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Posted by Bill Stock on June 24, 2007, 1:37 pm
>>I've got a couple of T Fence Posts I want to remove and the wiggle method
>>is
>>not doing it for me. I tried to jack them out, but the nubs are not square
>>enough to keep the jack in place.
>>
>>I've read elsewhere about removing wood posts with a chain and a jack,
>>but
>>I'm a little vaque as to what holds the chain on the post
>
> Friction. Just wrap it around the post three or four times, overlapping in
> a
> criss-cross pattern.
>
>>and why it digs into the wood.
>
> Friction. The chain tightens as the jack pulls on the chain.
>
>>Would a chain work with my T Posts?
>
> Yep -- it always has for me -- even better than it does on wooden posts,
> because the chain gets caught on the nubs and tightens up even faster.
>
>>Plan B was to drill a
>>hole and insert a rod and jack against that.
>
> Naaaah. Too much trouble. Just wrap a chain around it.
>>
>>Any thoughts.
>
> Stout chain and a bumper jack. If the ground is moist, put the base of the
> jack on a 2x8 first.
Thanks, just trying to get some use out my new toy (Hi-Lift jack) that I
bought to get the retaining wall out. It sorta worked for this, but only two
rebar at a time. Otherwise the jack would bend the 4x4 (2 high) and make the
other rebar bind in the ground further down the line. So I had to slice it
into bite size chunks to jack it out.
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