Running chainlink fencing is a breeze. 4" in the corners 2" every 10ft. Need stretcher bars on each corner with 3 stretcher clamps, Top Rail caps, 2" top rail, 3ea tie wire strips for each post. Optional is the reinforcement wire woven through top and bottom strand. A Fence Stretcher and come-a-long to stretch the fence.
When we ran fencing we only anchored the corners in concrete, the rest were pounded on with a post setter. Some will reinforce the corners with diagonal bar, it is up to you and more expensive. Some fencing companies will just dig the corner set the pipe, empty a bag of quick-crete and cover it with dirt
We made our own post setters but you get the idea If you do make your own try not to use rebar, it will eat up your hands:
Once you have the posts and rails set, drop the roll of fence, roll it out, add stretcher bar to one end and bolt into place with the clamps. Begin to lift the fence and loosely tie it as you lift to the top bar. You get to the corner approximate where the stretcher bar will be, insert it into the fence, hook stretcher and come-a-long and crank it tight.
The tighter the better but you do not want your corner post to bend. Now slip stretcher bar to the stretcher clamps and bolt it down. During the stretch you will have to go along and unfasten the ties you used temporarily to hand the fence to the top bar as it moves past the posts and get hung up. Just re-tie as you go.
Once the fence is tight and clamped, untwist the top, unloop the bottom and unscrew the wire to separate the length of fencing to shorten. Save the waste as you can use the opposite method if you need to stitch rolls together too.
How to: Joining and Connecting chain link fence together
Once the fence is hung, stretched and clamped tie the fence @ 3 places along the posts, every few feet on the top rail. It goes real fast. 1 person can hang fence but it really helps to have two, you also need an anchor point for the come-a-long, doesn't need much but you do need it. Wait to install the posts until after a good soaking rain. Hard ass ground is just that hard. Wet ground will allow the posts to slip in easy and quick, unless you hit rocks
Quick quiz: which is harder to climb tight fence or loose?
Loose. A fence with no topbar (just a reinforcement wire woven through the top) and fairly slack fencing swings and waves everywhere whereas a tight fence one can bounce right up and over, plus the rigidity aids in the climber as they try to access hand and foot holds while the topbar holds the climbers weight.