I usually don't comment on videos...but after an hour of using our hands, a car jack and a sledgehammer to no avail. I watched your video and 6 minutes later my husband and i were able to remove 5 posts that would not budge. Thank you..thank you..thank you 💜
Sometimes cussing adds that little bit extra that gets the job done. Then again I've never tried doing anything without cussing so I really don't know.
That's a great idea. Thank you for sharing. Another handy trick is to use t-post driver as a fulcrum lever to lift the t-post straight out, by sliding the t-post driver down the t-post, between one of the t-post driver handles and the body of the t-post driver, until the driver is resting on the ground and the handle is on the notched side of the t-post and the body of the t-post driver is on the opposite smooth side. Now slide one or more t-posts into the driver for increased leverage and rigidity as needed, and then lift. The t-post will become very tightly pinched between the handle and body of the t-post driver, with the protruding notch preventing the driver from sliding up the t-post. Where there is loose soil, sand, cinder, mud on top , you can use a block of woof to keep the butt of the driver from sinking into the soil as you lift. You can also "choke up" on the t-post by sliding the driver one way or the other, to either increase leverage or distance of each lift. And similar to the method you've shown us here, the driver will simply ratchet down to the next notch after each lift. Rinse and repeat a few times, and the t-post is yanked right out.
My friend and I were discussing how we were going to get a T post out this morning. Neither of us had a clue. Now thanks to you we are going to get that blasted thing out of the ground!
This is really smart. There are an amazing number of crappy products made to pull a t-post. Even the little plates that people use to attach a chain for a tractor to pull up are poorly described; because there are different sizes of t-posts and of course different size chains and they usually give no dimensions. So, it was great to see one resourceful guy spend no money and pull t-posts right up.
That is a great idea. As I recall when i removed about 15 of these around 5 years ago I used a crow bar with a block of wood under it to keep it from sinking into the ground. If the ground is real soft, maybe from rain or for whatever reason, the technique presented here might be helped by laying similar size 2x4 on the ground to keep the vertical board from sinking in. Again great idea shown in the video.
Omg... after fighting with a tee post for an hour I came in to eat and found you on the video. Went out did what you said and it popped right out! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
And this is how CZcams can deliver extremely high-value content. Thank you for sharing a concept that can save money, and......... anyone can do this that needs to remove t-posts from the ground. We all need to consider things we do that could help someone else, and share!! Again, many, many thanks for sharing, I only wish I had known this last evening (I used my tractor bucket and a chain to remove 30+ t-posts).
The only thing I did differently was that I took a two-foot piece of galvanized pipe and slipped it over the fence post to give me more leverage. With that extra leverage, I was able to pop those suckers out of the ground in two pulls. It works great. Kudos for posting (pun intended) 😂such a helpful video.
This is brilliant. In the desert I have used a tractor to (try to) pull t-posts. Pouring a gallon of water around the base is the only way to get them out.
you just saved this 70 year old girl SO MUCH EFFORT in already 90 degrees at 9 am in the morning...an absolute godsend thank you bless you this rates an A+ in home steading! I got one out after 20 minutes all bent to non recognizable use lol BUT it came out
Thank you very much it’s so stupid simple , like why didn’t I think of that you are so kind to share that . I’m 73 and still learning. I used to pull wooden posts by digging in my pointy pick near the ground and prying them up with the curve of the pick . It worked great
GR8 TIP OF THE DAY! FIRST VIDEO I'VE EVER SEEN FROM YOU. I HAD JUST WATCHED ONE OF MY REGULARS & THIS VID JUST HAPPENED TO BE THERE THE TITLE GOT MY ATTENTION. AS SOON AS YOU PUT THAT 2X4 THERE & PUT IT UNDER THAT NOTCH MY INNER WISDOM KICKED IN & I SAID TO MYSELF PULL IT BACK AND REPEAT. I NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH THESE T POSTS BUT THE KNOWLEDGE IS GR8 TO KNOW & ENJOY LEARNING INTERESTING THINGS LIKE I LEARNED IN THIS VID. PROPS TO YOU SIR TAKE CARE.
Once again, necessity is the Mother of invention ! Truer words have never been spoken ! Thanks for sharing ! Wish I had known this decades ago ! Wow.....! 👍😉
Great idea, I probably won’t need to use this but the principle could be used for a number of different applications, just file it away and when a similar problem arises, maybe you’ll remember this trick. Lol
Thanks for posting this. It took me less than 10 minutes to remove 8 metal posts that had been in the ground for probably more than 50 years. Your 2x4 method worked great.
