How to Remove Fence Post in 3 Minutes!!! | How to Remove Concrete from the Ground.
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
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Kids doing it on their own: • How To Remove A CONCRE...
In this video I show how to remove fence post in 3 Minutes. These same tools and methods can be used to remove concrete from the ground. Using a few simple tools this method can save time and money removing concrete fence posts from the ground. It is so easy my kids were able to remove fence posts.
0:00 - Fence Post Removal Intro
0:31 - Fence Post Puller Tools
1:40 - How to Remove Fence Post with Concrete
3:08 - How to Remove Concrete from the Ground
3:28 - Easy Fence Post Removal
3:50 - Other Helpful Tools for Fence Post Removal
4:12 - How to Remove Fence Post Outro
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2x12's for the base if they are lying around. Cool VID sir!
Bro, this is how videos should be made. Straight to the point with great tools and tips. Just wanted you to know that it's appreciated.
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I'm not one to comment on videos. My goodness this is a game changer I have 22 posts to remove. Thank you so much!
Glad it helped! Good luck with the removal!
I've been digging these posts for years and used a heck of a lot of precious energy doing it! You sir deserve a medal!
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I don't have a fence to remove, but man I enjoyed this video. Especially loved seeing the pride that your son showed in himself at the end. The "I can do this" attitude will serve him well his entire life.
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Farm jackal was my best friend for years. When car/truck bumpers were made of steel it was a handy rescue tool.
Awesome tips. This video really delivers! I removed 14 footings from my yard with shovels, 8' digging bar, sledge hammer, and you name it, lots of work. So when i saw this title i thought this is classic clickbait but turn out it is genius!
after pulling four posts up from my clothes line, with a shovel, and having a high lift in the shed... I feel pretty dumb lol ! Great vid
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Things happen that way, but thanks for admitting that so the rest of us could get a laugh. But, how could you know? Having one right there though, that's gotta hurt. I could imagine the idea could be used to move quite a few heavy things. It would make a good stump puller if the tree wasn't too big, a rock mover, car parts, etc. Maybe they had a big one when the pyramids were built!
I'm getting ready to paint my house. I'm sure I'll find a video with short-cuts after I'm done!
Awesome. I am about to save myself roughly $8k thanks to this video. Great video!
I'm not saving anything, but I thought it was awesome too!
Pulling the old posts was my one major hesitation about replacing my fence by myself. Thanks for this idea.
Glad to help. Good luck!
One thing to remember is never allow yourself to be positioned above the jack bar when operating the jack.
I’ve seen these things kick and that bar comes up in a big hurry.
I see HenryT mentioned the tension on the chain but you also need to remain clear of the upward sweep of the bar itself in all operation.
That's a general principle of physics. If you are cutting with a knife, same idea. Cut AWAY from your body/hands. Make sure the arc of your blade or axe swing is never going to angle toward your body even from a deflection if you miss. Many a leg was probably cut or bruised by swinging an axe or hammer downward, missing the target and the arc of the swing continues past and oops. Shin bone is NOT a happy camper.
My post were double the thickness and the concrete bases were far more substantail ( necessity4us due to high cross-winds ). Another issue I had is that as I had originally forgotten to bevel the concreate bases against the posts to allow rain/water to easily run off and not pool round the bases, which resulted in most of the posts being rotten part or all way througn at the base. This made using jacks very difficult/ineffective.
So my strategy here was to grind/mill the wooden post remains out and leave the concrete bases in place and simply added new posts of the same size. It all turned out to be a nightmare of a job, that took forever, cost a wodge in cutting and milling bits, and left me with battered hands, arms and shoulders for weeks. The moral of the story is : Never forget to bevel/angle the concrete cement downwards away from the post base, so that water can run off and not sit and rot the posts in the first place. Wish I had watched this video before doing the job, as that would have saved me quite a bit of pain and time I would imagine.
Your helper did a fantastic job!!!
