I installed an I-beam on the ceiling of my garage and put a motorized trolley on it, and mounted an electric winch onto the trolley. Might be easier than trying to come up with something else.I'll try not get too long winded, but here is some background on my project. I wouldn't be surprised if you could find a Home Depot or United rental place that had them for rent. They do make gas powered post drivers that have a sleeve for T-Posts. In your case, I assume you are talking about 6' T-posts, so you would be talking about the hammer handles being 8.5-9' above the ground.

Once we had it on the sampling rods, it was actually easier to run the hammer pulling down on it. With two guys, one could lift the hammer and the other could guide the drive cap onto the top of the rod. We were using 4' sampling rods, so the height to the hammer handles once you include the drive bit was about 7'. You just need to be tall enough to lift the hammer up on top of it and still reach the handles. You don't actually need to be above it to do the hammering. Which means i'll likely expend 3x the effort versus just doing it by hand anyway. But the thought of the 'need' for a new tool is intriguing, plus I can probably find an excuse to use it at the house for something or other to justify the cost.īasically i'm looking at a way to be even lazier doing something I absolutely despise doing. It's an option, my buddy at the lease just called me a poon for this suggestion to him, so i will probably end up doing it the old fashioned way just because.

Still, i'm 3/4 midget so I'll probably have to reach above my head even then. If i go this route, I'll be standing in the bed of the mule. We were able to drive to 15' with one we bought at Harbor Freight. We used an electric jackhammer to do a bunch of soil sampling in areas we couldn't get a drill rig into out at Reese AFB in Lubbock. Probably will want to just back a truck up and stand on the tailgate. The main problem you will face is getting high enough to put the hammer over the post to get started. I bet if you check somewhere like tractor supply or online you can even find a fitting you can buy instead of having to build your own. In that soil, an electric jackhammer should work just fine.

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