I tried pulling one of these posts out of my backyard once but I wasn’t aware of this trick. So, I tried yanking the post in all directions to make the hole in the ground larger at its opening. That failed to loosen it sufficiently so that I could raise the post from its position in the dirt, so I thought I’d try to bend it by pulling it towards me using all my weight. Well, under lateral force, the metal post snapped in two and down I went…hard…flat on my back. It had barely even bent before it snapped. Obviously, I didn’t expect that outcome but it sure was a lesson learned. I couldn’t even find the remaining piece still underground.
I'm sure that our SW VA clay ground will say, boy, you better go get your tractor but I will be trying this low tech highly intelligent method where I can't get my tractor in. Thanks for the tip!!!!
Hi, I was excited about seeing your method of removing t-posts so I gave it a try on my neighbors posts. THEY WOULD NOT BUDGE. We live in an area that is solid clay and it gets hard like concrete. So I took the hose, turned it on "Jet" and put it down near the grass around the t-post. I held it in one place for about 2 minutes and did it on four sides. I pushed the t-post over to give a little room for the water to jet down. Then I tried your method and the t-posts came out so easily. Thanks for the idea. Oh, by the way, it works better if you use a litte shorter 2 x 4 than what you used in the video. You get more leverage.
OMG. Thank you so much for this tip on removing t-post. My husbands been trying to remove them and he's had a hard time. He's just pulling them out by force. He hurt his back.
Great idea. We pulled hundreds of them after grand-dad ceased raising livestock many years ago. This method would've been much faster. We used the rear tractor wheel and chain method ... It worked, but no faster than this! Thank you!
Thank you!! I have fought with these posts to get them out- digging, pushing, with in the end my losing and the post still in place. Thank you! I should be able to handle this.
A buddy of mine said, “There is no such thing as Scrap wood… rather wood that just hasn’t been purposed yet.” This is a brilliant use of a manual T-post remover. I’m sending this on to my more industrious friends. Keep up the good work! 😉
simple leverage. So simple that all of us commenting failed to use the KISS principle lol. The obvious most often goes unobserved. Thanks very much for posting this video.
GREAT VIDEO! and a great idea! I know in the late 70's me and a buddy of mine had to pull out almost 50 of those dam things out, AND the ground was SO DRY and hard we had to use a CHAIN rapped around the post and use a HYRODALIC JACK to push/pull the post out of the ground. IT WAS A PAIN in the back. BUTT we finally got them all out to REPOISTION them for a fence relocation
Good job👍 If you have posts that you know you are going to be removing, then cut the metal anchors off the bottom . A grinder can zip them right off. They work fine and are a breeze to remove.
Thank you, for sharing I have a t post, my father-in-law put in and I have tried several times to get it out to no avail. I will try your way and I will let you know, how it works. It looks simple and should be taught by all fathers to their sons and daughters.
I usually don't comment on videos...but after an hour of using our hands, a car jack and a sledgehammer to no avail. I watched your video and 6 minutes later my husband and i were able to remove 5 posts that would not budge. Thank you..thank you..thank you 💜
Right on!!!! Nice work
Last time I tried digging out t-posts I’m pretty sure I invented some new curse words…clearly brains beats brawn! Nicely done, Sir!
Thanks!!!
Been there! Yepper!
Sometimes cussing adds that little bit extra that gets the job done.
Then again I've never tried doing anything without cussing so I really don't know.
True lower back buster. I feel dumb not thinking of this, lol.
I shall forever know this knowledge.
Yes!!
Shear, simple genius. Thank you for sharing this incredible tip! Cheers!
NP!
That's a great idea. Thank you for sharing. Another handy trick is to use t-post driver as a fulcrum lever to lift the t-post straight out, by sliding the t-post driver down the t-post, between one of the t-post driver handles and the body of the t-post driver, until the driver is resting on the ground and the handle is on the notched side of the t-post and the body of the t-post driver is on the opposite smooth side. Now slide one or more t-posts into the driver for increased leverage and rigidity as needed, and then lift. The t-post will become very tightly pinched between the handle and body of the t-post driver, with the protruding notch preventing the driver from sliding up the t-post. Where there is loose soil, sand, cinder, mud on top , you can use a block of woof to keep the butt of the driver from sinking into the soil as you lift. You can also "choke up" on the t-post by sliding the driver one way or the other, to either increase leverage or distance of each lift. And similar to the method you've shown us here, the driver will simply ratchet down to the next notch after each lift. Rinse and repeat a few times, and the t-post is yanked right out.
