Clear the dirt away, then take the garden hose. Plunge it into the soil and flood the dirt out. Wobble the pole back and forth. No use of jacks, cinder blocks, chains etc. You can pry out the concrete with a spade or another pole. Fill the dirt in as it comes up. Try it.
"How to remove a Fence post with (shallow) concrete the hard way" - I mean if he can drag the post by himself (at the end of the video) I bet he can knock it off by pulling it sideways with bare hands
I've found that pulling straight from wooden posts tends to break some and others come out with the concrete still attatched. Most of the time I dont dig near as much as this one. This one post was short and had too much concrete around it. Likely it replaced an older post and they doubled the concrete to refill the hole.
being a fencer in england for twenty years i would swing a sledge hammer at the base of the post and the shock will break the timber post free and concrete in the ground will be broken into three bits
once the slack in the chain connected to the truck bumper was taken up the, the jack stopped shifting in the direction of the post hole. I gotta think this is a big key to this puzzle. Am I right?
Probably works fine where this guy is. Here in Canada we have to have four feet of concrete. Doubt that this would work so well under such circumstances.
Just by-pass the truck -jack . . . . the cinder blocks . . . . the railway tie . . . . and attach that chain right from the truck to the post . . . . to be honest . . . . I think that post would have come loose if he just wiggled it a little . . . . it really wasn't set that deep in the ground . . . . ah! . . . . the advantages of living where there is no frost-heave!!!
The last video, the guy with the two 2x4s bolted to the post, looked like it was buried at the same 18" depth. Out here in California we're supposed to sink our posts to 3 feet. I'm kind of curious if either of these techniques will work on a properly buried post?
I live in Ontario Canada. Our posts have to be 3 feet deep as well. I can tell you from experience that pulling a broken post with 2 feet of concrete attached, using a farmjack like the tool in this video, is very, very difficult. It can be done, but you'll be sweating when finished LOL.
most of my posts came out with this same jack without this complication - just attached to post, set jack on the ground just outside the edge of the concrete edge. unfortunately not a solution for broken post and concrete that gets wider as it goes into the ground - weird pour! nothing for a chain to grab. looks like jackhammer time.
The easiest way to do this if you were able to get the truck back there is to take a come a long wrap the cable around the footing and find an anchor point on the truck does the same thing in half the time
You are right that a truck and chain would have been enough. There's a couple of reasons why I did it this way. For starters, my truck did not have a stronger receiver hitch and only the stock bumper. That's only rated for 500 lbs tongue weight. I did not want to drive around with a bent bumper in the event that the pole was stronger than I thought. The reason the jack was a safer option was because it's more of a static force as opposed to the dynamic force of yanking on it with the truck only. Hind sight being 20/20, after it was all said and done, I agree the bumper could have done it. Better to be safe than sorry.
For a post dig as shallow as that, with the amount of digging he already did, it probably would have wiggled out. He dug at least halfway down the concrete.
That's what I was thinking . . . by-pass the truck -jack . . . . the cinder blocks . . . . the railway tie . . . . and attach that chain right from the truck to the post . . . . but to be honest . . . . I think that post would have come loose if he just wiggled it a little . . . . it really wasn't set that deep in the ground . . . . ah! . . . . the advantages of living where there is no frost-heave!!!
since the chain was hooked up to the truck....why didn't he just yank the post out with the truck???????? Works every time! That guy wasted a lot of his...time..and mine ....
