Help identifying this please

I'm trying to find out the makers name & if possible the model of this post driver. If anyone knows I would love to hear from you.
Also if anyone knows of any other makes of post drivers that are PTO powered rather than using the tractors hydrollics I would love to hear from you. I'm trying to find a suitable post driver to use on my little Kubota tractor. ( same size & weight as a little grey fergie.
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Any suggestions please.
Thanks Stu.
 

Badshot

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Kent
If your kubota has a pto, then it'd probably be better to fit a pto driven hydraulic pump to run a normal driver. The type that operate on three point linkage going up and down are bloody dangerous, and I can't think you'll find a decent pto one now either because hydraulic is a lot safer and much easier to make.
 
Thanks for your input badshot. I fully get what your saying about adding a pump etc which I have thought about but too be honest I don't have a clue about hydraulics on tractors which is part of why I've been thinking about a PTO powered driver. I've started my own fencing & Lanscaping business which is the reason for getting a compact tractor instead of a full size bigger machine. Most of my wrk is fencing domestic property etc with the odd bit of post & rail etc around horse paddocks etc. my reasoning for the PTO driver is not having loads of spare money to throw around I could at least do any wrk that comes in while still building the business to where I want it to be in a couple years. By which point I hope to be in a better financial position where I can buy a bigger tractor & a hydraulic driver etc as & when my work load increases as I can't afford to have £Ks laying around unused most of the time.
Given time, effort & determination I fully intend to stick at it, work hard & build the business up.
Your I put is still appreciated so thanks again
Stu
 

blackbob

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Aberdeenshire
I can't really help you any @stugordon321 but I have used one like that and I have a photo of it somewhere, from 1977 I think, and it was old then? I'm assuming it's one with a winch and wire rope, you pull the lever up to engage drive and lift the hammer? It worked ok as I remember, there is no 'levelling' like a modern machine, but it would be compact, and would still be much better than doing it by hand.

I'll have a rummage through some old magazines and try to find an ad or something - although that won't help you to find one..
 
Hi Triplesix, thanks for your post. The reason I want a PTO powered driver is my little tractor isn't piped up with any valves etc. the only thing the tractors hydraulics work is the 3 pt linkage. I've been told of two ways I can tap into the hydraulics but don't know which is correct. I have also been looking into connecting a hydraulic pump to the PTO shaft coming off the front of the engine. I've never worked with hydraulics before & don't really know what I'm doing so if I can get a PTO driver I won't have to worry about the hydraulics etc. eventually I intend to add a Q/C valve at the rear to operate as tipping trailer etc.
thanks Stu
 
Luckily I knew to check the direction of PTO so it turns clockwise. I've never actually used one of these drivers so thanks for telling me about not stopping the weight mid flow. Had I known more about hydraulics etc I would have got a tractor already piped up at the rear but when I bought my little Kubota the bloke told me all I needed to do was unscrew a plug & screw a pipe into it to get hydraulics sorted. However since buying it I've looked into it & have been told of two ways to tap into the tractors hydraulics so now I need to find which is the correct way of doing it. I've been told I can tap into the valve under the seat that controls the flow/ speed to the rear arms etc. the other way I was told is by tapping into some sort of valve on left of transmition/axle housing (some sort of cover)
If anyone knows how I should go about tapping into the corect place please let me know as this is all new to me & haven't a clue where to tap it.
Thanks Stu.
 

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