Ben H
Well-known member
I purchased a Shaver HD-10 post driver with manual tilt and the three point mount. Somebody on here recomended the front mount over the 3 point hit for stability reasons. I wanted to mount it to my JD 6310 and have the use of the bucket so I went with the 3 point mount.
Sure enough, when you drop the hammer the frame of the driver tends to tilt a little towards the tractor.
I think at some point I'm going to get the auger attatchment, for now I'm going to try some pilot holes with my side bucket mount auger. I'm having some problems with rocks in our Maine glacier till soils. I either deflect off the rocks or shatter the post.
I also had to move the mounting plate up to the top set of mounts, the dealer put it on the center holes and the 3 point hitch couldn't really go down far enough, the blocks bent the bumpers down 1/4-1/2".
Shaver gave me a part number for a oil fill adaptor for the return, the dealer got it and said it must be for another tractor. They went with their first idea of T-ing into a return line behind the cab on the hydraulic system. Last weekend I noticed in my manual, then again on the Parts CD-Rom a place where you remove a plug near your hookups and put in a pressure free return hit. I'm disapointed that they went through the labor of rigging something up when the the tractor just needed the plug removed. I asked them why it doesn't cmoe from the factory with the return.
I've also had some problems with the nut/seal leaking on the top of the Ram, Shaver told my dealer to have me tighten the hell out of it, I did and it still leaks. They said to go ahead and put a bar or something on the pipe wrench, that I can't hurt it. I'm going to try that next.
Does anyone have some tips on how to make this thing work to the best of it's ability that they've figured out?
Sure enough, when you drop the hammer the frame of the driver tends to tilt a little towards the tractor.
I think at some point I'm going to get the auger attatchment, for now I'm going to try some pilot holes with my side bucket mount auger. I'm having some problems with rocks in our Maine glacier till soils. I either deflect off the rocks or shatter the post.
I also had to move the mounting plate up to the top set of mounts, the dealer put it on the center holes and the 3 point hitch couldn't really go down far enough, the blocks bent the bumpers down 1/4-1/2".
Shaver gave me a part number for a oil fill adaptor for the return, the dealer got it and said it must be for another tractor. They went with their first idea of T-ing into a return line behind the cab on the hydraulic system. Last weekend I noticed in my manual, then again on the Parts CD-Rom a place where you remove a plug near your hookups and put in a pressure free return hit. I'm disapointed that they went through the labor of rigging something up when the the tractor just needed the plug removed. I asked them why it doesn't cmoe from the factory with the return.
I've also had some problems with the nut/seal leaking on the top of the Ram, Shaver told my dealer to have me tighten the hell out of it, I did and it still leaks. They said to go ahead and put a bar or something on the pipe wrench, that I can't hurt it. I'm going to try that next.
Does anyone have some tips on how to make this thing work to the best of it's ability that they've figured out?