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Re: T post driving [Re: 603Country] #8941381 10/22/23 09:58 PM
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Ive never had problems driving them straight enough to suit me. But then, I don’t much care what the white folks downtown think.

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Without a sense of urgency, nothing ever happens.

Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
Re: T post driving [Re: 603Country] #8941687 10/23/23 05:06 AM
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Go to Home Depot and pick up the best fence builder waiting for a job and you can have a cold beverage while their working, they always seem to be straighter when someone else is driving them up

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Re: T post driving [Re: 603Country] #8953577 11/12/23 12:28 AM
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Put in 2 end posts about 70 or 80 yards apart. Stretch a line, not wire, tightly between them. Start the posts on the line. If anyone smarts off, hand them the post driver. BTW, put the posts on the ground, where you want them, in advance.

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Without a sense of urgency, nothing ever happens.

Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
Re: T post driving [Re: 603Country] #8954719 11/13/23 08:31 PM
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After all the advice I got here on how to drive em straight, the next one I drove leaned to the right, just like the last bunch. I think Ol Thumper probably has the best advice.


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Re: T post driving [Re: 603Country] #8954972 11/14/23 01:28 AM
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I use this and push them in with my tractor bucket.

https://www.amazon.com/Swanson-Tool-PL001M-Magnetic-Level

Re: T post driving [Re: J.G.] #8955062 11/14/23 03:51 AM
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JG sounds like he knows how to do this. I’ll try his approach.


I worked for a fence building company, full time for 15 years. I've dug more holes and driven in more t-posts than I care to remember. Miles and miles of all types of fence. That's a big reason I like working on rifles and ammo a whole lot more. Much easier on the body.


I have 21 T Post to set here pdq. What do you think about these gas powered T/Fence post drivers?
Thinking about renting one for $100.00 for 24 hours.

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Never used one. The only power tool I've ever used to put inbt-posts has been the bucket on a skid steer.

How much does that weigh? Do you want to hoist that much weight up to the top of the post?

You must have hard ground. 21 t-posts is a good morning warm-up exercise.



I've got one and I don't care who calls me a sissy. Best investment we have made out at the lease. It weighs about 45 lbs and it takes less than 20 seconds to get a post in through limestone 6" down. We can do a 12 panel pen in less than 2 hours from pulling up to drinking the beer and looking at the pen all set. Highly recommend them, and I"d suggest buying one over renting if you need to do more posts.

Mine is a Titan with a Honda motor....works like a charm

Re: T post driving [Re: 603Country] #8955241 11/14/23 02:33 PM
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Looks like a great machine, but not something I’d ever need. I have all the fence I need, with most of it being good, so my T-post driving doesn’t happen too often, and only when a gap needs repair or a tree crushes some fence. Of course, I did drive some t-posts for firewood stacks, and they all leaned. If it wasn’t for cows, I wouldn’t even need fences, and I don’t own a cow. Life in the country.


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Re: T post driving [Re: CCBIRDDOGMAN] #8959179 11/21/23 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by CCBIRDDOGMAN
Best way I have found to get them straight, is to stand about 20 feet away and tell the person driving them, which direction they need to go. Ice cold beer helps too.

roflmao cheers


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