Post driver
We purchased a new post
driver recently for the new pig
pasture.
They had one with a spring,
but we decided to skip the pogo version.
I've thought about welding
some weight to the top to increase the pounding factor.
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I have one of those to drive T posts around my trees. Works great, but I have to put in earplugs because of the super loud ringing from it.
I used to just use a 5 pound maul. The driver is well worth the money.
If you want more impact and if you are tall enough, weld an extra piece of pipe to the bottom. A longer pipe gives more mass and a longer drop height and more time for you to propel the driver downwards
Consider that the potential energy of just dropping the driver is the mass times the earth's gravity times the height: m·g·h. You would have to double the weight or the drop height to double the energy to put into the post.
The kinetic energy if you shove it down is ½ times the mass times the square of the speed: ½·m·v². So if you are able to double the speed, the energy quadruples.
For maximum impact it would probably be best to hoist a big weight up along a guide, and then let it fall down upon the post. That way you have more time to get energy into the weight (by hoisting it slowly) which would be less tiring.