Remove a Rotten Fence Post in MINUTES !
In this video i show you my method of how to remove a rotten fence post and this is absolutely the easiest way to do it. Often you may need to concrete in a fence post directly where the old one was and if the post has snapped off, removing the rotten broken off bit of post, will make if far easier to remove the concrete .
You may even be able to just slot in a new fence post, into the existing concrete hole. Saving hours of back breaking work and money !
Dont let post removal take you hours.
I hope that this video helped you in some way, and if it did, please leave a comment for me in the comments section. I love to hear from people who gained value from any of my videos. I always respond to comments, so would be great to hear from you guys ! 👍
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Link is broken. Does not identify the part. Can you repost with a good link? Love the video! Thanks, Steve
The link does not match the hook that you used
That one doesn’t swivel. Have you got a link to one that swivels?
Where do I get the pole you use as a lever?
I m a gardener and sometimes get asked to take an old post out for a new one , and when your on your own like I am then this method is , pardon the pun groundbreaking ,, thanks so much mate 👍👍👍👍
Looks like a brilliant idea! Trying to find a fencer to replace 3 timber posts for over a year. Lost my Husband but think I might try this. He would have done it for anyone else in need. Thanks
If the fence posts are sound above ground you can just screw a block of wood to the side of the fence post then use a spade in a similar manner to achieve the same thing. Just put a brick (or another block of wood) beside the post and then screw your block to the post so it's slightly lower than the top edge of this brick. Then use your spade, to lever the post out of the ground.
The screws will hold really well in rotten wood.😂
@@robinscott7816The rot is almost always just at ground level, hence the long screws.
Fantastic video - simple, straight to the point and effective!
Great advice 👍 I've spent hours trying to get those things out in the past 😊
Brilliant, I'm going to tackle this when my ring plate comes in. I have two broken and I'm sure plenty more in the future. Thank you for taking the time to make and upload your videos.
This is a great video!!! I always struggle getting the rotten posts out of the ground. This video enabled me to do it easily! Thank you!!!
Definitely intuitive and excellent method to removing a rotted fence post. Many thanks for sharing.😊
Storm Arwen in November 2021 knocked over a large 18 post section of our perimeter fence. After using cargo straps attached to the adjacent trees to keep it upright since, we eventually got round to replacing the posts in April 2022. After waiting a few weeks for the metal eye to arrive we used this method to remove the post stumps. It worked on 15 of the 18 posts. Thank you.
Great advice thank you, will be using it soon to remove my rotten gatepost
Great idea. I add bitumen sealant around the base and especially those top few inches where, as you say, posts always fail. Costs pennies and adds years to the post's life
Thanks for sharing - going to give this a go - I have 21 fence posts to sort out - half of them are rotten at the base - And I really took a lot of care to slope the concrete away from the bottom - but 10 years later so I can't complain!
Love the application of simple tools and smart thinking
Very good. Wish I'd known about this b4 having to dig a broken fence post out and reset in concrete. Was a total ball ache.
Having just had 3 of my fence posts snap this video could have just made my life so much easier thank you.
Sorry about the posts. Hope it helps
Thank you James, you have saved me more than hours of labor, you are a star!
I have been struggling. Chipping away with a chisel on one cement side. Covered in sweat. Smashed hand. I came inside to find your video! Thank you! The video is perfect saving me hours. I have 4 posts to put in.
Good bit of information. We tend to go quite a bit deeper into the (soft) ground here though, as otherwise the wind will cause you to end up with a ramp rather than a fence. For a 1.8m fence it is common to use 2.7m posts, so that is one third under ground and you need considerably more force than you showed here to get the first bit of movement. The method that works for me is to drill a hole sideways through the pole (yes that requires a little digging in the top soil if the pole is already snapped) through which I feed the handle bar of a tubular box wrench. Then a chain goes on connected to both sides and I use a jack to pull the post out either with or without the help of an additional bar depending on where I can stand the jack.
Brilliant idea …Thank you for sharing this. I will put this into practice 👍
Excellent idea, I have pulled posts with rope tied to screws before but it had to get the ropes to stay on, your idea is brilliant. Thanks
That my friend was GENIUS...Using physics laws and human genius. Thank you .. wish I knew this earlier today
Great tip 👍 The number of times I've had to chip away at the concrete fence post boot....
