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Donalds Strainer - Stainless-Steel Strap Reviews

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When installing high tensile wire, achieving proper tension is crucial to the performance and effectiveness of your fence. Strainers, like the Donalds strainers, make tensioning wire easy.     
This strainer features a spring-steel latch that catches each turn of the cog to ensure it remains safe and secure while increasing tension.  
Donalds strainers are made with a square drive head on the side of the cog, making it possible to ratchet them with a variety of tools. You can use a crescent wrench, box wrench (9/16” open end or 5/8” box end / 14mm open end or 16mm box end), or strainer handle with a square cut-out slot in the handle (TFU and TFH) to add tension. The Universal Strainer Handle (TFU) will also fit over the cog and strap in the standard vertical position.   
The galvanized strap along with the zinc cog makes for a long-lasting strainer that can handle years of weather and exposure to the elements. 
All Donalds strainers have wider cogs with flat, non-beveled side walls. This allows them to hold more wire as well as wider material like 1” Ponyrail.  
Donalds strainers are designed to be attached to high tensile wire via crimp sleeve. To install, simply slide a crimp sleeve onto the wire tail, loop the tail through the hole in the strainer strap, and join the wire back onto itself using the crimp sleeve. 
- Perfect for tensioning high tensile wire
- Square drive head
- Galvanized strap
- Zinc cog
- Spring-steel latch
- Wider cog
- Safe and easy to use

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It is a good product and does not need the special strainer handle. Kencove has always served me well.
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Posted 6 years ago
FRED KUYKENDALL
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Heavy duty good price. Will install this Fall.
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Posted 7 years ago
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Good working unit. You can spend more money but these get the job done.
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Posted 7 years ago
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Easy to use
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Posted 7 years ago
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I like the square shank for adjusting the tension, since I always have an adjustable wrench in the truck. The wire tightener's that need a special tool are good, just don't always have the tool with me when I need it. The locking spring is less than ideal, It's easy enough to disengage, but awkward to hold open if you need to release the wire tension. Works great as a light duty tightener.
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Posted 7 years ago
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I don't like these tightener's the teeth on the wheel seem smaller not allowing the ratchet handle to grab sufficient to tighten. when tighting frame and wire that holds wheel seem to tweak becoming unsquared.
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Posted 7 years ago
I think these are awesome strainers, however, I ordered a box of 50 and 10 of them needed to have the wire catch put in because it was not in place. Though this is a great strainer, it shows a lack of attention to detail.
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Posted 8 years ago
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These are the most user friendly tightners I've found. They have a square on the end of the shaft that's handy and are easy to release to pull slack also.
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Posted 9 years ago