Device and method for driving and removing T-posts

A tool for driving and extracting a T-post, the T-post being of a type having a series of projecting stubs, the series of projecting stubs extending along at least a portion of a length of the T-post, and the tool comprising:

• a tube having (i) a longitudinal axis, (ii) a first longitudinal end which is open, (iii) a second longitudinal end which is closed, and (iv) a tube wall which extends from the first longitudinal end to the second longitudinal end;
• an open extraction slot formed in the tube wall, the open extraction slot having a lateral opening at the first longitudinal end of the tube and the open extraction slot extending from the first longitudinal end of the tube toward the second longitudinal end of the tube for a longitudinal length which is less than one-half of a total longitudinal length of the tube;
• the open extraction slot and the lateral opening thereof being of sufficient lateral width that when the tool is positioned with the second longitudinal end of the tube oriented downward and the first longitudinal end of the tube is tilted toward the T-post, the T-post will be received in the open extraction slot such that a portion of an edge of the tube wall at the first longitudinal end of the tube, opposite the lateral opening of the open extraction slot, will contact the T-post between an adjacent pair of the projecting stubs;
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• a slip resistant surface on an exterior of the tube wall, the slip resistant surface being positioned on a lateral side and on a longitudinal end portion of the tube wall which are opposite a lateral side location and a longitudinal end portion location of the open extraction slot.