got the opportunity to utilize this method (slightly modified) on 4X4 wood posts set in concrete today. Daughter was redoing her back fence and had already removed the pickets and stringers (most of which were pretty shaky and loose anyway). The most time consuming part of the process was getting the support in place for the jack and the chain wrapped around the post and properly secured to the jack. In under an hour, we had about ten posts out, whereas the daughter had spent several hours yesterday digging out around one post and its cement! Thanks so much for the video. At 67, still learning!
One of, if not the best, methods I've seen so far. Thank you for the information and thanks for getting right to the point without the parts about how the universe works and without the trailer trash swearing throughout the video. Excellent.
Wow what a fantastic way to remove bloody fence posts. I suffered greatly removing 20 fence posts using shovel, pick axe & crow bar. Was back breaking hard work/taken days to remove. Cooked out in the boiling hot summer sun. Thankyou very much for sharing this valuable information. Cheers from 🇦🇺 👌🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Wish i would have seen this last week, I dug around my fence post and started to chip away at the concrete thinking it would just fall off the post with the right fracture .... no way after about 45 minutes i had chiped it down about 4in and said its down low enough below the dirt line i took the grinder and went around the post and just cut it off filled the hole with dirt, and walked away. Still have one more to do. thank you for the easy way.
I used this design, a few changes but its a farm jack tripod lift and amazing. I live on a hill and need to pull and replace some post that gravity had moved. Pulled them right out. The biggest difference is I used a 8ft steel post as a cheater bar for move leverage and wow that baby pulled them right out with almost zero effort. Thanks for making this video and sharing your design, it saved my back and a ton of time. Also, it was fun. Thanks again.
Been using a similar design in my fencing business for years, really like a couple of adaptions you have made. Will be updating my system. Great video. Don’t understand why people have disliked this video, they should post the superior solutions in the comments, we can then like or dislike accordingly 🤔Thank you
I wish I'd known THIS 45 years ago! That was the bumper jack in a few of my cars! I was always repairing fences, digging em out or breaking the concrete with a digging bar. Now, I can pass that knowledge onto others!
Like the wood frame addition. I copied your method and pulled 43 wooden post awhile back. I used a piece of metal bar with a cross piece welded to it instead of the wood. Worked like a champ. Got all of them done in a day.
Great video and gorgeous property. I wish I would have seen this video before I cut my steel fence posts flush with the concrete because I thought there was no way to pull them out. Not my fault. I was born this way.
Dig around the top of the concrete where u can wrap a come along around it then anchor ratcheting end of come along to the old cut post and put block of wood under post and crank away you’ll have it out within ten minutes. If u really need them out let me know and I’ll try to explain more
Thank you for this video. This method made removing fence posts so easy! Everything I needed to do this project I was able to get at my local Tractor Supply Co.
Excellent job. I like: -The gate bracket -wood frame for the jack. My way I use a shackle loop on one end of the chain and let the end pull through tighten on itself when I start jacking. Usually it’s wood posts though. Metal posts are a bit more slippery so your idea works well. I might try the wood stand idea. Many times I’ll use two jacks to make it lift straight up. Longer wood legs would work well though. That’s a good idea to use them.
OMG!!! I'm so glad I came across this! I have a post I have to remove and was wondering how I was going to get it out of the ground! As well as the fencing posts too! Lol. You are a life saver!!
I tried a bumper jack to remove some posts ,did not work good . Your tall jack and back legs trick is a great idea . The clamp is another good idea also. Wish I knew this trick 30 years ago .😀
I like your method. I was taught to use a large pipe wrench to hold onto the pipe, then use a hydraulic floor jack to jack up at or near the jaw of the wrench, but it won't work for some situations. Thanks for the idea :)
Great video. Excellent example of brains over braun! As we all should know it can be very challenging to keep up with what needs to be done on our property. The only thing I would like to add is that it’s concrete. Cement is an ingredient in concrete. Calling concrete cement is like calling a cake eggs. Thanks for the video!
This is pretty cool. The way I do it is take a 36 inch pipe wrench and put it on the post like your trying to tighten it or loosen it. Keep a good bind on it and have someone hit the base of the pipe with a 4lb hammer or similar. When it starts to turn with the wrench, the concrete fractures and let's go of the pipe. Turn and pull up and the pipe comes out and concrete stays in.
