Watched a bunch of videos of the best way to stretch and terminate horse fence. I've been buildin' commercial fence for 40 years. Yours was the best. Appreciate the tip on using mini-bolt-cutters (nippers) to carefully cut the knots to create strands to wrap around terminal posts and tie off.
goddammit. ANOTHER video that glosses over the ONE part I was looking for. How to keep the tension on the end and still tie it off. Why does everybody make a video of all of the easy parts and then cut to where the fence is magically tied off? Why? Every. Fucking. Video.
Geez guys.....That is a super fine fence. That piping looks expensive. Best of success on your ranching activities. I saw some nice horses in the background.
I see you boys doing good work, but just wrapping the terminations instead of a proper knot and wrap is going to let those wraps unwind under tension. Seen it happen more than once. This fence may do fine without, but please keep it in mind for future.
When tieing the termination of the wire you should avoid touching the wire that is tensioned with those pliers. The smallest of scrapes or scratches significantly weakens the wire.
Not as easy as it looks? I hate how y’all fence guys try to complicate things. It really is as easy as it looks! Btw, you can use a single cone along with a tension rod and a stretcher bar. Myself and one guy will go stretch 1000ft of 6ft no climb today. Will be done in about 6hrs. It’s not that difficult..
Why the overkill? That should only be a 1 man job. 6+6=12 1000 foot stretch, considering you're on a level above "yall fence guys" is not a 2 man job. 2 guys is burning hours. You only need 1 man