fence post removal help

[jigs]

I am removing a fence in my yard and have removed all the 4x4 treated posts except the last 3. They seem to be cemented in and wont budge.

I removed most posts with a quad and winch line and the tougher ones with a chain and jack-all. I can't budge the last 3.

Does anyone have any suggestions other than digging out the cement?

Thank you

[fordtruckin]

Know anyone with a bobcat to be able to pull straight up on them rather than from the side?

[liar]

If you have access to some pipe you can build an upside down V . Connect the post to the v and put the two " legs " on the ground so that it will be at about a 45 degree angle . Go from the v to the tow vehicle . As you pull away i will lift up on the post. Does that make sense ? Sometime i dont explain myself very well .

[fishtank]

2 floor jack might work to get it strait up naile a 2x4 each side of the post ( try to nailed as low as you can on the post) and jack away on both sides

or like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LGsdaxrPj8

[Cooeylover]

Use a pressure washer, with a long steel wand on a gun, start it up, drill down the side and shove it down as far as it will go. Pump the underground full of water and do it to both sides. It will make a cavity and loosen up the stake so you can pull it out easier.
We done this with a bunch of screw in piling a that was in the ground for a lot of years, and then our little auger truck twisted them right out.

[CaberTosser]

I used an engine hoist to pull some before, I just had to put some lumber under the wheels to keep them from sinking into the soil.

The improvised hydrovac may help, or digging just one side of it with a post hole digger to give you a direction to pull it over and loosen it up.

[Pioneer2]

Wrap a chain around the post and fasten the links with a big lag screw.Put the lip of a jack-all under the chain an it will lift right out.Remove and use on the other posts.

[EZM]

These are all good idea - had a few stubborn ones I ended up putting a 4x4 cross bolted on and using a couple bottle jacks. A little bit of work to set up but it came up much easier - the bobcat couldn't lift them up, tried a straight jack and it couldn't do it - but hydraulic bottle jacks will move it pretty easy.

I wanted them to come straight up so I could replace the post and not have a ugly hole - otherwise I would have wiggled and dug at it - which may be an option if you are not replacing the post.

You could also hammer drill (chisel tip) at it on a few sides to break it loose too.

[pa_of_6]

If price is no object... hire one of the big butted cranes to come in... something with 100 ton capCity!!!!

It will slip out of there like a glazed penis!!!!

But if you have a budget...
spit on it!!!!!


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