Greg's mate. Nearly 60 years ago aged just 16, I took on a contract to build 450 metres of post and top rail fence for a neighbour. And then 40 years ago I built a 1.2 kilometre fence bounding the Princes Highway at Nar Nar Goon. But that’s all.
this was the video that introduced me to Tims work, watching it back now I'm still blown away by how simple his instructions were to follow. Thank you Tim I've had years of service from this knot
It was struggling to learn this from a very good fencer who was a very bad teacher that first convinced me a good video needed to be made that took the pain of learning it away. I'm glad that you think I managed this.
Yeah, everything has it’s place. I still use those things from time to time but not all the time. Best to get the technical skills first then go from there I reckon.
Dear Tim! I cannot thank you enough for helping me to understand High Tensile Wire! Your videos are the BEST to be found on UA-cam for learning how to do so many practical and important farming techniques that are so important but difficult to FIND! I grew up using other wire, never High Tensile! My new property has HT fencing and my Percheron mare wanted the corn on the other side of the fence before I installed the electric fencer! I’m respectful of the enormous torque on this fence and rightfully respectful of it enough to fear it! I tried making a few knots but became frustrated with the fact it broke when I was trying to learn how to work with it! It’s so very hard to cut or twist and I hated working with it, not knowing what or how to fix it! I searched and searched UA-cam for help! It wasn’t until I found your channel, that I can say I feel I have learned exactly what I needed and didn’t have to hire anyone to help me! YOU ARE WONDERFUL! God Bless you! You’re the BEST TEACHER and my HERO!
thanks for the practical and clear advice on using a fence strainer, plus the info on the figure eight knot, given me the confidence to tackle these jobs myself now
Yaay! Start straining at the BOTTOM. Reckon the ram has been watching me do the upper strands first,like a fool! Thank you for those little gems of wisdom,and,experience.
Love seeing tools and techniques from around the world. Much more efficient than what we do here in Canada, going to try this today! Thanks for sharing
Another great knot and it doesn’t put pressure on the wire to create a weak point Well done mate. Forget the Waratah rep and all his expensive products. Everyone should lean to be proficient with fence knots. The. Day will come when you can get a grapple or someone didn’t leave enough wire to re tension when it goes loose. Even a few old farmers could learn instead of tying a double loop knot that is going to place all the pressure on the bent loops.
Yes! Precisely what I needed. This will also allow me to do repairs on wire or add sections on an existing wire. I agree, all these low cost items starts to be hundreds of dollars when you need a lot of them! Thanks a bunch!
Hey Tim! Massive thanks from a Welshman living in Australia! My wife and I manage an olive farm in WA and your vids have been immense for helping us with repairs and new fences in our paddocks! Figure of 8 and the strainer knot vids are my go to! You're a legend 👍👍👍
Oh my god! That was genius. I have to go restrain all the wires on my new , fortuately small, not too important fence. I would have won the "are you serious?" Award for knot tying. Not sure I would even call them knots. (I also tied them in the middle and lost so much tension, but added tension with tight dropper ties). I was just thrilled with myself my getting the strainers to work. Cows didn't get through last night though, so all good so far. I am not too sure I have the same hand strength and skill as Tim though, he was really wrangling that high tensile wire. Thanks for your efforts. Really helpful.
Thanks for this, I wish I'd known this knot 60 years ago., always used one loop through the other loop. untidy and you lose a bit of tension. Yours is neat & tidy.
Excellent concise description on how to one should do fencing knots. Ideal for a novice like me who only does this sort of thing to maintain my existing fences.
I just went on full tourette syndrome doing my first fence with these clamps ... after this video I'll do it properly and will apologize to the Universe for my swearing :) Great video, thanks mate!!
That is a fantastic knot wish l had watched your video last week before re doing a couple of fence sections in serious need of repair . You have now given me the urge to get out and fix some more tomorrow two thumbs up mate cheers.
Great technique! Loosing only one link of tension for a completely hand tied knot is very surprising. And those stretchers are the bomb! The best I've ever seen. I'll sure refer back to this video when I get fencing on my new farm. I've been off the farm for 8 years, so I'm a little rusty. Thanks for the upload!
