How To Do Just About Everything
By eHow Home & Garden Editor
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Rotten posts threaten the foundation of your fence. If your posts are sunk in soil, getting them out won't be such a big deal. Concrete, on the other hand, is a different story.
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Comments
northernhammer said
on 4/21/2007 There is a really easy way to get a post out of the ground. I've even used it to pull small stumps and trees. The method requires a jackall jack or some equivalent hi-lift type jack plus a length of chain. I use an old piece of chain that was formerly a heavy snow chain (the links are about 1/4" across the thickness of the metal so is not a light thing). I wrap the chain around the post, tree, or stump two or three times times and then up over the step on the jack and fasten it off. Because it was an old tire chain I left the connectors on and make use of them. When I start jacking the chain tightens, biting into the post and pretty soon up it comes. You do have to use one hand to hold the top of the jack steady else you will probably be whacked by it as it topples over. If you want to see what one of those jacks looks like I saw one at: http://www.firstfouroffroad.co.uk/jacking.htm
Anonymous said
on 8/1/2006 I had 37 fence posts sunk two to three feet in my hard-pan soil. We tried pulling them out with an excavator and two guys with breaker bars. I estimate 4 tons of upward force used with that setup, and the posts didn't move.
Next time, I will try a very long, 1" diameter auger bit on a 1/2" drill, and drilling down in the soil (an old auger bit I don't care about) at the outside edge of the concrete, several places around the post. That should loosen it enough that I can pull the post out using the leverage methods described in this eHow article, and I won't end up with a crater where the post was.
Anonymous said
on 1/15/2008 I have about a kilometer of fence on our stud, which is posts with a special stud wire mess called Keepsafe and a single wooden rail. Quite a few of the posts have rotted and need to be replaced. The problem is that the wire is tensioned and really can't be removed for the replacement, so you only have limited access to the post from one side.
I've removed and replaced them using a high-lift jack called a JackAll and a special collar I've had made by the local blacksmith.
Typically to remove a post, once the fence has been detached takes about a minute.
Anonymous said
on 4/1/2006 Removing broken wooden fence posts that were set with concrete can easily be done by one person using a method I discovered. First, using a post hole digger, dig down one side almost to the bottom of the post. Then dig about half way around the post to about half the depth of the buried stub. Place a flat metal (preferably) plate in the hole against the outside wall of the hole and using a scissor jack (a car jack), jack against the concrete plug and the metal plate. It will twist the post loose for removal. Works every time and is 1/10 the work of digging them all the way out - send money when it works to any charity.
Anonymous said
on 2/16/2006 Those who have trouble removing a fence post or the concrete plug it sits in -- especially if the fence post is broken, cut or rotten -- you may want to consider using a tool created to do this. Some rentals facilities offer to rent them, if your need doesn't justify buying one.