How To Remove Wooden Fence Post Using Farm Jack

This is how I built a wooden platform and attached a high lift farm jack to the platform to pull out fence post. The fence post was 6"x6" treated post with 18" diameter concrete in the ground.

[@samsiryani9023]

Who ever did the posts you removed didn’t hold back on the cement. Good job and idea sir.

[@johnveiga3324]

Super smart support system for pole removal. Bravo!!! Thanks for sharing.

[@Dan-uy9wm]

Thanks for watching!

[@jimmyjunk2337]

you did a great job on the framing and bolts

[@marisolmartinez446]

Love your video! I’m struggling to remove some 4X4 and you just gave a wonderful class today, Thank you so much!!

[@Dan-uy9wm]

Thank you for the comment

[@donroberts8991]

very safe put a lot of thought in setting up ,i am sure you helped a lot of people handle that much weight and stay safe .

[@jrgates54]

Somebody used enough cement on these posts to anchor a battleship. Anyway, nice setup, good job.

[@Dan-uy9wm]

Yes Orville, there was plenty of concrete. Thanks for the comment 👍

[@adecoconstructioncompany375]

Very good job, the 2*4 support it's a very smart way and the platform . thanks for your video.

[@Dan-uy9wm]

Thanks for your kind comment

[@whereswayne1856]

I want to buy some chain like you used to pull that post. How long was the chain you used and what hook do you attach to that chain ? Love your video !!!

[@Bacrenfencing]

Jeez, 6x6 posts and about half a ton of concrete........was that fence for keeping Buffalo out your garden ? Very over engineered fence, but the jack worked well

[@jaybird7132]

Very nice man

[@robertlopez6768]

Holy mackerel how much concrete did you use to set the post

[@larchboy6733]

Thanks for sharing your videos #larch boy

[@photonashville]

Great method. I have a dozen 6x6 posts to pull out soon. But lifting it out appears to be the easy part. How did you get the post moved and disconnected from the jack without it falling back in the hole?

[@Dan-uy9wm]

I tilted the post back towards me while it was still connected to the jack and let the whole setup fall on the ground. Then removed the jack assembly and rolled the post and concrete out of the way. I busted up the concrete with a small jack hammer. Worked great 👍

[@benaiahw2898]

A yard of concrete for each post? Built to last 😂. Great setup.

[@Dan-uy9wm]

Yep...built to last

[@dannyprice5219]

I have the same problem with my fence! It was installed less than a week ago and already one 4x4 post has warped so bad it’s pushed the top of the fence out of line…very disappointing! I know wood warps and twists over time, but less than a week! I’m going to call the installers back out and have them replace it.

[@featheredcoyote5477]

Great video and set up!!! Question, how did you move it away from the hole after it was pulled? Did you grab the 2 stabilizer posts and tip the entire setup back towards the ground?

[@Dan-uy9wm]

Yes, I tipped it over

[@wiesy442]

That looks like a bomb proof set up. I wonder how you got everything moved and out of the way after the vid stopped. It seems so buttoned down everywhere and my pea brain can't seem to figure out what you're going to do next to unhitch, tip over, plank under , etc...

[@Dan-uy9wm]

Once the post and concrete was out of the ground I pulled the top of the post towards me until everything fell over on the ground. Then just disconnected the jack and platform and rolled the post out of the way.

[@wiesy442]

@@Dan-uy9wm ahhh! Nice

[@Steve0885]

Wow, is all that concrete necessary? 😳

[@timhowell1220]

Now what do you do with 300 lbs of hanging concrete?

[@Dan-uy9wm]

Once the post and concrete was removed from the ground I tilted the jack assembly back towards me allowing the whole set-up to fall back on to the ground. Once on the ground, I removed the jack assembly and rolled the concrete and post out of the way. I later busted up the concrete with a jack hammer.

[@steveb7882]

How big of jack is that how much tons is it how much travel did you need

[@Dan-uy9wm]

The jack is 48" tall and has a lifting capacity of 8000 lbs.

[@idarthcadeus]

Did the chain ever slip off the jack and were you not worried about that ??

[@Dan-uy9wm]

The chain never slipped off the jack.

[@idarthcadeus]

@@Dan-uy9wm Great, thanks for the quick reply and for the excellent video.

[@elibarros7017]

That's a lot of concrete in that post

[@garychannell4663]

Why not cut and notch post bolting a new straighter/shorter post onto it.

[@Dan-uy9wm]

I have another post that is warped too. I'm going to try and kerf cut the post and bolt it to hold it straight. If it works then that'll be much easier than pulling post and concrete and setting a new post.

[@lizardman1303]

Damn that was a lot of cement . And they didn’t give u a warranty on your fence

[@tommy.tequila]

Did you do anything to loosen the soil first? I have same setup and can't get it to budge

[@Dan-uy9wm]

No, I didn't do anything to loosen soil. My soil is very wet as you can see in the video after I pulled the post the hole filled with water. It took some pumping on the jack before the post and concrete broke loose.

[@jwthefencer]

You are an animal,..I use the NW Quik Pull,..great work by the way,..those sets were huge,..like I said,..an animal,..how did you break the concrete and dispose of it?

[@Dan-uy9wm]

I used a small jack hammer to break up the concrete.

[@paulng2455]

where did you find the jack?

[@Dan-uy9wm]

Tractor Supply

[@jaceski5806]

Cant say the fence builder didnt use enough concrete

[@kathymankin1624]

The concrete post do not pull up that easy. I think for video purpose he had already sweated and pulled the concrete out of the ground and then set it back in the hole and then videoed it again making it look easy. Trust me it is not that easy when there is that much concrete to be pulled out, been there done it. I enjoyed the video though. I’m just expressing me experience.

[@Dan-uy9wm]

Sorry, your wrong.... I did not "already sweated and pulled the concrete out of the ground and set it back in the hole and then videoed it again making it look easy". There was nothing easy about lifting that concrete plug out of the ground. I had to put a lot of force on the jack to break that concrete loose. I know I didn't show that in the video. You have to keep in mind that the farm jack I used has a lifting compacity of 8000 Lbs. Thanks for your comment!

[@dandman9734]

Now what do you do lol

[@recordman555]

Um . . . All pun intended - but you've really left us hanging! Now what? Post and plug have cleared ground level, so . . . what next? "Remove" should mean REMOVE, right. Finish the job!

[@Dan-uy9wm]

Ummm... I did finish the job, and I also answered your question several times in the comments below. Once the post and concrete was removed from the ground I tilted the jack assembly back towards me allowing the whole set-up to fall back on to the ground. Once on the ground, I removed the jack assembly and rolled the concrete and post out of the way. I later busted up the concrete with a jack hammer.