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    How to remove fence posts the easy way. Brilliant!!


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    Looks safer than the red neck car method.

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    Now that is clever!

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    Entered thread expecting idiocy and some element of personal injury. Left disappointed but impressed.

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    No concrete though? That might prove a bit harder as the jack would have to be further away (due to the concrete bulb) and might not get the same leverage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vagabond View Post
    No concrete though? That might prove a bit harder as the jack would have to be further away (due to the concrete bulb) and might not get the same leverage.
    Good observation! Most fences here only have poles in concrete at the beginning and the end of the fence, all 'in-betweens' are like the ones shown.

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    I sunk all mine in with concrete so that may not be as effective in my garden without a little bit of digging but still saves breaking your back.
    I’ve just forwarded this to my landscape gardener friend.

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    I've been avoiding tackling a broken wooden post for about a year, still don't know where to start, think I'll end up digging a big hole.

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    'Necessity is the mother of invention'......clever.

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    It may well have been sunk in concrete. In practice, the post acts no different to shuttering and creates a perfectly formed post sized concrete cast that tends to have a smooth face. It takes no more force really to start the post moving from concrete than it does in heavy compacted clay, the clay has little "give" and both apply similar friction. Moving it the first inch or so is the hard part!

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    I like it, but in my part of the country, with heavy clay soil, I suspect the concrete would lift out too. Usually, when they start loosening, the concrete 'lolipop' moves too.

    Well worth a try if you.ve got a vice and jack to hand!

    Paul

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    Just thinking about this if you had no vice but a large diameter wood bit and some bar it might be possible to bore a hole and use that instead?

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    Quote Originally Posted by thegreatdogwood View Post
    It may well have been sunk in concrete. In practice, the post acts no different to shuttering and creates a perfectly formed post sized concrete cast that tends to have a smooth face. It takes no more force really to start the post moving from concrete than it does in heavy compacted clay, the clay has little "give" and both apply similar friction. Moving it the first inch or so is the hard part!
    I’ve always put large nails in the post to anchor it in the concrete.

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    This method should pull posts out of the concrete but usually not enough post to clamp to as they snap or rot at the concrete level.

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    So let's ask how many have a vice like that loitering in the shed!.

    Not many I'd guess,so the best but hardest way is,be a Man and get stuck in.

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    When I put posts in concrete I always wrapped the bottom part in cling film up to about 6 inches outside the concrete. Normally they didn't rot and could be pulled out leaving a neat hole for the new post.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldoakknives View Post
    When I put posts in concrete I always wrapped the bottom part in cling film up to about 6 inches outside the concrete. Normally they didn't rot and could be pulled out leaving a neat hole for the new post.
    So all the moisture has nowhere to go and remains trapped inside the cling film thus rotting the post quicker....anything needing to be fixed into the ground WILL decay over time,people only notice the rot when after several years the fence blows over,or you notice it when treating the panelling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by P9CLY View Post
    So all the moisture has nowhere to go and remains trapped inside the cling film thus rotting the post quicker....anything needing to be fixed into the ground WILL decay over time,people only notice the rot when after several years the fence blows over,or you notice it when treating the panelling.
    Well hey, experience said otherwise. They never rotted any quicker but were easier to get out. They were liberally soaked as well with fence paint.

    But I'm sure you know better.

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    I always soak the portion of the post that will be in the ground in waste engine oil for a few days before inserting. No idea if it really works, but in my head it does.

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    [QUOTE]...in waste engine oil...[/QUOTE]

    Trolling, I hope.

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    I don't think it would work for me. When I set any post, I use a post foot and concrete it in.
    Just removed a gate post. Large deep hole filled with concrete.
    Nearly killed me

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    This took 6 men the old fashion way! An old washing line pole!!

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    Last edited by wildheart; 19th February 2018 at 12:35.

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    [QUOTE=thieuster;4672078]
    ...in waste engine oil...[/QUOTE]

    Trolling, I hope.
    If you're putting it in concrete and not in the ground, I guess this would be fine.

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