Thank you , I learned a very good hint today . I faced a similar problem and had to put the project on hold . I may go back and finish my fencing project now . I admire the fact that your son is willing to offer help unlike many kids of his age. Salute from Sadi Arabia 🇸🇦
This is extremely helpful! We have 12 acres on hard bed rock to dig thru in northern Arkansas. Putting up a fence seemed like a daunting task until I saw your video. THANK YOU!
Helps tremendously!!! Thanks for posting! I’d use a hammer drill with a big masonry or concrete but though. I too have a whole bunch of posts to drive. Will definitely use this technique. 👍
Several years ago was asked to help some friends fix their fence here in central Montana. If your not familiar with this area, we have similar shale and sandstone as well as many bluffs/cliffs of this rock on the edge of ravines and coulees. I am a contractor by trade, but also have a small ranch. I took my small portable gas powered generator and a Milwaukee hammer drill with a 3/4 inch masonry bit to drill holes not only in the layered dirt, but also straight into the solid rocks of the bluff right up to the edge. No more 'A' frame wood constructs or tree branch barricades!!! Once the hole was drilled, pounded those 'T' posts straight in!! (Might want to back fill those holes in the rock to keep the water out. Expanding spray foam works great.)
Hell ya. That's my problem on my ranch. Even my backhoe can't get a post in but a dill and bit worked for some holes. I got tied of digging 6 foot diameter holes to get a 2 in post in.
Thanks for the video, it was my smoking gun convincing a old timer that wanted to know if there were special tools made for getting tposts into rockbedded areas along a new fence line located in very remote rugged areas. Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.
It sure helps me..... I am in Arizona and there is no soft pack here we have rock and a substance called Caliche which is actually the base to make Portland cement...... never thought about drilling and i think it will be a big help here..... thanks a bunch
Just had a professional fence installer tell me he couldn't put in all my posts due to rock. He would have to rent a heavy duty compressor to power a jack hammer. He didn't even put in half of the posts he was supposed to because of rock. Perhaps my rock is harder than your sedentary rock, don't know, but thanks for your video.
We have the same situation as you. We found one fence installer that was actually willing to take on our project. They had to hand dig the 6 inches of top soil to expose the bedrock, then use a jack hammer to break up the rock to make a deep enough hole to where they could cement the Tposts in place.
@kord530 still didn't get the rest of my posts in, but just heard of another solution. Called Dextan. Drill a hole, put the Dextan in, it expands and cracks the rock.
@@kord530 that must have cost a bundle. My current plan is to use a SDS Max hammer drill to drill 1-3/4" holes that will just fit the t-post...one person said I could only get 10 holes before the bit wore out and at over $100 for the bit, I hope I get more than 10 holes. I am only putting in posts every 100' to mark my property boundary.
Hello there, As a suggestion add a counter weight to the T-Post to assist in getting it past the hard pan, and take some strain off your shoulders, Best wishes KPP nz
I can't fu ck ing believe I never thought of using a masonry bit. I used them all the time running pec pipe and wires through brick n cement etc. Sheesh a light dawns on Marblehead
THANK YOU !!! I had the same thought but was told by all the men around here, me being a female, that it would not work. Since I have the hammer drill I will go get myself a nice long drillbit, perhaps a spade bit?
Thank you for this video. We just purchased land by Eufaula OK. Same soil conditions. Drove two posts 6” thought I was going to die. Will be using you method. What size and brand of bit were you using.
Thanks! Will you come up to Eastern Washington State and drill into this cast-iron volcanic basalt? I rented a Rhino driver and it's a godsend but I am defeated with what's under the soil. I know a fencing contractor who uses a skid steer mounted hydraulic spike and that got the corner posts in, so I'll need him to come back out
downbntout Bosch SpeedXtreme bits can bore through reinforced rebar concrete. So far I’ve found only 1” max size but your basalt shouldn’t be a problem in comparison to rebar concrete, at least for t posts. Haven’t tried it yet but plan to soon.
If this is going to work my friend you will save/make me a lot of money... I had myself thought about drilling a hole, but it did not cross my mind to use steel for the posts... What a dumbass 🥵... Will post results in a few months (we have a lot of limestone on our pastures around here - maybe 5-10 cm of earth, below that mostly limestone)...
I have been building fences for years and placed t-posts in rock 75% of the time. This has to be the biggest joke I've ever seen. The drill is not a hammer drill, the drill is small, the bit is short, and HES NOT DRILLING THROUGH ROCK. Wake up people, us common sense.
Sounds like you're a professional. I need a ditch dug. you the guy to call lol. Yeah I'm no pro at digging and stuff like you. but I tried to show what worked. where's your video smart guy. Now get out there and dig some holes. That's what your good at I'm sure. Troll