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This is mainly aimed at mcmoonter and probably stoner types. Got some post and rail fencing to put up. Not usually in the builders remit as it doesn't involve concreting posts in etc.
I'm currently on my way back to the supplier to swap the half round posts to full round as I'm finding I just cannot drive them in plumb.
Any tips?
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sorry 😈
Wouldn't be supprised if McM' or Stoner hasn't at least eyed one of these up before. Mark you get one of the post knockers on the back of the landrover? If not you'll have to trade up to a Mog, there's no other way for it 😉
What are you driving them with?
Start them then pull them straight. Get a mate to hold them.
Use a bar too make a pilot hole. Practise makes perfect.
Don't be too fussy.
your lawn could do with a reseed.
Got a standard post rammer/sleeve thing. The alf rounds we just way out of plumb. Back now with full round posts so hopefully better....
[i]Got a standard post rammer/sleeve thing[/i]
I used one of those to put 20 posts in one day.
I couldn't lift my hands above shoulder height for about a week afterwards.
When I was 15, I was the person holding straight all summer. Many years later I can still vividly remember each time that hammer swung round for 250 posts and i'm sure it's given me both mental and physical problems 🙂
Get a bit of scaffolding pole, about 3ft long squashed flat at one end, drive it in with a sledge to push stones out of the way and make a pilot hole, knock posts in, sledge might be easier as someone can hold the post and ensure straightness.
Farmers son me, held a thousand posts! 🙂
1 in 35 to go...
As above, used use a heavy @$$ 6ft metal rod, don't remember any problems but wasn't that fussy!
If using half stakes make sure they are all facing the right way to staple the wire to.
Get the strainer posts right or it can all go wrong when tensioning.
Dig holes with an auger, tamp fill with dry mix (not like you to dodge the use of 'crete 😉 )
Smashing them in is a pain unless youve got the right ground for it.
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But I also have a slammer thingy - by hand only, Keith. Lo-tech round these parts 🙂
for <3" rounds Id use the slammer. Are you trying to knock 4" rounds into stony ground wrightyson?
Three posts and a rail. I best slow down 😉
Half rounds almost never drive straight if the flat face of the stake is the fourth side of the point, full round all the way . Ps posts are square/rectangular, stakes are round/half round, pffft builders eh.
I'd be digging holes for a proper job.
Spent 6 months making fence posts, initially feeding them into the machine to strip the bark, then was promoted to putting the points on. I want that time back
Don't be tempted to use the bucket of a digger/loader while a mate holds them straight. Woman died near me when wrong lever pulled. 🙁