Removing fence posts

[Tollster]

I have always pulled them and trees out like a cork, it also prevents any additional yard damage from doing it the many other ways. Pretty simple to, just a bit more enginuity than a lead foot and blunt force trauma.

Tie off one end of a stout rope to the hitch (Use the pin), then run the other end over an inflated spare tire and tie it off to the BASE of the post. Have a friend or loved one keep the tire upright AGAINST the post while you slowly apply tension. The tire will work as a lever, rolling as needed while the rope bites into the tread keeping it centered. She'll pop like a cork. Clean up is swift with little yard damage.

Ya also don't break the post using this manner as the force is in lifting or verticle with no side loading.

 

[kubota4me]

I wish I could see a picture to visualize that. Maybe somebody has posted something like that on youtube. Everything else is on there.

 

[EMB5530]

Dont know if its been said but I have wrapped a chain around the tire of the tractor(right beside post)and drove forward and they pop right out.
Gots to be carefull though I made a little shield that bolted to the axle in case of post, chain, or chain slip failure.


IF IN DOUBT DONT DO IT.
ALWAYS PROTECT YOURSELF:thumbsup:

 

[boggen]

I wish I could see a picture to visualize that. Maybe somebody has posted something like that on youtube. Everything else is on there.

it is not the best diagram in world. but hopefully help ya visualize things.

also do a search for "tree pulling" or "stump pulling" you might try adding in "A frame" into the search. have seen actual photos vs diagrams in a few of those threads.

 

[boggen]

Dont know if its been said but I have wrapped a chain around the tire of the tractor(right beside post)and drove forward and they pop right out.
Gots to be carefull though I made a little shield that bolted to the axle in case of post, chain, or chain slip failure.


IF IN DOUBT DONT DO IT.
ALWAYS PROTECT YOURSELF:thumbsup:

*rubs chin* any chance did ya get stuck, and the chain around tire trick to get yourself unstuck?

 

[boggen]

A frame instead of a tire. others show much better actual pictures and give better detals in other threads / posts here on the forum.

there be a notch in to of the A frame. that the chain sets into. so the chain does not fall out of place.

the set A frame up near the tree / post. put the horizontal in place for the A frame. and get it tight. hook chain to draw bar on tractor. run chain across A frame. then low on tree / post. and away they go.

to note it. it is advisable. not to try this on a full tree. but rather after the tree top has been cut off and only a say a few feet sticking up out of the ground. other wise you might have a tree on top of you. / killing you.

A frame is on my TODO list. for pulling some small trees at edge of lake. were hills are to steep to back tractor down near.

 

[bruceha2000]

Similar thought to Boggen's.
Haven't pulled fence posts, but I think there is an easy way to get an A frame.
I have a "Gorilla" ladder. Heavy aluminum. Folds flat, can be opened as an A frame or 180 degrees to a flat extension ladder. 4 pieces for variable height when extended and one leg can be longer than the other. You can get a height of about 6' on the one I have when opened as an A frame. Seems like you could put it directly over the post, connect down low and pull straight up and out even if the post is 4' deep. Would want to rig some sort of pulley or something between the top rungs so you don't rip them up with the chain or rope.

And when you are done pulling the posts, you have a great ladder for other things

Gorilla Ladder

 

[EMB5530]

*rubs chin* any chance did ya get stuck, and the chain around tire trick to get yourself unstuck?

that also works
sometimes when ya have less you think of more:thumbsup:
the problem I had doin that was it really walks to one side and if you are in deep mud it pushes the front the oppisite way

 

[EMB5530]

Similar thought to Boggen's.
Haven't pulled fence posts, but I think there is an easy way to get an A frame.
I have a "Gorilla" ladder. Heavy aluminum. Folds flat, can be opened as an A frame or 180 degrees to a flat extension ladder. 4 pieces for variable height when extended and one leg can be longer than the other. You can get a height of about 6' on the one I have when opened as an A frame. Seems like you could put it directly over the post, connect down low and pull straight up and out even if the post is 4' deep. Would want to rig some sort of pulley or something between the top rungs so you don't rip them up with the chain or rope.

And when you are done pulling the posts, you have a great ladder for other things

Gorilla Ladder

that must be one darn strong ladder

 

[SPYDERLK]

Similar thought to Boggen's.
Haven't pulled fence posts, but I think there is an easy way to get an A frame.
I have a "Gorilla" ladder. Heavy aluminum. Folds flat, can be opened as an A frame or 180 degrees to a flat extension ladder. 4 pieces for variable height when extended and one leg can be longer than the other. You can get a height of about 6' on the one I have when opened as an A frame. Seems like you could put it directly over the post, connect down low and pull straight up and out even if the post is 4' deep. Would want to rig some sort of pulley or something between the top rungs so you don't rip them up with the chain or rope.

