Originally Posted by cabmando (Post 9597361)

No danger doing post holes with a bobcat. They don't turn that many RPM but the'll punch a hole quick! I have done my own fence, my own pole barn holes and holes for several other barns plus, I sell the silly machines used. It wouldn't scare me a bit to punch some holes for 200 feet of fence.

Originally Posted by cabmando (Post 9597365)

I'm starting to think you don't drill posts :D
Seriously though, hire a teen to set the posts and you just sit in the bobcat and drill them. It's really not a hard job.

Originally Posted by widebody911 (Post 9596917)

Yes; actually a schmidge over 8'

IIRC, it's 2 1/4" - the same OD as the poles they sell @ Home Depot etc, and it uses the standard 2 3/8" clamps.

It varies due to proximity to other features, but no further than 7 1/2' apart. Two of the poles are welded to the poles on the pergola, and it's tied to the carport on one end and to the existing fence in the middle and the opposite end. I am tempted to tie it into the shop at both corners as well.

I used 2x6 redwood mounted vertically to each pole, and then 1x12 redwood mounted horizontally. The bottom board that contacts the ground is 2x12 pressure-treated and the very top is 1x8 redwood. Recently I covered the horizontal gaps using 1x4 redwood slats from the backside, so you can't peek through the fence at all.

Originally Posted by GWN7 (Post 9597401)

For me to sit in the bobcat and drill them I'd have to buy a bobcat first. Wait a minute you sell them? Is this a plot? :)