How To Repair A Chain Link Fence - Corner Post Fix

How To Repair A Chain Link Fence - Corner Post Fix
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[@julierimer4544]

Your ratchet strap and rebar solution is a brillisnt substitute for a come-along tool! I need to repair a chain link fence at an abandoned cemetery and your ideas will help immensely. Thank you so much!

[@AwkwardHamster]

Thanks for watching

[@bullrun44]

I followed your solution and it worked. My mom did not have rebar laying around but she did have a piece of half-inch steel stock, 10 feet, I cut a four foot section, and set it all up. It took approximately 10 minutes to put that stupid fence back together. Thank you again.

[@AwkwardHamster]

Glad to hear this helped.

[@EvryThingAUTOMOTIVE]

I did the exact same thing to my fencing with a tiller. Now my 6 month old Shepard has found out he can squeeze through the hole. Glad you made this video!

[@AwkwardHamster]

Glad to hear this helped

[@daviddavidson1372]

Just did this to my fence.didnt know what i was going to do.love the video.thanks for posting.

[@AwkwardHamster]

Thank you.

[@lacyjay]

The ratchet strap is a fantastic idea! Thank you so much, as we have been dealing with the same problem, but in the area where our fence attaches to our gate door! Such a pain because the door isn’t reaching to the latch.

[@AwkwardHamster]

Thanks

[@gtdodgeviper]

Nice trick with the rebar. I have used straps before but never thought about using a rebar a couple feet away from the post and looping the straps around the post. What I have done is hooking the strap to the tension bar itself and to my truck. This will come in handy. Thank you.

[@AwkwardHamster]

Thank you. Next thing I hope to figure out is how to remove a stump spending much money. I can dig them out by hand but that takes about 30min a stump and there are a lot. I don’t have a farm jack so I’ll try to make due with tools I already have.

[@gtdodgeviper]

@@AwkwardHamster one time I took down a tree thats was about 20 feet tall and the trunk was maybe 12” wide and the stump was 2 to 3 feet wide . To remove the stump i dig all around it and cut all the roots that i could find until I couldn’t see any more roots. But it must had more underneath because it was still hard to move, and well it was very heavy too. I needed something to pull it out and the only thing I had available was a 94 Toyota Corolla with a trailer hitch. So I hooked it up to the stump with a 2” strap and gave it a few pulls until it came out. Im sure that it your stumps are smaller and if you have a truck you can easily pull them out like that with out having to dig too much.

[@jimjames1920]

Now this is a great video. Going to use your fence stretcher idea.Thanks !

[@AwkwardHamster]

Thank you

[@abav811]

Thank you! This was very brilliant and helpful!!

[@AwkwardHamster]

Glad to hear it helped.

[@C.Q.]

Awesome advise! Thank you!

[@AwkwardHamster]

You bet

[@bullrun44]

I’m about to repair my mom spends your lies and your method/solution. Thank you for the video for is a damn good idea.

[@garymucher9590]

I just finished repairing our back yard fence from a tree falling across it...again. This is the fourth time I had to repair the back yard fence from trees failing. And the trees failing are on the outside of my yard in the woods. It bent the top rod/rail, and crushed the chain-link fence itself as well. But if you disassemble the chain-link and bent each wire section back to the correct position again, and then re-twist/thread it back into the fence, it looks like nothing was ever bent out of shape. And you can also take the top rod and bent it back as well using a couple close tress as the bending forces. It all only takes some time, but nothing to buy and once it is finished you can't tell it was ever bent out of shape...

[@uol1051]

very good instructional . thanks

[@AwkwardHamster]

Thank you

[@hidesertdave6166]

Hi I thought you put the bolts in backwards to secure the fence. Shouldn't the round part of the bolts for tightning be on the outside portion of the fence?

[@AwkwardHamster]

Good point. I’ll change it around if it becomes an eye sore.

[@maleman3661]

Fast and efficient. Good job man.👍

[@AwkwardHamster]

Thank you

[@bullrun44]

Sorry for previos typo/error. I meant to write “ spend less utilizing your solution/method”.

[@AwkwardHamster]

Gave me a chuckle. Thanks.

[@stephancobb13]

where do u get the strap from to pull the fence?

[@AwkwardHamster]

It’s just a wratchet cargo strap. I think any brand will do. Mine was from Amazon. I thought I made a video about it but cannot find it at the moment.

[@Breeistheone112]

How do I use this method if the top of the fence had a tree fall on it? My fence is supposed to be 7' in height. With post are roughly 12' apart.

[@AwkwardHamster]

Hope I can answer your question correctly. If any of the fence post or rods are bent, they would need to be replaced. I don’t know how to repair bent rods. 12 feet quite long but not that bad if you have longer ratchet straps. I recently bought the Husky 16’ set because I had to transport a wooden fence. I think I paid $17 at Home Depot. I would join the 2 straps so there is enough length to cover 12’. If it’s just the chain link that needs to be re-installed then I would use a longer rebar or build a fence stretcher out of 2x4 and 5 hooks. Reason is because I would want to pull the chain fence evenly, top and bottom, to the other post. And as they reach the minor post (not corner post, I would use metal wire to secure it in place while I pull the rest to the corner post.

[@amyreaves8054]

Smart! Thank you!

[@AwkwardHamster]

Glad it was helpful

[@philliposborne4467]

Dude that rebar idea is fuckin genius man!

[@AwkwardHamster]

Thanks

[@dorenemadrzykowski8426]

Can a terminal post that was mistakenly cut at ground level, be re-attached somehow? A handy man thought he was doing me a favor and totally messed up my fence. Please anyone with a suggestion

[@AwkwardHamster]

I can’t think of a way to reattach it and still retain its rigidity. I would dig out the old one and replace it.

[@josealonso7478]

I have a question sir. Is it possible to fix the post if it's snapped into two pieces? Do they sell repair kits at home Depot for do it yourself fix?

[@AwkwardHamster]

I haven’t seen repair kits for the post. But if you have a rivet gun and know of a metal shop you can fabricate a metal coupler to reconnect the two pieces.

[@josealonso7478]

AwkwardHamster thanks for the advice. Have a good weekend.

[@Razor2048]

Cool, I will have to try that with my fence.

[@renegarcia3621]

Awesome ,!!

[@kimberlymerritt2988]

That’s awesome!

[@sethburkhart1021]

I was your 500th like on this video. You earned it!

[@AwkwardHamster]

Thank you

[@cjsky026]

It's easy to set up

[@turo669]

My wife backed up into the fence with my car. 😐 now a year later [I waited on😏 purpose] this gave me ideas. 😉

[@AwkwardHamster]

Hope all goes well.

[@RueKoegel]

you didn't fix the post, the post was fine, you fixed the chain link; which disconnected from the post.

[@do5e]

ratchet strap.. 👍

[@Msleelee9487]

nice job!