Remove a Rotten Fence Post in MINUTES !
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- In this video i show you my method of how to remove a rotten fence post and this is absolutely the easiest way to do it. Often you may need to concrete in a fence post directly where the old one was and if the post has snapped off, removing the rotten broken off bit of post, will make if far easier to remove the concrete .
You may even be able to just slot in a new fence post, into the existing concrete hole. Saving hours of back breaking work and money !
Dont let post removal take you hours.
I hope that this video helped you in some way, and if it did, please leave a comment for me in the comments section. I love to hear from people who gained value from any of my videos. I always respond to comments, so would be great to hear from you guys ! 👍
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Link is broken. Does not identify the part. Can you repost with a good link? Love the video! Thanks, Steve
The link does not match the hook that you used
That one doesn’t swivel. Have you got a link to one that swivels?
Where do I get the pole you use as a lever?
Just use some chain instead of the fancy shmancy eye plate.
Was afraid whether I can use this approach - bottom snapped part of the post was very rotten and I could not really make a flat area at the top - but worked nicely even without that. Thanks!
Great tips - my broken posts are in a brick wall - thanx
Wish I'd known this before. It would have saved me a lot of hard work 👍
Looks like a brilliant idea! Trying to find a fencer to replace 3 timber posts for over a year. Lost my Husband but think I might try this. He would have done it for anyone else in need. Thanks
If the fence posts are sound above ground you can just screw a block of wood to the side of the fence post then use a spade in a similar manner to achieve the same thing. Just put a brick (or another block of wood) beside the post and then screw your block to the post so it's slightly lower than the top edge of this brick. Then use your spade, to lever the post out of the ground.
The screws will hold really well in rotten wood.😂
@@robinscott7816The rot is almost always just at ground level, hence the long screws.
We're replacing a dozen 4x4s - a third of them were rotting but had enough sound wood for the bolts to grip & came out of the ground as easy as on this video. Only a 5th (half encased in cement) was too rotten to work
Thanks sharing and demonstrating. Brilliant!
My pleasure!
Brilliant idea 👍👍👍
Excellent. Thank you very much.
Good idea mate
I’ve drilled em with an auger, got a rope through them and jacked them out with a car Jack.
A bit of a stump is helpful though.
brilliant
Thankyou
That my friend was GENIUS...Using physics laws and human genius. Thank you .. wish I knew this earlier today
I m a gardener and sometimes get asked to take an old post out for a new one , and when your on your own like I am then this method is , pardon the pun groundbreaking ,, thanks so much mate 👍👍👍👍
If you have a post that is anchored with cement, good luck getting it out of the ground using this technique. I tried using a similar technique with two posts. One post had 100 lbs (45 Kg) of cement and the other 200 lbs (90 Kg). Both very difficult to remove in a confined area. I ended up using a large 54” tall truck jack capable of lifting a 5000 pound load with a chain and large lag screw put into the wood. It came out easily with that.
Exactly,and when I install post i always flare the bottom, never had to remove but I would go your way
Another method is to use an M24 x 150 coach screw, fibre slings and a 1.5 ton pull lift. You can use the snapped post, supported and still attached to the fence panel.
Or just crack the concrete on 1 side 2 at most which if your dealing with a rotten post at least 10 years old even 10 yr old postcrete will crack .
Awesome. Thanks for sharing this mate. I’m off to B&Q. Storm Eunice has ruined my fence. 👍
Sorry to hear that
Fantastic video - simple, straight to the point and effective!
Only one of the links works. And it's Amazon UK.
Ansolutely Brilliant! Coming to you from Virginia, USA! Thanks
Fyi M10 200mm, £13 on amazon, £5 in toolstation
Well of course its gonna come out easy ,,ITS NOT IN CONCRETE !!! WTF who doesn't use concrete ?
After watching him pull the old post out, why am I going crazy for a cadbury's Flake?????? Great video, save all that digging. 👍👍👍
That post stump was already loose, no wonder it was so easy.
Great idea. I add bitumen sealant around the base and especially those top few inches where, as you say, posts always fail. Costs pennies and adds years to the post's life
A tip, before you postmix a new post in the ground. Wrap the end of the new post with clingfilm, this stops the postmix from gripping the timber and it makes it easier to get them out of the ground when needed.
Wouldn't that trap moisture inside the bottom of the post...leading to rot?
One of the best ways of removing rotten fence posts.
Easier modification: use two long lag bolts (similar to what he used) to fasten a loop of very heavy chain to the top of the rotten post. The loop of chain must be big enough so that a 4x4 fence post can slip into it. Then use your new fence post as an 8 foot lever to lift the post out of the ground. No need to buy a plate or saw the top of the rotten post. The 8 foot fence post acts as an incredibly powerful lever (use another fence post, or two, as a fulcrum). I’ve done this successfully many times. The only cost is the lag bolts and the chain!
