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I love all the comments like " I'd use an impact drill... Way faster"... I'd use chain and falcrum and have it out before him".. Not everyone has access to that kind of stuff.. Almost everyone has a scissor jack lol. Great video
@@johnavila2561 That's my problem too... removing a aluminum post. I'm going to drill holes into it and place a bolt across the diameter of the tube. One end of the bolt will be long enough to go be placed onto the Jack. If that doesn't work then a chain will be attached to the bolt ends for the lever method.
This by far is the best method ive seen and the least expensive to do Thanks well done.Now i know my car jack was meant more than to just change my tire. LOL..
That was extremely helpful. I needed to remove two 2' metal post stakes from the ground and that worked like a charm. Thank you for posting it. I never would have thought of it..
Worked like a champ....had a 6 x 6 mail box post cemented in. Neighbor hit it and broke it off but had enough to block it like you did. Came right up:-) Thanks!
I drilled a whole put a bolt in and had it stick out 2'' and used an old car bumper jack no readjusting it has a 4' line of travel . still it's good to see people using their brain and people will thank you because they would never think of doing that, People think they have to pay an expert but they don't and you just showed why good job.
Very clever but also - what a good job someone did when that post was put it, neat compact hole, cement to the surface (formed to a slope would have been nice as well) and a good depth, post clearly had plenty of service left.
Excellent video. Used a bottle jack and my posts popped out like nothing. I used 1/2" carriage bolts, coulda got away with 3/8 or 5/16, but the 1/2 carried the load easy.
Really wanted this to work... Tried this with my car's scissor jack, but unfortunately my post wouldn't budge. Glad I went slowly during the jacking process because I noticed my scissor jack was starting to deform. At that point I ended up backing off entirely to now take a different route -- maybe a bottle jack. So please be aware of this because it could damage or ruin your car's scissor jack. The difference in my situation may be that it appears that the post concrete has adhered to the limestone bed that underrides my lawn by about a foot. In other words, my post concrete may be harder to pull out than most that are entirely sunk in dirt.
I gave it the old college try. But the scissors jack started bending. It was fun though. Now on to buying that 48" farm jack. I will keep this good method of yours in mind on a job with easier posts. THANKS!!! I will share.
I love the people asking "why didn't you do this or that?" the guy could have use magic with no tools at all but yet people would still have a better way!!
There some satisfaction in looking at a pile of old fence post and fence that you took up with little effort. Hardest part was changing drill batteries for drilling 2 holes in every post. Lol.
just throw a chain over a wheel standing upright near the base of the post. attach chain as low to the post as possible and attach other end of chain to vehicle and drive slowly and the post will come right out. i did a couple this way and it took maybe 2-3 minutes.
Wish I shuould seen this sooner. It took me 3 hours back breaking sweat just to dig up one post. Not only time it’s time consuming, the hole area around the dirt had to dig 2 feet in diameter just to wiggle my post out
Awesome job. Great idea. Maybe a bottle jack would give more and better controlled lifting of the post. If post has rotted,it should get enough of it. Hand dig the the rest of it.
There is a way better way to to get the post out...use a tire and wrap a rope or strap around the tire once so the strap is at the ground at the post so when you spin the tire it will pull the strap attached to the post at the ground with the force upwards and tie the other side of the strap to a car or truck or whatever and it will pop up quicker than the few min it took to set it up..works great and has worked the best for me
Using a car, vehicles, a crane, whatever. You don't always have room for that. This with the car jack you can do everywhere. Small garden, front garden.
A lot of time, for posts sunk in concrete, the surrounding damp oil has rotted the post at the base above the concrete. If the stub is rotten all the way down in the concrete its easy to pull out or hack out with a long crow bar that'd got its end sharpened to form a chisel. If the wood is firm, get a couple of M12 200mm coach bolts with washers on and screw them into the post stub in to form a V. You can then tie rope to the bolt heads and pull the stub out with a jack. Rest the jack on the concrete so you're pulling the concrete and post stub apart. I've replaced seven posts, installing the new posts in the existing concrete. The job was quite easy. You can coat the posts bases with engine oil and wrap them in bin liner up to about 8 inches above the soil level for rot protection.
Thank you so much for this! I'm a 56-year-old woman with a privacy fence in a concrete foundation that goes all the way around my yard, and have been breaking my back and racking my brain trying to figure out how to replace these posts.
Good example of working with what you have on hand. A farm jack would be a better choice though. Also you should consider using proper footwear when doing this kind of work.
Good idea. But it cracks me up when I see people doing heavy repairs with saws and such wearing sandle's. Wait till you cut or crush your feet. Put some work boots on and be safe.
Just cut a notch in the post and use a lever. As a contractor it would take to long that way increasing labour costs on home owners. But i will say that way works as well. Not a bad idea
Use a 2x4. Nail a piece onto the post. Lever it out. Use a nice long piece. If it is really stubborn, you might have to use a 3/4" pipe. That has to be a killer to screw that jack a couple of feet.
Ingénieux ! Je m' en servirai. Travaillant dans les travaux publics, il faut parfois déplacer des panneaux de signalisation et ce système devrait me rendre service, merci !
You can still use this method like this without no problems......and if you just use clamps instead of bolts onto the posts....just clamp the block onto the bottom of the post.....tightly......and jack up it should hold enough
I pulled Steel post that have the two triangle shaped anchors on the lower part of the post with a tractor jack, and a short chain attached to a bolt going thru the post. Do not cut them off or snap them off, as they will ruin tractor and turf tires.
Like the idea and it works! Used too much concrete in the first place. I have seen they use some form of Foam in USA and it seems to work well straight out of a bag.
yeah foam is more expensive and does not have the strength of concrete so if you are setting posts for a fence that will get pushed by wind the foam is not good. i have seen pics of fences like that set in foam and the whole fence is leaning badly due to the foam giving under side load pressure from the wind.
Dig around the post until you're able to wrap a chain around it..use a spare tire set as close to the post as possible stood up (with rim inside)..lay the chain over top of the tire and secure the opposite end of the chain to the hitch on a truck... then slowly ease on the gas...the spare tire will work as leverage to pull the post vertical... ...if you do this method alone, make sure to pull all the slack out of the chain before hooking it up to the hitch as to insure the tire doesnt fall over... That is if you have the space to even use a truck in the first place.. good luck!
Very good however when posts need replacing it because they have rotted where they fail at the base or the wind has slapped them were they fail at the base.