This video helped me and my son remove 4 deeply cemented posts from our side yard in about an hour. Appreciate the idea and links
Awesome! Thx for the great feedback!
Man... You are my latest super hero! This method beats the heck outta diggin, pullin, and swearin! (mostly swearin)...Now, how do I get my wife to do it? It's her turn.
Heck yeah! Good luck convincing the wife!
After trying to dig out a concrete base enough to get purchase on it to pull it out of the hole I realize there's got to be a better way. The next morning I found your video went Harbor Freight picked up a jack and finish the job quickly. I can't thank you enough for sharing your tips and tricks it really helped me.
I made a 9ft tripod and secured a winch and pulley to it and just hit a button and watched my family look surprised 😂 worked like a charm
Sounds better but also way more expensive!
@@CarpeDiem601your right,..but I already have a winch that I made a bracket for, to attach it to anything (tree, tripod,my van hitch, etc.)
I made the same tripod with 3 ton winch...waiting to save 20 hours on my first tree trunk!
@@westvalley411 good luck ! I don't think 3 ton will be enough tho. if u use a pulley u can double the power to 6 ton, but trees and posts are two different animals, lol. wish u luck. also I was using a 5.5 ton with pulley to get 11 ton pulling force and it was almost not enough power on some. but pulsing the button every few seconds worked well.
@@southern_mericanhmm, good to know, thanks for advice.
I used this method yesterday to remove a post buried in nearly 3 feet of very heavy concrete. It worked just as you suggested. I'm grateful to you for the tips.
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You earned yourself a subscriber. Thanks for the detailed explanation. The biggest tip here is to use the angle iron to keep the jack from tipping forward when jacking the post out.
Thanks for the sub! I appreciate the comment! Yeah the angle iron makes a big difference.
Nice idea. I remember old farmers saying don’t use concrete to set fence posts that you can set them tighter packing the soil properly (they were right) but it is reality. I had my fence replaced that I built years ago myself without using any but the contractor concreted them this time. I don’t think I will be doing the next one though.
After Hurricane Ike, I had around 250 ft of cedar privacy fence blown down... Nearly all of the posts were snapped off at the level of the ground near the concrete... I used a pretty similar technique with my hi-lift jack to remove the remaining posts and concrete... Main difference is probably the way I attached the chain to the post -- I would loop it around the post a couple of times and then clip it back to the original lead of the chain so that when it was being pulled, it would tighten up on the post like a noose... I replaced it by welding a steel picket (aka "wrought iron style") fence... A lot less surface area for the wind to act upon, so it should survive the next hurricane... The clay soil we have around here is either rock hard during the dry spells or a gumbo that refuses to come off you shovel / post hole digger during the wet spells... Either way, it took a lot more than 3 minutes to do each post... Maybe 3 beers per post is more like it...
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I tried several other methods on RUclips and had no success. This worked exactly as shown. Thank you!!!!
Thanks for the video. I have all the tools, now I just need to have children.
Got mine trained pretty well.
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Good luck with the children, lol!
Good Tip ! I have used a automotive floor jack before but your method looks alot easier. thanks for posting.
Great video!. Wish they would teach this kind of stuff in school.
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I have a number of steel fence posts to move to new locations. I was planning to cut them off at the ground but I think using your technique I may be able to reuse them. Thanks!
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I need a kid like that.
very handy
Usually takes some coaxing, but trying to raise them right. Appreciate the comment. Thx for watching!
The boy is wearing CROCKS!!! Come on dad, get him a pair of steel toed boots for a job like this!
You'll have that on them big jobs 😂
I hired a tow truck to come out and remove 25 posts. Cost me $200 dollars which was a fair price to me. Took the guy about an hour. The beautiful thing was I sat and watched while drinking a beer.
That a hellava deal. Hard to get most people out of bed for $200, especially ones with equipment and means.
I didn't even have to watch this to know what it was. I've been doing this for over 10 years. It works great to pull up many small trees/bushes as well if you can get a grip on them.