I have been struggling. Chipping away with a chisel on one cement side. Covered in sweat. Smashed hand. I came inside to find your video! Thank you! The video is perfect saving me hours. I have 4 posts to put in.
Definitely intuitive and excellent method to removing a rotted fence post. Many thanks for sharing.😊
Improved purchase power with this super easy secret in SECONDS! Well done.
I don't have a fancy eye like that but I reckon two long lagbolts through a bit of chain should provide a decent handle, and you can use a post as lever.
A storm took out 3 posts today at ground level. This trick worked an absolute treat. Many thanks!
Glad it helped!
Thank you James, you have saved me more than hours of labor, you are a star!
This is a fantastic tip, I have spent nearly 2 hours getting a wooden post out of the ground that has snapped. I mistakenly presumed it would all be rotten in the ground, thanks for the tip it's brill.
@ Hour 2.5 now. Came here for this haha
Having just had 3 of my fence posts snap this video could have just made my life so much easier thank you.
Sorry about the posts. Hope it helps
Excellent idea. But pointless and useless for 99.9999% of posts rhat have a large lump of concrete around them! Apart from the 30 minutes to drive to the shop to buy the stuff and the 15 minutes to screw in the bolts, it then takes u 1 minute.
what do you suggest ?
If the post's in concrete another way is simply to drill as much of it out as you can with a series of holes and a long drill bit, break it up with a pry bar and then float the wood out of the hole using a hose leaving a nice square hole for the new post👍
That's what I'm trying now. Not an easy task lol
I'm kind of thinking I should remove the old concrete now after working on it for a bit because it looks old.
Was way easier to pull it out than break it up.
Dude im debating on putting a freaking grenade I've been chipping the old rotten piece with no success. I been working on this for 3 days (couple hours at the time) I'm 1.5 ft down by now.
@Thermohybrid I used a bracket with 4 x 12" screws with aggressive threads for the wood left in the footing. Then, a farm jack with a chain attached to the bracket. Was done in a few min.
There's videos on UA-cam for it. I'd share a link but youtube usually delets them.
Should be able to share photos on here.
@@ThermohybridNEXT time a 4wd high lift jack does the trick Every Time!!
Top idea. I don't even need to change a post. I watched just for the knowledge.
And im glad I did. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
After the one-two knockout known as Storms Dudley & Eunice, I've a feeling this video is about to blow up.
Now if you'll excuse me.. I'm off to get some stuff- one fence posts, two panels and a gate need some TLC once I've finished work
Haha it is a little bit
For years. I have attached both ends of a short chain with lag bolts to the top of the rotted wood post and used a large farm jack to lift the post out of the ground. This works for posts that are buried 3 to 4 feet below the surface and set in concrete.
Excellent video of a terrific technique. Thanks for sharing.
Very good. Wish I'd known about this b4 having to dig a broken fence post out and reset in concrete. Was a total ball ache.
Hi,
When it comes to DIY I would have to improve considerably to reach the standard of 'useless' finally I have found a video that shows me something even I can do, and something I need to do. Thank you very much for this very helpful tip.
Max
Have a bit more faith in your ability. Im sure your better than you think. Im glad to of helped though.
There are metal fence armors to increase life span.
@@ahmetkarayol2547 you mean metposts ?
Metal or plastic stuff covers underneath ground level and protects from rotten of post.
@@ahmetkarayol2547 yeah i have seen the plastic ones. Bitumen works just as well too 👍
Great advice 👍 I've spent hours trying to get those things out in the past 😊
thanks for this video, bought the cheap hook off eBay and used an SDS long drill bit I had as I didn't fancy buying a Digging bar and easy as anything I got a pain in the arse located fence post out in a couple minutes. so I'm ready to fix it now
Having spent many frustrating and back-breaking hours digging out posts using a breaker I’m definitely going to give this method a try.
Hope it helps
Thanks again it has to help.
@@JamesMontana I like that idea, very useful thanks. To add another way, maybe you could just use a large bolt down into the old post, through a piece of chain, then put the bar through the chain to lever it out. If you didnt have a large crow bar you could use the old post as the lever. I used to do rock gardens, and move half ton rocks by hand. We used to use a scaffolding pole with the flat end for leverage.
I’m glad Bear Grylls is now doing DIY videos, that’s much more useful than the survival stuff about eating off dead animals in the desert 👍
Brilliant mate 👏 .....after the recent storms my 4x4 post snapped just above the concrete path and I was going to kango it out and make a bloody mess! Next step Amazon 😉
Nice one! Hope it helps
Thanks for sharing - going to give this a go - I have 21 fence posts to sort out - half of them are rotten at the base - And I really took a lot of care to slope the concrete away from the bottom - but 10 years later so I can't complain!
