Haoleguy
Platinum Member
I like how you have it all set up. Did you compare it to the Man Saver? My thinking is that if I was to spend $2,000 or more, I could get the Man Saver, an air compressor and a generator to run it for less and have an air compressor and generator for other things. I actually already have several air compressors and a small generator, but for welding up my corner braces, I need a bigger generator for my arc welder. I'm also wondering about using my tractor for something like this. Do you do a lot of mowing with your tractor and do you have to remove your mower when you pound posts? I hate removing my mower and was hoping to install my posts from the back of my pickup truck or Kawasaki Mule. Then the tractor isn't even used.
I like the ideas on how to improve my set up. For the galvanized line posts we used the lift of the 3 point hitch and a rope to raise and swing the pounder into place. The lift and swing needs a better solution but after 1440 posts it worked but I can say that it was tiring. For the black locust end posts(10ft) we used a heavy duty trailer pounder but the trick was getting my JD 5325 to lift the posts into place as those posts were super heavy. Took us a little more than a week to do 72 end posts.