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You are right on, I’ve used this exact method hundreds of times and it works great
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The angle iron brace....hmmmm, why didn't I think of that LOL. That's the game changing idea. Thank you!
It really is! I struggled at first trying to do it without it and then improvised with the angle iron. Made it SO MUCH easier! Appreciate the comment.
Great video! It's so easy, a kid can do it....which is what I have to tell myself.
Dang Bro, THIS is a great idea! I love leverage. Myself and a family member both have to do this soon, will save a ton of time.
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Thanks for this, it's simple and makes so much sense compared to other ways.
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Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
It’ll save my back…thanks for the video!
I'm so glad I found this video before I got started on my little project. Great tips, thanks!!
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Another good way is to wrap the post with chain, have a solid tire and wheel assembly, stand the tire up like it would normally be on a truck, put the chain over the top of the tread, hook the chain to a truck or tractor. As you start the pull, the tire holds the load and pulls straight up. It also absorbs the weight and won’t tear up the ground.
then something snaps and you have a broken truck or worse.. ive seen the videos
@@tejeda7324 use the right equipment and you'll minimize the risk of this. Anything rated for less than 2 tons is foolish.
Appreciate the info. Someone hit my chain link post broke it off ground level. Now need to remove, replace, and hook the fence back to the post.
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Excellent video and well explained. Thanks !
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Nice kids! Well done.
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A tip here for safety reasons. When just removing concrete it is very important that the chain is secured prior to lifting it with the jack. While under tension and if the chain slips, the kickback will have tremendous force and anyone unfortunate enough to be at the receiving end will have a lot of hurt.
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I thought he said that in the video already.
I’m not convinced there is much stored energy to release if it slips.
Using the brace against the jack was where I saw potential for slipping and an issue.
I almost cried when I saw the safety violations.
Thanks Dad...
Great tip with the angle iron stabilizing bar
In Wyoming, We also call these “come-a-long” jacks or shepherd’s jacks. Besides using them for pulling fence posts, they are also used to stretch barbed wire, pulling a wagon or a pickup out of a ditch, pulling a deadfall tree or a boulder out of the road, and any place where a rancher needs to pull an oversized load while out alone on the ranch or in the wild. When I was a kid, my dad always had a come-a-long attached to his old blue Jeep when we went camping or fishing in the high country. Survival gear in 4WD country.
Nice job. I have used a floor jack before but not 48 times. That jack you used is great for this task.
Yeah couldn't imagine trying that with a floor jack. It really was easy once you got in a rhythm. Would have been super easy with two able-bodied men, but I made due with my kids lol.
I was wondering how I was going to pull these out. Great recommendations! Thank you! New subscriber!
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Nice work! All business, success!
Awesome tip!! I loved it. Thank you!!
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This is great information. I have to remove some old fence posts from the ground. Thanks for sharing!
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Good tip! Nice work!
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finally a video which details which hooks to use and how to use them
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Exactly why I kept a old bumper Jack that had been deemed totaled by insurance company. Sometimes I had the chain slip but hammering a nail into the wood helped the chain grip.
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If you don’t have many to do a digger bar with a chisel end works really well, and if the post has rotted can be quicker and easier than digging round to place a chain. A digger bar is basically a long, heavy chunk of steel bar about 70” long that gives great leverage and concrete smashing power. One of my most useful garden tools for everything from extracting concrete to digging holes in stony ground for planting shrubs and trees.
I managed to bend my digging bar.
Every time that I have used it since, I turn it to potentially bend it back, but no luck! :)
@@drippingwax What sort was it? Mine is a “Roughneck Digging Bar 1750mm (69")”. It weighs 17lb and I don’t think I could bend it even if I wanted to (maybe a very slight bend in the flat part at the end, but not enough to affect it).
@@Tailspin80 I don't recall and I moved across the state for grad school, but I drove it into the ground at a 45° angle with a sledge hammer and used it as an anchor to move my shed.
