stevew Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 What post drivers do you guys use on steep banks slopes & ditches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johno Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 If we can we use digger and a protec. Depends on the bank sometimes we have to get the man breaker out of the museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D A MacDougall Fencing Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 For main post iff I can't get to them with kit I just dig them in. For intermdet post I use my pickit postdriver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johno Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Will your picket drive 3-4inch rounds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D A MacDougall Fencing Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 It does but I find it work best on 3x3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 if I cant get there with the tracked knocker which I am quite brave with (had it on its side more than once!) then use the drivall or the atlas copco. If its strainers ive got a big drivall that will take 7" posts so dig a foot or two and soak with water for a bit if necessary then set to it! surprising how well they go in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED STAG Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Out with the double spades if we can’t get to it to knock it . I must really hate digging because I end up in some silly places to drive strainers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premnayloon Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Yes Brent, it's the shovholerss for me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbell Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 we try to get the tractor there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premnayloon Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 I take it you would do this if the hammer was on the other side, It's when you can't open the door you know your in trouble, I stuck the tractors at home earlier this year the clutch side so far down couldn't open the door had to use other door, and jump a hell of a height, that side didn't even break the surface. The blister, ( as I call the boy iWork to) used some words I think will be repeated when he gets his 6 grand , post and wire bill from ravenhill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbell Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 if you had to jack up a tractor until it fell over it would be a hell of an angle and height, what throws over most tractors is bounce or speed,I was brought up on steep ground and learned little tricks like moving very slowly etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goaty Posted June 28, 2015 Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 We go to what angles we consider safe, but I always have internal oil pumps in mind. Are they getting oil flow??? Its worth checking the makers recommend angles. Dry oil pumps don't last long £££££££s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryG Posted June 28, 2015 Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 We were working down near Bath a few months ago, a pig of a job from the start 3 rail post and rail and stock net attached, 70% of the fence line were on steep banks, really was the limit for the tracked knocker, any more and it would have gone over, fortunately the block was knocking into the bank at 1 point it was loaded up with posts and rails, obviously the rails where on the opposite side of the block making it more likely to roll, at 1 point the posts started sliding side ways, that's when I lost my bottle and unloaded the rails as well to keep as much weight as possible into the bank, the next fence line could only be accessed across a pretty wide ditch thought we would be ok tracking across 8' long ramps how ever they disappeared the machine went down and pretty much the sunk! Over an hour to get it out! What a job! I do have some pics but not sure how to put them on here off the I phone?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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