Thread: paddock fencing repairs

How you approach it will depend on how much fencing you will have to do.

Is it just little bits and pieces or a lot.

For small stuff I just use Waratah brand I think, just the kit from the rural suppliers in town.
I use fencing pliers, chain type strainer, post remover, gripples, fencing clips and pliers, post driver, gloves, tie wire. I think most rural supplies don't sell crap, they know what people use.

For posts and strainers I generally use gal steel.
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If you've got lots, its a whole different ball game.

Any good wire strainer will do I think mines a Roberts but it's older than me lol.
I use conretors nips and vice grips, longer the handle the better for leverage. You can get parrot beak ones but that's personal preference.
Barbed wire is dangerous under strain be very careful with the tension and wear safety gear!
Just twitch wire in a "saddle" for your middle posts, only staple the ends of your barbed wire.

Chainsaw depends on your trees. I have a 460 and a 170 stihls.
The tiny 170 will do anything if done right they are only $250.

Keep your trees for posts if they are hardwood and straight.

It all depends on what your keeping in.....or out

Anything else just ask. There are a few old-school pdfs online with heaps of info.

Also
If it's goats or roos good luck to you lol

Originally Posted by LRJim

Also
If it's goats or roos good luck to you lol

True! I donn't know much about it, but apparently there is some roo fencing now. My aunt was tell me about it, so I may have this wrong, but apparently it slopes out at the top or the bottom or something.

Ringlock and if you don't have any cattle dump the barb

Originally Posted by Slunnie

True! I donn't know much about it, but apparently there is some roo fencing now. My aunt was tell me about it, so I may have this wrong, but apparently it slopes out at the top or the bottom or something.

The only way to keep them out is with bloody 8ft chain mesh even then they will try!! Sloped top is a great design for any jumping animal. The other "roo fencing" you see in some parks is designed so they don't get hung up in it and they can go under, it's just e.g. 2 posts and the 3 droppers in the middle sort of float in the air. It's not good for stock tho really depends again on what your doing.

Originally Posted by trout1105

Ringlock and if you don't have any cattle dump the barb

Most definitely second that no cattle no barb. It might look nice and rustic also but if not needed don't worry. Hotwires are worth the investment these days and safe for any animal!

Hi

Originally Posted by trout1105

Ringlock and if you don't have any cattle dump the barb

I'd go for hingejoint (Waratah call it Stocktite). With the older ringlock (also called stocklock) the pickets move easily and the rings eventually work loose. Waratah stuff is here Prefabricated Fence Wire
And yes, if you don't have Cattle, trout's advice to dump the barb is good. It can always be added on later.

Have just done a 200 m of fencing early this year and have 250 m to do in the next few months. EOFY means there is about 10% off from many places. As someone said there is also Whites Wires Whites Rural which I have not tried.
One thing I can't go past is Gripple Locks, Clipex Posts or at least for Waratah Posts their postclips. No more threading wire through holes in pickets. That rubs of the gal and makes replacing pickets impossible.

Other than a simple wire strainer, and basic wire tools, a good wire winder to stop tangles is essential.

Mike