I have not grown up farming, and I'm about to put up electric fencing for the first time around my young orchard that the deer are eating. I'll be looking up more of your videos. I'm hoping I can actually pull this off! Thanks from Michigan!
Well done Tim and thanks for your efforts !! I, like many others, have viewed many of your instructional videos. You most definitely exhibit the attributes of a very skilled teacher.
Hey Thanks Tim, though that seems so obvious once you’ve shown us. It becomes a No Brainer. But I have to confess I have Hated this too since I purchased it. You have made it So much easier for me to Build and Mend my next few km’s of fence. Thanks ! Thanks! Thanks!
Best yet I've seen on splicing and tensioning high tensile wire, I was taught by a guy doing it for over 20 years, plus input from two other older guys who would have you believe they knew every thing about every thing, but none knew how you could break off the wire, nor has any one showing this on UA-cam shown it so clearly, never seen that knot so clearly shown either, another never seen is those wire tensioner that walk up a chain, even though I haven't done this work in years and probably never will I want one, are these what I've heard referred to as Australian wire tensioners.
For what ever reason, I was looking at old videos. I followed a link to the strainer knot. Just an observation, the Ute looked a lot better back in 2017.
Love the Knot. I'd also like to see you wearing safety glasses. Only need one disaster and you are and eye short. It happened to a mate of mine. Safety glasses all the time fencing. they are very cheap and quite comfortable, particularly tinted safety glasses in the Australian summer.
Best you explain better what you are doing with the crank handle and outward pressure when wrapping the wire - Great Video Tim - the only reason I have a gripple tensioner is because it was given to me for free -
Appreciate the clear, practical instructions/information my friend - just watched yr clip as frustrations we're at breaking point with the boss & myself..u may very well have just kept me in the job, cheers🌟
Excellent video. I have been using the gripples for quite a while because they're quick. But I also like using the chain strainer so will be trying this out soon.
I will be following you and your help on your page i do fencing maintenance on our dairy farms here in NZ and no one has taught me how to fence so i just seen alot of your videos and this help me alot on the farms 💯👍
Tim Thompson look forward to them! The Hayes strainers are standard over here too, they are currently costing about 90 Euro here (140 Aus) and Gripples cost about a Euro each, so about 1.55 Aus. Can you get a replacement spring for Hayes strainers? I see yours (like mine, after 20 years) has gone. Cheers, Nigel.
Tim Thompson Ive never saw crimps anywhere over here. High tensile wire only used with an electric fence, usually no more than 2 strands, never used un-energised. Sheep fencing is always high tensile, 8 strand. Called 8/80/18. 8 strand, 80cm high, 18cm between the vertical wires. 100 metre roll about 90 to 100 euro, comes standard with one gripple on each strand. Probably the same as out there.
Great video, great use of the "come- along tool" aka "Strainer". He would really benefit from wearing EYE PROTECTION when handling fence wire like this. Tragedy to lose an eye at his young age !
I appreciate this quick knot, It's twenty odd years since I did wire fences and I have forgotten about a really good knot I learnt from a fencing team in South Australian, Belair National Park for tightening strainers boxes, today I managed a tight figure eight, but this knot gets the strainer box tighter than a figure eight using the wire strainers without having to twist the strainer box wires around each other. The original knot had two loops you could pass your pliers or a piece of pipe through to twist the double wrapped box wires together and adjust again later if the box lost tension. And you didn't need to leave the pipe or rod in the fence. The old guys I learnt this knot from have probably passed on (Geoff Rollins and Woody) and we were the only fence team in the Parks that used the knot. If anyone knows what knot I am referring to, I would appreciate to know it again.
I did my fencing 30 and 40 years ago. Wish I had known this knot. I do have some current fence repairs I’ve been putting off. Thanks.
30 or 40 ?
Greg's mate. Nearly 60 years ago aged just 16, I took on a contract to build 450 metres of post and top rail fence for a neighbour. And then 40 years ago I built a 1.2 kilometre fence bounding the Princes Highway at Nar Nar Goon. But that’s all.
@@graemebdh2172 so 60 now not 30 or 40...
Greg's mate. Yep.