Right on!
A better trick is heading down to your local farm and ranch store, and buying a t post puller.
@@rkf2746 Feel better, now?
I have removed thousands of t-posts in my life and NEVER knew of this !! Thank you sir !!
You’re welcome!
My friend and I were discussing how we were going to get a T post out this morning. Neither of us had a clue. Now thanks to you we are going to get that blasted thing out of the ground!
Nice!!!
Slick move. Can't get much simpler that a piece of two by four. Great video thumbs up.
Right on, thanks
A quart of water will do it just as easily. Maybe I should make a video on that.
This is really smart. There are an amazing number of crappy products made to pull a t-post. Even the little plates that people use to attach a chain for a tractor to pull up are poorly described; because there are different sizes of t-posts and of course different size chains and they usually give no dimensions. So, it was great to see one resourceful guy spend no money and pull t-posts right up.
Yes!!! Thanks
Hey. Scraps of 2 x 4 are priceless.
That is a great idea. As I recall when i removed about 15 of these around 5 years ago I used a crow bar with a block of wood under it to keep it from sinking into the ground. If the ground is real soft, maybe from rain or for whatever reason, the technique presented here might be helped by laying similar size 2x4 on the ground to keep the vertical board from sinking in. Again great idea shown in the video.
Yes, definitely would work!
Omg... after fighting with a tee post for an hour I came in to eat and found you on the video. Went out did what you said and it popped right out! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
Yes! Right on!
Brilliant! So now I don't need to spend $100 to get out a $10 post!
Nice!
And this is how CZcams can deliver extremely high-value content. Thank you for sharing a concept that can save money, and......... anyone can do this that needs to remove t-posts from the ground. We all need to consider things we do that could help someone else, and share!! Again, many, many thanks for sharing, I only wish I had known this last evening (I used my tractor bucket and a chain to remove 30+ t-posts).
Thanks for the great comment!!
Wow. You created a geared jack. My back thanks you!!! That beats anything I ever saw. Instant hero.
Yes!!!!! Right on
THAT is the greatest "old man trick" i've ever seen!
Thanks!!
this worked great for me today!!! im in my 50s and a lady! and it was 80 degrees and 80 percent humidity
Great news!!
The only thing I did differently was that I took a two-foot piece of galvanized pipe and slipped it over the fence post to give me more leverage. With that extra leverage, I was able to pop those suckers out of the ground in two pulls. It works great. Kudos for posting (pun intended) 😂such a helpful video.
Great!!!
This is brilliant. In the desert I have used a tractor to (try to) pull t-posts. Pouring a gallon of water around the base is the only way to get them out.
I wonder if this would be easier than pulling out the tractor?
you just saved this 70 year old girl SO MUCH EFFORT in already 90 degrees at 9 am in the morning...an absolute godsend thank you bless you this rates an A+ in home steading! I got one out after 20 minutes all bent to non recognizable use lol BUT it came out
Right on!! Credits in Heaven!
Glad I tuned in. I have 'T' post fence. Someday I will really impress my handyman with this when I show him how it's done.
Yes!
Thank you very much it’s so stupid simple , like why didn’t I think of that you are so kind to share that . I’m 73 and still learning. I used to pull wooden posts by digging in my pointy pick near the ground and prying them up with the curve of the pick . It worked great
Good deal!
Technically the 2 X 4 IS a tool.
Yea, a cheap one ?
Your comment makes you a tool.
Technically the board is a tool but he titled the video well for practical reasons. Genius method! 👍
I'll give it a try. I'm 67, not very strong, and posts in very hard ground. But I'm ready to try.
Go for it!
No, I did not. Nice idea, but my BIL put them in and they are pretty deep.
Did not work ground to hard in texas
That is so cool.
Thank you I'm 73 and that is a lot easier to get out
Alright! I’m glad it helped
GR8 TIP OF THE DAY! FIRST VIDEO I'VE EVER SEEN FROM YOU. I HAD JUST WATCHED ONE OF MY REGULARS & THIS VID JUST HAPPENED TO BE THERE THE TITLE GOT MY ATTENTION. AS SOON AS YOU PUT THAT 2X4 THERE & PUT IT UNDER THAT NOTCH MY INNER WISDOM KICKED IN & I SAID TO MYSELF PULL IT BACK AND REPEAT. I NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH THESE T POSTS BUT THE KNOWLEDGE IS GR8 TO KNOW & ENJOY LEARNING INTERESTING THINGS LIKE I LEARNED IN THIS VID. PROPS TO YOU SIR TAKE CARE.
