Earl Thigpen":f3hulza2 said:"T" post can be pushed or driven into the ground (dirt) using a "T" post driver or the bucket of a front end loader. The holes for cedar posts should probably be drilled with a post hole digger or manually with a drop auger.
For everybody else this is not meant to be controversial - just my opinion.
Mahoney Pursley Ranch":29qauwnx said:I'd use pipe if I was you,can still be pounded in with the tractor bucket and won't catch fire. Makes good braces too if you can weld.
If the soil conditions are so bad you can't pound them in with a tractor bucket you ain't gonna get them in no way.dun":14w7z94t said:It cracks me up people recommending pushing in posts with a tractor bucket without any knowledge/consideration of the soil conditions that is in the area the poster is from.
boogie - I do my t-posts the same way.backhoeboogie":2k4zz3ch said:Earl Thigpen":2k4zz3ch said:"T" post can be pushed or driven into the ground (dirt) using a "T" post driver or the bucket of a front end loader. The holes for cedar posts should probably be drilled with a post hole digger or manually with a drop auger.
For everybody else this is not meant to be controversial - just my opinion.
Earl I drive the T-Post with the front bucket also. I do cheat a little tho. I found that cutting a pipe to the finished length (4 foot 8 I think it is for 7 foot post) and sliding over the t-Post before I push it in does two things for me. No 1, if I hit a root or rock, the T-Post doesn't buckle and No 2, They are all pushed in precisely the same depth as the pipe. I slide the pipe off each post and go on the next one.
Mahoney Pursley Ranch":2hynsxsa said:If the soil conditions are so bad you can't pound them in with a tractor bucket you ain't gonna get them in no way.dun":2hynsxsa said:It cracks me up people recommending pushing in posts with a tractor bucket without any knowledge/consideration of the soil conditions that is in the area the poster is from.
Mahoney Pursley Ranch If the soil conditions are so bad you can't pound them in with a tractor bucket you ain't gonna get them in no way.[/quote said:I could lift the front of my tractor off the ground by pushing down with the bucket on a 4" wooden post, but can easily drive them with a pounder.
dun":20giue6o said:It cracks me up people recommending pushing in posts with a tractor bucket without any knowledge/consideration of the soil conditions that is in the area the poster is from.