Ansolutely Brilliant! Coming to you from Virginia, USA! Thanks
Improved purchase power with this super easy secret in SECONDS! Well done. I don't have a fancy eye like that but I reckon two long lagbolts through a bit of chain should provide a decent handle, and you can use a post as lever.
Awesome. Thanks for sharing this mate. I’m off to B&Q. Storm Eunice has ruined my fence. 👍
Sorry to hear that
Love the heavy duty ceiling hook idea with the long screws! Would be great to use that with a trail Jack
After watching him pull the old post out, why am I going crazy for a cadbury's Flake?????? Great video, save all that digging. 👍👍👍
Top idea. I don't even need to change a post. I watched just for the knowledge. And im glad I did. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I was looking for a way to get a fence post that's surrounded by concrete slabs out and came across this...Great tip thanks so much!
A storm took out 3 posts today at ground level. This trick worked an absolute treat. Many thanks!
Glad it helped!
that was awesome! l u made a labor intensive job easy and quick. thanks for making this video, u just saved me a lot of rotted fence post digging to remove and replace!
This is genius! You are saving my back 👍🏻
Wish i had seen this before its such a neat idea, I’m in the trade for over 40 years and never ever thought of doing that .
One of the best ways of removing rotten fence posts.
I’ve been doing this for years - I made a plate but might well buy a made one. It saves so much time
This is a fantastic tip, I have spent nearly 2 hours getting a wooden post out of the ground that has snapped. I mistakenly presumed it would all be rotten in the ground, thanks for the tip it's brill.
@ Hour 2.5 now. Came here for this haha
Thats a great tip, the picture at the start told you all you needed to know, never occurred to me to do that 👍
Having spent many frustrating and back-breaking hours digging out posts using a breaker I’m definitely going to give this method a try.
Hope it helps
Thanks again it has to help.
@@JamesMontana I like that idea, very useful thanks. To add another way, maybe you could just use a large bolt down into the old post, through a piece of chain, then put the bar through the chain to lever it out. If you didnt have a large crow bar you could use the old post as the lever. I used to do rock gardens, and move half ton rocks by hand. We used to use a scaffolding pole with the flat end for leverage.
You have just saved me hours of brute work, you'r a genius james
Thanks mate. Its so satisfying when it works perfectly and pulls the posts right out isnt it !
Thanks a really great video. Straight to the point and proven to work. Any links to where I can get the swivel eye unit please?
I`ll be renewing some posts in the summer. Thanks for this very useful tip.
No problem!
Excellent, tried it out and it worked first attempt.
I’m about to do this such a helpful video! The products are in the description as well. Thanks so much 🙏
That's good to know James,the amount of trouble I've had getting these out sometime has been a nightmare, nice work 👍
I look back and remember, sometimes its taken me half a day just to get out 1 post. Wish i had this back then !
James,on Tuesday it me at least 3 hours to get concrete out of a hole ,half of that was the post,definitely going to try this, I've seen people using Jack's to lift them out also but you have to descent ground to put the jack on
@@Dickielarter1466 yeah i made a video on how to jack out a post. But i have another idea in mind for getting out the concrete plugs and ill be making a video on it soon.
@@JamesMontana please post a link to your video on how to jack out a post
So simple, thanks for the upload.
Wish I'd known this before. It would have saved me a lot of hard work 👍
Brilliant bit of clever advice! Thanks mate
I have a beautiful fence with 7 snapped posts after the storms earlier this year. The posts are surrounded by a wall, which I don't want to rebuild. I'll try this method and it will hopefully save me demolishing and rebuilding the wall. Thanks !
Thanks a Million Mate!! Ive 4 of these to pull out in the garden. I dug one out already and it was a nightmare.
Excellent video James, thanks for sharing this tip when you could've kept it to yourself.
No problem. I hope it helps
Brilliant … have the same problem now not afraid to tackle it
What a brilliant method!
That’s a great way to get the post out without any mess and as quickly as I’ve seen
Hi mate just been watching your video. Excellent 👍. Regards the concrete. I use to use large eye bolts bolted to the concrete and a farm jack and lifted the whole lot out in one go . . Or a tripod poles and a hoist . No braking your back no sore hands . Plus if you do things right you can reuse the eye bolts again. I use to do fencing. For a living. Old tricks making life easy . Keep up the great work 👍
Awesome idea! 💡 I'll be using this method in two weeks time!
