Swapped my old T-post driver for a hydraulic one last spring

Honestly, I used to pound every T-post by hand with that heavy driver, and after 50 posts my arms were shot. Then I rented a Bobcat with a hydraulic driver from a place in Denver for $200 for the day. Took me 3 hours instead of 8, and I didn't feel like death after. Has anyone else made the switch or is everyone still doing it the hard way?

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grant.parker13d ago

Why would you want to make fencing easier, though? Half the fun is the misery. I swear every T-post I've ever set by hand has its own story tied to the blisters and the cuss words I used. Now you're telling me you can just sit in a Bobcat and push them in like butter? Where's the character building? Where's the satisfaction of finally finishing and knowing your neighbors can hear you grunting from a quarter mile away? Plus for $200 I could buy myself a nice case of beer and a new spool of barbed wire, and still have money left over for ibuprofen.

mason.mary13d agoMost Upvoted

Have you ever tried a cheap manual post pounder? I was skeptical too until my back gave out halfway through a 50-post project. A neighbor let me borrow his for a weekend and it cut the time in half, didn't take the blisters away but saved my spine. Now I tell folks it's about working smarter, not harder - you can still have plenty of misery left over for the wire stretching part.