Terminating wire woven fence options

[JD 4520]

Those T-clips appear to be the best option and run about $1.20/ea meaning it would cost about $16 for each end termination on a 13 wire equine fence. Not necessarily cheap, but no special tool required other than a cheap keychain type that allows you to undo them (if you ever needed to), so in a sense they're removable/reuseable. When you add that material cost together with the poles, concrete (if used), wire and other clips/wraps it's fairly insignificant. I'll probably try them on the next fence.

What t-clips are you referring to that cost $1.20 each? Can you post a picture. Thanks...

 

[sea2summit]

I terminate at wood posts, cut about 1" past the vertical strand, bend the horizontal 90 degrees so it lays alongside the vertical strand, and staple it. Have I been doing it wrong all these years

 

[stuckmotor]

If it's less trouble to replace the pipe at the terminations with wooden posts you can staple the terminations.

 

[flyerdan]

When I worked at the fence company we'd make gates for a vineyard that had us use their field fence wire for filler, that was some high tensile stuff. Rather than fighting it with pliers, we made up some twister tools from truss rod drop. That would wind a few turns, then trim and use the pliers to get the finger slicer laid flat.

 

[quicksandfarmer]

I find wrapping the ends is quicker than crimping them. At least with the crimps I have I need a long stretch of unbent wire. Crimping also leaves ends that can jab if you don't deal with them.

For wrapping, I use this: Contact Us - Fence Pro T-Post Clip Tool . Of course, the website says they have halted production. It's just a piece of 1/4" rod with about a 1/8" hole in the end, about 8" long. I also have one bent into an L shape. Sometimes the end of the wire gets positioned just so and you need three different tools to get at it.

I'd like to find a better method. If I have to take fence down I find I just cut it, it's not worth unwrapping to save a foot of fence. I've thought about making some sort of clamp that just squeezes the wire between two pieces, and then the clamp gets attached to the post. Ideally it would be something where you could clamp, stretch and tie off all at once. But I haven't progressed beyond the ideating phase.

 

[Wagtail]

It will cost time or money.

Here's one way:

The quick & easy way to tie-off at the start or end of a fence or end post in Viticulture, Orchard and Fencing applications. | Gripple

Bruce

Sorry, late to the party... I use the gripple system. It holds wonderfully and, if required to tighten, putting a wire strainer on either side of the 'gripple' will tighten things up again.

Gripples are also great for wire strand repairs.

 

[gsganzer]

What t-clips are you referring to that cost $1.20 each? Can you post a picture. Thanks...

These are the t-clips I considered using. However, I ended up doing it the way I always have, by wrapping them using my little wrapping tool. Go with what you know.

Kencove Gripple T-clip

To one of the previous posts about stripping the knots off to get a nice bare 9- 12" section of wire to make your wrap. A really good quality set of diagonal cutters works well. I sit on a 5-gallon bucket and have another bucket next to me for the small pieces if wire as I prep the ends.

 

[ning]

To one of the previous posts about stripping the knots off to get a nice bare 9- 12" section of wire to make your wrap. A really good quality set of diagonal cutters works well.

Previously I used pliers and a "quick" wrist twist to loosen the knots (and when the fence is under tension I could do this pretty effectively), but last time I did fence work I also cut them off.
Cutting was quicker, didn't bend the wire, I didn't have to pull knots off - definitely an improvement. I probably ended up with more knot pieces in the dirt, but I don't think it's much of an issue.