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Got tired of wrestling fence posts solo so I built a jig last weekend
Honestly I used to dig every post hole by hand with a clamshell digger and it took forever. Took me like 8 hours to set 15 posts for a paddock fence last spring near Albany. Finally got sick of it and threw together a simple A-frame jig with some scrap 2x4s and a come-along. Now I can set a post in about 4 minutes without needing a second guy to hold it straight. Has anyone else rigged up a homemade post setter that actually works decent? I'm thinking about adding wheels to mine.
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wesley_hart23d ago
There was a guy I used to see at the farm supply store up near Corvallis who swore by using a old truck tire and a hand winch to set posts. He said he'd lay the tire flat, drop the post through the middle, then use the winch to pull it straight while he backfilled. Sounded a little sketchy to me but he claimed it worked like a charm for years. For the wheels on your jig idea, I saw a YouTube video where a fellow from Montana mounted his on a old wheelbarrow frame. Made it real easy to move around the pasture without having to lift the whole rig each time.
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