Goldenrod, Dutton-Lainson, 415 Fence Stretcher-Splicer | Third Hook

We have miles of fence to maintain on our farm and this tool is our go-to. It can stretch barbed wire, smooth or high-tensil wire. The tool can hold both ends of the wire which makes it easy to splice broken wire with both your hands. The controlled release holding ratchet lets you slowly release the wire when you're ready so you can test stress on the wire. Its steel so a very study tool.

Exactly what I wanted to tighten wires for my grape vines. Solidly built and little heavy for a woman to use but does a great job.

While these can be cumbersome at 1st, once you get use to them, they are perfect for putting up and fixing barbed wire fencing without help. You just need to remove the yellow paint from the moving parts, then spray with WD40 or grease!

I've always wanted to get one of these to repair barbed wire fence, but always just used my dad's. Finally, I decided to just go ahead and get one. I wish that I would have years ago. Easy to use and holds tight.

I was concerned about usability with some of the poor reviews. No, the product doesn’t have the paint job of your new car. And it may take five minutes of work to loosen the clamps. But it works fine. I used a rubber mallet to hit each clamp then a wire brush to scrape where the paint had collected at the clamp. Sprayed some WD-40 on the clamp and it works fine. I kept the mallet handy when stretching the wire as the clamps occasionally tighten pretty tight and it was convenient to hit them. The extra clamp does restrict the movement somewhat as there is not as much range for stretching. But the third clamp more than makes up for itself is stretching long runs. The product is quick and easy to use. My younger teenage son used it no problem.

I could not find a 3 hook model locally so while I was waiting I got a 2 hook black one at a farm store. It is a clone I think. The reasoning was that 95% or more of my repairs are very short stretches and the extra weight would be a burden. So I am the proud owner of both versions. I have not yet needed the goldenrod (for a long stretch) but it is good knowing it is there. I see no reason why it should not work - admirably. I also got the crimper and some ferrules. This is a GREAT combination! I no longer have to stretch with a claw hammer and do a wrap-splice on this old brittle wire. This saves much time and results in a tighter stronger repair. Actually, the old wire is quite strong, usually, it just breaks if it is bent. So it serves as well as new, if crimp splicing is used. It saves having to roll up and dispose of old wire and what better place than the fence for the old wire? It is infinitely better than a come-along or pulley type for repairs and should be just as good for new construction. The cows will never thank you (for getting one of these). Happy fencing!

All moving parts were locked with dryed paint. No directions, difficult to use but it will pull your wire tight. Main asset is the built in wire grips.

Looks like it will last a long time. Chose this one because of the third (holding) finger - as I got tired of having to struggle with the fencing/wire while relocating the pulling finger whenever I ran out of tensioning length & needed to slide the tensioning finger to get more tension/pull. Painting was a bit shoddy, but I suppose it wasn’t intended to be a beauty product ;-) Heavy duty enough to last a while without being especially heavy to carry along fence lines. A big-wheeled cart or deep basket with carry handle is useful to hold the wire clips, fencing staples etc while moving along the fence line.