I Did a similar trick with a length of chain, a single bolt and removable link. WOrked like a charm.. Thanks for the idea.
Thanks Mate. I will definitely try this. Looks like the way to go to make it a cheap easy job. 👍
Just found this video..the thought of replacing 18 rotten posts in concrete in my garden was depressing me 😒. I'm going to use your technique now! brilliant..😃
Great video clear concise and easy to understand
Hallelujah. I just pulled out a post that was rotted at the ground level. You gave me an answer
Really useful tip. Thank you.
thanks for this video, bought the cheap hook off eBay and used an SDS long drill bit I had as I didn't fancy buying a Digging bar and easy as anything I got a pain in the arse located fence post out in a couple minutes. so I'm ready to fix it now
Really useful tip, thanks for sharing.
Brilliant… video!!! Exactly what I was looking for! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
I've used a farm jack with much success. Great video!
Absolutely Brilliant. Thank you buddy.
My pleasure!
Excellent idea. Thanks
Awesome going to give this a go
So easy. I could even do this myself Well done
Thankyou. Its incredibly easy !
Thank you. That will save me hours of work.
Very informative video. Thank you for sharing.
You are more than welcome. Thankyou for watching and hope enjoy future videos 👍
I've just done my own fence due to the uk storms,,,here's a bit of advice for anyone doing this,,,when prying the post out make sure the timber you're using is placed onto the concrete attached to the bottom of the post as this will give you perfect leverage,,, the force of you pushing your bar down on the timber will stop the concrete lifting out the ground with the post,,,I had some extra stuck ones and used a long drill to drill holes around the outside of the post to loosen it up before trying to pry up,,,the tool in this video is great but is out of stock,,, I used something similar but nowhere near as strong from one of the big UK shops,,,it broke in the end but done its job...
Good tip with the drilling for the stubborn ones
Was afraid whether I can use this approach - bottom snapped part of the post was very rotten and I could not really make a flat area at the top - but worked nicely even without that. Thanks!
Great video Wish I’d known about it years ago would have saved me a lot of hard work
Worked a treat, thank you.
For years. I have attached both ends of a short chain with lag bolts to the top of the rotted wood post and used a large farm jack to lift the post out of the ground. This works for posts that are buried 3 to 4 feet below the surface and set in concrete.
Hi, When it comes to DIY I would have to improve considerably to reach the standard of 'useless' finally I have found a video that shows me something even I can do, and something I need to do. Thank you very much for this very helpful tip. Max
Have a bit more faith in your ability. Im sure your better than you think. Im glad to of helped though.
There are metal fence armors to increase life span.
@@ahmetkarayol2547 you mean metposts ?
Metal or plastic stuff covers underneath ground level and protects from rotten of post.
@@ahmetkarayol2547 yeah i have seen the plastic ones. Bitumen works just as well too 👍
Very Helpful , thanks for posting .
Nice job. Right tool for the job. It's the only way. Came out like butter!
You got that right. Works every time ! Thanks mate 👍
Perfect method. I was thinking to drill down the rotten part. That piece can be removed by utility/farm jack easier. Thanks
Yeah a farm jack and chain really helps getting them out
Found this video very helpful ,If only I,d know before-would have saved lot of work,I made an eye plate out of an old super market trolly wheel ,took wheel out ,put thicker bolt in cost nothing brilliant ,thanks David 88 and an still do a days work ,
Thanks for the advice
This one is the best. Thank you.
Great idea many thanks
Excellent. Thank you very much.
Great video, many thanks 😊
Excellent. will be doing that from now on
Just ordered the swivel ring to use on a job in the morning. Cheers PBGS
Hiya, fabulous video. What do you use as the bar?? Thank you 🙏🏻
Thanks for an interesting idea!
Thanks for the tips from Florida.
Wow, that's amazing! Thank you.
That'd a great tip, did one last year and it took about an hour and 2 drill bits🙈😭 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
nicely done, really good tip
Dope! Thanks! I’ll try it!
Brilliant idea 👍👍👍
thanks for sharing ,great little tip
Unbelievable mate, thanks for, been trying to drill one out today for two hours. Off to DIY shop.
Just Wow! great tip. Thanks a lot.
Brilliant! I can't wait to try this!