me how to do fencing properly. Cheers, Steve
Hmmmmm. Not RC
Great video. I bought a set of Wireman Strain Walker Pro's after seeing one of your older videos. For a beginner having the strain gauge was great. They're expensive but well worth it.
First one yes. Love your videos mate. Always so informative. Keep them coming
it’s good to note that almost all of the accidents that happen when straining wire or working on fences could have been prevented by using proper technique, ive only ever been injured once and it was completely my fault, i wasn’t wearing any ppe, and pulled the strainers along a length of barbed wire hoping they would grab, but instead they grabbed and quickly slipped, so in the jolt of them slipping my hand slipped off the strainers and ran down the length of the barbed wire with all my body weight behind it, super nasty cut. be safe, wear ppe 😎 it’s easy to slip up
Hey Tim, have you ever used the Forked tree branch and plug punch to strain a fence. All we had "back in the day"
Good to see all the gear available.
I made the mistake and went cheap on the strainers a $50 set, the jaws slip on the wire when tensioning. Will buy the set with the tension gauge, my neighbour has a set and are great to use.
What wire strainers do you like to use? Thanks for the excellent videos. mw
Hey Marion. There are a number of strainers that are pretty good. My favorites are the Fenceline solutions ones, next the wireman then the new whites ones coming soon. At the cheaper end the strainrites and the Hayes are pretty good value. I just cut the sping out of the cheaper two.
Safety glasses? Speed Dealers made you iconic........
Yeah... I'll throw it back into some future videos for you eh?
@@FarmLearningTim Please do. It's the formula that got the early loyal subs.
Hey Tim. Some detail on how you made that last knot would have been helpful. Keep up the good work.
There’s a whole video on just that! Link in description
Txs
Thanks Tim...agree with your thoughts re lines under 50 metres (0:29)...have had great success with ratchet strainers under this distance.
Yes but expensive. I'm a cheapskate and a puritan.
Lol😂
@@FarmLearningTim Ok then, what do you use to hold tension on (or re-tension loose) short runs? Clearly, gripples are out considering your previous statements (expensive and in your vid FENCING GADGETS: GRIPPLES vs CRIMPS vs FENCING KNOTS at 16 seconds "I would never, ever recommend using gripples on a vineyard or on a fence of any description." If you know of a fencing knot that can be re-tied to allow re-tensioning of a loose, short run can you pass on details please?
@@rossholmes178 Take a look at a fence stretcher tool, aka Texas fence stretcher. Tim did a review or two on them around here somewhere (but if you want one, get the Horsely Wholesale one with an arguably better design and without the crazy price).
@@rossholmes178 Tie your knots at the end of the run. That way if your fence is damaged, you replace a short, cheap section of wire and restrain. If your fences are continually loosening, maybe check the end assemblies that you are using. Replacing the brace wire, or tightening up the steel stay might fix your fence without having to fiddle with the wire at all.
Could you do re-run on the strainer attachment that you used with the stiff stay? Top shows.
I’m doing a new video on straining prefabricated mesh soon.
G'day Tim, could you please do a video about cutting a fence in the middle and installing a new gate? For example installing new strainer posts and gate on an existing 5 strand fence or sheep mesh fence. What's the safest cutting process, how to decide whether to do box ends or use stays with the new strainer, how to restrain. Thanks
I’ll keep it in mind. In the meantime, cut from bottom up in the middle of the new gate. Stand where you’re cutting and you should be good. Wear your speed dealers to stop eye injuries. Wack in the new posts and restrain the wire to each (updated mesh straining video coming). Don’t put a gate in the middle of a fence unless you have to (sometimes you do, I get that) Try and put them in corners if you can. Better for stock movements.
Any recommendations for the best quality basic wire strainers? Cheers
The Whites ones in this video are pretty good in their price bracket.
Where can I buy this strainer in Sweden?
Strongly suggest this one. They will ship. www.fencelinesolutions.com.au/products/fencing-tools/wire-strainers
Hi Tim, you said only strain directly to the end post if your fence is more than 50m, what do you do it your fence is less than 50m?
Keep watching the video.. Strain in the middle of the fence is demonstrated next.
@@FarmLearningTim thanks :)
Crimps are a good solution here.
No loss of tension over any length.
Hi Tim, the videos are great. But why why why do fencers tension in the middle of a run??? Its a point of failure, it looks terrible and there is no need for it. End tie offs down to about 30m are fine. Any shorter and no matter how you tie it off, it will not stay tensioned. For the sub 30m runs I use ratchet tensioners.
I feel like it was a bit rushed in certain areas, especially for something that is completely new to fencing.
I was also hoping for some knot advice!
For example, my chain strainer was stuck and no matter what I did I COULD NOT release the chain.
No doubt because of my severe inexperience.
The only action for me with the strainer was to make it tighter. I'd appreciate finding a video that focuses on this.
This was one video out of about 400. There are plenty of knot videos in my fencing playlist
And yes, tightening the strainer is how you release. Keep going, you’ll be fine
@@FarmLearningTim Thank you, I'll take a look!
One step closer to my redundancy package my wife has just told me. 😮
It’s real mate….
Hardest part is knotting the wire, skip over that in 1 sec, very helpful alright
That’s because I have separate videos on tying knots.
Probably because the video is titled Mastering Basic *Wire Strainers*. Half a second of bare-minimum effort on your part would have brought you to the TWO separate videos he has linked for you specifically on knots, but instead you chose to make a snarky comment.