Metal fence posts provide strength to the weakest part of your fence.
How to remove green metal fence posts.
Remove a metal fence post in cement or concrete.
By using metal fence posts with your wooden fence you will extend the life of your fence by multiple years.
A wood fence with metal posts that last.
Rent a small electric jackhammer from an equipment rental company and carefully break up the outer edge of the concrete base.
Takes less than 5 minutes.
Often times extending the life of your wood fence by 2x 3x or 4x years.
A posthole digger will make this easier.
Im going to show you a quick and easy trick.
Once the fence post is removed get rid of the concrete before disposing of the metal.
After selling the chain link from my fence on craigslist i wanted to remove the remaining metal posts along with the concrete from the ground.
How to remove steel poles in concrete.
If the fence post has a large concrete base or is very firmly anchored in soil you may need to use a farm jack hi lift jack and chain to pull it out.
If you re removing an old metal fence from your yard the most difficult part of the procedure is pulling out the posts.
Have you ever tried removing a fence post that is cemented in.
Screw a piece of scrap 2 4 to the post a couple of inches from the ground put a landscape timber alongside as a fulcrum and use a long metal bar as a lever.
I ve tried a lot of different methods for removing 4 4 fence posts sunk in concrete but this fence post removal strategy the easiest one i ve found.
It is not easy.
Once the cracks have made it to the fence post base use a hammer and chisel to remove the concrete immediately around the fence post.
Dig out soil around the post.