Bruce
Herd Master
I used the kind @greybeard posted he doesn't like. I had already purchased it:
http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/clip-bender
Seems to work pretty well and the longer handle gives decent torque. But it can't be used for the heavy top and bottom wires, they don't fit in the hole. And, unlike the one @Goat Whisperer shows, you have to take it off the wire every turn BECAUSE it has a longer handle, doesn't fit through the wire on some fencing.
Nah, no sense connecting the strongest wires. Just cut them off and let them stick out into the field about 18"
Especially since TSC gives you the regular clips free when you buy T-posts.
The other part I find difficult is the first turn of wire back into the fence since it is supposed to go around the standing wire then between itself and the post before it continues back down the standing wire in the direction of the fence. Always have a hard time getting that first one tight. Probably doing something wrong.
http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/clip-bender
Seems to work pretty well and the longer handle gives decent torque. But it can't be used for the heavy top and bottom wires, they don't fit in the hole. And, unlike the one @Goat Whisperer shows, you have to take it off the wire every turn BECAUSE it has a longer handle, doesn't fit through the wire on some fencing.
Nah, no sense connecting the strongest wires. Just cut them off and let them stick out into the field about 18"
Especially since TSC gives you the regular clips free when you buy T-posts.
Your hands will hurt once you do. Remember ALWAYS stop the fence run at the corner and start a new one for the next section. I may have mentioned it before, it is another @greybeard tip. It would be a LOT less work to just go around but then the tension on the fence is trying to pull the corner post inward. Yes, we DO learn a lot here.
The other part I find difficult is the first turn of wire back into the fence since it is supposed to go around the standing wire then between itself and the post before it continues back down the standing wire in the direction of the fence. Always have a hard time getting that first one tight. Probably doing something wrong.
....the fear of not enough Grass, that is. They are looking really good and I just can't get over how Fast the lambs are growing. You all have come a long way in a year's time, really it has been less than 6mnths. 
