3 Point TPost driver ????

[bcbull378]

Do any of you have any experience with a 3 point mounted T Post driver I have a couple miles of barbed wire fence to rebuild and I'm thinking of using a hydrolic T post driver . I'll buy one or rent one is this a one man operation or is it a 2 person operation?

 

[mdhughes]

bcbull378, as someone that has done a lot of fence building by myself with T-post, I would think using the tractor and some kind of driver would take a lot long to do having to line the tractor up, load the T-post and then drive it in.

I know some people around here use the FEL to push them in, but that takes to people to do it that way.

Let us know what you come up with.

 

[Bulldog]

I made a tool, (don't even know what to call it) that mounts on my forks. I've pushed in a bunch of post and it saves lots of time. It does take 2 people to line everything up but it works great.

 

[David70]

Do any of you have any experience with a 3 point mounted T Post driver I have a couple miles of barbed wire fence to rebuild and I'm thinking of using a hydrolic T post driver . I'll buy one or rent one is this a one man operation or is it a 2 person operation?

This is a a good way if you have an air compressor. They are located in Oregon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_AulBRK79M

or they have Hydraulic drivers if you have outlets on your tractor. They are expensive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3B_VwjWRmU

 

[bcp]

Here are some videos of pushers, not pounders:

Hydraulic pusher:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B1SqeXZutk

Tube-with-latch pusher:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bNd5VMcql0

Simple version:
Use a closed end pipe the length of your post above ground. Fasten it to the side of your bucket. Ground man inserts post and guides post bottom to the line. Tractor moves, if needed, so post is vertical. Push down until pipe touches ground. Add weight in bucket if needed.

If ground is too hard, wait for rain or buy a pounder.

Bruce

 

[Stu]

Sorry if I sound stupid but what exactly are T posts?
I live in the UK so don't always understand some of implements & abbriveations etc. I own a fencing & landscaping business so I'm interested in anything that will help make my working life easier so if there's a way of pushing/driving posts etc into the ground I'm all ears. I've just bought a old ZL2201 (L245) with the intention of getting a post driver & hole auger to run off the tractor. I would prefer to use a driver but unsure if my littl tractor is big enough to handle the weight/force of a driver. What's poeples view on using either or both of these on my tractor?
Sorry for hyjacking this tread. Stu

 

[Diydave]

Stu, T posts are t shaped iron posts, mainly used for attaching agricultural fencing products to.

As far as air powered pounders go, why drag a hose???

https://youtu.be/MC4TfbjKRjE

 

[bcp]

T-post, Y-post, L-post, star picket. etc.

Some of the variations:
http://www.starpickets.com/

Bruce

 

[Stu]

Great link cheers buddy. I'm now starting to understand what Poeple are talking about T posts & other fencing terms etc. I've been erecting fences here in the UK for getting on for 20 years & never seen this type of fencing, however I'm liking what I'm seeing. Our agricultural fencing is either ussualy erected using 5"x4" timber posts & 4"x2" timber rails ussualy driven into the ground & concreted for gate posts etc. our wire fencing is 3/4" square stock wire with timber posts we se other types of wire fencing like barbed wire/ plain wire etc. thanks for helping me understand what's being said.