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that looks like one of the dumbest post drivers i've ever seen. you'll need another person to help you drive them straight from a SS. it doesn't matter what driver you have, unless you have a remote controlled SS.

check out Premier attachments for a nice driver for the money.
 
Yep that is not what you want. Vibratory type drivers are the only ones I have seen even come close to driving a post straight. Danuser Hammers have a pretty slick one man design and they make it in a vibratory style now.
 
I do like my breaker style post driver. But it is a two person operation. You could do it by yourself but would be slow and the posts would be crooked in one direction most times.
 
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Problem with stroke style drivers is if you hit a rock or it is just a touch off when you get a lot of downward movement in one stroke. Often times the top is soft here and the clay below is really tight and it allows a lot of shift where those 2 meet. If it goes crooked and sinks 12”-16” at the same time it will be crooked or if you can get it straight without breaking it ( rarely in the clay here) it will have that void around it. Also it will often be out of line because it has shifted. Post straight and line straight both together is not easy to do driving them. Vibratory drivers are steady down in little increments and so minor adjustments as you go are easier. Vibratory drivers are faster also at least in the ground around here.
 
I've never had a post sink 12-16" in one strike here. At best its usually 2-3" per strike. And if you hit a rock here it's usually the size of an ATV so no matter the style pounder the post isn't going in. My Shaver has hyd tilt in all directions so it's fairly easy to get a post square in the ground, but it is a 2 man operation or 1 man and a lot of climbing in and out of the SS over top of the pounder.

Vibratory style is very slow in our soil here.
 
Well you all are agreeing with my worries about the unit. I love the idea of not having to line up a helper every time I drive posts but I also want straight posts. Back to the drawing board..
 
Silver said:
Took this today. Might have been straighter and not quite so deep if I was using two hands and was watching what I was doing lol.

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I was going to pull the trigger on one similar to that just the other week but then realized that the majority of places that I want to put posts in are up in the hilly rocky country where the skidsteer won't go.

Ken
 
I'm not sure if there's a fast way for one man to drive post straight with any driver. The new Danuser looks interesting but is priced for a professional fence builder. We've driven a thousand pipe post with a Danuser T3 driver. I've done a ton of them by myself but it's hard to keep them straight and gets aggravating. A vertical lift skidsteer in float mode does help. If I ever buy another driver it'll be a vibratory style.
 
We just dropped the hammer on a AGI Renegade (used to be Wheatheart), which is the trailer mounted pounder. I don't have a skid steer or I would probably opt for one of the vibratory drivers. This will be used in a 60-mile circle of pastures, so it will be handy to just hook up and tow wherever needed. I have used them several times before and can generally drive posts pretty straight with it. We have several hundred posts needing replaced and the resale value has been very good.
 
Lucky said:
I'm not sure if there's a fast way for one man to drive post straight with any driver. The new Danuser looks interesting but is priced for a professional fence builder. We've driven a thousand pipe post with a Danuser T3 driver. I've done a ton of them by myself but it's hard to keep them straight and gets aggravating. A vertical lift skidsteer in float mode does help. If I ever buy another driver it'll be a vibratory style.
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I picked up a pipe and welded a cap on the top to be able to use my vibrator driver on t-posts. put in a bunch so far and it works great.

I bought the premier driver b/c you can pull the cup out and replace it with a concrete chisel. pull 2 pins and the driver will mount just like a concrete breaker. So pretty much 2 units in one. you have to get the upgraded version to be able to move the entire driver to a new position though. I think I paid around 6 or 6500 for it and its supposedly made in the usa.
 

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