My Favorite Gripple Tool Function...

[Bright Raven]

....is the brace kit. I put a brace in this morning. Used the center pins on the brace pole, and the Gripple cable. Made a nice brace in 1/4 the time brace wire takes. And I never get good results with brace wire.

 

[Farm Fence Solutions]

Looking good Ron!

 

[ez14.]

Your wire looks good and tight! My employer has some barb wire I should tighten up for him (the cows have it pushed down so they can just walk right through in one spot)

 

[Aaron]

They do save a pile of time. I have put a few in and can put up braces in 1/2 the time. Not to mention safer as I am always worried I might lose my grip on stay as I am twisting brace wires.

 

[callmefence]

I used one earlier today to try to extend the track adjustment cylinder on my dozer. It didn't work but the gripples didn't fail. The very high tensile wire broke. Got it on video . When I get a better signal I'll post it.

 

[fence_it]

I really like the idea of using cable. How well do the gripples work on 12.5ga HT brace wire? I've been told that the cam in the gripple can sometimes cut the HT wire or they will sometimes slip when stretching HT fixed knot off of the brace. I like my brace wire tight and I know the chain grabs we use right now put out near 800 lbs of pull if I remember right? How tight can a gripple get 2 wraps of 12.5 200ksi HT?

 

[bball]

Ron, how is the cable attached at the base of the corner post? I cant tell in the pic?

 

[Bright Raven]

Ron, how is the cable attached at the base of the corner post? I cant tell in the pic?

That end has a fixed loop. You thread the cable through that loop. Then you take the free end up to the other post. Go around it and through the Gripple. Then you put the Gripple Tool on the Gripple and tension the cable. Very easy. And very tight.

Edited to add: just like brace wire, you drive a staple in to hold the ends of the cable where you want them.

 

[Farm Fence Solutions]

I really like the idea of using cable. How well do the gripples work on 12.5ga HT brace wire? I've been told that the cam in the gripple can sometimes cut the HT wire or they will sometimes slip when stretching HT fixed knot off of the brace. I like my brace wire tight and I know the chain grabs we use right now put out near 800 lbs of pull if I remember right? How tight can a gripple get 2 wraps of 12.5 200ksi HT?

I'm not saying that a failure is impossible, but they don't slip, they get plenty tight, and they increase profit margin....unless you don't put any value on time. We don't have brace failures, and I don't know of anyone that gets wire any tighter than us. The original Gripples has some issues, but that was resolved many years ago with the Gripple Plus.

 

[pricefarm]

Is that a landscape timber from lowes you are using for a brace? I used them a few years ago on some fence. Most of them bowed out I guess because of the pressure and some have already started to rot. I want make that mistake again even though they are cheap.

 

[Bright Raven]

Is that a landscape timber from lowes you are using for a brace? I used them a few years ago on some fence. Most of them bowed out I guess because of the pressure and some have already started to rot. I want make that mistake again even though they are cheap.

Yes. It is. And if you look, they did bow under the pressure. Interesting. I had that thought today. I thought it might be a mistake!!!

 

[Farm Fence Solutions]

Is that a landscape timber from lowes you are using for a brace? I used them a few years ago on some fence. Most of them bowed out I guess because of the pressure and some have already started to rot. I want make that mistake again even though they are cheap.

Yes. It is. And if you look, they did bow under the pressure. Interesting. I had that thought today. I thought it might be a mistake!!!

Good thing you used a Gripple. Let it out and put a proper strut in there.

 

[Bright Raven]

Is that a landscape timber from lowes you are using for a brace? I used them a few years ago on some fence. Most of them bowed out I guess because of the pressure and some have already started to rot. I want make that mistake again even though they are cheap.

Yes. It is. And if you look, they did bow under the pressure. Interesting. I had that thought today. I thought it might be a mistake!!!

Good thing you used a Gripple. Let it out and put a proper strut in there.

What do you use?

 

[Farm Fence Solutions]

At least you didn't fall for the fiberglass sucker bet.

 

[Farm Fence Solutions]

Yes. It is. And if you look, they did bow under the pressure. Interesting. I had that thought today. I thought it might be a mistake!!!

Good thing you used a Gripple. Let it out and put a proper strut in there.

What do you use?

A 10-12' 5" post, or galvanized pipe.

 

[Bright Raven]

Good thing you used a Gripple. Let it out and put a proper strut in there.

What do you use?

A 10-12' 5" post, or galvanized pipe.

I thought these would be perfect. 10 foot treated but it did bow. They are squared off and about 4 inches. Hey, how would you get a new brace in if they got pins in each end without removing the post?

 

[Farm Fence Solutions]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sokwrC8DhVA&t=266s

This is how we build a timber brace.

 

[Farm Fence Solutions]

What do you use?

A 10-12' 5" post, or galvanized pipe.

I thought these would be perfect. 10 foot treated but it did bow. They are squared off and about 4 inches.

Landscape timbers are notoriously chitty. :nod:

 

[Farm Fence Solutions]

What do you use?

A 10-12' 5" post, or galvanized pipe.

I thought these would be perfect. 10 foot treated but it did bow. They are squared off and about 4 inches. Hey, how would you get a new brace in if they got pins in each end without removing the post?

Pin a new strut in under the old one......Cut it long and beat it in with a BFH. Chainsaw will get the old one out.

 

[Bright Raven]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sokwrC8DhVA&t=266s

This is how we build a timber brace.

You are using brace wire. I got the cable kit with the fixed loop at the end.