What's your oppinion on this??

Hi all, I'm a newly established fencing& landscaping business (trading 18months now) most of my wrk is domestic fencing for houses etc along with the odd bit of agricultural fencing now & then. I'm intrested in buying a cheap post driver to make life easier. The tractor I own is a little Kubota (same size & weight as a grey fergie ) at the moment it doesn't have hydroillics other than it's 3pt linkage. I would like to know what people think of using a cheap old post driver the kind that has a big long boom going from 3pt to a square plate/foot that knocks post in, obviously I understand it will be slow going (faster than digging by hand & back filling) but will my little tractor cope with this?
Does anyone know if there's any other post drivers that DONT relie on the hydroillics to power them?? Such as powered off the tractors PTO
Eventually I would like to buy a bigger tractor etc but not for a while, so any help with the best way to go please.
I've thought of using a auger but want to drive posts in so there stronger than back filling etc. I will dig/auger & concrete gate posts etc.
any suggestions or help would be great.
Thanks Stu
 

Bury the Trash

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Mixed Farmer
Hi all, I'm a newly established fencing& landscaping business (trading 18months now) most of my wrk is domestic fencing for houses etc along with the odd bit of agricultural fencing now & then. I'm intrested in buying a cheap post driver to make life easier. The tractor I own is a little Kubota (same size & weight as a grey fergie ) at the moment it doesn't have hydroillics other than it's 3pt linkage. I would like to know what people think of using a cheap old post driver the kind that has a big long boom going from 3pt to a square plate/foot that knocks post in, obviously I understand it will be slow going (faster than digging by hand & back filling) but will my little tractor cope with this?
Does anyone know if there's any other post drivers that DONT relie on the hydroillics to power them?? Such as powered off the tractors PTO
Eventually I would like to buy a bigger tractor etc but not for a while, so any help with the best way to go please.
I've thought of using a auger but want to drive posts in so there stronger than back filling etc. I will dig/auger & concrete gate posts etc.
any suggestions or help would be great.
Thanks Stu
those bashers you mention are horrible to use.if your tractor has pto why not look at a pto oil pump plus oil tank etc to power a (sensible sized) proper hydraulic knocker.High flow is not necessarily needed so it might not cost too much Flowfit do all the bits
 

Barleycorn

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Hampshire
I think that you are talking about the Kilworth post banger. We had one in the seventies and it was lethal. Even worse when my uncle decided to add a steel wedge and use it as a log splitter!
Trouble was in those days we never had decent check chains so it was literally hit or miss!
I'm sure you could get a live flow from your Kubota and get a vertical post rammer such as a Protech. It will be a lot easier to put the posts in straight too.
 
Putting a auxiliary pump on is one of the things on my wish list. There's a PTO shaft coming off the front of engine that I plan using for the pump. I was only thinking of the "basher" type as a tempary make do till I got a few ££ to put into upgrading the tractors hydroillics as in time I plan getting a front loader for it. This too will use the extra pump so not taking flow from rear 3pt.
Do you have any makers names etc that I can look at for buying a suitable "proper' driver?that will suit my little bota?
Thanks for the reply Stu
 

ARW

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Location
Yorkshire
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I'd recommend protech for a post driver, I've got two and both great machines. Also when you get a loader tractor get a quick fencer for it for netting and barb. It's took me 7 years to build up to the tackle I've got now so stick at it, all this big kit I've got doesn't actually make the job pay a huge amount more but it makes life easier and let's us get on.
 
My problem is lack of spare ££s as just started out on my own & don't want to get bank loans etc so understandably taking this route is going to take time but every £ I earn is mine this way without the worry of paying loans etc.
Would you say the likes of a jcb beaver pack have enough flow/pressure to power a post driver? As you can tell I know nothing about hydroillics so excuse me if I come accross a bit thick :) I've been told of 2 different ways to tap into tractors hydroillics so need to find correct way. I would like the tractor rigged up with exturnal couplings so I can use a small hand held breaker (jcb beaver pack etc) amongst other things. Does anyone know of a PTO powered Or are they all hydroillic ?
What sort of flow & return rate would a small knocker require?
Would I need 2 hydrollic coupling (flow& return) or could I get one that only need one in the same way a tipping trailer uses one?
Hope this makes sense.
Thanks Stu
 

Dave W

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Location
chesterfield
A tipping trailer type fitting is all you need. The ram on a knocker barely holds a pint of oil so actual flow requirements are minimal.
What tractor is it?
 
Nice kit ARW like you say takes time to get to that point but one day. Like I say most of my wrk is domestic fencing but I get the odd post & rail jobs around horse paddocks etc so would like something small yet with enough too it to put post in straight & level, which I know the long boom type won't do easily,
The compact tractor fits in with Lanscaping & topping the odd horse paddock where as big kit like yours a bit out of my league.
I'm sure I'll get where I want to be in the end, like you say , stick at it.
 
In reply to Dave W's post I've got a Kubota L2201 it's about same size & weight as a little grey fergie, a bigger tractor would be a answer only I still need it small enough for landscaping wrk.
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My little bota,
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Some of my work,
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I use the tractor for a bit of topping horse paddocks & rotovating etc. other than using a post driver on it the tractor does what's needed from it. Being small makes transporting it to site easier as goes on trailer whereas a bigger tractor would need driving to site :-( given time with enough wrk to justify the cost I would love a nice medium sized tractor with proper hydrollics to run a driver & a hedge trimmer.
If all I need is a supply like a tipping trailer I'm hoping I can update my tractor to do the job.
I've been told it's a simple case of tapping into the system which I'm told is fairly straight forward. Is this correct ? Or would I get better performance using a pump off the PTO output off the crank?
Thanks for any help Stu.
 
Hi Roscoe that PTO driver sounds much the same as I remember my grandad using when I was a kid. That was yellow worked off PTO with a wire rope attached to the weight. Sure it didn't use the hydraulics to operate it. That's part of why I bought the Kubota as I assumed that type of driver would still be available. Hopefully I find one on eBay etc as that would sort everything out for me.
How would you like to sell your old one? :)
Can you still buy that type of post driver? It's years since I've done any wrk on a farm so I'm out if touch with farm machinery. One thing I've learnt from this is get as much info about things before going out spending money on it like I've just done.
Thanks for the replies Stu.
 

roscoe erf

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Livestock Farmer
Hi Roscoe that PTO driver sounds much the same as I remember my grandad using when I was a kid. That was yellow worked off PTO with a wire rope attached to the weight. Sure it didn't use the hydraulics to operate it. That's part of why I bought the Kubota as I assumed that type of driver would still be available. Hopefully I find one on eBay etc as that would sort everything out for me.
How would you like to sell your old one? :)
Can you still buy that type of post driver? It's years since I've done any wrk on a farm so I'm out if touch with farm machinery. One thing I've learnt from this is get as much info about things before going out spending money on it like I've just done.
Thanks for the replies Stu.
thats it mines yellow i can look it out haven't used it for quite a few years
 
The one I remember has two uprights a bit like a 3pt mounted fork lift. It's so long ago that's all I do remember about it.
If anyone on here knows the make etc I would love to know it as might be able find one.
Roscoe how well do you remember yours working? I've never seen one in use so have no idea if there any good or not.
Thanks Stu
 
Yea that's it. Just seeing it brings back memory's but that's the one for sure. Where the photo from? Looking at the barriers I'm guessing a farm sale? I've been for any sales close by but haven't seen any. Hopefully there will be a sale locally but will see.
Thanks Stu
 

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