Revolution Telescopic RM
Most rear-mount post rammers ship with a fixed mast — adequate for driving posts, useless for pulling strainers, dropping the mast for transport, or working under power lines. If you've outgrown the entry-level fixed-mast rear-mount but a 180 is more rig than your tractor or your job site needs, the Telescopic RM is the gap. It's a tractor post rammer with the same 5.4 m telescopic mast as the Revolution Telescopic 180 — 11 tonnes of pulling power, drives to ground level, compacts for travel — in a simpler rear-mount frame that runs on a 75 hp tractor or skid steer. Optional 400 mm Shifta upgrade adds side-to-side movement (TRMS variant). Optional rock-hammer attachment replaces the drop hammer for solar-farm installers and rocky ground.
What the RM does differently
The Telescopic RM is the rear-mount in our range — built for the fencing contractor or farmer running a smaller tractor or skid steer who still wants Revolution build quality. Same telescopic mast as the rest of the range, with two optional upgrades that change what the rig can do: a 400 mm Shifta side-shift, and a hydraulic rock-hammer attachment that replaces the drop hammer for stony ground. Manual adjustable legs as standard. Approximately 900 kg base weight.
Telescopic mast — 5.4 m extended, 3.48 m compacted - Drives a 4.2 m post with room above. Compacts for travel under power lines, bridges, and into sheds. 300 kg lead-filled hammer NZ standard, upgradable to 340 kg+. Same mast as the Telescopic 180 and Telescopic Swinga — shares parts, hammers, and post caps.
11 tonnes / 24,251 lb pulling power - Pull strainers and posts on the spot via chain hook. More force than a front-end loader, and you don't move the machine. The reason you'd pick this over the cheap fixed-mast rear-mount you've probably been using.
Optional Shifta upgrade - Adds 400 mm / 16″ of side-to-side movement on top of the rear-mount frame. Lateral reach without repositioning the tractor — the side-mount-style flexibility that rear-mounts traditionally lack.
Optional rock-hammer attachment - Replaces the drop hammer with a hydraulic rock hammer. Cuts through compacted shingle, river run, and asphalt where a drop hammer would just bounce. Particularly suited to solar-farm installers, contractors working stony paddocks, and farmers fencing rocky country.
Drives to ground level - Foots, deadman anchors, subterranean tie-backs — no extra tools needed. Remove the hammer entirely for fully buried applications.
Runs on 75 hp+ tractor or skid steer - Lower minimum than the 180 (90 hp+) or SS (80 hp+). If your rig isn't quite big enough for the bigger Revolutions, this one fits without forcing a tractor upgrade.
UHMWPE wear pads on every moving part — no steel-on-steel contact in the working assembly. Bisalloy mast face (Australian-made high-strength steel) on the working section, replaceable every 5–7 years without disturbing the mast itself. Sandblasted and finished in two-pack paint that holds up after a decade in the weather.
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Why Revolution?
Why these still work after 25 years on the fence line
The oldest Revolutions in the field are 25 years old and still working. Not built-to-fail engineering — that's the design philosophy. Replaceable UHMWPE bushes around the main hinge pin. Bisalloy mast face on the working section, replaceable every 5–7 years without touching the mast structure. Sandblasted and two-pack paint that doesn't bubble out in the weather.
The cheaper option works fine for the first few years. Then the wear points start showing — slop in the hinge pin, rust on the mast face, paint going bubbly. Replacement at year 5–7. Revolution machines hit that wear point and you replace the bushes, replace the mast face, repaint where needed, and keep going for another decade.
"When the main hinge pin wears, you replace the bushes — that tightens it back up. We added a grease nipple to keep water out. That's why these are still working after 25 years." — Tony White
Designed by a fencer. Tested on the fence line.
Tony designed every Revolution post driver. He's been a fencing contractor for 30+ years and runs White Fencing — the contracting business that uses these machines daily as the testing ground. Every wear point you'll find on the RM got found in Tony's hands first, on a working fence line, and got fixed before it ever shipped to a customer.
When you pick up a Revolution, you'll notice things other machines don't think about.
Made in New Zealand
Designed, manufactured, and assembled here. Parts sourced locally. When you need a wear pad or a hinge bush, it's available — not waiting in a container off the East Coast. Every Revolution ships with a 12-month warranty and access to a full maintenance video library. If you need direct support, Tony's available personally.
