I bought a Man Savor post driver. We are going to be rebuilding fence on the place. Also building new fence. This post driver is going to save a lot of time and a lot of back aches
Near the end of the video Butch stated, "It took me a little while." Yes, he's correct. This operation is a very slow process. Too bad that the manufacturer did not make a heavier post driver having a longer stroke. What you see here is not much more than a toy Mattel post driver. I have over 200 post to drive and with this contraption I'd be fired by my customer after I installed only 1 post. I'm not trying to be offensive. I'm just stating the facts. Thanks for a great video, Butch. God job!
Seems to me that it would be faster to "drill" the boring for your fence post. Then, fill the boring with concrete once you've placed your fence post into the hole. Time is money.
Next time measure and mark your post to the dept you want it in the ground before you start..with a marker one can see with having to measure all the time.
That poor little pancake compressor will be worn out if you have many posts to drive. How long does it take to drive a 6 1/2' T-post? I use a 2-stroke gas powered driver and it takes 1-5 minutes per post, depending on how hard or rocky the ground is.
From your video, I can tell that your pancake compressor was able to drive the posts. Were you able to just 'get by' with the pancake, or was it able to keep enough air flow coming to the hammer to be efficient? I ask because I have that exact compressor. I'll be setting about 30 8', 2 7/8" posts at 3' instead of 5', but time will be a factor as it is a dividing fence between me and the neighbor. Thanks for your video, btw
Can you tell me what kind of soil you are driving that post into? Clay versus sand versus sandy loam? Also how long did it actually take to drive that post in the ground? Have you driven t-posts? If so how long do they take?
Watching this gives me severe anxiety, because I am trying to get a picture of this for 200 posts. No thank you. The first thing to do is get a much quieter Gast industrial grade oiiless compressor. They purr like a kitten. Also if you are touching the string, or too far away, have that woman wack the bottom of the post into position with a 5 lb hammer. You will really hurt your back lifting 2 7/8 tubing and especially with additional weight of the tool. I have so much hard cliche and a lot of rock underneath the top soil in a lot of areas here.
I was under the impression that the voice of the Hank Hill cartoon character was a gross over exaggeration just to get a laugh, I guess it's actually a true depiction of how some people really speak.
Coulda sat back and had the daughter do it with a hand pounder while you sat back and drank beer. 🍺After she went to the house and got the case of beer 🍻 for you of course. 🤔
I’m in Northeast Texas. Sand, clay and iron ore is what type of soil we have. What I’m driving the post in is 6 to 8 inches of topsoil the rest is clay
i have used all sorts of air tools in my life and have never and never see any one ad oil to the hose before . im pretty sure thats why its called tool oil and not hose oil. but who knows maybe i have been doing it wrong my whole life????
I think that is an oilless compressor with no Oiler on the compressor. The Sears oilless compressor I have is from the 1980's and was marketed for painting, filling tires etc. Trim air nailers for paneling often have oil that is a different oil than air tools like air wrenches. The reason is the O-Rings are different materials on the airless compressor tools. An old friend said they all use the same oil then his oilless compressor tools O rings all went bad. A low cost 80 buck airless 0.5 SCFM compressor and paneling nailer I got a box store had a disclaimer that the warranty was void if the wrong oil was used, it came with its own bottle of oil. So the fill the hose method probably is rare but you could ruin another tool if it has O rings of the wrong material for the oil. The early 80's Sears 3/4 HP compressor here has a 919 . model number thus Ingersoll Rand as a maker. The motor inside is full 56 frame GE motor, probably why no issues. It is like 4.2 SCFM at 40psi and 3.2SCFM at 90psi. Right after I got the unit and an air tank to add as a buffer; the marketing chaps started the compressor on tank for smaller compressors.
