Skid Steer Post Pounder

[DeNytroguy]

Hey Everyone. Have a few large fencing jobs coming up... have used a trailed pounder before, but looking to buy a pounder for the Skidsteer. Looking for recommendations ect. Drop Hammer, breaker type or vibratory? Have a fairly large amount of rocks in the area - so I'm leaning towards breaker type. I'm thinking a large dead weight dropped on a post in rocky conditions will result in many broken posts?! Is my thinking off? Anybody with some insight care to chime in? Thanks

 

[S.W.A.T.]

I bought a hoe pack from the auction, mounted a skidsteer plate on it and some other modifications. I built a steel plate that mounts to the bottom of the foot. Added a 6inch ring for post and a second ring with a pin for the pilot hole spike. For the spike I shaved down rear axle from a Chevy to a point and drilled a hole to pin into the cup. Works like a hot damb. Down side is it's a two person operation

 

[deaner]

Dont do the vibrating one. My dad had one and it was horrible. He ended up getting rid of it and went to the pounder style. Likes it way better.

 

[S.W.A.T.]

Dont do the vibrating one. My dad had one and it was horrible. He ended up getting rid of it and went to the pounder style. Likes it way better.

I got rid of my pounder to do the vibration one. Too much maintenance

 

[Cdnfireman]

Whichever one you choose make sure you grease the $hit out of the loader arms on your machine, do it every few hours as the vibration and pounding knock the grease out of the pins. Personally I would stick with the stand alone trailer type post pounder. Easier for one man operation and you can carry a supply of posts on the rack.

 

[fynnigan]

Rocky ground in the interior of bc in the summer will need a vibrator ,to many busted posts otherwise.But a skid steer mounted one may not do the trick either . Most of the commercial guys use something mounted on a medium sized excavator . We use both styles , in clay type ground the heavier drop style work well but in the rocks not so much. The skid steer vibrator setup we have works ok but can be hard on bushings which can get expensive if you get a little rammy with with the down force . I would check around and see what you can rent ,and try to do right after the frost is out if that is possible.

 

[S.W.A.T.]

Use a pilot hole spike. Makes life easier

 

[FastFarmer]

Auger, drop post in then tap it with the bucket, way faster.

 

[DeNytroguy]

Thanks for the info everyone. I find a Skidsteer is much more manoeuvrable than trailed pounder, as some of the areas are fairly tight I figured Skidsteer type with tilt function would be ideal. Most drop style pounders use a 300lb weight... resulting in many broken post in rocky terrain. Took a look at the Eterra PDX 750 online... looks like it would work pretty good. Might just go out and buy a concrete breaker and mount a "cup" to bottom of spike. Have a auger but some of the areas are just too rocky to make it worthwhile. I'm thinking breaker type with spike to put in a pilot hole in stubborn areas...

 

[FastFarmer]

A 6 or 8” auger with stretched out flights will work in rocks pretty good, we put lots of posts in with it. There’s lots of good ideas out there but this ones pretty economical and fast. I’m done with trailer mounted pounders, leave those for the pros, I’m 100% skid steer around the farm or job sites, way faster and easier. Concrete breaker might work ok for a pilot hole idea...send a picture if you try it.

 

[DeNytroguy]

Well so I picked up a hoepac for the excavator, so far very happy.