In my 20 + year experience, I've seen some bad things happen, even with good safety shoes. Some learn the hard way though, see it more often than I'd like to.
Either one is good I like the extended handles I’m betting your fabrication guy could make that possible with wheels that don’t detach making transport easier and not requiring a non approved scaffold to stand on or make a step that doubles as transport case I’ve never built anything that I’d didn’t have more thoughts by the time I was done
@@SWiFence I just did a 1 mile fence with my rhino. The owner had the skidril so we raced several times. The skidril won every time. I own the rhino fence pro.
@@westonandelin4556 What version Skildriver and Rhino? The Rhino GPD-45 is hard to beat. I need to purchase a second driver and am looking at both models as well as the Titan commercial PGD-3200x.
@@westonandelin4556 Thanks for replying. That makes sense. The extra weight makes a huge difference. The Rhino GPD-45 weighs about 46lbs. The GPD-40 is about 38lbs.
How is it that I am so entertained watching you stand in freezing weather with a couple of your men pounding pipe into the ground? What is it? I'll tell you... Hate fuel.. That's right.. Haters gonna hate but a real man in flip flops and socks can overcome all the haters... Love your content.. Thanx for the show..
What method do you use to make sure the post is square and plumb using this method? How much stronger is this method vs cementing a post in? Video ideas perhaps.
It depends on how deep and your specific type of soil. When driven deep enough in the right soil its more than adequate to hold up a privacy fence in Wyoming wind.
How does US Hammer get you to do a product review? Our post driver will drive that post down to whatever depth you need. Us hammers post drive have a higher impact then both those drivers.
Fantastic idea to show exactly how deep the frost was, and where the rocks started. Will these drivers work on 2 7/8" drill steam (schedule 40 pipe)? In clay/limestone cobble mix?
@SWiFence would it work if I hung weights on it? Like two 45lb plates. I could guide the first 18" and then attach weights. In theory if I owned X amount of drivers I could set X amount of posts simultaneously after the first 18" is guided. And I could use some type of gage mechanism for depth/shutoff. Like something to attach to post and when it reaches top of ground it pushes a shutoff switch. This would be fascinating to watch. Like futuristic robots installing fence.
I feel like this is a lot of work to save work. 😏 Could it work? Possibly. Would it work? I would be kind of surprised. Most of setting plumb comes in the first 18", but you've still got to keep an eye on it after that. And how would you get them to shut off at the right depth? And if you've got the money for 5 drivers you've got the money to pay a guy to bang them in for 45 minutes with one driver.
We call in all of our utility locates and have them marked like normal. For areas they won't mark we use our own utility locator tool. If we're too close for comfort we will *always* hand dig.
Will these drivers pound in tubing post in rocky ground as well? I know the structural post seem the handle the pounding a bit better than the tubing but where’s the limit at? Thanks for all you do. Appreciate all the great content
I'm afraid I don't have a good answer for you. We sell the adapters for Rhino & RediDrivers, but not the Titan. (www.swifence.com/service/search/?bs_q=postmaster&limit=null&page=1)
Thanks! Driver links are in the description. 👍🏻 Driver specs are at the company websites. RediDriver: redidriver.com/shop/redi-driver-commerical-dot-package/ Rhino: rhinotool.com/product/multi-pro/
@@SWiFence Sorry, I did not explain the question well. Nice cool wrist watch! The one with temp on it! Any info on it? I'll get it when I get the socks. I thought I was just going to learn about post drivers, haha.
I’m using posts masters with concrete I want to cut my install time by half, I’m usually in hard clay soil would these replace me having dig and pour concrete
If you have good clay soil, driving is an excellent method. I don't know how deep you are setting in concrete now but I would suggest driving a minimum of 3'. Do a a test run and you should be able to feel if it is in securely without wobbling. I recommend either the Redi DOT or the Rhino Multi Pro XA with the extended handles and the postmaster adapter. Here is a link to those drivers: www.swifence.com/tools-equipment/pounders/
Right now yeah we’re doing about 22” with concrete it’s giving is a good result for our 6’ wood picket fences. Like you guys say on another video the posts have some give but they are holding strong. We just had a huge storm run through our city and anyone with a 15+ year old fence is calling. Strictly using the post masters right now. Thinking about 9’ posts with 3’ pounded in Im going to have to give it a try.
Maybe it's just me...because I'm old and feeble...but I'd want the wheels under the heavy part of that tall post pounder.....but the oil and gas migh run out.... Back to the drawing board......
Those were 1 7/8" ss40 posts. the ends held up very well even in the hard driving ground. The lighter the posts the more you will fight mushroom tops. We don't drive light posts for that reason.
