How To Remove cement from a fence post, that’s left in the ground.

[@Timrathmore]

That was the best video of how you pull that concrete right of the ground possible. Thank you very kindly

[@curtisbolyard819]

Thank you for your ingenuity and kindness!

[@Ant-2-4-18]

Sweet mother of pearl 😂 thanks man this video helped a lot!

[@JoseHernandez-pr9cn]

“ Sweet mother of pearl “ is right ……….awesome!

[@welderusa9063]

Thank you for this excellent video. I've got 7 of these I have to do. Lol

[@DakotaBusy]

Good luck!

[@camerongreen3264]

Awesome mate!! Works a treat, even with some 3x the size. Cheers 👍👌

[@Jeremiah_Johnson139]

THANK YOU for doing this video!

[@jhulin9018]

Great technique

[@blacksinglemomhomesteadont6454]

Oh now you tell me. 😆 I've been digging for 30 minutes. It seems I can't get to the bottom of the cement. I have those small bottle neck jacks and a small chain from the swing here that may work. Thanks....if it really works. 😆 I ended up using the (2) 2x4s with the rachet straps method. That worked for us only because they were more readily accessible. I didn't feel like digging the jacks out of the shed and taking the swing apart to get the chain even though I think your method would have been faster and used less manpower.

[@DakotaBusy]

Lol. Yeah, digging them is no fun. You should be able to make a bottle Jack and chain work. Good luck!!

[@jazzyjeff8660]

I had to dig down about a foot and 3/4 not quite 2 foot to the bottom of the concrete on one side but just dig from 6 o’clock to 12 o’clock down a foot and 3/4 on one side.It pushes right over

[@gregjohnson9051]

Thanks! I’ve been scratching my head.

[@daryllect6659]

Good one! VERY good one!

[@scottwhitney1669]

I tried moving my cleavis hook to the middle of the chain, but there is no room for the "bolt" to fit through a link in the middle of the chain. How did you manage that?

[@DakotaBusy]

What bolt are you trying to fit?

[@scottwhitney1669]

@@DakotaBusy Sorry, I wasn't familiar with the terminology. It's called a safety pin. I figured it out. I just had to rearrange the links so that the ones on either side of the one I want the hook on are both on the same side of the target link.

[@popeyeandy959]

My sister has about 30 concrete footings that are left over from a deck around an above ground pool. They are poured with a round concrete tube and are smooth sided so I may have to use a tow strap instead of a chain. But, the footings are all about 6" above grade so I can't use the beam across the hole technique. They are also 12" in diameter and nobody knows how deep they are. It's gonna be fun...

[@DakotaBusy]

Ouch!, 30 of them!? Have a cooler with some cold beer handy!

[@loco4dogg]

Rent a mini excavator and use a strap.

[@DakotaBusy]

Lol. That would be another way to do it!

[@DIYtryer]

Mine is irregular shaped concrete not cyclinder Shaped at all it’s been a mother

[@MavrikUSMC]

Thanks brother!

[@67goodoleboy67]

What now, after it's jacked up and hitting the bottom of the 4x4 ?

[@DakotaBusy]

If you can’t just grab the chain and pull it out, then put something under the 4x4 on each side of your hole to give it extra height.

[@aarondelaughter1658]

I saw on another channel . Place 4x4 on the side and you can keep jacking all the way up until it pulls it out.

[@natdvill]

OMG! I wish I could have shown this video to my husband before he killed his back removing our chainlink fence and pool deck last Fall! Impressive...love the ending lol😀 New sub 👍

[@DakotaBusy]

Lol. I feel his pain! I have many times worked harder instead of smarter.

[@murphythedog1637]

The easiest way I found to remove fence post cement is to wrap on end of the chain around the fence post cement and hook the other end to the tow bar of your pickup truck, you still have to dig a little around the cement to get the chain around. I pulled one out yesterday that had double cement..

[@DakotaBusy]

I think I would’ve tried that if I could’ve gotten a vehicle in that area.

[@MC-kj8uy]

I wonder what you do if there's no 4x4 to put the jack on... The cement here was used to anchor metal clothes poles, 2 of which are long gone; all that's left is the cement (one still has the pole). Time to watch more videos I guess.

[@DakotaBusy]

Yeah, works best if you have something to set the Jack on top of to get the best angle. Screw a couple of 2x4’s together maybe? Best of luck!

[@deemaverick987]

Me the same. An old fence removed the concrete left by the du mb ug ly knot face woman next door. She is married, husband is a poser. He pays for nothing but his clothes and cars and she could not afford to remove the concrete and pay for the fence. What a piece of chit they both are and their tacky uneducated, failure to launch and thrive children. Messy. I want the concrete removed to plant flowers there.

[@louismorejohn586]

I have several metal fence posts embedded in concrete. They have been removed from the ground. How do I remove the concrete and reuse the posts?