Wow. Smart man. I wish I would have known this 60 years ago when I had to remove/dig out over a hundred 6-in round wooden posts and R/R ties as corner posts.
@@darrellblair5818 wrong! Only a chain with the dead end held by a human hand. I use the same technique to pull galvanized posts safely and without slippage, you poor butthurt bastard.
Works great. You don't even need the fence hardware. Wrap the chain around the metal pole 3 times- under, over, under and use a slip hook on the end to hook up to the chain. The chain doesn't even slip a bit, grabs on tight. Farm jacks are great.
This guy has the pleasure of removing fence posts with a method that has gone like gangbusters on RUclips...but when he wants to take a break...he just needs to turn around and pop a squat...and enjoy that magnificent view... you are a lucky man indeed.
Awesome. I have done a variation of this several times. Easy peasy. Only thing is sometimes I have had to put a chunk of 2x10 under the foot of the jack if it starts to press down into the ground. What I like with this method is that if it gets too high and there is still too much underground one can simply readjust things and "start over" to pull the rest out (in my part of Canada we have to go down 48 inches to get below the frost line).
Tried without wood bracing... Sad mess. Then I cut a couple boards, ta da, worked like a dream. Best video for this. THANKS SO MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great idea 👍🏻 For the past 30 years I’ve made a career in fencing all over the UK in every sector, commercial, domestic and local authorities. In my mind the quickest way to remove an existing fence is to cut everything off at ground level with a 12” petrol cutter and then erect the new fencing, if you come across any old posts in the ground you get your breaker and 2 minutes later it’s gone 👍🏻
Ken Worth 360' I've much the same time served in all levels of fencing and I agree that there's a lot to be said in favour of leaving the concrete in the ground as if you've got a long run to do that's a lot of expensive clearing to do. This strikes me as a diy tipe set up , I couldn't be arsed with all the fiddling about. All the best 👍
Removed one post yesterday with out all that fan fare. Than today I tried removing an other one. I must of looked like one of the 3 stooges if anyone was watching. All day nothing. Tomorrow your set up is going into effect with out a doubt. A total tool today.
Depending on your part of the country,....might want to soak the ground well to get the concrete to come out with the post. Took me 4 posts to figure out the clay in my area was holding onto the concrete and separating it from the post....then a jack hammer.
There is a method of wrapping the chain on the post that would do away with the bracket. Smaller chain works if yo know how to make a bite so it grips the post.
@@stephenkessinger3567 yea and its probably quicker when you're by your self too. I'm a little older than you, I ain't never been accused of being lazy but I have learned to like the easy way as I get older.😂👍
I like the bolted 4x4s but no need for the hard wear. Just wrap the chain around the pole 2 or three times it'll bite and won't slip. Just like spinning in drill pipe on a drilling rig 👍🏼👌
You're telling me that chain has less than 200 lb of tension? I'm looking to pull some bushes/stumps with the same method and I'm trying to figure out how many thousands of pounds I need the chain to be rated at.
Hmmm where is this at? Whenever I tear out chain link fence i just yank them out by hand with ease. Much faster than this. I live in georgia and we have plenty of red clay that makes it difficult to dig but not to pull out.
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got the opportunity to utilize this method (slightly modified) on 4X4 wood posts set in concrete today. Daughter was redoing her back fence and had already removed the pickets and stringers (most of which were pretty shaky and loose anyway). The most time consuming part of the process was getting the support in place for the jack and the chain wrapped around the post and properly secured to the jack. In under an hour, we had about ten posts out, whereas the daughter had spent several hours yesterday digging out around one post and its cement! Thanks so much for the video. At 67, still learning!
This is the best video I have seen so far on how to remove these post
One of, if not the best, methods I've seen so far. Thank you for the information and thanks for getting right to the point without the parts about how the universe works and without the trailer trash swearing throughout the video. Excellent.
Wow what a fantastic way to remove bloody fence posts. I suffered greatly removing 20 fence posts using shovel, pick axe & crow bar. Was back breaking hard work/taken days to remove. Cooked out in the boiling hot summer sun. Thankyou very much for sharing this valuable information. Cheers from 🇦🇺 👌🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It also works for tree stumps.
Wish I had seen this before I rented a jackhammer and spent two full days just to remove 2 fence posts! Great video! I will do this in the future.
