Market Farming

["Shelley Pasco" <whistle AT halcyon.com>]

I hate to break it to all of you and your neat ways of pounding in steel 
Tposts, but several types of "drivers" are available on the market. Almost
all consist of a steel tube, with or without handles, that fits over the top
of the post. You slide the pounder over the top and use the gravitational
force of the pounder, plus a little bicep power, to pound the posts in. I
can do this for hours if need be, and get lots of posts and the wire put
together in short time.
Shelley
Whistling Train Farm


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>From: "Elizabeth Pike" <pike AT always-online.com>
>To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
>Subject: Re: fence posts
>Date: Tue, Feb 1, 2000, 4:00 PM
>

> Speaking from one woman to another, yes, excuse yourself guys, I can't
> physically pound in those posts with a mallet.  After holding posts
> for 2 hours, just like Rose did, I figured I could get my vibrations
> elsewhere.  So now I cheat.  (Necessity is really the mother of
> invention for women farmers.)  I bought an auger for my cordless
> drill.   It goes 24" deep which is all I usually need.  This only
> works for t-posts.  You might need to drill the hole 2-3 times, but
> then you can pound it in more easily, all on your very own!  Every
> farm should come complete with an  Arnold Schwartzenegger,
> at least for women farmers ; ) !
>
> Liz
> Morningstar Gardens
> Pollocksville NC
>
>
>
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