Unlike traditional models, the Postpuncher Post Driver is safer and easier to use because it's frontmounted on the machinery (e.g., tractor, skid steer, excavator, back hoe) and the driving weight is totally enclosed inside a steel tube, which can be tilted left or right as well as perpendicular to the ground. With the tube placed over a round or square post, the weight is raised by a single-acting hydraulic ram and then dropped onto the top of the post.