I just tried this, on two stumps of posts that had been in situ for 20+ years. Both were badly rotten, one was rotten all the way to the bottom and almost HALF of it had just disappeared along it's length (It was still firmly stuck in there). I could only get ONE screw in (the other screws just pulled straight out). Because of the serious rot it took longer than a few minutes (but still much quicker than digging out the concrete) but eventually, they both came out. And the new posts went in the existing post holes. One more to do. Thanks for a really helpful video. Edit: The third one wouldn't budge, not even to a 5 ton stump jack. It was only three years old (modern posts for you) and barely rotted below the surface, I had to break up the concrete.
I've just done my own fence due to the uk storms,,,here's a bit of advice for anyone doing this,,,when prying the post out make sure the timber you're using is placed onto the concrete attached to the bottom of the post as this will give you perfect leverage,,, the force of you pushing your bar down on the timber will stop the concrete lifting out the ground with the post,,,I had some extra stuck ones and used a long drill to drill holes around the outside of the post to loosen it up before trying to pry up,,,the tool in this video is great but is out of stock,,, I used something similar but nowhere near as strong from one of the big UK shops,,,it broke in the end but done its job...
Good tip with the drilling for the stubborn ones
Thanks James - I had 2 fencing guys tell me that breaking in to my Indian Sandstone paving to remove the broken fence post was the only solution. I’d have an ugly square of concrete surrounding the new post! I followed your video to the letter and the 3” x 3” 2ft deep post lifted out easily with my 93kg self standing on the end of a 30” breaker bar. Thanks for the video!
This is a great video!!! I always struggle getting the rotten posts out of the ground. This video enabled me to do it easily! Thank you!!!
Love the application of simple tools and smart thinking
That was pretty basic! I would like to see a demo of lifting a 3x3 post out of poured concrete with the concrete bonded to the post.
It can do that.
Thanks for sharing, I'll give it a try here in Florida.
That's is the worst video I have watched. Spent more time chatting bullock's. Plus post was pulled b4 hand ..
Storm Arwen in November 2021 knocked over a large 18 post section of our perimeter fence. After using cargo straps attached to the adjacent trees to keep it upright since, we eventually got round to replacing the posts in April 2022. After waiting a few weeks for the metal eye to arrive we used this method to remove the post stumps. It worked on 15 of the 18 posts. Thank you.
I feel like someone had a bet with you that you couldn’t get through this without using the word “lever”. Anyway, nice tip, nice video.
Or, you could use a trolley jack instead of a pole. This would also work on tree stumps.
Yeah works well
I feel dumb for asking but how do you attach the jack to the hook
The way that remnant was vibrating, when being cut - it could have come out probably by just shouting at it.
I get it, it's instructional, mainly. But couldn't 1 screw work, with a crowbar on a wooden fulcrum ?
Perfect method. I was thinking to drill down the rotten part. That piece can be removed by utility/farm jack easier. Thanks
Yeah a farm jack and chain really helps getting them out
Great idea!! I have 2 broken fence posts I need to remove that have been set into a huge amount of concrete. The broken posts as 3’x3’ and it’s at broken just above ground level. Will your method work at moving these posts?
I have tried breaking up the concrete with my SDS drill but it’s just not having it
Those things are called "pad eyes". Where I live they pour a ~14" diameter x 20"+ concrete footing around them, so this doesn't work, I tried. My best (but still crappy) solution is to dig out the top and lash a chain/strap around the top of the concrete and use a jack or hoist to lift the entire thing out.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. Archimedes.
BS. I did everything like this video, bought the biggest pry bar from Harbor Freight, too. And the busted off post will NOT come up. I even bent the 60inch pry bar. So I've wasted at least a week and spent money on the swivel eye and crow bar and pry bar. Now I'm just going to have to dig it out the old fashion way.
No bleeding, swearing or throwing stuff in rage. My dad would be mortified.........
Brilliant. Does anyone no if one can find spare screws on eBay, from folk that bout a temp I but only used 4? Ta. I’ll repost back una a few weeks ifetvive carried out the job. 👍
So easy. I could even do this myself
Well done
Thankyou. Its incredibly easy !
Thats great.
But, what if the old rotten post is an old Imperial size, that you want to replace, & what if in particular, the replacement post will be a Metric size?.
The same same question arises if you are replacing an OLD Imperial panel with a new Metric panel? In both situations a size disparity will happen.
