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HYDRAULIC endloader down pressure

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JR.Frye

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HI guys: I am thinking of making a steel post driver to put on my wd45, so whin I go to put steel post in the ground this spring I just lift the endloader and put the steel post in a pocket and push the steel post in the ground with the end loader will this work or will the wd45 have a
enough down pressure to do it?
Tell me what you thoughts are please.
MANY THANKS::
JR.Frye
 
Without a 2 way valve and cylinders, a WD 45 has NO hyd downpressure Search around here, there have been a few guys put 2 way hyd on them. I know I can drive a lot of t-posts for the work and money involved in making a WD45 loader have down pressure.
AaronSEIA
 
JR, if you have enough down pressure you can push a "T" post into the ground but its not that simple.
1) your bucket doesn't come straight down so you'll bend a lot of posts.
2) if you come against a small stone it will lift the front of your tractor off, slip sideways and bend the post anyway.
3) you'll have a terrible looking fence.
4) they make a hydraulic post driver that will attach to the front of a WD and I've seen them (used) sell for less than 200 dollars.
 
Nope even with down pressure you can not and will not do so. Simple fact is the whole tractor sat on a T post will not put one in the ground well if at all. I have a ford 841 with a loader and I tried that one time and boy what a waste of time. All I did was lifted the front of the tractor up till the back blade was on the ground and started to lift the rear wheel up and still no go. A farm tractor is not heavy enough for doing that. Now the Cat 950 I have sitting here that will do it and I have used it to put 4X4 posts in the ground but it is also a 40,000 lbs machine and it is not pretty when a 4X4 hits a rock, had one explode because of that
 
Depends on your soil type. In the Minnesota sand where I live now I have put many posts in just that way. You have back up as you push it in so it stays straight. We also have no rocks here to speak of.

Now in the Wisconsin clay that I grew up on a snowball would have a better chance in Guam.

Here is the real deal, if you have sand like we do, you can drive a t post in 4 drives so why bother with the tractor unless you are physically unable like I was a few years back.

And if you have a heavy soil type it won't work anyway. So choose wisely, and don't waste your time or money.
 

THANKS GUYS YOU ARE A LOT OF HELP: Have a great
naight LARRY stay out of TROUBLE:Talk to you guys in the morning:
JR.
 
When I make a post driver, I take a 2 inch ID pipe about 36 inches long and weld a solid 2 inch round stock on one end of it. This 2 inch solid stock can be 12 to 20 inches long depending on your ability to lift and pull down. Weld no handle on the outside of pipe. When I was a lot younger a few decades ago. We had a contract to build a field fence around a small airport. We had to drive 8 foot T post 3 foot in dry hard clay ground. I made a two man post driver. I welded 40 lbs on to a 41/2 foot pipe to drive them in. Talk about being tired at the end of the day.
 
My track loader will push them pretty easy but if there is a root or something will still lift the front end. I could put the backhoe and stabilizers down to get more down pressure if I needed as well. With the 4 in 1 bucket I also can pull post's out. A small farm loader will probably end up just bending the bucket not pushing the post too much. Dave
 
Most track loaders are like this Cat 950 and has enough weight to it that pushing a post in is simple stopping before you push it to far on the other hand can be trouble. I know I have a few 8 foot long posts sitting about 4 foot in the ground. I figure the only way there coming out is when they rot. Sort of wish I had kept the reciet for them since they are treated and have a 40 year warranty on them LOL
 
But see you leave so many gaps in what you say that yes it could be true. #1 what tractor/loader set up do you have. A WD Allis comes in around 3500-4500lbs which is not much.
Then what size bucket do you have?? Again most buckets you see on WDs are maybe 3 foot wide so not much room for much weight.
And then there is the type of ground you have. In my area we have black clay and rocks so no way a WD with a loader is going to do much.
See there are so many variables to think about that ya maybe it can be done but is it likely to work well no
 
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