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Posted by mm on October 8, 2006, 2:34 pm
How do I know if my fence posts are set in cement? The dirt and
grass goes all the way up to everyone of the 30 plus posts.
I need to know now because I may have to take one post out
temporarily.
I have an all-wood picket fence that came with the house, installed by
a well-known fence company which is still in business at 3 locations
in 3 counties 26 years later**. No cement or concrete shows at any
post, but no posts have shown any indication of leaning, except the
one that the gate is hung on. With that one, I diconnnected the
section of fence atttached to it, soaked the earth with water, used a
come-along to pull the post vertical, and then nailed the fence
section in place while the post was vertical. The post straightened
up pretty easily after quite a bit of water, but not a flood.
**I guess I should call them and ask, but maybe no one knows anymore
what they did then.
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Posted by on October 8, 2006, 3:18 pm
>How do I know if my fence posts are set in cement? The dirt and
>grass goes all the way up to everyone of the 30 plus posts.
>
>I need to know now because I may have to take one post out
>temporarily.
<...snipped...>
Get a piece of rebar about 4 or 5 ft long, 1/2" dia would be god, and
try to drive it down alongside the post, a couple inches away. You
should be able to tell if it hits concrete. Try it in a few spos
around the post to be sure.
--
No dumb questions, just dumb answers.
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore, Maryland - lwasserm@charm.net
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Posted by mm on October 8, 2006, 4:02 pm
On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:18:46 -0500, lwasserm@fellspt.charm.net ()
wrote:
>>How do I know if my fence posts are set in cement? The dirt and
>>grass goes all the way up to everyone of the 30 plus posts.
>>
>>I need to know now because I may have to take one post out
>>temporarily.
><...snipped...>
>
>Get a piece of rebar about 4 or 5 ft long, 1/2" dia would be god, and
>try to drive it down alongside the post, a couple inches away. You
>should be able to tell if it hits concrete. Try it in a few spos
>around the post to be sure.
Thanks. Boy, is that obvious, NOW THAT YOU'VE TOLD ME!
So, if there is no cement, how hard is it to get a 4" diameter round
wood fence post out of the ground, and how do I do it?
CAn I connect a chain to my bumper jack, or a floor jack, wrap it
around the post, and jack? If I make some dents in the post, that
would be ok.
(And I have an old 4' piece of rebar that, with a rope, had been
holding up my apple tree. The tree doesn't need it anymore and it
kept me from mowing the lawn right. I threw away the other 3 but kept
the last one, even though it was bent too, for a reason I didn't know.
Now I know!)
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Posted by Bob F on October 8, 2006, 5:36 pm
> On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:18:46 -0500, lwasserm@fellspt.charm.net ()
> wrote:
>
> >>How do I know if my fence posts are set in cement? The dirt and
> >>grass goes all the way up to everyone of the 30 plus posts.
> >>
> >>I need to know now because I may have to take one post out
> >>temporarily.
> ><...snipped...>
> >
> >Get a piece of rebar about 4 or 5 ft long, 1/2" dia would be god, and
> >try to drive it down alongside the post, a couple inches away. You
> >should be able to tell if it hits concrete. Try it in a few spos
> >around the post to be sure.
>
> Thanks. Boy, is that obvious, NOW THAT YOU'VE TOLD ME!
>
> So, if there is no cement, how hard is it to get a 4" diameter round
> wood fence post out of the ground, and how do I do it?
>
> CAn I connect a chain to my bumper jack, or a floor jack, wrap it
> around the post, and jack? If I make some dents in the post, that
> would be ok.
>
Look up "prussik" knot. It is a good way to have a rope hold onto something.
Or, just rock the post back and forth until it is loose, and lift it out.
Bob
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Posted by mm on October 8, 2006, 7:32 pm
wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks. Boy, is that obvious, NOW THAT YOU'VE TOLD ME!
>>
>> So, if there is no cement, how hard is it to get a 4" diameter round
>> wood fence post out of the ground, and how do I do it?
>>
>> CAn I connect a chain to my bumper jack, or a floor jack, wrap it
>> around the post, and jack? If I make some dents in the post, that
>> would be ok.
>>
>
>Look up "prussik" knot.
I just did. I'll try it.
> It is a good way to have a rope hold onto something.
>Or, just rock the post back and forth until it is loose, and lift it out.
This is pretty obvious too, nowthat you've told me. I guess I should
think more before posting, but somehow those things seem permanent!
Thanks.
>Bob
>
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