Post Drivers

deise toffee

I'm looking to buy a post driver but dont want to be spending big money.Have got a loan of one from neighbour in the past,but dont want to be a bum and keep asking.Would need a side tilt type as have a lot of hilly ground.What about pneumatic/air driven types?are they any good?thanks

Muckit

Forget about your post driver ..... a good lad on a track machine is what you need.

If you've the stakes thrown out where they're needed you'I fly through it. You hold the stakes, he won't be long shoving them down with the bucket. You'I spend more time bo****ing and reversing/lining up tractor with a post driver and you could get caught out with it failing to drive a large (long) strainer. With a track machine he can dig if necessary.

He'I also be able to clean up the sides along by ditches and level for under the sheep wire. He'I also scrape off topsoil if your graveling gateways or around water troughs

keep going

i find it handy to hire a post driver in for a few hours because its a two man job antway

Username John

I get a local lad with a post driver to put in any stakes I need - think it cost about 35euro / hour. He'd do anywhere around 40 stakes / hour, more if the going was very easy, and the stakes were all lined up for him.
I know this seems expensive, you could count it as €1 / stake. But it makes a great job.

Disagree re a track machine being better.
I think a good man with post driver is faster, as a track machine is slow and cumbersome to move around.
I also think posts driven with a post driver are more solid and straighter than with a track machine, the slightest sideways movement of the bucket screws up the stakes going down, so they're lose.

I think each to its own job - track machine to level & tidy, then post driver for stakes.

But each to his own...