Gerry BEE (copy and pasted) You are right that a truck and chain would have been enough. There's a couple of reasons why I did it this way. For starters, my truck did not have a stronger receiver hitch and only the stock bumper. That's only rated for 500 lbs tongue weight. I did not want to drive around with a bent bumper in the event that the pole was stronger than I thought. The reason the jack was a safer option was because it's more of a static force as opposed to the dynamic force of yanking on it with the truck only. Hind sight being 20/20, after it was all said and done, I agree the bumper could have done it. Better to be safe than sorry.
well this is just upsetting. ive been working for my dads fence company for 5 years now and if i took as long as this guy did i would owe my dad money. let me lend you some advice. -First dig a hole next to the footing. -Next get a tamping bar (preferably 8' and sharp) and break the concrete next to the post. -Lastly pull the post away from the footing and be a man and pull it out. This method will likely take anywhere from 1 minute to 3 minutes NO MORE. i can guess that the actual time it took you to remove that post was 12- 18 minutes. For your employers sake never do that again and use my method.
justin cabrera You guys remove footings to install new fence on the same fence line? I just dig a new hole with an auger right next to the old footing.. the heck with taking them out. leave them underground.. its not gonna hurt anyone
I do not understand why are there so many videos of people rapping the chain around the concrete when all you have to do is wrap it around the post 3 times open over the chain back down the chain and hook it and it will grab the post
David Craft I know, right? Guess my x ray vision was wasn't working that day. Glad to see we are both on the same page at first glance, it looks like it could have been 3 feet deep, huh?
@@charlesbeasley3637 Ive been installing fences everyday for 20 years. We remove post footings almost everyday. And you know more then me? Ha ha ha ha ha
That looks like so much fun!
This was very helpful for me. Thanks
I approve of this method. Nicely done!
Yeah, but the title said he was going to remove it with concrete. Lies! He removed it with a chain!
Great, just need 2 concrete blocks a railway sleeper a 4 tonne lorry jack and a 4x4 vehicle
Rob k you crazy...lol
Rob k Bahaha
Impressed me!
This is how my dentist removed my tooth.
I just did several, two jacks are better than one. With one on each side tied to heavy square steel and chains. No need to dig it out first either.
Geez, they must have used 3 bags of concrete when setting that post.
Clear the dirt away, then take the garden hose. Plunge it into the soil and flood the dirt out. Wobble the pole back and forth. No use of jacks, cinder blocks, chains etc. You can pry out the concrete with a spade or another pole. Fill the dirt in as it comes up. Try it.
I got rid of mine in half the time with just a simple stick of dynamite. Never could find the fencepost afterwards though.
no need to take the concrete lump to the tip, as it went through the neighbours roof.
"How to remove a Fence post with (shallow) concrete the hard way" - I mean if he can drag the post by himself (at the end of the video) I bet he can knock it off by pulling it sideways with bare hands
Now have fun finding enough dirt to fill the giant hole lol
Cool, how to pull out a fence post in under 18 hours.
Well done
He means it is coming out!
if that was me I probably would have hooked the chain to my bumper and pulled my bumper off
It was so shallow he could have wiggled it out. I would like to see a post pulled out with three feet of concrete.
Look up the video by a chick named nassir. She did it. I used the same method with at least 2 feet of concrete.
After all the digging; I believe it was easier just ramming the darn post with the truck!
I've found that pulling straight from wooden posts tends to break some and others come out with the concrete still attatched. Most of the time I dont dig near as much as this one. This one post was short and had too much concrete around it. Likely it replaced an older post and they doubled the concrete to refill the hole.
Nice work. I also loved hearing the birds.
Or you can also pull it out with your hands it’s a lot faster than setting everything up
working for the shoulders down . . . never makes things easy . . .
Okay . . . you started out to sweat more than I wanted . . . pretty good idea . . .
being a fencer in england for twenty years i would swing a sledge hammer at the base of the post and the shock will break the timber post free and concrete in the ground will be broken into three bits
you probably keep sledge hammering the other bits and pull em out too
once the slack in the chain connected to the truck bumper was taken up the, the jack stopped shifting in the direction of the post hole. I gotta think this is a big key to this puzzle. Am I right?
dig here..n here over here around here down here deep down over here...and over here ....dont forget about here...
Daddy-Bear Bishop q mamon
Probably works fine where this guy is. Here in Canada we have to have four feet of concrete. Doubt that this would work so well under such circumstances.
