How do you strain a fence wire?

Asked by: Eric Webb

How do you strain a fence wire without a strainer?

Slip another staple in behind your corner staples that'll stop your wire from digging into the post it'll slip smoothly through and your strain will be.

How do you strain wire with pliers?

Remember this is only temporary. Once I've got enough tension onto the wire. What I can then do is unwind the pliers in the opposite. Direction. So as I unwind the pliers.

How do you unroll a fence wire?

So I had to devise a way to make a wire unroll er which would have to be vertical to unroll the wire. So let me show you what I did I wanted a way to make this hay fork.

How do you tension a fence mesh?

I'll put my pliers here if I'm gonna wrap around and twist it I can grip my wire. And pull. And that gives me a little more tension on the wire. So just like last time.

How do you strain a barbed wire fence?

Put it in the strainers. The boys here like to do it differently i put the chain. On the wire on the strainers first then under the chain i'll do that one next. And we'll basically just do it. Up.

How do you pull a tight wire?

Loosen wire from the posts where the wire needs tightening. Attach fence tighteners and twist them with a pair of pliers to pull the wire tight again. Reattach the wire to the posts. For new fences, you need to use a fence stretcher tool or a come-along tool to tighten the new wire before you attach it to the posts.

What is a fence puller?

With a fence puller, you’ll not have to wrestle rolls of fencing, pulling them tight only to find your fence sagging here and there. This tool takes just a few minutes to put together and will be worth its weight in gold the first time you put it to use.

How do you use wire fence pliers?

So you would use your fencing pliers to go ahead and pivot while pulling the other end of the wire tight.

How do you make a fence stretcher?

And then you're going to put your fence in on the backside of this board and I'm going to show you guys a full demonstration.

How do you make a wire strainer?

Put the wire in here tighten it up you then have leverage to tighten the wire and this will slide around the post. You can clamp the far end of the bar.

How do you tie a tight wire?

I'll leave one end of the wire attached to the spool. Give it a twist that way I know exactly how much wire I need I don't waste wire.

How do you tighten a wire around a pole?

Little pigtail on the end of your knot. Once you've done that nice neat pigtail all you have to do is spin the wire around the opposite direction and it snaps straight off.