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Any tricks for carrying step-in posts?
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<blockquote data-quote="EIEIO" data-source="post: 218401" data-attributes="member: 1947"><p>I just keep mine in the big basket at the front of the ATV, depending on the field size I may still have some posts on the rear rack.</p><p></p><p>I start out at the cross fence where I already have a ground rod driven. Hook one end of the poly wire to the fence (t-post) and take off with the reel to the other side of the field. Pull the wire tight, turn the ATV around and go down the line dropping the posts however far I think they need to be apart. Turn the ATV back around staying on the side I'll be leaving the field from and drive about 20 feet get off, step in the posts and hang the wire. Do that for the whole run.</p><p></p><p>When finished hook the charger to the ground rod and poly wire and turn it on. Make one more trip across with the tester checking the center and both ends to make sure the wire is hot all the way across.</p><p></p><p>When it's time to move it I pick up the charger, put some slack in the wire, drive down the row picking up the posts with my left hand and put them in the ATV basket. Then grab the reel and drive a bit and wind a bit.</p><p></p><p>It can take a bit more driving but it's easiest if you keep the ATV so your left hand is on the side of the fence so you can operate the throttle.</p><p></p><p>The above method works great for me but I've found even a better one now that my kids are older. We take the truck and after I set up the wire they take turns, one throws out the posts and the other steps them in and hooks on the wire while I drive the truck. Got to make sure they are not mad at each other though or them posts start landing mighty close to the one stepping them in :lol: .</p><p></p><p>J</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EIEIO, post: 218401, member: 1947"] I just keep mine in the big basket at the front of the ATV, depending on the field size I may still have some posts on the rear rack. I start out at the cross fence where I already have a ground rod driven. Hook one end of the poly wire to the fence (t-post) and take off with the reel to the other side of the field. Pull the wire tight, turn the ATV around and go down the line dropping the posts however far I think they need to be apart. Turn the ATV back around staying on the side I'll be leaving the field from and drive about 20 feet get off, step in the posts and hang the wire. Do that for the whole run. When finished hook the charger to the ground rod and poly wire and turn it on. Make one more trip across with the tester checking the center and both ends to make sure the wire is hot all the way across. When it's time to move it I pick up the charger, put some slack in the wire, drive down the row picking up the posts with my left hand and put them in the ATV basket. Then grab the reel and drive a bit and wind a bit. It can take a bit more driving but it's easiest if you keep the ATV so your left hand is on the side of the fence so you can operate the throttle. The above method works great for me but I've found even a better one now that my kids are older. We take the truck and after I set up the wire they take turns, one throws out the posts and the other steps them in and hooks on the wire while I drive the truck. Got to make sure they are not mad at each other though or them posts start landing mighty close to the one stepping them in :lol: . J [/QUOTE]
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