@@CrazyWhiteVanDriver Were u breast fed?
this was the video that introduced me to Tims work, watching it back now I'm still blown away by how simple his instructions were to follow. Thank you Tim I've had years of service from this knot
It was struggling to learn this from a very good fencer who was a very bad teacher that first convinced me a good video needed to be made that took the pain of learning it away. I'm glad that you think I managed this.
Ok, this is the easiest description of this process on UA-cam….thank you !
You are a bloody legend...I have been eyeing off that $250 Gripple machine for years...now my resistance is even greater.
Yeah, everything has it’s place. I still use those things from time to time but not all the time. Best to get the technical skills first then go from there I reckon.
Been fencing for years, never knew about this knot, so simple yet genius.
Thanks mate. I love people are so generous with their time to help others learn.
Fantastic.....glasses and gloves are a fencers friend.....good knot...
Dear Tim! I cannot thank you enough for helping me to understand High Tensile Wire! Your videos are the BEST to be found on UA-cam for learning how to do so many practical and important farming techniques that are so important but difficult to FIND! I grew up using other wire, never High Tensile! My new property has HT fencing and my Percheron mare wanted the corn on the other side of the fence before I installed the electric fencer! I’m respectful of the enormous torque on this fence and rightfully respectful of it enough to fear it! I tried making a few knots but became frustrated with the fact it broke when I was trying to learn how to work with it! It’s so very hard to cut or twist and I hated working with it, not knowing what or how to fix it! I searched and searched UA-cam for help! It wasn’t until I found your channel, that I can say I feel I have learned exactly what I needed and didn’t have to hire anyone to help me! YOU ARE WONDERFUL! God Bless you! You’re the BEST TEACHER and my HERO!
Mate you’ve written a book here, holy crap, get off your arse
You’re a legend mate. Thanks for cutting through the nonsense.
thanks for the practical and clear advice on using a fence strainer, plus the info on the figure eight knot, given me the confidence to tackle these jobs myself now
Thats not a figure 8 knot
Yaay! Start straining at the BOTTOM. Reckon the ram has been watching me do the upper strands first,like a fool! Thank you for those little gems of wisdom,and,experience.
Love seeing tools and techniques from around the world. Much more efficient than what we do here in Canada, going to try this today! Thanks for sharing
Nice safety glasses mate, make all us commercial fencers look bad!
You sound like a pole smoker
Another great knot and it doesn’t put pressure on the wire to create a weak point Well done mate. Forget the Waratah rep and all his expensive products. Everyone should lean to be proficient with fence knots. The. Day will come when you can get a grapple or someone didn’t leave enough wire to re tension when it goes loose. Even a few old farmers could learn instead of tying a double loop knot that is going to place all the pressure on the bent loops.
Yes! Precisely what I needed. This will also allow me to do repairs on wire or add sections on an existing wire. I agree, all these low cost items starts to be hundreds of dollars when you need a lot of them! Thanks a bunch!
Thank you ⁴ learned easier ways to do what has been complicated for YEARS! 👍👍👍
Well done.
Just need to make known.
This is the way a left handed person does it.
Right handed = opposite
Hey Tim! Massive thanks from a Welshman living in Australia! My wife and I manage an olive farm in WA and your vids have been immense for helping us with repairs and new fences in our paddocks! Figure of 8 and the strainer knot vids are my go to! You're a legend 👍👍👍
Oh my god! That was genius.
I have to go restrain all the wires on my new , fortuately small, not too important fence.
I would have won the "are you serious?" Award for knot tying.
Not sure I would even call them knots.
(I also tied them in the middle and lost so much tension, but added tension with tight dropper ties).
I was just thrilled with myself my getting the strainers to work.
Cows didn't get through last night though, so all good so far.
I am not too sure I have the same hand strength and skill as Tim though, he was really wrangling that high tensile wire.
Thanks for your efforts.
Really helpful.
Thanks for this, I wish I'd known this knot 60 years ago., always used one loop through the other loop. untidy and you lose a bit of tension. Yours is neat & tidy.
That is an excellent knot, so easy to remember. Thanks for explaining so patiently and into detail.
Excellent concise description on how to one should do fencing knots. Ideal for a novice like me who only does this sort of thing to maintain my existing fences.
I just went on full tourette syndrome doing my first fence with these clamps ... after this video I'll do it properly and will apologize to the Universe for my swearing :) Great video, thanks mate!!
