My gpa was a fan of those models too
Waiting for the next grandson to get big enough to pick up the post driver.
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Thanks for the offers guys but I am just going to pick up a cheapy. It should do for all I need including future years. I can get one on Amazon for about $24 or tractor supply for $33.
Thats me. If it can't be pushed in with the front loader, it's not going in at all. I have 600 lbs of tractor wheel weights that I hang on the bucket to give it a little extra "push".
I got my PhD in the army
Post hole Digger
Post hole Digger
I never get rid of any tool that I purchased originally for a specific project. My only problem now is "now, where did I put that sucker"
I used to be that way but when my ribs got screwed up I figured I would never use it and a few other tools again and let family take what they wanted from them.
I drove 5 posts yesterday with my homemade post driver.
It is much larger diameter than the store ones and much heavier.
I do not drive T posts, what I hammered into the ground was 2 3/8 structural pipe.
I had 4 wood fence posts break off at the top of the concrete that I planted in 2000.
That wind the other day was brutal.
Years ago I made this post driver to drive 2 3/8" pipe into the old fence post that is in the concrete.
I do not have to dig the concrete out or pour new concrete, it takes some doing to drive pipe through wood, it is doable.
I sharpen the end of the pipe so it goes easier.
It is much larger diameter than the store ones and much heavier.
I do not drive T posts, what I hammered into the ground was 2 3/8 structural pipe.
I had 4 wood fence posts break off at the top of the concrete that I planted in 2000.
That wind the other day was brutal.
Years ago I made this post driver to drive 2 3/8" pipe into the old fence post that is in the concrete.
I do not have to dig the concrete out or pour new concrete, it takes some doing to drive pipe through wood, it is doable.
I sharpen the end of the pipe so it goes easier.
With my rib problem I probably could not even lift it. I know my doctor would freak out.
It sucks getting old. Laying in bed the other night thinking about how much prices have changed. Years ago I did some construction and remodel work. We could exterior paint an average house, including scraping, priming, etc for $350. Then I remembered that was 35 to 40 years ago. I do not even want to know what it would cost nowadays.
