5 Heavy Duty Wire Cutters and Wire Tools for Fencing

The old saying, "work smart, not hard" rings true in farming and livestock management. Little things like the strength of a post, sharpness of a hoof trimmer, or the durability of your heavy duty wire cutters can make the difference between a good day and a bad day. Fencing projects, whether for livestock containment, property boundaries, or agriculture setups demand reliable tools to handle wire cutting, joining, and tightening easily. It can be fatiguing to manage a hi tensile wire fence or woven wire fence without a good pair of heavy duty wire cutters. Powerflex Fence handles a variety of good quality wire tools for your woven wire or hi tensile fencing. You can view them in the Tools section of our products section of this website.

When you're choosing heavy duty wire cutters, first consider the gauge of the wire you seek to cut, and how hard the wire is. Check the specifications of the brand/model of your heavy duty wire cutters, and compare those to the wire you are installing and the wire tools you already have. While this is a simple step, many people overlook the importance of these specifics before going to their local hardware store and picking out what simply looks like will work. Heavy duty wire cutters are exactly that: They need to handle a heavy duty. If you maintain a perimeter farm field fence, especially if it is hi tensile, you need to carefully select specialty wire tools that will keep you from wearing down the wire tools you already do have. 

In this post we will highlight 8 heavy duty wire cutters and wire tools for fencing that will help make your job easier and your animals safer. We will also briefly showcase some related hi tensile fence tools that are vital for hi tensile wire management such as the gripple wire tool, crimp wire tool, and crimp sleeves for hi tensile wire. 

Our Hi-Tensile wire cutters are strong and durable wire tool, specifically designed to cut through our hi-tensile wire fence so that you can easily breeze through sections of fence without wrestling with wire. These heavy duty wirecutters are made with hardened steel that will allow you to cut all the way to the tip with your fence wire.

Hi-tensile wire is harder to cut than normal soft wire such as barbed wire or soft woven wire, so picking the right wire tools for the job is vital. You will notice that a standard pair of side cutters will wear you out and not cut as well as you would like. 

It's important to preserve the cutting edge of your heavy duty wire cutters so that they can serve you adequately for your wire cutting needs for years. This makes having a good set of heavy duty bolt cutters vital. 

Knipex CoBolt Compact Heavy Duty Bolt Cutters have micro-structured cutting edges that allow easy cutting across large cross sections. Cut bolts, nails, rivets, etc. up to 5.2 mm. Preserve the edge of your heavy duty wire cutters by using these heavy bolt cutters to perform other tedious cutting tasks. Gripping surface below the joint for gripping and pulling wires with a diameter of 1.0 mm. These also included a Lifetime Limited Warranty, a testament to their quality and durability for your farm fence needs.

Originally developed for no-nonsense, Southern Hemisphere livestock farmers. Used for fitting and repairing high tensile electric fencing wire – day in, day out.

Engineered with a rugged construction, v-slotted jaw and integrated, heavy-duty wire cutters for hard wire. Serrated jaws are always parallel, so will not slip.

• V-slot to feed and hold wire securely along jaw length
• Wire can be threaded down the throat of the plier
• Multiplies hand force by 25 for less cutting effort
• Precision machined and hardened blades superior to many alternative heavy duty wire cutters
• Jaws move in parallel throughout use
• Serrated jaws for improved grip
• Cutting edges hardened to HRC 62-65 for durability
• Zinc-plated handles with soft plastic grips for added comfort during frequent use of your heavy duty wire cutters

• Feature & User Manual: Maun - Fencing Plier Comfort Grips For Heavy Duty Wire Cutters - Description _ vendor link.pdf

Heavy duty wire cutters don't have to serve just one purpose. Why not hit two birds with one stone? The Stainrite Heavy Duty Staple Puller with Cable Stripper tool fixes multiple problems while also serving as useful heavy duty wire cutters. An essential tool for any farmer who uses wood posts around their farm fence. If you have a corner post setup using wood posts, this type of tool is inevitably needed. Anyone who has managed fence staples knows that a standard hammer or crow bar can be a tedious tool for managing staples.

Enables one-handed staple pulling

• High performance heavy duty wire cutters & cable stripper, ergonomic design
• Twin Cam Leverage
  – Short side to loosen tough staples
  – Long side for full leverage
• Cable stripper
• Serrated wire grip
• Keyhole for wire twisting up to 4.5mm wire, ideal for doing tight loops on a swinging foot