Essential tools include wire stretchers, strainers, and tensioning tools (such as heavy-duty wire stretchers, chain-wire tensioning devices, tension wire pullers, come-along ratchets, and tension bars); fencing pliers, cutters, and shears (like fencing pliers, multi-wire cutters, bolt cutters, cable cutters, and tie-wire twisting tools); post hole and groundwork tools (post hole diggers, crowbars, digging bars, tampers, auger drill bits, and soil preparation tools); and alignment, measuring, and setup tools (string lines, plumb levels, tape measures, angle markers, and fence line markers).