Awesome, thanks!!
Once again, necessity is the Mother of invention !
Truer words have never been spoken !
Thanks for sharing !
Wish I had known this decades ago !
Wow.....!
👍😉
Nice!
Great idea, I probably won’t need to use this but the principle could be used for a number of different applications, just file it away and when a similar problem arises, maybe you’ll remember this trick. Lol
Right on!
Thanks for posting this. It took me less than 10 minutes to remove 8 metal posts that had been in the ground for probably more than 50 years. Your 2x4 method worked great.
Right on!!!
That's pretty slick! I'm an old homesteader that knows a few things.. That impressed me
Nice!!!
I tried pulling one of these posts out of my backyard once but I wasn’t aware of this trick. So, I tried yanking the post in all directions to make the hole in the ground larger at its opening. That failed to loosen it sufficiently so that I could raise the post from its position in the dirt, so I thought I’d try to bend it by pulling it towards me using all my weight.
Well, under lateral force, the metal post snapped in two and down I went…hard…flat on my back. It had barely even bent before it snapped. Obviously, I didn’t expect that outcome but it sure was a lesson learned.
I couldn’t even find the remaining piece still underground.
Dang, hopefully that was the last time you’ll struggle with them!!!
those cast iron oners that snap rather than break are pretty uncommon these days!
cast iron ones, that snap, rather than BEND i meant to say
I'm sure that our SW VA clay ground will say, boy, you better go get your tractor but I will be trying this low tech highly intelligent method where I can't get my tractor in. Thanks for the tip!!!!
Right on! I hope it works for you.
That's great information. It sure beats digging around it and trying to wrench it out by hand.
Exactly!
Hi, I was excited about seeing your method of removing t-posts so I gave it a try on my neighbors posts. THEY WOULD NOT BUDGE. We live in an area that is solid clay and it gets hard like concrete. So I took the hose, turned it on "Jet" and put it down near the grass around the t-post. I held it in one place for about 2 minutes and did it on four sides. I pushed the t-post over to give a little room for the water to jet down. Then I tried your method and the t-posts came out so easily. Thanks for the idea. Oh, by the way, it works better if you use a litte shorter 2 x 4 than what you used in the video. You get more leverage.
Right on, great job!
Pretty cool. I usually just put a timber hitch on them and let the tractor lift them.
It works!
This ruled!!! Thanks man. I could have way over complicated it!
Thanks!!
OMG. Thank you so much for this tip on removing t-post. My husbands been trying to remove them and he's had a hard time. He's just pulling them out by force. He hurt his back.
No!!!! I hope this helps
Outstanding tip! I saw your video yesterday and jumped up out of my seat to go try it... sure enough, it worked well! :) :) :)
Nice!!!!!!
Brilliant in its simplicity! You can do a lot of stuff with a good stick! Thanks for the video, you've saved me some aggravating work!!!
Alright!!!
Man heck of a tip,thank you very much.Your video just popped up and I'm glad it did.
Right on!
Great tip. I’ve been shoveling around it with no results. Gonna go try this now
Go for it!
Great idea. We pulled hundreds of them after grand-dad ceased raising livestock many years ago. This method would've been much faster. We used the rear tractor wheel and chain method ... It worked, but no faster than this! Thank you!
You’re welcome!
Thank you!! I have fought with these posts to get them out- digging, pushing, with in the end my losing and the post still in place. Thank you! I should be able to handle this.
Yes!
Thank you! What a great technique. And the posts come out straight so they can be used again.
Yes!!
A buddy of mine said, “There is no such thing as Scrap wood… rather wood that just hasn’t been purposed yet.” This is a brilliant use of a manual T-post remover. I’m sending this on to my more industrious friends. Keep up the good work! 😉
Thanks!
Great, simple idea. Thank you!
NP!
Excellent! You have saved a lot of time and effort. Thanks
You’re welcome!
Brilliant idea!! Thank you for spreading knowledge brother!
Right on!!
Thank you so much for the info, I've been trying for sometime to think of a way to get some removed . 😮
NP!
Kudos to you!
Sure beats trying to wiggle post back & forth side to side back & forth side to side etc etc . Learn something new everyday, thanks!