Oh man lol
🤣😭
Great example of thinking smart and not working harder! Brilliant...
Wish i would have seen this last week, I dug around my fence post and started to chip away at the concrete thinking it would just fall off the post with the right fracture .... no way after about 45 minutes i had chiped it down about 4in and said its down low enough below the dirt line i took the grinder and went around the post and just cut it off filled the hole with dirt, and walked away. Still have one more to do. thank you for the easy way.
I used this design, a few changes but its a farm jack tripod lift and amazing. I live on a hill and need to pull and replace some post that gravity had moved. Pulled them right out. The biggest difference is I used a 8ft steel post as a cheater bar for move leverage and wow that baby pulled them right out with almost zero effort. Thanks for making this video and sharing your design, it saved my back and a ton of time. Also, it was fun. Thanks again.
Been using a similar design in my fencing business for years, really like a couple of adaptions you have made. Will be updating my system. Great video. Don’t understand why people have disliked this video, they should post the superior solutions in the comments, we can then like or dislike accordingly 🤔Thank you
Who are these haters?
How could anyone dislike this? I don't get that.
People such as myself will dislike videos that RUclips advertises to me that I don't like or don't need.
Likes or dislikes still gets you more views.
I wish I'd known THIS 45 years ago! That was the bumper jack in a few of my cars! I was always repairing fences, digging em out or breaking the concrete with a digging bar. Now, I can pass that knowledge onto others!
These jacks, Hi-Lift jacks, are now hard to find.
@@sbleroy15 Not looking in the right places then. I've seen them at my local supply store.
Hi lift jacks are in every offroad store everywhere
Thank you, you just saved me a lot of effort renewing a fence for my dad!
Like the wood frame addition. I copied your method and pulled 43 wooden post awhile back. I used a piece of metal bar with a cross piece welded to it instead of the wood. Worked like a champ. Got all of them done in a day.
People who disliked this video have never taken a post out in their lives...
More likely they have and are angry they didn't think of it or see this first :)
Great video and gorgeous property. I wish I would have seen this video before I cut my steel fence posts flush with the concrete because I thought there was no way to pull them out. Not my fault. I was born this way.
Dig around the top of the concrete where u can wrap a come along around it then anchor ratcheting end of come along to the old cut post and put block of wood under post and crank away you’ll have it out within ten minutes. If u really need them out let me know and I’ll try to explain more
Thank you for this video. This method made removing fence posts so easy! Everything I needed to do this project I was able to get at my local Tractor Supply Co.
Excellent job.
I like:
-The gate bracket
-wood frame for the jack.
My way I use a shackle loop on one end of the chain and let the end pull through tighten on itself when I start jacking. Usually it’s wood posts though. Metal posts are a bit more slippery so your idea works well.
I might try the wood stand idea. Many times I’ll use two jacks to make it lift straight up. Longer wood legs would work well though. That’s a good idea to use them.
OMG!!! I'm so glad I came across this! I have a post I have to remove and was wondering how I was going to get it out of the ground! As well as the fencing posts too! Lol. You are a life saver!!
Ever heard of a shovel
@Lost Cause try shoveling out a fence post dolt. It takes forever
I used this today to remove some posts. It worked just like your video. Thanks!
I tried a bumper jack to remove some posts ,did not work good . Your tall jack and back legs trick is a great idea . The clamp is another good idea also. Wish I knew this trick 30 years ago .😀
I like your method. I was taught to use a large pipe wrench to hold onto the pipe, then use a hydraulic floor jack to jack up at or near the jaw of the wrench, but it won't work for some situations. Thanks for the idea :)
This guy is a genius, thanks for the info it will be very useful
Fantastic! I have used the jack before but I love the frame and brackets. Thanks for sharing
Great video. Excellent example of brains over braun! As we all should know it can be very challenging to keep up with what needs to be done on our property.
The only thing I would like to add is that it’s concrete. Cement is an ingredient in concrete. Calling concrete cement is like calling a cake eggs.
Thanks for the video!
This is pretty cool. The way I do it is take a 36 inch pipe wrench and put it on the post like your trying to tighten it or loosen it. Keep a good bind on it and have someone hit the base of the pipe with a 4lb hammer or similar. When it starts to turn with the wrench, the concrete fractures and let's go of the pipe. Turn and pull up and the pipe comes out and concrete stays in.
