Post driver

[DartmoorEwe]

Looking at this post driver http://www.protechmachinery.co.uk/html/products/P18.html

Onto this machine

What are buttons on a joystick like to use in comparison with a lever control.

Do we need side tilt and external controls when we will only do a small amount of fencing per year?

Preview YouTube video AL 340




AL 340

 

[cousinjack]

We bought a browns post driver to go on the front of our telehandler..
I didn't see the need for side tilt or the external controls at first....

Now that we have got it, and have been using it a bit, you can see that both are invaluable !!! Do not get one without !!
There will always be that occasion when you are either on a side slope or one wheel is up on a rock or down in a hole, just a quick pull on the lever and the machine is level again. And you can't beat having control right where you can see the action, not from the distance of the drivers seat.. it is always a two person job however..

 

[jamj]

If you want the posts in straight then you really need the mast straight.
Remember that the 200 kg or so, weight is right at the outside and has quite a leverage effect on vehicle. We have the 230T with 300 kg. hammer. Tractor needed weights put on to keep front down.

 

[cousinjack]

http://www.brownsagricultural.co.uk/products/lm2-post-hammer?c=11

 

[jellybean]

I would have thought any sensible sized post driver will tip that machine over, especially on a slope.

 

[wr.]

I would have thought any sensible sized post driver will tip that machine over, especially on a slope.

Our Protech P18 is quite light and I can't see a problem with it toppling the machine in the op. Can reach it right out on our little JCB quite safely. Tilt and external controls are a must have IMO.

 

[Jameshenry]

Looking at this post driver http://www.protechmachinery.co.uk/html/products/P18.html

Onto this machine

What are buttons on a joystick like to use in comparison with a lever control.

Do we need side tilt and external controls when we will only do a small amount of fencing per year?

Preview YouTube video AL 340




AL 340

What are the ground conditions like where you want to use it ? If the ground is anything other than flat dry fields, i would say you will struggle with it on a small machine like that, they just don't have the traction of a tractor to move about,

 

[DartmoorEwe]

The loader will probably be most vulnerable getting to the site and doing posts down a slope. I can see that the inertia of the bang could be trouble too. We think the banger weighs 500kg plus a 180kg weight (can't find the spec.). The loader looks small and narrow but weighs 2.7 tonnes without extra weights and lifts in excess of a tonne. Ours has wider tyres and extra back weights than the one in the video. The banger also has a leg that goes to the floor. Not sure if that's enough?

Ground conditions are generally hard enough and free draining and we can choose when to do the iffy bits. Traction on the slope and sticky conditions has not been a problem so far.

We do have a 55hp compact tractor which has great traction but its small and light (1.3 tonnes). It runs a 3 point linkage log splitter weighing 450kg and the tractor struggles to control the lift and fall of it. We therefore assumed that the loader would be better but the tractor is appreciably wider, aiding sideways stability.

 

[cousinjack]

Amazing how much help having the support foot on the ground is ..