Driving Metal Fence Posts By Hand

The impact of the cap with the weight of the driver forces the bottom of the post into the ground.

Driving metal fence posts by hand.

Drive the post with the small end down and hold the post vertical at the proper spot leaning it slightly into the post driver. Product rating is 4. A concrete set post can be as strong as a driven post provided it is set properly and allowed to cure. Find metal fence posts at lowe s today.

Save up to see price at checkout click here for more details. Galvanized steel fence post extender 1 box. It took about 2 minutes to drive each post to the desired depth. Free in store pickup same day delivery eligible.

To drive posts a wooden maul should be used. Lightly drive the post at the start. The steel fence post driver can be used to install fence u posts and t posts in the ground with a minimum of effort. Mat 901147a steel head fence post driver with handles.

The unit is slipped over the top of a t post. The post driver is lifted and dropped onto the top of the post. An iron ring is driven on each end and wedged all around the wood at the edge being beaten down over the rings with a hammer or the pole of an axe. On larger jobs i like to distribute the posts along the fence line by having a person pace off the distance between posts while another person throws posts off the truck or trailer.

4 4 19 was save. The way the earth displaces when the post is driven makes the post tighter in the ground. Using this driver was so much quicker than digging a hole by hand. Item 2740782 model 2055020550.

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I used this to drive 8 foot long 2 3 8 round steel fenceposts into the ground to a depth of 3 feet. Place the driver over the fence post and carefully lift and release as frequently as necessary to sink the post. A manual post driver consists of a piece of pipe a cap and two handles. This is made of a section of an elm trunk or branch eight or nine inches in diameter figure 150.

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