Great video. Well done. Thank you. Beautiful country in the background too!
That jack works really well, we purchased one to remove fence posts in our yard and it was a piece of cake.
Surely you don't need a jack to remove a fence post made of cake.
Thank you for this video. Your technique worked perfect! I was dreading all of the work that digging would have required.
Clever... you created a tripod with one leg as your lift---very efficient!
Nice. I use a nice big tripod (home-made) with an engine hoist, 2 ton pulling power. Likewise for tree stumps.
Wow. Smart man. I wish I would have known this 60 years ago when I had to remove/dig out over a hundred 6-in round wooden posts and R/R ties as corner posts.
A truly smart man would know how to wrap a chain to provide bite.
Your method was fine. A chain would slip too much on a metal pole. It would work OK on wooden posts.
@@darrellblair5818 really brainiac? Explain why chains are used in the oil patch to pull and spin pipe every day of the week.
@@kevinlwiltfong7941 Brainiac? They have the right tools and more than a jack, you sarcastic BASTARD.
@@darrellblair5818 wrong! Only a chain with the dead end held by a human hand. I use the same technique to pull galvanized posts safely and without slippage, you poor butthurt bastard.
Works great. You don't even need the fence hardware. Wrap the chain around the metal pole 3 times- under, over, under and use a slip hook on the end to hook up to the chain. The chain doesn't even slip a bit, grabs on tight. Farm jacks are great.
Great video, and super idea thanks for sharing. This saves a lot of backbreaking work and it leaves everything neat looking.
And the genius award goes to this guy!!!! Bravo!!! sheeeeesh!
Nicely done. And that was a LOT of concrete, too.
Great video. Neat and tidy. Sad to see all those nicely posted posts go up in smoke (so to speak). 🙏
This is genius. Thanks for posting, I'm already thinking about things that I'm going to pull out of the ground that I was dreading digging up.
you leave my grandma alone!
@@zarroth Oh jeez, was that your grandma? My bad.
This guy has the pleasure of removing fence posts with a method that has gone like gangbusters on RUclips...but when he wants to take a break...he just needs to turn around and pop a squat...and enjoy that magnificent view... you are a lucky man indeed.
ONE OF THE BETTER WAYS I'VE SEEN YET..
Excellent method! I would use a heftier carabiner. Great video. Thanks
Awesome. I have done a variation of this several times. Easy peasy. Only thing is sometimes I have had to put a chunk of 2x10 under the foot of the jack if it starts to press down into the ground. What I like with this method is that if it gets too high and there is still too much underground one can simply readjust things and "start over" to pull the rest out (in my part of Canada we have to go down 48 inches to get below the frost line).
Great video. When they put those posts in, they REALLY put them in.
Wow man I could have done with this video 35 years ago. Could have saved me a lot of hard work 😁
10 ft 4×4 16 in piece of fire wood chain hardware, figure it out.
Tried without wood bracing... Sad mess. Then I cut a couple boards, ta da, worked like a dream. Best video for this. THANKS SO MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great location. You must love your journey to work every day.
Thanks bro 2 years on it u just save my back ...dont gota do it for the 20 or 30 years im planing on doing this.
You made a best video ever seen on RUclips thank you sir
Never thought to use the fence hardware as an anchor point. Thanx!!!!
Same. Thanks.
What a beautiful piece of property!
Where is this location...wow, its awesome looking
Thanks for watching. It's in Northern Idaho.
That's a good job made it look easy, I'm surprised the Jack didn't dig in
Good luck finding a high-lift of the quality like yours today!
Great idea. I had to put a 2x10 under my jack to keep it from sinking tho.
Great idea 👍🏻
For the past 30 years I’ve made a career in fencing all over the UK in every sector, commercial, domestic and local authorities.
In my mind the quickest way to remove an existing fence is to cut everything off at ground level with a 12” petrol cutter and then erect the new fencing, if you come across any old posts in the ground you get your breaker and 2 minutes later it’s gone 👍🏻
Ken Worth 360' I've much the same time served in all levels of fencing and I agree that there's a lot to be said in favour of leaving the concrete in the ground as if you've got a long run to do that's a lot of expensive clearing to do. This strikes me as a diy tipe set up , I couldn't be arsed with all the fiddling about. All the best 👍
Man I hit thumbs up soon as I saw all those deceased posts laying around
Excelent just be careful of fingers and toes when tripping the latch to let the jack down.
