PD100 Post Driver, Tractor-Mounted Reviews

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The Kencove PD100 Post Driver is durable and reliable.
- Drives steel posts, wood posts, and railroad ties up to 8¾" diameter X 10' tall
- 71,500 pounds of impact at full stroke
- Manual tilt features: 15-degree front-back and 15-degree side-side
- Comes complete with 3-point hitch Category I & II and secure-stand base
- Maximum hydraulic limit: 2,500 PSI
The return line (dump line) must return to your hydraulic fill reservoir. This line cannot be quick coupled back into your machine.
When driving 4x4 or 6x6 square posts, we recommend drilling a pilot hole to help keep the post straight. You can also use the back corner of the beam as a guide for the post to help keep it straight.
Some assembly
required.
To see if your tractor is compatible with this post driver, use
tractordata.com
as a general reference.

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“I initially wrote a 1 star review of this post driver, but after contacting the team, they helped me out quite a bit. On the positive side, customer support is excellent. They stayed with me until I had resolved all my problems. I cant say for sure this is a 5 star driver or not. It takes a lot of fiddling to make sure the posts drive straight. Constant adjustment. I live in hilly mountainous area with lots of subsurface rocks. Sometimes this drove the posts like a dream, other times, it was a nightmare. Initially it was all user error, not terribly intuitive if you havent used this type of driver. My biggest complaints: 1) the post clamp weld was bad and fell apart (they replaced it for free.. second one was welded correctly). 2) the side-to-side manual adjustment screw really only works on flat ground with minor adjustments. On hilly terrain, I found myself having two people help push the I-beam while I cranked the screw. Maybe the hydraulic version would have been a better choice in my situation.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“got it, but it didn't come assembled. in boxes, a lot of work to assemble”

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Posted 4 years ago

“So far so good. Assembly is straight forward and fairly easy. The manual does say to use Teflon tape on the npt hydraulic fittings which is not best practice. I recommend Loctite 5452 for hydraulic fittings. I'm running the post driver on a Kubota L2501 so I only have ~5 gpm hydraulic flow which is half of what is recommended and I still only run 1200-1500 rpm to get it to raise as fast as I want. I've been driving 6-7" x 10ft post in the ground 4.5ft and I've only had one that didn't make it all the way in, but I was underneath a large tree and could tell when I hit a root at 3.5ft.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Bought this last fall for a 450 ft pipe fence project. Had to pound ~40 steel posts into California shale (think really hard rock, just south of granite). Used a 56HP Kubota L5740 tractor and followed the instructions to the letter. I called Kencove firt to confirm it would work. Well, it did. At issue is simply the speed at which the PD100 rises. If your tractor is less beefy than mine, simple expect it will rise a bit slower. Given the bulk of the force is due to gravity, plus two "garage door" springs, no worries on the amount of force as the hydraulics simply lift the drive piston into place. What is absolutely certain is will will shake the heck out of your tractor and will knock loose anything that is marginal. In my case, a hydraulic return line was cracked and I lost fluid. I falsely blamed the PD100 until I sorted that out. The Pounder is "stupid" with respect to plumb so simply expect a big hammer rather than a smart driver. Frequent measurements and a bit of muscle to plumb the post as you are driving it and you will learn to love this beast. I stowed mine in a prime spot in the implement barn and as spring is now here, out it will come for another fence line. All in all, a very worth investment.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Great customer service! Easy to put together! So far driver has held up well driven over 500 post so far”

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Posted 6 years ago

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Posted 6 years ago

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“We have used the driver to drive 2 7/8 steel posts 5 feet in the ground. I am sure the type of ground we are driving in makes a difference but I thought it would drive them much faster. Also found the posts difficult to line up and keep straight since there is no mechanical way of securing them to the driver. We weren't told that the only to use the driver with our John Deere Tractor was by almost putting the hydralic pump in gear. (not in gear almost in gear) we were told to tie it off with baling wire or have someone sit on the tractor and hold the shift lever almost in gear. That's nuts.”

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Posted 7 years ago

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“This purchase was made to help expedite fencing on the farm. Haven't never used or own a post driver before and there were some gray area's that I felt should have been communicated by the provider prior to my purchase (such as gpm to operate the driver and making sure that my tractor had a port that could be used to return the hydraulic fluid that to the tractor from the driver during the down stroke of the driver). Delivery time was quick and went as planned. This item sat in my barn for over a month before I could get to it. Prior to the purchase I had no item that there was a requirement for flow rate or that there needed to be a port to dump the hydraulics back into my tractor. This became an issue for my John Deere 5420 due to it being a newer tractor which cause me to use my Ford 5000 tractor. Long story short is that I had problems and called for assistance from Kencove. They were very helpful during the first two calls are so but ended up telling me that they would have to speak with their engineer and get back with me. Never heard from them since. By the way I got the driver to work. Look forward to using it. I figured that it would be operator error, but felt Kencove and myself should have resolved the issue together.”

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Posted 7 years ago