Fence Post Removal

[Whitespirit66]

Just a quick video to show how quickly posts can be removed, to enable sitting on a lovely new fence.

 

[ajstoneservices]

Very clever

 

[Nige F]

The old Toe Jack trick used one to lift a leaning concrete/brick bin store once.

 

[foxhole]

I just use a 4x2 over a pile of bricks as the fulcrum , much quicker,cheaper, though in the video the post has very little around the base, usually a dozen bricks and a couple of bags of concrete, doubt it would be so effective in that situation..

 

[Diyisfun]

I think I could pull that post out.
I removed a 4 x 4, just by drilling holes & levering out.

 

[john4703]

As he drilled into the post it moved, I think it was so loose it was easy to remove. That method would not work with a post set into a large solid concrete base.

 

[deandiy61]

definitely wouldn't work with the average rotted wooden fence post set in a large ... ... .

 

[bernardgreen]

neither would it work with a post where the bottom of the post is in damp clay and has swollen.

Burning out with charcoal and an airblower works but is time consuming.

 

[deandiy61]

got me interested. Charcoal and an airblower? How long ? Posts set in concrete paths that customers want left undamaged are worst. Anything from 3 hours to two days.