How To Use Hog Ring Pliers | Finding A Good Pair 

One day a few years ago I installed 2, 50lbs boxes of 9 g hog rings around a sewer treatment facility that had bracing and a top and bottom coil spring wire. I don’t know exactly how many come in a 50 lbs box but I can tell you that my right hand was completely worthless for the next day or two. Love your videos. Keep it up fellas.

The odds are good that I will never use hog ring pliers, but I really liked your presentation. I watched it all. You are a good teacher. Thank you.

Thanks, that was about all I will ever need to know about hog ring pliers.

Thanks for sharing the story about your father. The hog-ring plier section I appreciated and will use to reupholster the seats on my old muscle car. Thank you...

I somewhat know the feeling of being blind. Never could see all that good growing up. At 26 couldn't renew drivers license. I was putting up fence as I grew up and I found ways to compensate for that. My wife use to tell customers after the job was done it was done by a blind man. Don't count anyone out for disabilities they can surprise you what they can accomplish. I was lucky for exploratory surgery and fixed my eyesight and still fencing.

Another great video Dan, you should do a video on the auto reload hogring pliers

Great vid - Thank You! Bought ‘em

Right on man! Awesome video, Very helpful!

OMG. I never thought about to reversing the springs. I find the closing slows me down i'd rather it open for me holy cow. Thank you for that, I love your guys Channel it's so helpful. I have a few years building fences over 10 years ago With the best fencing company in my Area for 80+ years. Worked Oil rigs, red seal carpenter now work for a company that owns a landscaping company and a fencing company in spite, because of a tiff they have with the best fencing company in our area. They make me do chainlink but i forgot so much shit. Watching you guys is extremely helpful, helps remind and shows new stuff Keep it up. I'm Very grateful for your content

Helpful! Thanks

Thank ya much!

Thank you

I like the music this guy is the best lol

Thanks. My boss just gave me the tool when he was on the phone. Granted, it was with his security camera company.

Your Pops is cool! I'm a lapidary and rockhound too. Thanks for turning me on to his facebook page

Interesting story about dad. Never knew there was a name for someone who worked with rocks. I use much smaller hog rings for auto upholstery.

I’ve only ever used them with the spring reversed. You just blew my mind that the spring could be used to hold the jaws tight to hold the hog ring. I LOATHE hog rings… I still just use a pair of slip joint pliers

Which ones be the easiest to handle for a small woman?

Why is it so hard to find blunt end hog rings as opposed to the sharp pointed hog rings?? I use mine exclusively for building & repairing animal cages & fences.

Dan… believe it or not… when I was growing up… we actually used hog rings for HOGS! My dad was a master of ringing hogs. He could tag an ear or ring a nose in nothing flat. We had one boar who was so ornery he could get out of a steel pen with a grate welded across the top. He had two rings in his left ear and three in the other…. That was for Identification…. His official name was twenty three. Old 23 had so many rings in his nose he sounded like he was wearing chain mail. None of them helped because he was impervious to snout pain. So, we decided to change his name to Sausage. Best that I remember, he was delicious. There were times that I hated hogs. Castration day was the worst. My job was to catch the piglets and hold them while my dad played the part of Dr Impotency. The noise, mud and blood were enough to make a boy sick. But, it did provide mountain oysters for dinner! YUM The second worst hog day was weaning. That’s when they got their first two hog rings. The piglets had grown into pigs… My job again was to grab them and hold them…. But this time I couldn’t just hold their back legs. I had to straddle them. Down on my knees, in the mud, a squealing pig doing its best to get out from between my knees… and dad swooped over and slapped that first ring in. Instantly the little porker went from squealing and writhing to screaming and fighting. And did I mention biting? The biting was the worst. Because every so often one would get hold of the hog ring pliers and knock the ring out. That meant dad had to grab another ring, reload … while I was mud wrestling on my knees in pig sh;)! I can’t help but think how much fonder my memories would have been if he had one of those long handled pliers with the spring installed the right way…. instead of his old slip jaw pliers with a tiny divot filed in them at the bench vise! My! How technology has advanced in 55 years!

We only ever use the magazine type I used 35 000 one spring on fencing rabbits

What do you all think of the dewalt hog ring pliers

Are these pliers made in the USA?

I want to move my fence how do I take off hog rings?

That music makes it hard to hear you. Thanks for they info, very good.

Good morning

Anyone who has punched their hands with hog ring pliers can appreciate this video

2 screw drivers to open the hog rings

Wyo buffalo you wouldn't know

Heavy duty snap ring pliers should remove hog rings.

Bless your father's heart. I bet he hasnt seen a lick of welfare either.