Fence Termination / End Knot Tied and Tested

One of the most important knots to know when fencing is the end or termination Knot. This week I demonstrate how to tie it, then test the breaking strength of the knot using the Spiralfast load testing bed. I also compare a badly tied end knot with a neatly tied end knot to find out if there is any difference in the knot performance.
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[jonathanfriedlander]

Yet another well explained and demonstrated and filmed fencing lesson. Thanks very much .

[themuls]

A great communicator and fine teacher. Enthuisiasm is well weighted and most genuine manner. I keep coming back to Tim's videos because I don't do enough fencing to remember all the stuff.

Thanks, again, Tim

[waypointoutdoor]

i never thought i would be watching fencing vids but here we are.

[johnbassett]

I build fences in Kansas, so barbed wire cattle fences are my bread & butter. I discovered your channel and watch it to learn techniques I might apply to our own fencing. Thank you for all of your excellent videos! IN this case, I t seems that your knot is cutting your wire as they are pulled to to the center line of the post when put under tension - extreme tension, in the example of your demo. We double or even triple wrap our wires around the post (tightly) so that friction on the post holds the wire fast under tension, and wind the tail end of the wire around the line merely to keep the wraps on the post from slacking. When done correctly, the line stay on the face of the post and there is no knot to cut the line when put under tension. Don’t know if that would work with high tensile wire, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t. Then again, I might just be a day late and a dollar short yammering on about an idea you’ve already tried and discarded! Anyhoot, thanks again for all the vids and great techniques!

[Ruxxnation]

love your work mate - my girlfriend and I really learnt a lot from one of your previous video and are using it to do a fence on our new 5 acre property. Thanks a million!

[mikeklein]

Thanks so much Tim. Got my pair of Hayes strainers the other day and I’ve been putting up electric fence for my pigs. Your videos have been super helpful for me

[cecilyfeather]

Love your work. Great to listen to an Aussie.

[darrenroso]

Great stuff Tim!
If it is a high pressure fence
I wrap the wire around the post twice or even 3 times, then align the wire so it has minimal direction changes.
Try that on the test bed
Using steel angle iron strainer posts makes it hard to maximise wire strength
Cheers
Darren
Milton NSW

[rrich]

Mr. Thompson, love your videos. It is great to see real testing on these knots so it leaves little doubt which ones will hold up and what ones to trust.

[sicf]

Just subbed to the channel, got some fencing to sort on our small average. Your tips will be invaluable.

[hollderbusch]

I love your chanal learnd a lot Form fencing and knots. Thank you for Sharing your knowledge, !
Greetings Form the Bavarian alps in south Germany!

[billroks]

Gday Tim, thankyou for sharing your knowledge to the world.

[craigwillis]

Great stuff mate...I love doing wiring knots !! Love the expression a "sloppy knot" !! Well done as always !!

[fomocok]

Hooray, another Saturday AM Tim Thompson video! Step one: hit the thumbs up, Step two: enjoy the video.
Oh! He’s not only going to teach us something; he’s going to let us watch him break sh...stuff!! Fun fun!! (Better get my speed dealers on.)

[normdunn]

Hi Tim thanks for the videos learning a lot about fencing and knots would like more videos about cattle care and handling. Keep up the great work.

[nostromo]

After I finally got it right I understood the importance of what he said at 1:26. I kept wanting to start wrapping too soon.

[michaelcorrigan]

Would be interested to see whether looping twice through egg shell/bull nose insulators was stronger and if so by how much

[jasonac]

Thanks for more testing Tim. The sloppy knot sounded a bit much but i have heard if you make a "lazy loop" on your first wrap ie. not at a right angle but around 45 degrees then followed by tighter wraps, it makes some difference. I've not tested it and I prefer clean neat knots for the record.

[davem]

Love the channel mate been great watching and learning heaps.
Really appreciate and enjoy the work you put into helping other like myself out.
Cheers Dave

[Meevious]

I'm guessing James wasn't talking about the loop being loose, but the coils around the wire. Some people will take the trouble to coil so tightly that there's no gap between the coils, like an unstretched tension spring, so your neat ones might look "sloppy" to someone who thinks that's the way it's done. I'm with you in doubting it makes much difference, but it would be interesting to see it tested.