How To Easily Pull Concreted Posts Out Of The Ground By Hand

[southern california guy]

I made an incredible discovery.  I have been using a jack and a chain to pull posts out of the ground.  It worked but sometimes the concrete would break off and I would need a jack hammer to finish the job. 

 

It rained heavily last weekend and I found to my amazement that I could pull the unpullable poles out of the ground -- by hand!!!!  So I dug a little circle around a couple of poles yesterday and filled it with water.  I came back today and found to my surprise that I could rock the poles easily and I pulled them out by hand!

 

My soil has a little clay in it and it really holds the water.  I think that digging the new post holes is going to be super easy.  I think that all I will have to do is dig down about a foot or so -- and fill the hole with water.  Then I can dig the remaining foot the next day.  I have about 25 to dig.  But it is not going to be a big or hard job.  Amazing!

[NotreDame]

Fascinating.  Thanks for sharing.

[CatherineM]

We do that in oklahoma too. Heavy clay soil.

[blazeingstar]

Life is good with little discoveries

 

^.^

 

Watch the water use, though, California is still in pretty big trouble with that drout.

[cartermia]

I was going to say there was no easy way! I have to help my grandfather fence sometimes and it is always a burden to get the post in and out of the soil.

[southern california guy]

I was going to say there was no easy way! I have to help my grandfather fence sometimes and it is always a burden to get the post in and out of the soil.

I imagine you use a t-post puller. Those things aren't much fun, but they do make the job doable.

[Deus te Amat]

I have been reading this as "how to easily pull consecrated hosts out of the ground..." every time I come into Open Mic. Thanks for that.

[arfink]

In our yard in Minnesota the clay doesn't ever really dry out, and actually if you get it more wet it becomes all suction-y and you can get things really really stuck.

[ToJesusMyHeart]

I have been reading this as "how to easily pull consecrated hosts out of the ground..." every time I come into Open Mic. Thanks for that.

 

same here! so confused.

[southern california guy]

I have been reading this as "how to easily pull consecrated hosts out of the ground..." every time I come into Open Mic. Thanks for that.

You'll probably end up with nightmares about pulling constipated hosts out of the ground..... Sorry.

[KnightofChrist]

How To Easily Pull Concreted Posts Out Of The Ground By Hand... WITHOUT water.

1. Grab post with bare hands

2. Go into beast mode

3. Scream blood curdling scream

4. Rip post out of ground

This is how my grandpa taught me to remove posts, he used a similar method for raising barns.

[southern california guy]

In our yard in Minnesota the clay doesn't ever really dry out, and actually if you get it more wet it becomes all suction-y and you can get things really really stuck.

it is sticky but the key is that the wet mud is soft. It sounds like you have the sort of soil that makes you taller when you walk around in it.

[bernadette d]

Oh dear! I read "Consecrated Hosts"

[southern california guy]

Oh dear! I read "Consecrated Hosts"

You want to brush the dirt off of them before you eat them.