Tightening Welded Wire Fence Hack

[@nathanshibata644]

I like this idea of making the fence tight. Also thank you for taking the time to shoot and post this video. 🤙🏼👏🏼😎 definitely will give it a try.

[@packattack1762]

Awesome idea! I’m running my fence posts now and I was trying to decide if welded wire would look good enough. Now I know it does!

[@PhilandAlex]

Awesome idea! Thanks for the pro tip!!!

[@mandyt1918]

Great advice, thank you. I was getting everything together to do it where you use nuts and bolts to hold the boards together. Your way seems like it would be faster and less frustrating not having to deal with the nuts. I have several spots that need tightened.

[@muhammad8970]

Nice video... I'm planning on doing something similar... I will try my garden tractor to stretch the fence..

[@Ellis1127]

Wow, we are going to be installing 400’ of woven fence, I like your setup.

[@ic4902]

Like how you're thinking; always some smart ideas out there! Appreciate it. 👍

[@gabrielmefrakis7200]

Thank you, I had several small stretches to do around my chicken coop and this did the trick . Clamps were plenty strong enough to hold the boards without the wire moving

[@kimmc]

This was SO helpful. Thank you!

[@tomcox5063]

Thanks for sharing, great idea!

[@csingle25]

Great advice!

[@Zemu8]

Thank you so much for making this video

[@t-dog8528]

Drill 4 or 5 holes on the strainer and bolt it, clamped on much harder less chance of slippage, i use this same method but i tension with the tractor.

[@amandarodriguez9996]

Does anyone know if a garden welded wire fence 0 gauge would be good enough for a yard fence ? I have half an acre with a small dog with no neighbors yet but if I get neighbors later that have bigger dogs would this good enough to keep them from getting my dog . I’m going with a 6 ft fence . If not , what fence would be recommend? I’m on a budget so I can’t afford cyclone fencing right now . 😞

[@marshallsanders5672]

Good stuff !

[@lillybean8107]

How much space did you do between poles?

[@garagehero1300]

8'

[@gregoryvied9724]

How did the staples hold over 2 years? Genuinely curious.

[@garagehero1300]

I sold the house, but I drove by it a month ago and the fence still looks great.

[@haccoon5458]

I don’t have clamps, I think I’d just bolt the wood together with lag bolts

[@jdewberry6491]

Ratchet straps.... my missing ingredient. Thank you!!

[@billmorley3530]

All these fence-pulling videos make sense ONLY if we own tractors or pickup trucks, which I don't. So it would have been helpful if you had at least demonstrated how to do it with the puller on the fence post!

[@garagehero1300]

Perfect, go make a video showing that. I showed A way, not THE way.

[@Mrsmith4102]

Where are you attaching the straps to your truck? It looks like the under carriage but can’t tell in the video.

[@garagehero1300]

To my hitch.

[@mikevannoy6984]

Looks like the fence you demoed was parallel to the back of the house and was fairly level ground. How did you do the fence that comes out from the back of the house at a 90-degree angle? I'm wondering if that welded fence has enough flex to keep the vertical wires of the fence in alignment with the vertical posts? Or did you have to keep the fence square to the sloping ground and therefore the vertical lines of the fence don't line up with your psots. Thanks for any suggestions.

[@garagehero1300]

They don't line up on the slopes.

[@garagehero1300]

The far side went downhill. The posts were vertical so the wire did not li e up, but I don't think it matters. It looked good.

[@jrfireboy2]

I am looking at a similar backyard fence, maybe 20’ x 30’ and will definitely copy your method. My question is if you did corner bracing? I am thinking it’s not really needed for such a short distance

[@garagehero1300]

No I didn't.

[@jrfireboy2]

@@garagehero1300 thanks. Did you set the post in cement or do like a 3’ depth?

[@garagehero1300]

@@jrfireboy2 I did 2 foot depth and used expanding foam instead of concrete.

[@jrfireboy2]

@@garagehero1300 oh man I was thinking about that for the corners! Did you do it in all of them? I think o saw in another video that you’re in WVa, I’m in VA and was concerned about depth but was thinking 2’ would be fine

[@garagehero1300]

@@jrfireboy2 I did it in all of them.

[@crimsonghost411]

How far apart are you 4x4s?

[@garagehero1300]

I dont live there anymore, but they were 10' if memory serves.

[@jimmyleneve4594]

What staple gun did you use?

[@garagehero1300]

Just a cheap air powered one.

[@pacospete4299]

This is to say " HI " to the ( 3 ) owners of the " Acme Fence Stretching Company " .... !!!!

[@betochipistube6543]

Can't get easier than this

[@jamesbond-ni7gm]

Thank yoy

[@charlesseneca1619]

You are doing it all wrong your Corner post are going to pull inwards . You have no h post

[@garagehero1300]

H posts went up after, it's not in the video.