New Post Driver

callmefence said:

fence_it said:

callmefence said:

We mounted the hammer on the tractor fel with the rock auger on the three point to tackle this job. It preforms much better than I thought it would on the fel. You do have to have a spotter on the ground.

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Do you have any luck drilling a pilot hole with the Beltec and then pounding it?

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We've been using the 2" puffer bit and doing exactly that. Used to use a pneumatic drill and driver , still do sometimes where we can't get a machine to. The tractor mounted tools are easier on the body.
Fwiw ..we also keep the biggest rotary hammer drill Bosh makes and a gasoline driver on the truck. Works just fine for a few post when you run into that random ridge of rock. Also great for repairs etc.

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fence_it said:

callmefence said:

fence_it said:

Do you have any luck drilling a pilot hole with the Beltec and then pounding it?

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We've been using the 2" puffer bit and doing exactly that. Used to use a pneumatic drill and driver , still do sometimes where we can't get a machine to. The tractor mounted tools are easier on the body.
Fwiw ..we also keep the biggest rotary hammer drill Bosh makes and a gasoline driver on the truck. Works just fine for a few post when you run into that random ridge of rock. Also great for repairs etc.

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Good to hear it works for you. We've tried to do that with a 4inch bit on the belltec then pound through it with the Shaver, never had much luck. We mainly use the rock spike now. Have found it much more effective.

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callmefence said:

fence_it said:

callmefence said:

We've been using the 2" puffer bit and doing exactly that. Used to use a pneumatic drill and driver , still do sometimes where we can't get a machine to. The tractor mounted tools are easier on the body.
Fwiw ..we also keep the biggest rotary hammer drill Bosh makes and a gasoline driver on the truck. Works just fine for a few post when you run into that random ridge of rock. Also great for repairs etc.

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Good to hear it works for you. We've tried to do that with a 4inch bit on the belltec then pound through it with the Shaver, never had much luck. We mainly use the rock spike now. Have found it much more effective.

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Lol different folks different strokes ...
We've found a rock spike to be pretty much useless in solid Rock. I sure wish it worked.

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