I wonder if the ground was frozen that day.
As hard as it is in Arizona, the bar tended to move more than the 8'×14' shed.
@@drippingwax Hmm..might not be quite what is designed for! What were you using to pull the shed?
@@Tailspin80What else was I supposed to use to anchor my hand winch? :)
Awesome I already got a hi lift jack I'll try that next time thanks for the information
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Nice spread you got there, friend. Beautiful property.
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Thank you for your tips , they were very helpful
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Perfect! Thanks
Fantastic video! Thanks much.
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Thanks for doing this. This is going to help tremendously.
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Good video, and well done to your assistant.
Thanks 👍. Both boys definitely put in some work!
Great video guys, that loop back under the chain is a great tip. I used your method to pull 2-inch steel pipes set in the ground with 2.5 ft of concrete up. Thanks
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We used a very thick piece of rebar, which we put through a hole we drilled in the fence post, and then two automotive jacks on either side to lift the posts out. It worked, and saved us a lot of money, but your way is better. I'll have to remember that.
Brilliant idea!!
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Wonderful son and father, have many more nice memories!
Great video... Thanks!!!
Thanks, very well presented
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I've been looking for this solution for a long time
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Very good idea. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Fantastic video gonna be using this when I redo my new retaining wall thanks a lot.. 🏆💯
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So, I tried this method out with the roughly same equipment (60" jack over 48" was cheaper) I needed the shorter 8ft chain over my 3/8 13ft harbor freight special, but I wrapped it to shorten it up. Anyway, results.. it 100% works nicely if your posts are still attached. I'm in Midwest, if your 4x4s are snapped at the ground, you're still going to be doing a good amount of digging otherwise your chain will crush the concrete and you'll just be digging it all up anyway. I was 50/50 on those. If you dig far enough to get the 4x4 that's still encased you'll get it, if not you're digging it up. Make sure to use a minimum 6ft piece of angled mild steel 1/8th or 1/4" thick.
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@@thebumpchannel Not a problem, this method is well worth the money, thankyou for sharing!
Excellent video!
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Excellent video. I love this McGyvering type stuff
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Amazing-a useful video on RUclips
A cheaper method i used was to screw a 2x4 perpendicular to the post about 12" off the ground. Then just lay an 8' fence post over a fulcrum (log) and under the 2x4. This forms an 8' lever (seesaw) where you can push down on (or stand on) one end to lift out the post on the other
That's how I did it, too. Unfortunately sometimes it doesn't work and you're back to cracking concrete and digging with the breaker bar.
Great suggestions, I appreciate it.
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Excellent presentation and good information. New subscriber. Thanks
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Very nice video, thanks!
Thank you too!
Gotta love that victory dance at the end.
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Good tip!
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thanks for the tip
Keeper, sure this will come in handy.
Thanks for sharing.
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Useful tool 👍
Great vid, very helpful
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Job well done!
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Excellent video
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Brilliant idea
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Great video
Outstanding, Mike, UK 🇬🇧
Thank you very much.👌👌👌
Super helpful thanks
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Thank you. I got some tight spots I can’t get to w the tractor. I’m a fan of leverage!
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Wat she said
Great.. I guess I could also remove my backyard swing set concrete post with this method. Thanks
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@thebumpchannel wondering if the high lift jack can be rented from Home Depot?
@@Ifeanyi736 not sure
Great idea.
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I used a farm jack back when to do a similar job w 48 fence posts. I used a little different technique. Whish I'd seen this video with all it's fine points before I statrted. Vinyl fence post are a dream.
Great video.
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Fantastic idea! N😊
Thank you! 😊
Well done! I've seen it done with a 2x4 and a pump jack, but this looks nicer/easier.
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I have used this method many times! Works great. Rather than buying a jack base, just use a chunk of 5/8 plywood. I usually wiggle the post a bunch to loosen things up. That seems to work better (unless the post is rotted and you break it! Lol).