Hahaha love it....
That is a fantastic knot wish l had watched your video last week before re doing a couple of fence sections in serious need of repair . You have now given me the urge to get out and fix some more tomorrow two thumbs up mate cheers.
I've spent the last 2 weeks using annoying pigtails or just making up crappy body knots. Thanks; I can go ahead with the right technique from today 🙂
Great technique! Loosing only one link of tension for a completely hand tied knot is very surprising. And those stretchers are the bomb! The best I've ever seen. I'll sure refer back to this video when I get fencing on my new farm. I've been off the farm for 8 years, so I'm a little rusty. Thanks for the upload!
I have not grown up farming, and I'm about to put up electric fencing for the first time around my young orchard that the deer are eating. I'll be looking up more of your videos. I'm hoping I can actually pull this off! Thanks from Michigan!
Well done Tim and thanks for your efforts !! I, like many others, have viewed many of your instructional videos. You most definitely exhibit the attributes of a very skilled teacher.
Howdy Tim. Just did my first knot following your excellent instructions. It worked well and almost looks like yours!
Tried the knot Tim. Worked well thank you.. Even with barbed wire.. just a little more fiddly 🙂
Thank you bloke I have been using this knot on our property for weeks.
Hey Thanks Tim, though that seems so obvious once you’ve shown us. It becomes a No Brainer. But I have to confess I have Hated this too since I purchased it. You have made it So much easier for me to Build and Mend my next few km’s of fence. Thanks ! Thanks! Thanks!
Terrific and informative video.
I'll definitely re-watch this video a couple of times, as I reckon it'll come in handy.
Thank you.
Brilliant!! I've learned the figure of 8 knot from your videos before!!
Brilliant. Simple. Effective.
Nice one Tim thanks for putting this up
About to repair some fences, so happy I found this video. Thank you!
Best yet I've seen on splicing and tensioning high tensile wire, I was taught by a guy doing it for over 20 years, plus input from two other older guys who would have you believe they knew every thing about every thing, but none knew how you could break off the wire, nor has any one showing this on UA-cam shown it so clearly, never seen that knot so clearly shown either, another never seen is those wire tensioner that walk up a chain, even though I haven't done this work in years and probably never will I want one, are these what I've heard referred to as Australian wire tensioners.
For what ever reason, I was looking at old videos. I followed a link to the strainer knot. Just an observation, the Ute looked a lot better back in 2017.
Egyszerű és nagyszerű, tökéletes! Elmés szerkezet!
Brilliant, ta. I'll need this knot tomorrow X many
Love the Knot. I'd also like to see you wearing safety glasses. Only need one disaster and you are and eye short. It happened to a mate of mine. Safety glasses all the time fencing. they are very cheap and quite comfortable, particularly tinted safety glasses in the Australian summer.
Yep. This was one of my first videos. You will notice that all my stuff from the last few years features safety.
Thanks,novice repairing a fence today with enough info to make a good job
You're a good man !!
I see that you removed the inner springs, as do we all !! Great video thanks.
👍
Why is that?
Don't pinch your fingers
finger pinchers
Thanks it helped me out heaps the last few days and easier
Best you explain better what you are doing with the crank handle and outward pressure when wrapping the wire - Great Video Tim - the only reason I have a gripple tensioner is because it was given to me for free -
Thanks for all of your help mate. You have been a great asset to us!
That tool is the work of a genius 🥂
I dont suppose im ever gonna need to do this ..but its very interesting to watch none the less 😊
i love saving money.... with what you just did that!
Appreciate the clear, practical instructions/information my friend - just watched yr clip as frustrations we're at breaking point with the boss & myself..u may very well have just kept me in the job, cheers🌟
Awesome, simple and clear as crystal.. thank you..
Cheers for the lesson, got a fence in Mangonui to fix up, then I gotta fix up my own fences a bit further north in Kaingaroa, NZ
Good on you Bro! Glad to be of help
so good, always wondered what's best to get very little slack
brilliant Tim, thanks for sharing that!
What a good knot!must copy it!
Thanks Tim, great stuff
Superb explanation. U r a great teacher. No words To thank you
Thanks so much for your videos it’s helped me re do my whole farm and it’s saved me thousands of dollars!
