Handy Devices

Electric Fencepost Driver

Dan Miller
By  Dan Miller , Progressive Farmer Senior Editor
Electric Fencepost Driver (Illustration by Ray E. Watkins Jr.)

Don Hewitt, Beloit, Kansas, found it difficult to drive electric fieldposts into his hard soils. He designed a driver to solve the problem starting with a 35-inch section of light-duty (1.25-inch) angle iron. He welded a steel cap and handle on one end, and a footstep on the other end. Hewitt uses his body weight to push the posts into the ground.

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