Setting utility poles has always been a struggle, until now!

This ingenius tool can get your fill material exactly where you want it with minimal effort.

What is it and who is it for?

Pickle Barrel is a material handling tool designed for transporting crushed rock to a job site, power pole replacement, or new install location 24/7, effortlessly, fast, safely, and backfilling a new pole without the conventional back-breaking #2 shovel manual labor of present practices.

If you’re making holes and setting poles, this tool will deliver material in the hole even if your hole is full of water with results of a rock solid job. The projected users of Pickle Barrel are P.U.D.s, phone companies, or anyone setting poles in the ground, even pole barn companies could use this product to backfill pole building posts effortlessly and rock solid.

Product Description

4 feet tall, 30” round, packing .4 yards of crushed rock, weight 2,200 lbs with a 9 sq. ft. footprint, Pickle Barrel holds, hauls, and delivers material to your pole. Fill it up, load it up, haul it out, set it aside, swing it into place, and rock your pole, water or not. Easily, quickly, effortlessly, was the idea, mission accomplished, we met our goal.

Pickle Barrel Back

How The Pickle Barrel Works

Before how does it work? More importantly, what do I need to know before using it? As with any new product, there are usually instructions, warning labels, and oftentimes a how-to training video that needs to be viewed by all personnel affiliated with its use. Pickle Barrel is no exception. Understanding the essential use, plugging it into your S.O.P., recognizing the hazards and warning labels, plan the positioning and setup will save time and physical labor for your pole installation project.

After the inspection procedure is completed, you’re ready to fill it up. The use of a backhoe or excavator is ideal, but a loader, tractor, skid steer, or dump truck with a hatch door built into the tailgate will do the job as well. Lastly, the dreadful #2 shovel.

At the job site, set Pickle Barrel between the pole location and a known tagline attachment point. After the pole is in the hole, lower the winch line, confirm all personnel are clear of the crush zone, lift the Pickle Barrel, and slack your tagline until the unit is in contact with the pole. Remove the tagline, release the fold-down handles, lift Pickle Barrel between 18” – 36”, and fully open the door momentarily to get materials flowing, then partially close the door to control the material flow. As a side note, when digging the pole hole tapering the ground on top with a shovel to form a funnel opening will aid in directing the rock around the back base of the pole bottom. When desired, close the door, pivot to the other quadrant, and tamp as needed while filling a different part of the hole. Rinse and repeat until done. Fast, simple, easy, and safe is the goal. The more it is used, the more S.O.P. it becomes.

Transporting the Pickle Barrel

Deposit Fill Material Easily