Rossco Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 How deep is the official depth for a wooden gate post four hanging a 15 foot gate off wooden or galv driven or dug in gates 4 foot high wot do you men do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goaty Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Generally u use 8ft post driven in until top is at the height it needs to be, depending on the terrain etc, then it can swing open. Sometimes height of gate and post are flush, most of the time the post is 2-3 inch higher. I've never had to reset a post I've driven in due to it moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossco Posted April 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Nor have I thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 For anything up to a 12ft single then an 8' post is usually fine, anything bigger and I will use a 9, especially as in most gateways they are rarely level and often slump off to the edges of a track etc and before you know it you need an extra foot. Also for doubles when using over 10' gates then I always use 9' posts, I have done loads of field entrances with 9' telegraph poles and 10 and 12' doubles and none of them have moved yet. I try and knock all gate posts in including squares, I find it so much easier, cheaper and a better job. I am trying to make digging holes a thing of the past!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D A MacDougall Fencing Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Yep I with u on that one am going to get a hole punch for square gate posts . There a lot off benefits easier faster cheaper plus the ground gets compressed making for a stronger job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goaty Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Yep I with u on that one am going to get a hole punch for square gate posts . There a lot off benefits easier faster cheaper plus the ground gets compressed making for a stronger job Do you mean a square cap to fit on the cap as in the "Adapt-a-cap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 accommodating the differences in the weathered tops is the hardest bit, the three main suppliers around me all have different angles on their square post tops so I just nip the very top off and drive it in keeping it true with a twister. The adapt a caps are ok but when a post is twisting you need to be correcting it at the bottom otherwise the timber allows too much twist, also when you take the cap off it can suddenly spring round and by then its too late. At least with a bar you can get a feel of where its going and its a lot cheaper! that's only my opinion though, although I bet the caps shown above are not cheap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D A MacDougall Fencing Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Goaty I was talking about the 12 inch hole punch that goes in place off the rock spike . For putting in 8 inch squre pyrimd top post . Thinck punching the hole will compact the ground the concreate in she will no shift. Look a nice set up on ur post driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goaty Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Its not on my post driver, its off the Bryce website, I do have one 6x3 inch and its a doddle for post and rail work to use. However as Mikew says accommodating the differences in the weathered tops is the hardest bit, the three main suppliers around me all have different angles on their square post tops so I just nip the very top off and drive it in keeping it true with a twister. The adapt a caps are ok but when a post is twisting you need to be correcting it at the bottom otherwise the timber allows too much twist, also when you take the cap off it can suddenly spring round and by then its too late. At least with a bar you can get a feel of where its going and its a lot cheaper! that's only my opinion though, although I bet the caps shown above are not cheap? If you get a difficult post that won't play fair you do have to use other methods. Also the hydraulic ram only has a limited range sometimes say in a corner where it needs to be 90 degree out from the line I use a homemade bar to hold/adjust the adapter cap. I got mine when I bought the machine along with quadshift in 2011. It was less than £500. I didnt get rock spike as I seldom get off clay or sandy soils. But less than 5 times it would of been handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevew Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 DMac The picture is off jocks website The hole puncher is a great bit of kit it punches a hole 30"deep and 12" diameter it's fantastic for 5/3 posts to concrete posts in with self mix or post mix but struggle to get enough material round on anything bigger. We use ours for post & rails especial on horse manages when using longer posts. You probably know Jock dose a cap that fits your machine for driving 2.4. 200/200. AW. gate posts in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goaty Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Just re read about the puncher. Anyone got a link or a picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbell Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Just re read about the puncher. Anyone got a link or a picture? Charlie wright has one, have a look on Protech's owners facebook page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsweetingfencing Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 There is a video on my Facebook page of the hole puncher in action. Rob Sweeting agricultural and equine fencing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontrowfencing Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 We have a hole pucnher as rob says pics should be on Protech page and probably our front row page. It is a good bit of kit for sure. However we got it mainly for a commercial job we were doing and hopefully another one we might win. Hoping for 500 metres of weld mesh on farm land and it will be a god send. I probably wouldn't use it on gate posts though as this three mentions. Majority of the time around us we are lucky enough to be able to knock them in. Sometimes we need a point and sometimes they go in flat needed. I do think that an 8 x 8 locked in won't really need anything else around it to keep it firm. We always keep gates and fence separate where we can and that helps,as well I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goaty Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 There is a video on my Facebook page of the hole puncher in action. Rob Sweeting agricultural and equine fencing Thanks Rob. Much clearer now I not what it is and does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premnayloon Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 i use the wrag for one last year the shape of the hammer plate is square and fits the 6 inch square posts just perfect so prevents twiisting but maybe as with always and our job i had a bit of luck, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbell Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 sometimes its all down to how far mother nature will let you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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