Wow what a beautiful view!
Best video on the topic
That place is beautiful!!!
What a beautiful piece of land
Beautiful job dude. This can be a hellish job if you don't know what you're doing.
Removed one post yesterday with out all that fan fare.
Than today I tried removing an other one.
I must of looked like one of the 3 stooges if anyone was watching.
All day nothing.
Tomorrow your set up is going into effect with out a doubt.
A total tool today.
Thanks for the tip, I want have to break my back anymore.
Thank you...great information!
I’ve used the same method for years- we are genius’s
That is going to save me a boatload of time! Thank you for sharing. Now I just need to get myself a highlift jack.
Brilliant! Glad I found your video.
Depending on your part of the country,....might want to soak the ground well to get the concrete to come out with the post. Took me 4 posts to figure out the clay in my area was holding onto the concrete and separating it from the post....then a jack hammer.
Its best to pull the posts out dry if you soak the ground the high lift jack will dig in, think about it
There is a method of wrapping the chain on the post that would do away with the bracket. Smaller chain works if yo know how to make a bite so it grips the post.
Half hitch
I got to pull the old chain link fence and the posts great tip where do we get this kind of jack?
In the trunk of cars from the 80’s..! Lol..!! Good luck trying to find this jack. I use the same method but with a come-along..
@@TRUMP-2024-STF 4WDrivers use these jacks, readily available, in Australia anyway.
If I reverse the steps, could I install a post this way?!?
Lol. If you dig the hole first, yes. That hole is what remains when he's done, meaning that's where you start - with a hole. Get to work, man.
Dwight Stewart
Duh!..... I’m not an idiot
@@SuperBennett69 idk...u sound like an idiot
Mick McMickerson
An’ Mick.... you sound like an asshole.....go look up the word humour in the dictionary
That was a good video, but have you ever seen someone use a tire on a rim to pull post out of the ground it works well too and no Jacking.
I have seen that method. It works well also but I prefer this method.
@@stephenkessinger3567 yea and its probably quicker when you're by your self too.
I'm a little older than you, I ain't never been accused of being lazy but I have learned to like the easy way as I get older.😂👍
I wonder if a large vise grip would work to secure the chain to the pipe and save some production time ?
Good thought. I believe it would work just as well and save time.
Excellent video friend
Good plan. Well done
Very helpful video. Thanks for posting.
“ Thanks for POSTING” ? 😂😂
Good information, with awesome view....
Great video! Is that a 48" farm jack?
Top tip keep your head to one side out of the way of the handle in case it snaps back on you. 👍🏻.
I like the bolted 4x4s but no need for the hard wear. Just wrap the chain around the pole 2 or three times it'll bite and won't slip. Just like spinning in drill pipe on a drilling rig 👍🏼👌
I'm probably not the first to ask - but wouldn't this work for pulling smaller tree stumps up too?
Yes. I actually adapted this method from someone who uses to to pull out tree stumps
Real clever idea!Great work!
What a view behind you!
Good job.....wait, excellent job.
Did this, work, didn't get fancy with the stand
Brilliant. Thanks for posting
Is that a 48 inch jack? Good video.
Yes.
Could you describe in more detail how it's hooked up with the bolts at the top?
I placed a long bolt through the 2×4s and through an existing hole in the top of the high-lift jack.
Great idea .... very impressive !
Nice job!
What size bolt did you use?
I never used any sort of wood frame , just a chain and a highlift jack.
Excellent video, thank you.
PRETTY DAMN SLICK THERE 👍🏼 .......
( KNUCKLE 👊🏽 BUMP ) Stephen Kessinger
Darn where do you live? That place is beautiful
You're telling me that chain has less than 200 lb of tension? I'm looking to pull some bushes/stumps with the same method and I'm trying to figure out how many thousands of pounds I need the chain to be rated at.
are your boards the same length as the farm jack?
Work smarter not harder 👍🏻
Hmmm where is this at? Whenever I tear out chain link fence i just yank them out by hand with ease. Much faster than this. I live in georgia and we have plenty of red clay that makes it difficult to dig but not to pull out.
Great video
Brilliant.! Thanks.
top shelf brother