I have several cedar fence posts that I need to replace. They are in concrete and are mostly rotted at the top of the concrete.
In the past, I have dug around the concrete about 6" deep, hooked a chain to it, and used a handyman jack to try to hoist them out.
Other times, I have augered a hole next to the concrete, and using pry bars, pried it over or out. (I've watched crews use this method--they pry the old concrete to the new hole and then place the new post in the old hole and re-concrete.) I'd like to get the old concrete out, but haven't found a simple way.
I removed one last night. Tried hoisting it with the FEL--no luck, even after nudging it several directions. Tried pulling it out with the drawbar and a log next to the concrete to force it up. No luck.
Finally dug deep around the concrete, hooked up the FEL, and using a pry bar, got enough leverage on it to knock it loose. One issue with this is I have a HUGE space at the top if I re-concrete... Maybe I can buy some concrete tubes to limit the top space of concrete??????????
Anyone have any safe suggestions I might try???
In the past, I have dug around the concrete about 6" deep, hooked a chain to it, and used a handyman jack to try to hoist them out.
Other times, I have augered a hole next to the concrete, and using pry bars, pried it over or out. (I've watched crews use this method--they pry the old concrete to the new hole and then place the new post in the old hole and re-concrete.) I'd like to get the old concrete out, but haven't found a simple way.
I removed one last night. Tried hoisting it with the FEL--no luck, even after nudging it several directions. Tried pulling it out with the drawbar and a log next to the concrete to force it up. No luck.
Finally dug deep around the concrete, hooked up the FEL, and using a pry bar, got enough leverage on it to knock it loose. One issue with this is I have a HUGE space at the top if I re-concrete... Maybe I can buy some concrete tubes to limit the top space of concrete??????????
Anyone have any safe suggestions I might try???