Driving Metal Fence Posts By Hand

Place the driver over the fence post and carefully lift and release as frequently as necessary to sink the post.

Driving metal fence posts by hand.

This is made of a section of an elm trunk or branch eight or nine inches in diameter figure 150. Drive the post with the small end down and hold the post vertical at the proper spot leaning it slightly into the post driver. The steel fence post driver can be used to install fence u posts and t posts in the ground with a minimum of effort. It took about 2 minutes to drive each post to the desired depth.

Steel electric fence post 48 in. Galvanized steel fence post extender 1 box. The impact of the cap with the weight of the driver forces the bottom of the post into the ground. A concrete set post can be as strong as a driven post provided it is set properly and allowed to cure.

An iron ring is driven on each end and wedged all around the wood at the edge being beaten down over the rings with a hammer or the pole of an axe. Using this driver was so much quicker than digging a hole by hand. Find metal fence posts at lowe s today. Driven vs handset fence posts a driven post i e shaver kiwi post driver is 10 times stronger than a handset post.

The 34 lb weight really does the job well and saved me days of work. Post driver has handles on both sides of the weighted cylinder. A manual post driver consists of a piece of pipe a cap and two handles. The post driver is lifted and dropped onto the top of the post.

The weight in the driver does the pounding. Lightly drive the post at the start. Product rating is 4. Find in stores 87738 clearance.

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The unit is slipped over the top of a t post. Free in store pickup same day delivery eligible. I used this to drive 8 foot long 2 3 8 round steel fenceposts into the ground to a depth of 3 feet. To drive posts a wooden maul should be used.

Mat 901147a steel head fence post driver with handles.