Post driver

Father bought one of the first vectors back when I was in short pants and we still have it doing the rounds after 25 years. Go for one with a nylon rope and grease it regularly. Steel ropes can be lethal. Vector are thé rolls royce of thé market with major being well over priced for their offering. For value à bridgeway unit is very unrated used one for another farmer on a project. In order of preference. 1. Vector 2. Bridgeway..

Hé is looking for advice on one to purchase. By your logic hé should just sell the farm. No need for any fence maintenance and head off to thé Sun.

lakill Farm wrote: »

I would not like the post driver version that's out on the end of the jib. I say it would wreck bushes and pins and the king pin very quickly and you would flip a 3t digger very quickly with 200kg on and extended jib.

Seen a 200kg post driver for front of a tractor loader back last year. it would be handy if you had a long enough reach loader

Ryalls farm machinery in cork have a secondhand loader mounted one for sale.

mycro2013 wrote: »

Hé is looking for advice on one to purchase. By your logic hé should just sell the farm. No need for any fence maintenance and head off to thé Sun.

As my mother used to say sell nothing but the milk and the eggs. In any thread on board advice will be given you do not have to take it. Remember that other lads will serch boards for threads like this. It is a discussion forum not just an advice clinic.

Yes every farmer needs to maintain his fences. But as farmers we are also times poor. Alot of us are part-time. Biggest mistake lads make when getting g a lad to drive posts is not enough help. To really get the benefit you need a driver, operator and yourself to pick out posts that need replacing and getting the posts for the operator. Even if you own the machine yourself on a big job you will need labour.

FRS are expensive as they come in to do complete job. But there are smaller Independent operators (getting harder to get) who will hire just themselves and the machine for the day. After you buy the machine you will have to solve the other issue. When a. Contractor is there by himself and say charging you 40/ hour the time he spends time lifting a post off a loader or checking a post is also 40/ hour work. With you checking posts and a young lad ( not a 14 year old but a good 16/17 year o!d ) driving the tractor you will drive 3 time the posts he will by himself it is all about efficiency. Extra cost is 10/ hour. FRS are a high cost operator with insurance and VAT costs etc to cover.

As a farmer everytime youthink about buying a machine you need to consider the implications from a time perspective as in how will it impact on family time etc. You have to consider will you have to upgrade your tractor and to be fair to a postdriver that will not be an issue. And finally can I spend the time elsewhere getting a higher return.

For instance if you were an Engineer, Barrister or maybe even an Accountant would you be better of spending that time at you profession rather than driving g posts. I am not saying give up farming rather just look at the other cost implications involved.

Bass Reeves wrote: »

As my mother used to say sell nothing but the milk and the eggs. In any thread on board advice will be given you do not have to take it. Remember that other lads will serch boards for threads like this. It is a discussion forum not just an advice clinic.

Yes every farmer needs to maintain his fences. But as farmers we are also times poor. Alot of us are part-time. Biggest mistake lads make when getting g a lad to drive posts is not enough help. To really get the benefit you need a driver, operator and yourself to pick out posts that need replacing and getting the posts for the operator. Even if you own the machine yourself on a big job you will need labour.

FRS are expensive as they come in to do complete job. But there are smaller Independent operators (getting harder to get) who will hire just themselves and the machine for the day. After you buy the machine you will have to solve the other issue. When a. Contractor is there by himself and say charging you 40/ hour the time he spends time lifting a post off a loader or checking a post is also 40/ hour work. With you checking posts and a young lad ( not a 14 year old but a good 16/17 year o!d ) driving the tractor you will drive 3 time the posts he will by himself it is all about efficiency. Extra cost is 10/ hour. FRS are a high cost operator with insurance and VAT costs etc to cover.

As a farmer everytime youthink about buying a machine you need to consider the implications from a time perspective as in how will it impact on family time etc. You have to consider will you have to upgrade your tractor and to be fair to a postdriver that will not be an issue. And finally can I spend the time elsewhere getting a higher return.

For instance if you were an Engineer, Barrister or maybe even an Accountant would you be better of spending that time at you profession rather than driving g posts. I am not saying give up farming rather just look at the other cost implications involved.

How much are FRS?

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

An Engineer would make his own, complete with all the safety features.:rolleyes:

A decent barrister would be able to get the neighbour to do the bloody fence.

That's a work/work balance, Lakill !
Fortunately some work is more enjoyable than others

lakill Farm wrote: »

I do not like sitting in my office at 7pm on a sunny June evening. I do not however mind spending time outside :P work life balance

Your never in your bloody office at 7pm of any month

Jollyone wrote: »

Have a look at Kentec again.
Very similar to vector at an economical price. Paint work ?? I don't know.
May he repainted it for him ?
A lot of them around Nenagh and they are very well received there.
They make good stuff from what I see .

Kentec seems to do a heavy and light model. Light model similar to Malone major etc .
Heavy model similar to more expensive vector.

Try Kentec .
He does heavy (like vector 420 kg hammer)
And light type ( belmac bridgeway major etc 380 kg Hammer)
On done deal

Buy a Malone. I drive stakes with a digger on my own farm but a friend bought one and it is a great job. He's very happy with it.

Very unfair to say that .
Seemed to be very fair anytime I spoke to him. Did they repaint it?
I know people with his machines that had other machines previously.
You are entitled to your opinion I suppose. But I wonder I just wonder..

lakill Farm wrote: »

A complete pig of a man the day I phoned him. And I knew a lad who had just bought the heavy duty one and it was pricy enough and the paint work was a disgrace

Bullocks wrote: »

Did you buy off him ?

I've a feeling if he did it was a case of only transferring the money from the farm account to the engineering company account!

Did anyone ever price a cross? Was impressed with one I used before. They're on chains rather than a ram. Good heavy weight on them and can be worked off the front of a telehandler too.
There don't seem to be many second hands out there though.

Panjandrums wrote: »

6 years on "Try Kentec" is a reoccurring theme for that poster.

Not connected to them but have dealt with them without any problems , that's all .