Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Safety Alert Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Safety Icon Nomenclature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Safety Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
General Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Hazard Avoidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Hydraulic Hoses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Assembly Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Main Carriage Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Stabilizer Legs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Base Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hydraulic Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Safety Stop Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Rubber Debris Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Safety Arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Document Storage Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Post Driver Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Operational Safety Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Preparing to Drive a Post. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Driving a Post. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Dismounting Post Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Service Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Three-Point Hitch/Post Driver Assembly . . 30
Main Carriage Channel Disassembly . . . . 31
Drive Cylinder Seal Replacement . . . . . . . 33
Main Carriage Channel Assembly. . . . . . . 35
Forward and Side Tilt Cylinder
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Cylinder Disassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Cylinder Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Three-Point Hitch/Post Driver Assembly . . 41
Service Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Driver Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Manual Base Plate Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 44
Hydraulic Base Plate Assembly . . . . . . . . 46
Three-Point Hitch Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Hydraulic Hoses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Safety Arm Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Replacement Decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Document Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Hydraulic Control Valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Single Control Lever Valve. . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Triple Control Lever Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Drive Cylinder Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Expanded View of Safety Lever
Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tilt Cylinder Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Warranty Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Safety
Most work related accidents are caused by
failure to observe basic safety rules or
precautions. An accident can often be
avoided by recognizing potentially hazardous
situations before an accident occurs. As you
assemble and operate the Shaver Post Driver,
you must be alert to potential hazards. You
should also have the necessary training, skills,
and tools to perform this assembly procedure.
Improper operation and maintenance of this
implement could result in a dangerous
situation that could cause injury or death.
Do not assemble, operate, or maintain
the Shaver Post Driver until you read and
understand the information contained in
this manual.
Safety precautions and warnings are
provided in this manual and on the
product. If these hazard warnings are
not heeded, bodily injury or death could
occur to you or to other persons.
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