lifting fence panels into concrete posts

[s.varty]

Any tips out there for lifting fence panels into concrete posts on your own? , im getting to old to lift them 5-6 ft to slot them in on my own. The obvious is get help , but that's not always an option.

[stuart505505]

don't do the job on a windy day:001_tt2:

[carpenter1]

don't do the job on a windy day:001_tt2:

 

I have been caught with that before

[Goaty]

Could you make a two stage telescoping mast like an industrial forklift one but much lighter with a rope and pulley with a rope lock grab mechanism. Hoist up parallel to slot nudge over position it, release rope and guide in and lower in a controlled manner.

You would be stood right next to the fence with a vertical mast.

 

Not part of my game but I can see the need and there must be some borrowable ideas out there.

[simonm]

Set the posts with the panels in??? we did a log run in bad wind a while ago and decided to lift the panels in after! had to set tower scaffold up to get them in! they were 6 foot and really heavy, i could lift them but as soon as they were halfway up i was getting pulled off the tower! took 2 of us

[s.varty]

Set the posts with the panels in??? we did a log run in bad wind a while ago and decided to lift the panels in after! had to set tower scaffold up to get them in! they were 6 foot and really heavy, i could lift them but as soon as they were halfway up i was getting pulled off the tower! took 2 of us

 

Sorry , should of said "replace the panels" new for old as such.cheers

[s.varty]

don't do the job on a windy day:001_tt2:

 

That's very nearly impossible, especially on your own

[simonm]

Helicopter should do it

[C.J]

Jam a couple of rails in and nailgun some feather edge.

[5 shires]

Any tips out there for lifting fence panels into concrete posts on your own? , im getting to old to lift them 5-6 ft to slot them in on my own. The obvious is get help , but that's not always an option.

 

I use some old builders tressals with 4 scaffolding planks. Set the hight on the tressals to were you want lean the panel against the tressals then just lift up and slot in. Just a bit of messing about moving the tressals but makes the job so much easier. If you get 3 tressals and 8 planks you can do 2 panels at a time then just move the one set long and so on.