The RM in detail
The rear-mount base
The RM is rear-mounted — the post driver hangs off the back of the tractor's three-point linkage rather than off a side-mount frame or a rotational base. The simpler geometry is why it weighs less (~900 kg base vs the SS at ~1,450 kg) and why it runs on a smaller tractor.
What that means in practice: you position the tractor where you want the post, the mast comes down on the spot. There's no side-shift on the standard RM — for that, you specify the Shifta upgrade which adds 400 mm / 16″ of left-to-right movement.
The rear-mount frame uses Tony's wider hinge-pin design with replaceable UHMWPE bushes around the main pin — same wear-tolerance as the bigger Revolution rigs. The bush is what lets these machines work for 25 years instead of 5.
The RM isn't rotational. If you need rotation, the Telescopic 180 is the rig.
Telescopic mast
The telescopic mast is the backbone of every Revolution model — including the RM.
It extends to 5.4 m / 17'9" for full working height (drives a 4.2 m post with room above). Compacts to 3.48 m / 11'5" vertical for travel — under power lines, under bridges, into sheds and culverts. Pulls posts and strainers up to 11 tonnes / 24,251 lb of force on the chain hook — more than a front-end loader, and you don't move the machine. Drives posts all the way to ground level. Remove the hammer entirely and you can drive below ground for fully buried applications.
20° of hydraulic side tilt gets the mast back to plumb when the tractor's parked on an angle. Hydraulic top link controls the forward and backward angle (up to 20° on the RM — less than the 180/SS at 57° because of the rear-mount geometry).
The working face is hardened Bisalloy steel — five feet up the mast where the impact lands. Replaceable every 5–7 years without disturbing the mast structure. The top half of the mast is mild steel — no need for hardness where there's no impact.
Manually Adjustable legs
The RM ships with manually adjustable legs as standard — no hydraulic leg option. The rear-mount geometry is different from the 180 and SS: weight transfer through the tractor's three-point linkage does most of the stabilising work, so a hydraulic foot isn't structurally needed the way it is on a side-mount or rotational frame.
The manual legs adjust by pin in fixed positions to match the ground profile. On level ground, set them up. On contour, drop one or both to compensate.
If your work is consistently in steep hill country and you need active hydraulic stabilisation at every post, the Telescopic 180 (up to 3 hydraulic legs available) is a better fit.
Mounting, safety, and operation
The RM mounts to a tractor or skid steer via the standard three-point linkage. Switch between tractor and skid steer in minutes — swap the mounting plate and the top link ram length.
Independent valve bank, mounted off the base, not the mast. Operator controls stay in the same position regardless of mast angle. The hammer valve is on its own circuit, isolated from the other levers — you can't accidentally bump it during operation. A safety pin in the middle of the mast lets you drop the hammer onto the pin during travel and break time — rope goes dead, hammer secure. Port relief valve in the hammer circuit protects the seal kit and rope from pressure spikes if oil flow gets shut off mid-strike.
For skid-steer operators: Revolution offers a remote-control skid steer service through Clint. Operator stands outside the machine, drives the rammer to where the work is, and operates both the skid steer and the post driver from a single remote.
Telescopic RM Specifications
| Total weight (base) | 900 kg | 1,984 lb |
| Side shift (Shifta upgrade — TRMS variant) | 400 mm | 15.7 in |
| Mast — compacted height | 3.48 m | 11 ft 5 in |
| Mast — full working height | 5.4 m | 17 ft 9 in |
| Mast pulling power | Up to 11 tonne | Up to 24,251 lb |
| Hydraulic mast side tilt | 20° | 20° |
| Hydraulic mast in/out angle | 20° | 20° |
| Hammer weight (standard) | 300 kg | 661 lb |
| Hammer weight (upgrade) | 340 kg+ | 750 lb+ |
| Hydraulic legs | None — manual only | None — manual only |
| Recommended tractor size | 75–110 hp | 75–110 hp |
| Minimum skid steer size | 75 hp | 75 hp |
Weights are approximate base figures. Accessories and hammer upgrades will add to total weight. Valve bank is double-stacked with independent hammer valve — hose port configuration is customisable to suit operator preference.
Upgrades and accessories
Upgrades
Shifta — Adds 400 mm / 16″ of side-to-side movement to the standard rear-mount. The upgrade for contractors who want lateral reach without going to a full side-mount or rotational rig.
