Hand held hydraulic post driver

[caledonian bob]

  richy_B said:

Yes. This is one I'd seen. It'll be what go for if i can't find better.

 

We sell these. Light enough for one man operation.

[richy_B]

  caledonian bob said:

We sell these. Light enough for one man operation.

I saw these in the greentech catalogue originally. They do look handy. How much are they if you don't mind me asking?

[richy_B]

  caledonian bob said:

Seriously heavy. Two man job to lift it or hang from a mini digger. Great at knocking in posts. We have been showing them off at agricultural shows for the past few months.

32 - 40kg. Thats hefty to get above head height.

[Aaron]

Don't buy a petrol one, you won't be able to leave the man killer at home!! Quickfencer are selling hydraulic versions which you can run of a power pack.

[Matthew Storrs]

You have the digger anyway, why not just get a small knocker for this, going to be way better than anything handheld particularly if we are talking 8ft stakes!

[caledonian bob]

  richy_b said:

32 - 40kg. Thats hefty to get above head height.

 

£1400 + vat.

[caledonian bob]

  Aaron said:

Don't buy a petrol one, you won't be able to leave the man killer at home!! Quickfencer are selling hydraulic versions which you can run of a power pack.

 

It makes a huge difference to their efficiency if you get the correct size of sleeve for the posts you are knocking

[richy_B]

  Matthew Storrs said:

You have the digger anyway, why not just get a small knocker for this, going to be way better than anything handheld particularly if we are talking 8ft stakes!

The digger is great for parks, etc but on streets its too cumbersome. Imagine a busy london street and you are doing 8 trees spread along a few hundred metres and on both sides of the street.

 

Im going to keep an eye for a used knocker for mini digger. To be fair we do enough trees (and replace enough broken stakes) to make it worthwhile to have both.

Edited July 21, 2016 by richy_B

[Matthew Storrs]

  richy_B said:

The digger is great for parks, etc but on streets its too cumbersome. Imagine a busy london street and you are doing 8 trees spread along a few hundred metres and on both sides of the street.

 

Im going to keep an eye for a used knocker for mini digger. To be fair we do enough trees (and replace enough broken stakes) to make it worthwhile to have both.

 

I can only imagine:laugh1:

 

You can get a new protech p10 for £1500, whilst I don't think the are the best design, for just smaller scale stuff on levelish ground they would be a good tool to have in the arsenal, or get a vibrating one on a breaker....

[richy_B]

Sounds good. Its difficult as there is quite a bit of kit available but space is often more restrictive than budget. I have my ifor 3017 caged tipper which is 12 standard trees, 25-40 stakes, mesh cages, planting box of strap nails & ties then wheel barrows. In the tow vehicle we have hand tools and power tools (breaker, cut off saw, small chainsaw).

 

This year i invested in a muck truck maxi. This works well in combo with the mini digger, auger and 3017 tipper. Two of us can get a lot of holes dug.