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 💜
I just have to mention that "without a tool" is not really truthful. You are using a wooden board to remove the posts. That would constitute as a tool in this case. But thank you for the information. Much appreciated.
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!!!
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.
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.
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
And this is how RUclips 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).
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.
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
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!!!!
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.....! 👍😉
Update. Using this method I finally managed to get 2 of the 5 out. But, whoever put these things in, buried them about half way into the ground. They're deep. Either the teeth put notches in the wood or the 2x4 sinks into the yard. Decades ago, someone got the bright idea to put up a partial chain link fence with tposts... it was the ugliest thing I've seen in a while. It has to go.
@@oxford821 I was having that problem too. Screwed a thick piece of metal on the end of the wood about 1/8" thick. Problem solved. If it sinks into the ground, make that base bigger somehow. Works great!!
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.
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
**says to do it without tools** **proceeds to use a 2x4 as a makeshift tool** But it works! I just used this trick on a post that's been stuck for over 20 years, and too close to the house to use the tractor's bucket & chain like I usually do. That just saved a lot of diesel!
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
Strange I do the same thing except without a board or anything else. Move it forward and back and a little side to side and then move back move forward and lift at the same time, they pop right out after a bit have done it that way for decades
Darned clever! I have a few to be removed. The cheap old guy that lives inside of me says we are NOT going to buy that handy jimdandy removal tool. Thanks to you, I won't make that purchase. Thank you very much.
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.
You're making a super simple job unnecessarily complicated. I would have had the post out without a piece of wood within. 10 seconds. I do it all the time. You just push the post back and forth a couple times and then do it again at 90 degrees Then just pull it out. Geez!
Lol that wasn't even deep in the ground lol.. get like 6 footers 2.5' in the ground and I doubt the average person will be pulling them this way!! Maybe I'm wrong, but doubt 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!
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.
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.
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
I wish I knew this 20 years ago! Thanks for sharing.
NP!
Thank you so much for the info, I've been trying for sometime to think of a way to get some removed . 😮
NP!
Tap the posts INTO the ground first, this breaks the tension between the soil and the post.
Good idea!
I just have to mention that "without a tool" is not really truthful. You are using a wooden board to remove the posts. That would constitute as a tool in this case. But thank you for the information. Much appreciated.
Yes, thanks!
I’m pretty sure that the scrap of wood would be considered a tool in this situation.
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It ain't gunna get mine out of the roots,, ?But it should help other folks.. ... Maybe lay another board on the ground if that sinks in...
Yes!
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.
Shear, simple genius. Thank you for sharing this incredible tip! Cheers!
NP!
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! 👍
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.
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?
Brilliant! So now I don't need to spend $100 to get out a $10 post!
Nice!
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!!!
THAT is the greatest "old man trick" i've ever seen!
Thanks!!
I have removed thousands of t-posts in my life and NEVER knew of this !! Thank you sir !!
You’re welcome!
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!
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!!!
Wow. You created a geared jack. My back thanks you!!! That beats anything I ever saw. Instant hero.
Yes!!!!! Right on
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
Without tools?
That 2x4 is a tool, isn't it?
Yea, I’ve been corrected. It is
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
This ruled!!! Thanks man. I could have way over complicated it!
Thanks!!
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!
And this is how RUclips 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!!
Nice! Though I would argue that a 2x4 is a tool in this case. :)
Yes it is, but a cheap one!
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?
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!
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.
This saved us so so so much time!! And it was so satisfying to do too. Thank you!
Nice!!
Pretty cool. I usually just put a timber hitch on them and let the tractor lift them.
It works!
Great, simple idea. Thank you!
NP!
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!!
Thank you, Sir!!!! Great Tip!
NP, thanks!
You are the wizard, my friend....thank you for sharing....
Alright!!! Thanks. I accept all compliments!
Well, I’ll be darned. Thank you for that tip.
NP!!
Beauty Bro! Nothin' but common sense here...which I apparently lack.
Get it done!!
ROFL. Sometimes the simplest solution is the most brilliant. Thank you for the idea!
Yes!
That would work if the T post not that far in the ground , if it's drove in deep , a old style bumper truck jack will work good ...
Yes
Very simple to just simply use a hi-life jack a chain …BAM … put in 5 seconds
Alright!!!!
you could of helped build the pyramids with that knowledge.
It probably would’ve helped!
Wow, this is so simple and genius. I'm going to go do this right now!
Go for it!
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!
Going to have to remove a few soon, will try this. Thanks!
Nice!
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!
Thanks buddy. I’ve got some of these to remove. Love the video!
Alright!!
It's 10.times easier use t post hitter turn upside down.take 3 seconds
Yes that works great also!
That's great information. It sure beats digging around it and trying to wrench it out by hand.
