I wanted a fence stretcher

[Raul-02]

I bought two rolls of 60" fixed knot fencing. I want to stretch it for my garden. but fence stretchers seemed as rare as hen's teeth on he used market.
Don't want to pay retail cos I may never use it again. The wedge boards are too short - at least the ones I've seen.

So I was thinking about building my own version of the kind that unspool the fencing and clamp for stretching off a 3-point.
FULL STOP
I have 2 ten foot pieces of 3/8" thick angle iron that I can use to gri the fence wires. I have a grapple.
I stuck a 2x4 in the tines of the grapple and fiddled with it. I may not even need a come along if I use the hydraulics to pull the fence evenly.
Job done, no purchase needed.
I could use hooks on the bucket too. with chain and a come-along for the upper.

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

Adapt, persevier, overcome....

Outstanding..

 

[Topzide]

All good ideas! Think outside the box to get task done. Use that gray matter between your ears to problem solve! They need to start teaching that in schools again! I work on things all the time that call for special tools, would go broke if I had to buy them. Use what I have or use welder and cheaper tools to cut and weld together what I need. I always look at yard sales for hand tools. Have made some crazy wrench combos to carry on tractors. 6mm box with 14 mm open. That way I can carry what I might need without carrying the whole shop! JM2C.

 

[Egon]

A couple of 2x6 and a come along work nicely!

 

[Birdhunter1]

The last fence job I did where I had to put up woven wire I used two 2x4's and 4 1/2" carriage bolts 6" long. The oven wire gets sandwiched between the boards that are bolted together, a winch pulling on it at the top and bottom and it will pull the wire nice and tight. I don't do enough woven wire to have a desire to buy the stretcher bar for woven wire.

 

[flyerdan]

I was making some adjustable saw stands a while ago and since I had everything set up I whipped up a set of fingers for stretching woven wire fencing. With a chunk of rebar or some heavy bar stock it should work just as well on welded wire.

 

[Birdhunter1]

I was making some adjustable saw stands a while ago and since I had everything set up I whipped up a set of fingers for stretching woven wire fencing. With a chunk of rebar or some heavy bar stock it should work just as well on welded wire.

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That is a good build for this purpose.

 

[grsthegreat]

i made my own from scrap about 25 years ago. just some old angle iron and rebar, with 3 x 1/2" bolts with wing nuts. has always worked great.

 

[Raul-02]

two 2x4's and 4 1/2" carriage bolts

I've seen that. I don't think it'll hold up to a real good stretch. I intend to pull on it real hard.

 

[Raul-02]

st some old angle iron and rebar, with 3 x 1/2" bolts with wing nuts.

Yup I'm doin' sumpin like that.
I'm going to use the angle to help facilitate the locking I'll nest them together with the fence in between bending the fence in the angle.

You have square posts looks like you set it in concrete. Tell me when you set your H braces up did you run the wire around the square posts? Or did you drill the posts and go through them. I'm of two minds about that.