Just by-pass the truck -jack . . . . the cinder blocks . . . . the railway tie . . . . and attach that chain right from the truck to the post . . . . to be honest . . . . I think that post would have come loose if he just wiggled it a little . . . . it really wasn't set that deep in the ground . . . . ah! . . . . the advantages of living where there is no frost-heave!!!
same here in Illinois
Hal R. He says above that attaching to the post sometimes breaks the post
+Brett “Lone Wolf” Bar I also work in canada and this method works.he just set it up wrong..and you don't need no stinking truck..
gatt be Canada is a big country. Perhaps I should have said "In my part of Canada . . . " :) Cheers
This is good for one but if you got a bunch try a grinder or tractor
/Good idea with the jack .. if i keep diggin around and around will that get that out because i dont have that kind of a jack ... great job on this ~
The last video, the guy with the two 2x4s bolted to the post, looked like it was buried at the same 18" depth. Out here in California we're supposed to sink our posts to 3 feet. I'm kind of curious if either of these techniques will work on a properly buried post?
I live in Ontario Canada. Our posts have to be 3 feet deep as well. I can tell you from experience that pulling a broken post with 2 feet of concrete attached, using a farmjack like the tool in this video, is very, very difficult. It can be done, but you'll be sweating when finished LOL.
5 minutes? The video is more than 5 minutes and is sped up when digging and skips some of the work and prep. How about 30 minutes?
its done man its done... lol That was awesome
Next time just wiggle it.
Just hit the part worked a sledgehammer and it will crack the concrete and you can pull it out with your hands WTF everybody
that's a damn good point
most of my posts came out with this same jack without this complication - just attached to post, set jack on the ground just outside the edge of the concrete edge. unfortunately not a solution for broken post and concrete that gets wider as it goes into the ground - weird pour! nothing for a chain to grab. looks like jackhammer time.
Holy crap thats an unnecessary amount of concrete.
you'd be sweating less if you didn't do this at high noon.
The easiest way to do this if you were able to get the truck back there is to take a come a long wrap the cable around the footing and find an anchor point on the truck does the same thing in half the time
Jake Tamburro ,I fins it to get the truck in a backyard with only a 3 foot gate ! Lol
or grab the top of the post in move it back and forward and it will become loser and looser in the ground.
chris og Sometimes
chris topher ya right, lol
The cement base was surrounded by all sand you could have just pushed the post and it would have popped out
around n around n around here...about half mile down .....
good.
yeah!
Just cut off pipe at ~ 4 " and stuff it with C4 !! Boom, done .
you didn't use concrete to remove the fence post
Johnny Pea LOL, no he did not !
LOL That's because you're good at abstract thought. Not concrete thought.
Yes he did, he wrapped the chain around it.
why would he use concrete to "remove" the post....
Simple , use a farm jack all by it's self ! you already have a lever ????
why use a jack? just tie the chain to the concrete and truck then drive
You are right that a truck and chain would have been enough. There's a couple of reasons why I did it this way. For starters, my truck did not have a stronger receiver hitch and only the stock bumper. That's only rated for 500 lbs tongue weight. I did not want to drive around with a bent bumper in the event that the pole was stronger than I thought. The reason the jack was a safer option was because it's more of a static force as opposed to the dynamic force of yanking on it with the truck only. Hind sight being 20/20, after it was all said and done, I agree the bumper could have done it. Better to be safe than sorry.
Not an easy job but at least not dangerous!
Wowwwwww
30 seconds with an 80# chipping hammer
Why not cut the pole, break up a few inches of the top concrete, cover with dirt and have a beer?
he did it the stupid long way..just dig around it and pull it out
toofine9: No way to dig it out faster.
For a post dig as shallow as that, with the amount of digging he already did, it probably would have wiggled out. He dug at least halfway down the concrete.
toofine9 Que mamon
A very long winded way to work!
why dont pull it out whit the truck ?
