saltbranch
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I am in the market for a post driver and the Shaver hd10 has my attention. Have you used one? Did you like it? Mine would be 3 point mounted and manual tilt etc. How hard is it to set post on existing fence line?
RoppFamilyFarm":289qg2yh said:Have the same thing. Driven many a wood post with it. Works Great! On ours, we learned that after you get the post started in the ground we have to angle the top of the pounder back a little bit to keep the post from driving crooked, but thats no big deal. Way easier then using a post hole auger, putting in the post and tamping dirt back into the hole. One warning.... Once your neighbors see you using it, they will all want to borrow it
mooo":24hxxtvk said:have an old hd8 was wore out when i bought it no it dont drive the straightest post but it worked for the price and can get all the parts to repair it easly. getting read to put a new tree in it .i belive thats what they called it ,had mine spread out on shop floor a few time not whole lot to them .really easy to work on! and yea its well pd for its self was told could sell it for more than i gave for it, not trying to rub it in Bigfoot
cfpinz":10ugjje3 said:RoppFamilyFarm":10ugjje3 said:Have the same thing. Driven many a wood post with it. Works Great! On ours, we learned that after you get the post started in the ground we have to angle the top of the pounder back a little bit to keep the post from driving crooked, but thats no big deal. Way easier then using a post hole auger, putting in the post and tamping dirt back into the hole. One warning.... Once your neighbors see you using it, they will all want to borrow it
I had an HD10 once, and had the same problem. Found that if you take a cable come-along and take all the slop out of your top link and 3pt linkage, that it's not quite as bad. That thing was pretty aggravating trying to get posts straight, ended up getting rid of it when I had a chance to buy a Wheathart at a good price. Now that's a post driver.
saltbranch":c2g3oga4 said:I need some opinions on the HD8 and HD10. I am debating on which one to buy and price is a driving factor. Our property is very sandy on one portion and on another section it is sandy top and about 1 foot down, hard clay to China. I have no rocks etc and I plan on using this for driving pipe(2-3/8" and 2-7/8") post in the ground. I have no intentions of driving wood post. Will the HD8 work?
I don't have experience but it looks like it would not work good on rocky ground. They even said the were in sandy ground. We use something similar to that to drive ground rods at work and the minute it hits something solid its done.NECowboy":yvztbf1j said:How much does this cost? Any thoughts on gas powered post drivers? I saw the following video on a Rhino GPD-40 but it was only being used on a 2.5 inch post and I use 4 inch or 4.5 inch posts for permanent fencing. Doubt there's a gas powered post driver out there that can handle that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r09oQFnFMeg
Bigfoot":388806fm said:Video of the HD 10 in action. I've always wanted one. Should have bought one 25 years ago, it would have paid for itself by now.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt2Jq8wauV0