[@DakotaBusy]

Jackhammer? Lol. Might be easier to buy new metal fence posts.

[@iamoutofideas13]

You, sir, are a credit to your parents.

[@DakotaBusy]

Lol. Thanks Robert

[@justinprince9507]

I feel like part of the video is left. Like what do you do when you get the concrete up to the 4x4? Grab a 40 lbs concrete block by the chain and kill your back?

[@theamerican4609]

two feet of concrete is child's play. Try extracting four and half feet to the frostline here in the northeast.

[@DakotaBusy]

Lol. Yeah, I live in the Dakota’s, so I know what your talking about digging in frost. Some people would think were making up stuff like ground warming equipment. When the frost is 8-10’ deep, it’s no fun digging.

[@theamerican4609]

@@DakotaBusy I don't dig IN frost. It's, spring and it's next to impossible to pull out 4-5 feet of concrete.

[@boots7859]

@@theamerican4609 A 4'+ column of concrete us likely going to weight 3-400# depending upon diameter. You rent a mini-loader like a dingo, put a strap or chain around it, and pull. I live in the NE as well, and I don't take someone's decent video and try to shoot it down by applying it to a dumb situation...

[@theamerican4609]

@@boots7859 I urge you to seek psychological help.

[@2Ryled]

How do you get rid of the concrete? I had 1 post Mayne 2.5ft with concrete. Trash men won't take it:(

[@DakotaBusy]

I hauled mine to the city dump. Or you could smash them down with a hammer n chisel, slowly throw it away in your garbage, little at a time, week by week. 😎

[@geauxfast8u2]

🤣 dig a hole in the ground and throw it in, then cover it over with the dirt you dig up out of your hole 😂 Now it’s a lot easier to put the extra dirt in your trash a little at a time and the garbage guys will take that 🤣💡💡💡

[@davidwho8215]

@@DakotaBusy - lol, so it’s not just me? I cut up old posts and place them in the garbage too.

[@bang1557]

How much those items?

[@DakotaBusy]

Harbor Freight might have some cheaper deals on a Jack and chain.. otherwise I’d check auction sites or maybe facebook marketplace.

[@hiader_moh3994]

Good

[@thormatt2963]

If there is no "bowl " to wrap the chain arou nd, the chain just slips off.

[@DakotaBusy]

I wonder if you get the chain a little further down on the cement if the links of the chain will bite in more when you start to raise it up with the Jack perhaps? Adjust the links and try to wrap the chain around it as tight as you can.

[@popeyeandy959]

Heavy duty Tow Strap

[@anniefoster3486]

where is the actual video you're talking about it show the actual job from start to finish

[@alexharris3846]

Sweat mother of Pearl!

[@geauxfast8u2]

Use a skid steer and chain jerk them straight up out of the ground BINGO!

[@mrkn0witalltoo]

let's address this from the other side of the problem. please stop erecting fences with concrete. it's completely unnecessary. 24" hole with about 40lbs of pea gravel. the post will never rot, so you won't have to replace it. if you do, dig out the gravel (which is way easier than removing the 40lbs ball of concrete).

[@lnu2372]

Sounds good Ill let the guy who put the fence in 20 years ago before I bought the house know.

[@dickdiver9614]

​@lnu2372 Get heavy plastic, something like what goes on a silage bale. Staple the plastic tight to the timber (preferably resin treated ). Pour your concrete in. Once the concrete doesn't touch the timber, you are fine. The plastic will do the job for you and the post won't rot.

[@toritori4430]

Get a SDS breaker drill Cut through that concrete like butter no messing ABT . If your doing lots of fencing it's a godsend

[@geauxfast8u2]

Not at all what I was searching for, I wanted to remove the concrete from the steel post It’s a waste to use wood 4x4’s guaranteed they are going to rott and your fence fall apart much before if you just use steel posts!

[@TheVikesfreak2]

Savage!

[@nestlevalley]

Well this 73 yr old grandma isn't going to pick that up even if I jack it up so I think I'll put one of those ladders that fold over it and put the jack on it, about 3' off the ground then swing it. That's my project today. ugh.

[@DakotaBusy]

Lol. Make sure you video that, I want to see how that goes!

[@michaelschoel8852]

I got a jack it’s called a shovel

[@ronbelanger4113]

Yup, zero need for anything else.

[@randomdog8107]

lol ive seen that bar swing back at peoples teeth

[@DakotaBusy]

Lol. Ouch! I pulled up 8 of them and didn’t come close to anything like that happening. That’s a good reminder though! Keep your head clear from the Jack.

[@boots7859]

As AvE says, it gives you Summer Teeth.

[@youngmush9879]

Stopped watching when you hooked the chain up like that. Hopefully nobody learned that technique from this video.

[@reward0212]

It's a lot easier with a tractor

[@DakotaBusy]

Lol, where were you at with that tractor when I needed you?

[@bln2762]

Of course it is but not all of us have one!