Putting in stabs with loader.

[Greythundercloudys]

Has anyone got any tips on trying to put them in even or is the chainsaw the answer once top barb is on.

 

[jamesy]

Chain hanging at correct length? Go round with mall having stapled top wire on at same distance from top of each post.

 

[choochter]

Do it when the ground's wet

 

[neilo]

Has anyone got any tips on trying to put them in even or is the chainsaw the answer once top barb is on.

I put them out first from a bundle on the Merlo forks, pacing them out and standing them in the right place by hand.
While they’re in a tidy bundle I measure a couple of them and use a can of sheep marker to mark a line where ground level should be, then go back along the fence pushing them in until the line gets to the ground.
It doesn’t take many seconds for each with a telehandler, but I am constantly adjusting the boom to get them straight/upright. I’m not sure I’d want to tackle a decent number with a fixed boom loader tractor, or not where anyone might see it anyway.

Easier with the wire already tensioned up between strainers & turning posts.

 

[nails]

Has anyone got any tips on trying to put them in even or is the chainsaw the answer once top barb is on.

You need a Gofa

 

[z.man]

I put them out first from a bundle on the Merlo forks, pacing them out and standing them in the right place by hand.
While they’re in a tidy bundle I measure a couple of them and use a can of sheep marker to mark a line where ground level should be, then go back along the fence pushing them in until the line gets to the ground.
It doesn’t take many seconds for each with a telehandler, but I am constantly adjusting the boom to get them straight/upright. I’m not sure I’d want to tackle a decent number with a fixed boom loader tractor, or not where anyone might see it anyway.

Easier with the wire already tensioned up between strainers & turning posts.

This , put in the strainers then pull top wire and bottom wire lay out stabs then push in to desired height above top wire. Personally hate both a tractor with loader and a forklift for this job my machine of choice is a 360 track machine but then we have no stones at all