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EXT Proof lol.

Actually I pounded them with a pounder with a honda gas engine that I pulled behind my pickup-pretty amazing huh. I won't even begin to explain to you how the grass got there.
 
Northern Rancher said:
How long is what lol. The pounder can pound up to twelve footers if you move the hammer up to it's highest setting.
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The fence,how long is your fence,after we get our corners built,we can get going pretty good with those metal "T" posts........good luck
 
Ohh that one there is only a quarter mile-you can build them as long as you like-those electric wires don't have to be singing tight just tensioned enough so that they don't sag. Alot of guys just pound in a single 8' post but I double brace all my new fences.
 
We might try some electric fence around here,especially on the interior fences,just makes sense,less labor and the chargers made today are alot more reliable than they used to be,kinda like the solar deal,I use them on water gaps with good results.................good luck
 
NR- Is that a length of PVC pipe on the diagonal brace?? Never thought of that for insulating..........we build all our new fence braces as diagonals ....kind of like them and it leaves the top wire completely clear of brace wires so we can easily electrify the top strand to keep bulls where they belong!
I find it amusing that people don't realize that posts can be easily pounded by a decent postpounder. We've put thousands in rough hills and riverbank land.......rough rocky ground in both cases and made far better time than anyone trying to dig posts in! :roll: :roll:
 
Yeah I use it to keep the three hot wires from grounding out on the brace wires. I use a gripple to tighten my diagonal brace wire it's pretty easy to get it tensioned just right then. I use a wheatheart heavy hitter-best move I ever made was selling my opostpounder and renting a good one instead lol.
 
never had a steel post rust out here- but guess are fences are mostly in sandy soil. I have never seen a new one on this farm. All steel posts here are older than i am. we just keep using old used ones. Occasionally they will get bent or broken- usually from trying to remove them, lol.
 
farmerD44 said:
never had a steel post rust out here- but guess are fences are mostly in sandy soil. I have never seen a new one on this farm. All steel posts here are older than i am. we just keep using old used ones. Occasionally they will get bent or broken- usually from trying to remove them, lol.
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We have some alkali that will eat a steel or wood post out in just a few years.
 
Hey Northern Rancher, why did you place the Daisy Wheels at the start of the run? We had a Gallagher rep come in and buils a couple grass paddocks out of 5 stran wire are he put the daisy wheels in the center if the run. Just curious about the advantages/disadvantages.
 
Those Wheatheart heavy hitters are a sweet machine. I can rent one for $30 a day so doesn't make sence to own one really. The fencing experts around here do say to put the tightners in the middle.
 
Sandy; wow that's cheap rent for a Heavy Hitter; we'll pay $ 130-150 a day and have to drive 60 miles to pick one up. They are a great machine; we looked seriously at buying one in 99 as we had a lot of fence to rebuild but opted for a custom fencer instead due to time constraints. Short story was we had a new machine w/ Honda engine quoted for $5850.............they went to double that price when Wheatheart was bought out shortly after! Guess we'll have to keep renting!
 
cowsense said:
NR- Is that a length of PVC pipe on the diagonal brace?? Never thought of that for insulating..........we build all our new fence braces as diagonals ....kind of like them and it leaves the top wire completely clear of brace wires so we can easily electrify the top strand to keep bulls where they belong!
I find it amusing that people don't realize that posts can be easily pounded by a decent postpounder. We've put thousands in rough hills and riverbank land.......rough rocky ground in both cases and made far better time than anyone trying to dig posts in! :roll: :roll:
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Here is something else you might find amusing,there is not a rental in the county that will stock a post pounder...........they dont work here,lot of these posts are air drilled through solid rock.............good luck
 
When speakin of havin to rent a post driver, or air drillin em in, sure does make me thankful for sandy clay soil we have around here. We use a manual T-post driver, but wait till the ground is wet and they go in perdy easy. Corner posts all get dug with an auger on the tractor.
 
When we were doing our fencing the guy told us if we realy wanted to we could drive a post right in the middle of our asphault road.... Now asphault is quite a bit softer than pure rock but honestyl, I was amazed at some of the hard pan compacted from years of vehicles and cattle driving over and how easy that sucker pounded through.. Have used an Auger too, wasn't a big fan.
 
On that short of a fence it's ok to put them at the ends-you don't really tighten smooth high tensile wire you just take the sag out of it. If I have them at the gates I can do alot of fence tweaking when I stop to go through if need be.
 
HAY MAKER said:
cowsense said:
NR- Is that a length of PVC pipe on the diagonal brace?? Never thought of that for insulating..........we build all our new fence braces as diagonals ....kind of like them and it leaves the top wire completely clear of brace wires so we can easily electrify the top strand to keep bulls where they belong!
I find it amusing that people don't realize that posts can be easily pounded by a decent postpounder. We've put thousands in rough hills and riverbank land.......rough rocky ground in both cases and made far better time than anyone trying to dig posts in! :roll: :roll:
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Here is something else you might find amusing,there is not a rental in the county that will stock a post pounder...........they dont work here,lot of these posts are air drilled through solid rock.............good luck
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Haymaker: I really doubt that you have to rock drill a lot of your fence line......your farm pictures don't show much stone or rock outcroppings......your problem areas are probably small and while difficult you know how to handle. Just think this could be a new business opportunity and venture for you....... buying and renting out a CANADIAN MACHINE that makes fencing easy :!: :P :P :wink:
 
IL Rancher said:
When we were doing our fencing the guy told us if we realy wanted to we could drive a post right in the middle of our asphault road.... Now asphault is quite a bit softer than pure rock but honestyl, I was amazed at some of the hard pan compacted from years of vehicles and cattle driving over and how easy that sucker pounded through.. Have used an Auger too, wasn't a big fan.
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IL Rancher - I think you have been sneakin up and practicing post pound'in in our Saskatchewan roads - :D - next time just shear the post off ground level so we don't have those holes to drive around ! :shock: :wink:
 

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