Rock-hammer attachment — Replaces the drop hammer with a hydraulic rock hammer. For solar-farm installers and contractors working consistently in stone or asphalt where a drop hammer bounces or stalls.
Live post cap — Follows the post as it drives down on an angle. Stops the post springing to the side when you lift the cap off. Replaces the standard contractors cap.
Heavier hammer — Upgrade from the standard 300 kg drop hammer to 340 kg+ for harder ground and longer posts.
Accessories
Rock spike kit — For displacing stone — river run, asphalt, shingle beds. Alternative to the rock-hammer attachment if you only occasionally hit rock.
Auger kit — For drilling sedimentary material — limestone, papa, sandstone.
Spirit level holder — Standard.
Most machines go out with both a rock spike kit and an auger kit — ground conditions can change within a few kilometres. If your work is consistently stony, the rock-hammer attachment may suit better than the rock spike kit. Both are interchangeable with the auger kit on the same machine.
The RM doesn't have a slew kit option (not a rotational model), doesn't have a fore-aft shift option (that's SS-only), and doesn't have post racks or tool trays in the base (those are 180-specific). The Shifta and rock-hammer attachment are RM-specific.
Parts, support, and warranty
Every Revolution ships with a 12-month warranty.
Parts are locally made and sourced in New Zealand. When you need a wear pad, a bush, or a replacement plate, it's available through Revolution genuine parts — not waiting in a container off the East Coast.
You'll get access to a full maintenance and operations video library — daily checks, lubrication, component care, safe operation. Same library we use to train White Fencing operators on every Revolution that ships.
If something happens that the video library doesn't cover, you call Tony directly. He's the designer and the manufacturer. He can talk you through what's wrong over the phone, or walk you through a fix if it's something you can do yourself. That's the difference between buying from a manufacturer and buying through a distributor.
Telescopic RM Frequently Asked Questions
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The mast. Fixed-mast rear-mounts can drive posts and that's about it. The Telescopic RM has the same telescopic mast as our flagship Telescopic 180 — extends to 5.4 m for full working height, compacts to 3.48 m for travel under power lines, and pulls strainers up to 11 tonnes via the chain hook. You don't need to walk back to the front-end loader for strainer pulls, and you can drop the mast to transport.
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The Shifta upgrade adds 400 mm / 16″ of side-to-side movement to the rear-mount frame. The TRMS suffix is what we call the variant with Shifta installed. It gives you lateral reach without going to a side-mount or rotational rig — useful when the tractor's parked and a post is just out of straight reach.
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es — that's a primary use case. Specify the rock-hammer attachment instead of the drop hammer. The hydraulic rock-hammer cuts through compacted aggregate and stone where a drop hammer bounces or stalls. Solar-farm installers driving thousands of posts through site-prep aggregate find this configuration faster and less wearing than a drop-hammer rig with rock-spike kit add-ons.
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Approximately 900 kg base weight — the lightest in the Revolution telescopic range (180 and Swinga at ~1,350 kg, SS at ~1,450 kg). Accessories and hammer upgrades will add to this.
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75–110 hp tractor, 75 hp+ skid steer minimum. The lowest minimum in the Revolution range — if your rig isn't quite big enough for a 180 or SS, this one fits without an upgrade.
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We don't publish pricing online — it depends on your spec (Shifta upgrade, rock-hammer attachment, hammer weight, accessory kits). The RM sits at the lower end of the Revolution range. Get in touch and we'll talk through your application and quote you back.
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No. The RM is a rear-mount post driver. If rotation matters for your work — hill-country positioning, vineyard double-row, tight access — the Telescopic 180 or Telescopic Swinga are the right rigs.
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No — the RM doesn't have a hydraulic foot option. The rear-mount geometry transfers stabilising load through the tractor's three-point linkage rather than down through hydraulic legs. Manual adjustable legs are standard and structurally appropriate. If your work needs active hydraulic stabilisation at every post (steep hill country specifically), the Telescopic 180 supports up to 3 hydraulic legs.
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12-month warranty on all Revolution post drivers. Parts are locally made and sourced in New Zealand.
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The RM is built to order. Standard or TRMS variant, drop hammer or rock-hammer attachment, accessory kits — all configurable. Get in touch and we'll talk through what your fencing operation actually needs, then quote you back.
Reviewed by Tony White — designer of the world's first rotational post driver. NZ Fieldays Equipment Improvement Award 2003. 30+ years on the fence line through White Fencing.