NP!
Thank you, sir! This was some great knowledge to pass on.
You’re welcome!
Smart and straight forward. Very useful! Thanks for sharing.
Right on! Thanks for watching
Excellent tip! Thank you.
NP!
Nice trick! Thanks for sharing! I've been using a floor jack and a wrench.
NP, thanks for watching
Wow thanks for sharing your knowledge! Worked like a charm! 👌👌
Thank you !!!
Excellent video and advice!
Thanks!
simple leverage. So simple that all of us commenting failed to use the KISS principle lol. The obvious most often goes unobserved. Thanks very much for posting this video.
Alright NP!!
Who would have thunk it. I was just about to get the tractor out and thought, there has to be something quicker and easier. Thanks man.
No Problem!
@@oxford821 Worked like a charm. Did 7 fence post in about ten minutes
Right on!!
Thank you, Sir!!!! Great Tip!
NP, thanks!
Thanks buddy. I’ve got some of these to remove. Love the video!
Alright!!
Awesome class. Thank you.
NP!!
GREAT VIDEO! and a great idea! I know in the late 70's me and a buddy of mine had to pull out almost 50 of those dam things out, AND the ground was SO DRY and hard we had to use a CHAIN rapped around the post and use a HYRODALIC JACK to push/pull the post out of the ground. IT WAS A PAIN in the back. BUTT we finally got them all out to REPOISTION them for a fence relocation
Sounds tough, thanks!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.👍
NP!
Thanks. Doing this today. Your video was very helpful!❤
Alright!
The awesome power of the lever! Thanks for sharing!
NP!
I just came back to comment to say we just did this and it WORKED!!! Thanks soooo much❤❤
Right on!!!!!
I always wondered what those notches were used for, now I know. Brilliant!
Thanks!
This absolutely does work! I had to pull about 10 tposts out on very short notice, i sure appreciate you sir! Thank you thank you!
Right on!!
Year old post and still able to help me. Excellent video
Thanks !!
Wow, this is so simple and genius. I'm going to go do this right now!
Go for it!
That is brilliant. Thank you for sharing!
NP!
Wow, great back saver. I'm getting ready to pull about a dozen or so. Thanks
I hope it works for you!!
Well, I’ll be darned. Thank you for that tip.
NP!!
What a genius idea ! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks!
This saved us so so so much time!! And it was so satisfying to do too. Thank you!
Nice!!
that's actually really cool. i came on here thinking your solution would be something i had learned as a kid on a chicken farm.
Right on!
You are the wizard, my friend....thank you for sharing....
Alright!!! Thanks. I accept all compliments!
Great advise!
Thanks!
Thank you Brother. Very helpful. 👍
You’re welcome!
That's the perfect example of "being smarter than what you're working with"! 👍😉
Yes!!
Good job. Thanks for sharing.
NP!
BRILLIANT!! Thank you so much!
NP!
Great tip for the day! Good stuff!
Thanks!
Thanks for the tip. God bless.
NP, you also
Good job👍
If you have posts that you know you are going to be removing, then cut the metal anchors off the bottom . A grinder can zip them right off.
They work fine and are a breeze to remove.
I learned something new! Thank you!
Right on!!!
Thank you, for sharing I have a t post, my father-in-law put in and I have tried several times to get it out to no avail. I will try your way and I will let you know, how it works. It looks simple and should be taught by all fathers to their sons and daughters.
Yes, I hope it works!
Going to have to remove a few soon, will try this. Thanks!
Nice!
Clever. I usually just use the blade on my tractor bucket to pull it up. Those little nubs on the t post are pretty handy.
Yes!!
One word …. WOW!!!!!
More words … that’s absolutely AWESOME
Right on!!
That's a good technique. I hope I remember it if I ever need to pull a t-post.
Nice!
ROFL. Sometimes the simplest solution is the most brilliant. Thank you for the idea!
Yes!
Awesome trick. Thank you.
👍
That’s pretty cool thanks for sharing.
NP!
Great and informative video. That is a nice way to remove the posts, but a potential nut-buster.
Buy a farm Jack.
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This helped me so much thank you
NP!
GREAT VIDEO. SUPER HELPFUL!
Thanks!
Thank you for this experience
NP!!
I wish I knew this 20 years ago! Thanks for sharing.
NP!
Pretty slick way to pull the T-posts. I have used a car jack to lift them but your way is simpler and easier.
Thanks!
I like this. Thank you for sharing
NP!