Exactly!
Great tip. I’ve been shoveling around it with no results. Gonna go try this now
Go for it!
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!
I just came back to comment to say we just did this and it WORKED!!! Thanks soooo much❤❤
Right on!!!!!
Thank you great hack! Love the crocks lol ❤
Thanks!
Thanks for the tip. God bless.
NP, you also
That is so cool.
Thank you I'm 73 and that is a lot easier to get out
Alright! I’m glad it helped
Awesome class. Thank you.
NP!!
This helped me so much thank you
NP!
Best informative video.
Thanks!
That's pretty slick! I'm an old homesteader that knows a few things.. That impressed me
Nice!!!
Nice trick! Thanks
Np!
👍best video I seen so far today
Nice!!
Nice trick! Nice job!
Thanks!
Now that's a good tip!
Thanks!!
Ya know it’s not no tools if u use a piece of wood😂🤦🏻
Your correct. I shoulda said, “no metal
Tools” ?
This failed miserably. The teeth bit down into the wood and left notches. It didn't do anything put them up.
Update. Using this method I finally managed to get 2 of the 5 out. But, whoever put these things in, buried them about half way into the ground. They're deep. Either the teeth put notches in the wood or the 2x4 sinks into the yard. Decades ago, someone got the bright idea to put up a partial chain link fence with tposts... it was the ugliest thing I've seen in a while. It has to go.
Well I’m glad you got some out! I was thinking the wood you used was to soft?
@@oxford821 I was having that problem too. Screwed a thick piece of metal on the end of the wood about 1/8" thick. Problem solved. If it sinks into the ground, make that base bigger somehow. Works great!!
I can hear the Amish working their fields in the background…I was waiting to see if they popped up in the background of the video but they didn’t
Yea, they had a big team of mules working the field
Outstanding!
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!!!
Nice trick! Thanks for sharing! I've been using a floor jack and a wrench.
NP, thanks for watching
Awesome 👍👍
Thanks!
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!
G E N I U S !!! I'm passing your link far and wide and I'm subbing.
Nice, right on!!!!
Smart and straight forward. Very useful! Thanks for sharing.
Right on! Thanks for watching
**says to do it without tools**
**proceeds to use a 2x4 as a makeshift tool**
But it works! I just used this trick on a post that's been stuck for over 20 years, and too close to the house to use the tractor's bucket & chain like I usually do. That just saved a lot of diesel!
Nice!!
Good info Thanks!!
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!
One word …. WOW!!!!!
More words … that’s absolutely AWESOME
Right on!!
What’s wrong with basic push forward and pull back. Repeat a few times. Begin rocking it back and forth a few times. Probably come straight out.
It takes a while that way
THANK YOU from this girl trying not to have to buy a T-post puller!! Sometimes simple just escapes us, Lol....
NP!
Great work mate ❤
Thanks!!
I'm in the same boat as everyone else. I spent hours with chains and scissor jacks and this solved it in 1 minute. This is amazing.
Nice!
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!
Strange I do the same thing except without a board or anything else. Move it forward and back and a little side to side and then move back move forward and lift at the same time, they pop right out after a bit
have done it that way for decades
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Darned clever! I have a few to be removed. The cheap old guy that lives inside of me says we are NOT going to buy that handy jimdandy removal tool. Thanks to you, I won't make that purchase. Thank you very much.
You’re welcome!!
Awesome. I wish I had known that after using a handyman jack, chains, bolts, and various pieces of wood. Thank you.
You’re welcome!
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!
Dang! And I used a semi truck tire jack and chains!🥵…….wished I’d seen this earlier! Great tip…..now I know, thanks!
Alright!!
Dude, I am flabergasted that you wouldn't consider that 2 x 4 a TOOL! Your title for your video is totally misleading.
But it is a good trick.
Thanks!
You're making a super simple job unnecessarily complicated. I would have had the post out without a piece of wood within. 10 seconds. I do it all the time. You just push the post back and forth a couple times and then do it again at 90 degrees
Then just pull it out. Geez!
👍
That's the perfect example of "being smarter than what you're working with"! 👍😉
Yes!!
Lol that wasn't even deep in the ground lol.. get like 6 footers 2.5' in the ground and I doubt the average person will be pulling them this way!! Maybe I'm wrong, but doubt it 😆 🤣 😂
I’ll try it !
Brilliant idea!! Thank you for spreading knowledge brother!
Right on!!
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!
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
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!!
Kudos! But, being the technical and literal-minded jerk that I am, you are using that 2x4 as a tool... 😉
Yea!!! NP!
Thank you for sharing such valuable information.
NP!!
Seems like a scrap anything that’s handy nearby would work 🤔
👍😎
Yes!