Every year, we tear down our welded wire pens so the manure can be scraped out. Then, we have to rebuild them. This usually means several days or weeks of pounding in t-posts by hand. Blisters and sore muscles are just a few hazards of the job. It’s getting very old, very fast, so we went looking for alternatives. Big, tractor-mounted, hydraulic post pounders are one option, but then you have to maneuver a tractor to each location. With our rocks, that would be just as hard as putting them in by hand.
Fortunately, we’ve since found this tool. It’s a pneumatic post pounder. We bought one, and it appears to be working fairly well. It’s still hard work to put up the fencing, but we’ve been getting entire pens built in just one morning.