And when you are done pulling the posts, you have a great ladder for other things

Gorilla Ladder

that must be one darn strong ladder

Commissioned for the King Kong Movie no doubt.
larry

 

[EddieWalker]

You are getting all sorts of ways to do this, but I would go with the simplist, easiest first. Most wooden posts that I've come across have just a single sack of concrete poured around the post to hold it in place. This works fine for keeping the post in place, but offers very little resistance to pulling them out.

When I go on a job, I screw a bock of wood to the side of the post and jack them out with my 2 1/2 ton bottle jack. Once it comes out a couple of inches, I can do the rest by hand.

With a tractor, I just wrap the chain around it a few times and lift straight up with the loader. If your loader wont lift it, try wiggling the post around a little by pushing it or driving it back and forth while it's still attached to the post with the chain. Usually it doesn't take much to break it free, and then it will lift straight up.

Eddie

 

[boggen]

Similar thought to Boggen's.
Haven't pulled fence posts, but I think there is an easy way to get an A frame.
I have a "Gorilla" ladder. Heavy aluminum. Folds flat, can be opened as an A frame or 180 degrees to a flat extension ladder. 4 pieces for variable height when extended and one leg can be longer than the other. You can get a height of about 6' on the one I have when opened as an A frame. Seems like you could put it directly over the post, connect down low and pull straight up and out even if the post is 4' deep. Would want to rig some sort of pulley or something between the top rungs so you don't rip them up with the chain or rope.

And when you are done pulling the posts, you have a great ladder for other things

Gorilla Ladder

hhhmmsss i think the ladder would be destroyed in a heart beat.

A frame might be Two 4x4's for the legs, then say 2x4 between the 2 legs. and some sort of notch in the very top of the A. to hold the chain to keep it from slipping out of place.

a ladder as you noted would have 2 A frames (one on each side), that is not wanted, but a single A frame. so the entire A frame pivots were the legs contact the ground.

((in the diagram, i drew up. i should of just drew a single line were the A frame was, and labeled it "A frame" vs showing the A look in the diagram))

not an engineer. nor done the A frame deal myself yet. but simply and easy enough to do.

 

[noob]

I have removed a number of fence posts using a chain over a truck wheel rim, using a tractor to pull the chain. Using the wheel rim as a fulcrum converts the forward motion of the tractor to a pull-up force. We tried the 3ph first with no luck. The chain over the rim method worked much better.

good advice "truck wheel". When i first moved here about 4 yrs ago, the proprty was fenced many years ago as a horse pasture. the fence had degraded to point where the rails could be broken off the posts by hand. i wanted to take the rails and posts down because the horse pasture is now my front and back yard. Right after settlement on this property, i wasnt in a financial position to buy my La3400 that I have now, so I rented a BX24 with a BH. and thought I could pull the posts with the BH. Nooooooowayyyyyyy!. I tried to simply xhain the posts to the BH bucket and lift.... Nooooway! I ended up using the back hoe to dig around the posts down abot 16 inches below the surface and tried to lift them with a chain..... Nooooooway!. I ended up just snapping them off with the BH bucket below grade and back fiiled the holes to surface grade. AS i was working on the last post, my neighbor was walking his dog and said get a "wheel", put the chain around the post at groung level, lay the chain across the wheel, and pull the chain with the tractor. The posts will come right up. It worked so well I wished he had given the advice before all that digging. This is the reason why I have been lurking and finally joined this forum. Old farmers advice is hard to come by nowadays!.

 

[noob]

I have removed a number of fence posts using a chain over a truck wheel rim, using a tractor to pull the chain. Using the wheel rim as a fulcrum converts the forward motion of the tractor to a pull-up force. We tried the 3ph first with no luck. The chain over the rim method worked much better.

good advice "truck wheel". When i first moved here about 4 yrs ago, the proprty was fenced many years ago as a horse pasture. the fence had degraded to point where the rails could be broken off the posts by hand. i wanted to take the rails and posts down because the horse pasture is now my front and back yard. Right after settlement on this property, i wasnt in a financial position to buy my La3400 that I have now, so I rented a BX24 with a BH. and thought I could pull the posts with the BH. Nooooooowayyyyyyy!. I tried to simply xhain the posts to the BH bucket and lift.... Nooooway! I ended up using the back hoe to dig around the posts down abot 16 inches below the surface and tried to lift them with a chain..... Nooooooway!. I ended up just snapping them off with the BH bucket below grade and back fiiled the holes to surface grade. AS i was working on the last post, my neighbor was walking his dog and said get a "wheel", put the chain around the post at groung level, lay the chain across the wheel, and pull the chain with the tractor. The posts will come right up. It worked so well I wished he had given the advice before all that digging. This is the reason why I have been lurking and finally joined this forum. Old farmers advice is hard to come by nowadays!.
Noob.