[AT] OT excavator to drive posts

[charliehill]

Should be pretty easy to do Cecil.  I suspect it will work well.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT excavator to drive posts


> pga2 at basicisp.net wrote:
>> Cecil,
>> The state came around a few years ago and built a guardrail in front of 
>> my place on both
>> sides of the road. They pushed the posts into the ground hydraulically 
>> (they look like
>> I beams). We have the heavy clay soil here also. The machine was truck 
>> mounted. Seems to
>> me you should be able to do the same with your excavator/breaker if it is 
>> what I think
>> it is.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> --- crbearden at copper.net wrote:
>>
>> From: Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT  excavator to drive posts
>> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:20:36 -0500
>>
>> I have a neighbor that wants us to build a fence (pipe & cable) around
>> his place.  We are thinking of pushing or driving the posts in the
>> ground with the excavator.   I have a  hyd breaker bought in Plyumouth
>> MI, and it will take a while to get it here..    Anyone had any luck
>> with pushing posts in the ground, in a clay soil??  ( yeah I know, good
>> luck!!)
>>
>> Cecil in OKla
>>
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> we will  be using 2 /38 or 2 7/8 oilfield pipe.  In have pushed in t
> posts with a loader using a pipe over the post to prevent bending.
> works good.  Excavator is cat 110B 26000 lbs.
> Cecil in OKla
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