Serious question, has anyone else given up on the 'one man post driver' for anything over 4x4 posts?

I used to think those manual drivers were fine for small jobs, but a project in Austin with 6x6 cedar posts changed my mind. After three posts, my shoulder felt like I'd been in a fight. Rented a gas powered driver for the next day and finished the whole line before lunch. What do you guys use for the big stuff?

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jordanr894d ago

Oh man, for real. Tried to drive some 4x6 treated posts with one of those manual drivers last fall and it was a joke. Felt like I was just giving the post a bunch of angry love taps, lol. My buddy had to come over with his tractor and a post pounder attachment. We had those last ten posts done in like twenty minutes. Never going back to the one man driver for anything bigger than a garden stake.

murray.troy4d ago

Saw a contractor friend swear by a skid steer mounted driver for a long fence line with 8x8 treated posts. He said the one man driver just bounced off and wasted a whole morning. Ended up using a hydraulic unit that punched them in like butter.