Thank you so. much for this video. I was wondering how on earth I was going to tension my new stick fence then I found this. So simple and has worked so well. Thank you again. Ingenious cheap method to tension a stock fence. 👍👍👍👍

I just want to say thank you for this video. I live in france with a french partner and I wanted to explain how I've done fencing your way in the past. It's helped him understand how its done with no need to buy expensive equipment. I couldn't find a single video in french using this method so I'm very happy to use yours as it's self explanatory 😁😁

This is probably the best video about strainning a fence I found in KZfaq. Thank you :-)

Brilliant idea with the wood just saved £200 on a tool I don't need. excellent video straight to the point with all the important bits covered. I've used the defender as my solid anchor point. Your tup is like one of my horses has to play with everything xxx

Great video. I made one of these and used it today for a new fence. Saved so much messing about. Every line tight in one go and as someone else already noted, you can pull off the tow bar if there is no convenient tree!!

Simple, direct, informative, unpretentious. What a difference to so many YooChube videos. Thanks!

the sheep checking the bucket of tools os so gorgeous..I love your humour...your channel just discovered...!!!!

Finally somebody is doing this without a tractor!!

Clever! Thank you! Going to put up a fence like that for the first time and this really was helpful.

I’ve tried this and it works fairly well, my ratchet strap is a bit small and flimsy so I couldn’t really get the tension I wanted it. BUT don’t worry if your fence is not quite as tight as you hoped - just twist a few strands of the horizontal wire 90 degrees and you’ll feel it tighten up nicely. I did this and my fence went from competently wobbly to having a decent spring in it now

very informative and easy to follow,thank you.

Cheers for this, I was trying to think of how to get the tension without a proper strainer, and didn't even think of the ratchet strap.

Excellent method which we used this weekend very successfully. Its the perfect DIY video that actually works! Thank you for sharing.

I made a strainer out of a couple of pieces of 4X2,and, eight 3/8 bolts about 30 years ago,and,am still using it. Connected a hefty short chain with a hook on the end,looped the chain and hook around the pull bar on a little Fergie tractor,and,the fence pulled up absolutely square. The boards were clamped with the 3/8 bolts onto the ringlock over one of the vertical wires,so kept it straight on then strain. The strainer boards still work even tho the tractor karked! 30 years ago we had to improvise, as a lot of the new fancy straining gear was just not available, as it is today.

Excellent idea. Thank you

Think you've just saved me a good few hours work ... cheers 👍

Gotta love a helpful ram. LOL good simple explanation.

It makes complete sense,thank you.

Love this clip! Thank you. Love the humor too!

Excellent - thank you!

Thanks mate this is exactly what I was looking for

Great looking Sheepdog !!!!

Thank you for this!

Another Good Idea from you . Thanks

Best method ever❗👍

thanks alot, well be using this method soon

Great Job! We are amazed how well you do things. Sabine & Al

What a great idea -thankyou

that is abrilliant help wondered how you do this got 5 acres to do thanks alot

Brilliant 😊👍🏽 Thank you 💕

Thank you soooo much!!!!!!!

Excellent!! Thank you. Will try it this weekend to keep naughty ponies in!

I have a lot of bw fence to repair this spring. Good idea...Not very many trees around the east side of the property though.

Was the Ram a bit too rammy? And I noticed he checked really carefully that you had brought everything in that bucket! And what a great way to put up the fence. I almost, (almost) wish I had to put one up!

Going to try this tommorow. Looks like a great idea. I’m using quite old mild steel Netting, will it damage the netting or will it be ok

I wish I had been able to find these practical videos on hoof care & even the whole series on sheep 4 years ago when i was researching goat care. :) Would you all mind if I link your videos to those who want quick, practical how-to care for animals? Sometimes the titles prevent specific searches from coming up when googled; but I think you all have the very best animal care videos I've seen even without saying a word. Thank you so very much for sharing them with us.

Love this. Bit Rowan Atikingson 😂👷

wonderful crank system that I can make up from what I have in shed. Here in west australia we have sheep net with extra corrosion coating on lower edge which helps with net longevity. This is particularly important for places within 5 km of sea where marine damp speeds rust.

very good, keeping the cost down

Ideal for beginners! Don't see it lasting that long though

Nice fun vid - glad you were concise and didn't ram-ble on. How strong did you go with the corner post? ie. concreted in? depth? Any info would be much appreciated!

What method to put in fence posts? Any concrete mix in the base hole? ty 4 vid.

Great video thanks. Did you cement your fence posts in or just hammer them in...??

I personally would use fencing pullers that are specifically designed to pull up the bottom and the top of the rylock, as opposed to using a ratchet strap that only tensions the middle and by the looks of things Not very tightly. Pulling off two strong Strainers also helps 🤣

if a tree is not in the right spot, a truck's tow hitch would work too. I was thinking the same idea, my friend are going to raise turkeys this spring for a cash crop.

That's a waste of good materials to be honest, for about £20 more you could have bought four 6" strainers and dug them well in on that ground with a decent shovel. Welsh mountain sheep would just nose under your netting and wriggle under it the way you've erected it. From personal experience I've found that if you're fencing for a couple of days you might as well do it so it'll last 20 years. Netting needs to be tight, as in guitar string tight for a number of reasons, the main one is when it's very tight, it's rigid, so sheep can pull their heads back out of the squares easy, when it's loose, it becomes a noose.

Awesome tip thanks. By the way your corner of the world is so much like rural New Zealand right down to the wild blackberry!!

Is this High Tensile fence or mild steel? Planning my fence and don't want to get the wrong stuff and make my life difficult. Thanks for the great video.

What are you using for the fence posts? are they natural fence posts or treated store bought?

How do you stop the wire from going slack before you've wrapped it around the straining post?

I realise that your trying to keep costs down but, in the long run your only costing yourself more money!! Take the time and effort to dig in proper straining posts and struts. It will make a MASSIVE difference!! There are videos on how to do that on here that are very cost effective, check out tordado wire's video on it! (Although for what you guys are doing don't worry about the heal plate). Your cheap wire straining technique is a novel idea, but I have an idea, if you don't want to spend much, on improving it! Use two straps, one on top and one on the bottom. It will make a monstrous difference. If you use a proper straining post, you can pull the wire up to that, then the little bit of slack between your boards and the post you just pull each strand tight with your fencing pliers and staple to the strainer. Then take off your ratchets and boards, job done!! I hope this helps make your fences stock proof for many more years and last a lot longer 👍🏼👍🏼

What can you use as an anchor if you haven’t got a tree etc. nearby?

Where from the west are u from

My lambs just had some "kids" and our 6x6 inch square fence isn't keeping them in do I put something like a little lower to the ground like 1x2 inch and about 3 feet tall or a little higher if anyone can get back it would be great thanks

yea boy

Mmmmm Well I guess that's one way of doing it

What about on uneven ground.?

Good I'm gonna try this, my sheep keep escaping my electric fences

Shit that’s one hell of a rough job! Posts look like tooth picks

why wud u put electric fence on top they have wool ya know

Nit quite like a professional job but stock proof for a while!

that netting still doesnt look very tight.........................

nicely done! Lol on the ram. :), we have a fence stretcher in Texas that might be a little faster. Here ya go! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ja2ketR9t8mqh4U.html

TBH it doesn't look very tight at all.. Fencing is expensive, shame not to do a pukka job when a chain tensioner is only £25.

Surely that won't last long.

that looks just about the worse fencing job I have ever seen. Is it still standing?

tight??????

Nice fun vid - glad you were concise and didn't ram-ble on. How strong did you go with the corner post? ie. concreted in? depth? Any info would be much appreciated!