Spring-Loaded Post Driver

Spring-Loaded Post Driver FENCING Tools 26-4-9 Anybody who has ever driven T-posts by hand knows how tired your arms get after lifting a post driver into the air a thousand times. Jack Sheperson figured there had to be a better way, and he found it. "By putting a spring in the driver, it's like bouncing a basketball," he says. "No lifting, just pull it back down." Sheperson started out with a standard post driver. He installed a spring with a plate on the end of it for striking the post. As the driver descends on the post, the spring collapses down around a pin. After the strike, the compressed spring is released, bouncing the driver back into position for the next blow. "When you lift a standard driver back up for the next blow, you have to be careful not to lift it too high so it comes off the post," points out the inventor. "With this driver, it automatically bounces back to the starting position." Sheperson says the full force of every blow is delivered to the post. The collapsing spring merely takes some of the work out of the job and allows the person doing the work to concentrate on bringing all possible force down. Sheperson and his wife sell their T-post driver direct as well as through Tractor Supply stores. It weighs about 20 lbs. and sells for $29.99 plus shipping. Contact FARM SHOW Follow-up, Shep's Mfg., 205 Rollertown Rd., Gravel Switch, Ky. 40328 (ph 270-692-6024).

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