That's what I was thinking . . . by-pass the truck -jack . . . . the cinder blocks . . . . the railway tie . . . . and attach that chain right from the truck to the post . . . . but to be honest . . . . I think that post would have come loose if he just wiggled it a little . . . . it really wasn't set that deep in the ground . . . . ah! . . . . the advantages of living where there is no frost-heave!!!
wiseranjuan If he did not do it right it could be rough on the transmission, esp it it was a chevy!
John Schlenker-lol, NO
wiseranjuan He said it sometimes breaks the post
What the fuck does “WHIT” mean?
since the chain was hooked up to the truck....why didn't he just yank the post out with the truck???????? Works every time! That guy wasted a lot of his...time..and mine ....
Gerry BEE (copy and pasted)
You are right that a truck and chain would have been enough. There's a couple of reasons why I did it this way. For starters, my truck did not have a stronger receiver hitch and only the stock bumper. That's only rated for 500 lbs tongue weight. I did not want to drive around with a bent bumper in the event that the pole was stronger than I thought. The reason the jack was a safer option was because it's more of a static force as opposed to the dynamic force of yanking on it with the truck only. Hind sight being 20/20, after it was all said and done, I agree the bumper could have done it. Better to be safe than sorry.
Why not dynamite? For all the effort!
no helper because he got hit over the head with the jack in the practice video
LOL!🤣
Way too much effort in that, all he needed was WD40, duct tape, a pocket knife, beer and a friend to watch.
Q Mamon
well this is just upsetting. ive been working for my dads fence company for 5 years now and if i took as long as this guy did i would owe my dad money. let me lend you some advice.
-First dig a hole next to the footing.
-Next get a tamping bar (preferably 8' and sharp) and break the concrete next to the post.
-Lastly pull the post away from the footing and be a man and pull it out.
This method will likely take anywhere from 1 minute to 3 minutes NO MORE.
i can guess that the actual time it took you to remove that post was 12- 18 minutes.
For your employers sake never do that again and use my method.
justin cabrera You guys remove footings to install new fence on the same fence line? I just dig a new hole with an auger right next to the old footing.. the heck with taking them out. leave them underground.. its not gonna hurt anyone
justin cabrera it's called a rock bar
Robbie Rob you have to what the customer wants
I do not understand why are there so many videos of people rapping the chain around the concrete when all you have to do is wrap it around the post 3 times open over the chain back down the chain and hook it and it will grab the post
bc most fence posts at least partially rotted at the bottom and they snap off under press....
with a little more digging you wouldn't have had to do all the rigging...imo
Darren Griggs agreed
Pitiful, just pitiful.
*pitfull
What in the world.....
bruh, that thing wasnt even deep.. you could of just dug it out in like 5 minutes... i was expecting it to be 3 feet in the ground
David Craft I know, right? Guess my x ray vision was wasn't working that day. Glad to see we are both on the same page at first glance, it looks like it could have been 3 feet deep, huh?
i just dug up 30 of those 3 feet deep.. you dont need xray vision...
David Craft 30? That is way too many. If it had been me, I would have started evaluating my life choices after 6 or 7.
its called exercise... you should try it
David Craft You bet. But without a healthy diet, you're pretty much just ice skating uphill, am I right?
5 minutes my ass....just the digging must have taken at least 5 minutes. The video is 6 minutes...including the fast fwd digging. Just sayin...
OMG it was only in the ground 1ft LOL Just dig down 1ft next to it for 5min and tilt it over and it comes out Ha ha ha ha aha 400k views ha ha ha ha
24 to 36 inch minimum for posts
@@charlesbeasley3637 yes but look at the video. the post in the video is only set a foot in the ground. "Charlie bit my finger"
@@chrisbatchelor3717 sorry that common sense doesn't come naturally to you . Obvious !!!!!!-
@@charlesbeasley3637 Ive been installing fences everyday for 20 years. We remove post footings almost everyday. And you know more then me? Ha ha ha ha ha
so dumb it was almost loose after you dug with a few more swaps and some back and forth motion i would have had it out in 1/5 the time
wtf