Patent ID: 7004262

Claim:
An electric fence post installer, comprising: a wheeled frame having a forward end, a rearward end, and opposite sides; said wheeled frame adapted to be pulled behind a prime mover; a first upstanding support extending upwardly from said wheeled frame and having upper and lower ends; a generally horizontally disposed boom arm mounted on the upper end of said first support and having inner and outer ends; a carousel support secured to said outer end of said boom arm; a carousel rotatably mounted, about a vertical axis, on said carousel support; said carousel being adapted to have a plurality of vertically disposed and radially spaced-apart electric fence posts supported thereon; an elongated, vertically disposed drill selectively vertically movably mounted on said carousel support and having upper and lower ends; said drill being selectively rotatable; said drill also being rotatable movably mounted on said carousel support between operative and inoperative positions; said drill being selectively vertically movable so as to create a post hole opening in the ground adjacent said carousel support; a first cylinder mounted on said carousel support; said first cylinder adapted to vertically move said drill downwardly into the ground; a fence post placement assembly mounted on said carousel; said fence post placement assembly adapted to move a fence post from said carousel to a position over the post hole after said drill has created the post hole and has been moved to its inoperative position; said first cylinder also adapted to drive the fence post, which is positioned over the post hole, downwardly thereinto.