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Anyone got a good idea for a non-hydralic post driver? One for a three point, maybe?
T post drivers
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Bob_Skurka
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I just push them down with the front end loader bucket. Do you have a FEL on your tractor?
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Got the FEL, but been bendin' em! Any ideas?
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Soak the ground with water or wait until after its rained a few days?
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Get yourself one of these T-Post drivers:
I put drove in 60 posts in one day with one similar to this.
I put drove in 60 posts in one day with one similar to this.
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Got one - unfortunately, bad shoulders, bad back, and shot knees won't allow to much use out of it!
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Find and hire a strong young kid for a day to run the pounder you have.
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Betcha could hook a gear motor and a cam to one of those.Tink,tink,tink... /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
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Are you trying to drive them from very top? I built a bolt on bracket for bucket lip that fits over post's footpegs. It's a cinch in sandy soil.
Sameas I was thinking - we used to call it a "walking beam" - a linkage deal that ran a well casing driver. It took tension on the weight cable on part of the stroke and released the slack to drop the weight on the rest of the cycle. Purely mechanical, no hydraulics. Sorry, I don't remember the details.