stock fencing

[gdk grounds maintenance]

thanks for the replies ive just had a look at gripple website what about the torq tool they have for tensioning any good then use the connectors when tight enough

[gdk grounds maintenance]

this thing i mean remove the vertical wires to pull tight

[pro bros]

Buy the one in your picture not the plastic pair with torque setting I have broken 2 just pushing them tight and nearly broke my wrist in the process . I like gripples you get a nice neat finish and much quicker

[Matthew Storrs]

Yeah gripples have their uses. My personal method is to tye the netting around the strainers at each end using nots then roll out to the middle of the span-put a clamp on each bit of netting pull it together to get the tension using the boundary chain strainers then when all is good and tight I join the the two ends using gripples, I then release the chain strainers by which time the gripples hold the tension then I tweek each gripple using the gripple tool to iron out any unevenness in the netting then twist the end bits of using a twisty tool thing looks very neat and no chance of the gripples slipping (which they can do in frozen weather unless you tye the ends off)

Edited July 22, 2013 by Matthew Storrs

[tncountryservices]

having the correct tools for the job make it so much easier.

not to hijack you thread but I have some fencing tools for sale, pair of boundary bars, gripple torg tool (plastic) monkey strainer. spinning jenny. I have had a change of direction in my business and no longer do fencing.

if an interest to anyone drop me a message.

[Perkins]

The longest fence in the world is 3488 miles long and is held together with gripples. Nuff said.

[gdk grounds maintenance]

thanks for the replies wasnt sure if these would pull enough tension whats the maximum these would tension roughly metres wise

[codlasher]

If you can find an old Allen scythe blade carrier or similar, you can make a brilliant & simple barbed wire strainer.

 

You will need to cut one of the points, including the slot that the blade runs in, from this blade carrier and glue it (braze) to a bar/tube of about 3' in length.

You then use the slot to put the wire in and the point to spike into the post and presto, a very simple device with no moving parts.

 

I find old galvanised water pipe works for all these sorts of jobs.

[Perkins]

I think gripples will hold up to 300kg per strand, i.e. 2.4 tonnes of pull on a 8 strand stock net. I usually put them every 50 metres i.e. midway along a 100m stretch, or wherever it's convenient. The last little job I did was 125metres with one set of 8 gripples near the middle. You can always go back and tighten them again.

[gdk grounds maintenance]

so just using the gripples you dont need clamps and so on as you can just go up to each set of gripples at tighten as required