Love to hear that mate!
Excellent video. I have been using the gripples for quite a while because they're quick. But I also like using the chain strainer so will be trying this out soon.
Excellent knot, will use on my next fencing job. 👍🏻
Recommend saftey glass when working with tensioned wire. We have all got story of lucky escape,s with wire. Magic vid.
Excellent video
Excellent video. Gonna save lots of money with this!
An excellent video thanks Tim.
absolutely excellent presentation
very clear, conscise and easily folloewd
You have save me thousands of dollars THANK YOU so much mate CHEERS 👍👍👍👍💯
I will be following you and your help on your page i do fencing maintenance on our dairy farms here in NZ and no one has taught me how to fence so i just seen alot of your videos and this help me alot on the farms 💯👍
So when I’m out fencing and not a 💯sure on how it supposed to be done,, i then i jump on to your page to correct my job 👍
This is outstanding! Exactly what the internet and UA-cam should be for! thanks Mate
That was very informative and clear. Thanks mate.
This is absolute gold! Thank you.
Great video mate
Very interesting, quicker and tighter than trying to join using 2 loops. Cheers from Ireland.
Tim Thompson look forward to them! The Hayes strainers are standard over here too, they are currently costing about 90 Euro here (140 Aus) and Gripples cost about a Euro each, so about 1.55 Aus.
Can you get a replacement spring for Hayes strainers? I see yours (like mine, after 20 years) has gone. Cheers, Nigel.
Tim Thompson Ive never saw crimps anywhere over here.
High tensile wire only used with an electric fence, usually no more than 2 strands, never used un-energised. Sheep fencing is always high tensile, 8 strand.
Called 8/80/18.
8 strand, 80cm high, 18cm between the vertical wires.
100 metre roll about 90 to 100 euro, comes standard with one gripple on each strand.
Probably the same as out there.
Thanks Tim good information. ..and good job
Great video, great use of the "come- along tool" aka "Strainer". He would really benefit from wearing EYE PROTECTION when handling fence wire like this. Tragedy to lose an eye at his young age !
Thanks for the tips mate... that helps me a lot
A Tex Brown knot achieves a similar result. Great knot and very tidy.
Brilliant, great explanation, awesome guy thanks a lot dude 👍👍👍👍
Thanks from Welsh Wales.
Great demo of simple, strong knot. Thanks!
Great Video Explained Beautifully Good work.
haven't seen that one before. good for high tensile plain wire. very informative. good upload.
Shit bro... thats an old as strainers knot...
@@brucegoldsmith8210 What is a shit bro?
Thanks Tim, you're a legend!!!
You just saved me hundreds!!
Thanks!!!
Great demo ! Thanks very much .
Thank you so much for this. Brilliant.
Wow thanks mate, very useful i have always wonderes how it is done my boss just uses gripples cant wait to practice this and perfect it
EXCELLENT video!
Brilliant video keep up the good work
I'll have a go tomorrow morning.. thank you...
very appreciative looking forward to putting this into practice, thank you
* mate*
_Done alot of chains conventional farm fencing_ Ive always formed a loop into a strained loop.
that type of knots a first for
me.
*Buedy mate*
Thank you! Greetings from California
Excellent teacher
thanks my friend, great educational video. Good day.
That’s awesome. I imagine you could also use this knot to splice in a 3rd piece of your ends were too short?
Join spare wire with figure 8 then use speed knot to strain.
Thank you...well done...explained very well.
Great video, thanks.
I appreciate this quick knot, It's twenty odd years since I did wire fences and I have forgotten about a really good knot I learnt from a fencing team in South Australian, Belair National Park for tightening strainers boxes, today I managed a tight figure eight, but this knot gets the strainer box tighter than a figure eight using the wire strainers without having to twist the strainer box wires around each other. The original knot had two loops you could pass your pliers or a piece of pipe through to twist the double wrapped box wires together and adjust again later if the box lost tension. And you didn't need to leave the pipe or rod in the fence. The old guys I learnt this knot from have probably passed on (Geoff Rollins and Woody) and we were the only fence team in the Parks that used the knot. If anyone knows what knot I am referring to, I would appreciate to know it again.
Nice work mate,,
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks so much for this video.
Thanks very much. So bloody handy.