If the ground if well drained and fairly dry this well may work,but if the ground is wet the timber will swell and this method won't work. Not a chance , ive done 100s. Of course worth a go though
I’ve used a similar tactic with broken fence posts. But if it’s concreted in well this won’t work unless you break up the concrete first.
Nice job! Always use concrete posts in the 1st place I guess😉
Always!
Thanks for sharing this removal method!!
Saw this in my feed and watched because I've got fence posts i need to remove... Great video! Does it work with agricultural fence posts that are straight into the ground rather than concreted in?
I've done similar, but instead of an eyebolt plate I used 2 10mm sections of flatbar with 2 holes each and a couple of short lengths of chain, same effect.
Where do you get these big eye plates from? I can't find them anywhere on tinternet! Only small 40mm ones
you could use a single large & long eye screw in the center of the post. drill hole in center of post and install the eye screw with a tire iron thru the eye.
Hi, Great video, very informative, I had 4 fence posts to take out, 2 came out ok, 1 was rotten all the way down to the bottom, so had to drill that one out, the other is stuck fast in the concrete. I have done what you have said and started off with a small amount of wood so the lever angle is working the best way possible, but still won't budge, tried putting all my weight on the end of a 5 foot pinch bar and started bending the pinch bar. Any ideas as to how to get the posts to start moving at least?
😮💨 I live in the U.S. and amazon wont deliver this swivel bracket to me. It does give me a few ideas to make one though. I'll give it a try.
Around 70 years ago we learned at school about a bar over a fulcrum, this can be used in so many ways to solve problems of pulling and lifting. Do they still teach such things?
I installed my mailbox Post in concrete 15 years ago and it broke a few weeks ago. I will have to wait till spring so the ground is not still frozen to get the rotten Post and concrete out of the ground. Too bad they don't make 4x4 concrete post with rebar in them to put in the ground to mount mailboxes to, or do they?
"It literally took me a couple of minutes..." he says at the 5 minute mark of the video with numerous points speeded up...
I've used the lower half of old post concrete twice, for good reason, and found the new post is just 'off' the vertical both times. It's not a sinecure, but I had to make a judgement on value of the old stuff as the best ballast.
where do you live where fence posts are put in 1 foot...here in Canada fence posts are set 4 feet into the ground....I'm going to try this method but I have serious doubts.
I’ll be using a piece of chain with the lag bolts through that. I also am replacing them with posts set in paver base. You can ramp down that paver base as hard as concrete, but no water pools. With concrete, the wood swells and contracts is it gets wet and dries. When it rains after contracting, water seeps in between the concrete and the wood, rotting it right there.
Thanks a really great video. Straight to the point and proven to work. Any links to where I can get the swivel eye unit please?
I don’t see the link for the eye plate, if that is what it’s called. Thanks for the video, though!
Done all that stuff with levers , bars etc,, I just get a good graft and /or medium sds breaker and smash it out
This would have been so much better without the music
PIVOT PIVOT PIVOOOT
and now replace it with a 3" metal post, concrete first and drive it in... attach whatever to your metal post with bolts
Excellent video James, thanks for sharing this tip when you could've kept it to yourself.
No problem. I hope it helps
Here in Canada we concrete our post in,that system u got won't work,but a jack all and a chain works just fine
I use nearly the same trick with my post but My method is for posts that art still intact. I also use a hydraulic jack and drill a big hole with a bolt through, but that big bar does the same thing and it's simpler. The last time I had my fence put in they flush cut the posts and I was furious when I noticed after the fact but it was too late to do anything about it.
I just use a chain with bolts with flat washers going through the links with a jack. Yours is simpler.
Screwing a short length of chain to the post may work if you don't have an eye plate?
or weld a ring on to the top of a bolt and just use one?
I knew it! 1:54 Even people in countries that are metric still use inches to describe short lengths...
So if previous post was put in correctly you couldn't just hammer in a new as concrete would be underneath, then if concrete is still stuck to post 🤔 you will end up trying to lift the concrete as well. Better to core drill center of post and use a kango etc with a sharpened chisel to free the post from concrete at times.
What good is it pulling out the rotten timber post if you leave the concrete behind? What harm is the timber doing?
Thank you so much for this video! Based on this, my husband made a similar device using a metal plate, eye hook and 8 inch lag bolts. It worked perfectly and saved us tons of time and trouble!!
Thankyou for your comment and letting me know how it went. So glad you found it helpful. It works a treat doesnt it.
What about when the timber has rotted and fell apart in 100 pieces 3x3 square hole
Har Har Har Obvious you don't live where there is frost and the posts go down 1 metre or more. I'll give it a shot but doubt it.
Is this post surrounded by concrete? Does putting in a new post into the existing underground concrete work?