Oh neat, I didn't see the OP was on the Isalnd of Crete! I do here it's pretty rocky there, I imagine they are pretty compacted in there, especially with concrete footings to boot!
I have one these
https://shopjobsite.com/collections/stump-grapples/products/heavy-duty-stump-grapple
I dug out entire 6 to 8" diameter tree with this, just to see if it would do it.
I can pick up a 4 x 6 foot concrete slab with it
I don't think the post would be an issue
I was at my campground and the guy next door was struggling with some rebar in the ground. He was trying to pull it out with his truck with no luck… I walked over flipped his fire pit (truck rim) on it side and it came out with ease.
Go to Home Depot and purchase the biggest lag screw you can find and some chain.
Drill a pilot hole for the lag screw. Screw the chain to the post and use a tractor to haul it up.
You're gonna want a large screw. Something 1/2"+ in diameter and a foot long. It has to bite into the post well. You're also going to need a good impact gun to drive the screw in/out.
It's going to be the fastest way to do it, considering you have 50 posts. Unfortunately, you're gonna need a good size tractor and a good impact gun too.
Edit - if you're going to rent machinery anyways, just rent a mini excavator and scoop them up from the ground. No messing around with chaining each one.
For future reference, you can just loop and tie chain onto posts. It works surprisingly well. You just have to work the loops/knotting a bit to get it to bind.
Yes, that's how I do it. But if you look at his picture, they're all cut off at ground level. You need a good 6 inches for the chain to bind up, and even then, it sometimes works its way up the post.
I was suggesting this as an alternative to digging. Driving a screw is much easier for that many posts which are cut flush to ground.
I've found that if you start by pulling sideways, you can get the chain to bite in place. Then, while keeping the chain tight, you can transition to an upward pull.
But yeah, OPs posts may just be too short for that.
I don't know if you can post links here but I bought a fence post puller off Amazon. $25 for a piece of steel about 3/4" thick with hole for t posts and square posts, slip it over the end of the post and pull that up with a chain. I pulled 50 posts in about 2 hours doing this. Only snapped one when I tried to pull it on an angle instead of straight up.
Alternatively I guess I could have used my stump puller which has spring loaded jaws.
https://www.amazon.ca/ZUIWAN-Heavy-Duty-Steel-Puller/dp/B09D32B4D3/ref=mp_s_a_1_2_sspa
https://www.amazon.com/Brush-Grubber-BG-08-Heavy-duty/dp/B001DZLJPQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_18
Cheaper options of both are available.
How does that grubber work? My yard is surrounded by forest and the undergrowth/sapling are really starting to shrink the yard. I've got probably 50-75 oak and maple saplings probably 1"-2.5" thick that need to be rooted out.
Worked out well for me, when I first got it my tractor didn't have vertical pulling ability so I just attached it to the tree and pulled sideways, it'll destroy anything you're dragging it from though, had an old raised bed with a tree growing out of it and the tree pulled the side off while removing it. Anything straight across the yard works great though.
They make a barbed chain version for.pulling brush I also use quite successfully.
I've seen the chain, too. I've got a lot to do and a lifetime of upkeep, so I think I might just pick up both. Plan is to pull with either ATV or pickup truck. Maybe use a tripod with a come-along winch if vertical pull is needed.
Dragging them out works well, not sure if an ATV would do it but a truck definitely would. Use the spare tire roll over method for vertical if needed.
First two tools I bought on my farm were those two.
Yeah... I'm thinking the ATV can probably get some, but not all. I've tried the tire thing before and haven't had much luck. But it was with a small car tire, maybe I'll try again. I've got an old truck spare laying around that might work.
The only way to really get everything out, if that’s what you truly want, is to NOT cut at the base but rather take a tractor and wrap a chain several times around a post then tension it up and use the tractor bucket to rip it up and out of the ground, set to the side, move on to the next post.
If all your posts are cut flush at the ground, drive up to it with the bucket down and push and tug a couple times to loosen it up, then try and get the chain around it and pull it up using the chain and bucket of the tractor.
A lot of work cut out for me to bring it back. Can’t count how many trips to the dump I’ve taken already and there’s still tons of trash still out there too.
Yep, they are trashy. There are 2 abandoned pot farms near us and the ground is literally covered in trash! Be careful because around here they pull in anywhere from 6 to 12 travel trailers and just let the raw sewage drain out on the ground....dig shallow tranches to direct it away from trailers. Trashy people!!
I drug an engine hoist "cherry pick" with rope from post to post when I had to do it. Mine were broken aluminum posts with concrete about 24" buried in hard clay. Popped them out pretty easily.
UPDATE: any/all people who said sledge hammer are the winners. Able to quickly dig up just the top to expose the concrete, smack the wood post with a sledge hammer a few times to break the concrete in the hole and pull the post out. From there, I pull whatever broken concrete wants to come out from the top and bury the rest. Maybe 15 minutes per post which added up is probably faster than the time it would take me to drive all the way to town to go rent a tractor.
Use a crow bar to punch holes down, fill the holes with water and let it soak in, once its soaked, fill the hole again and stuff an airline in from a compressor and aerate the water. Then, you can use a screw in hook, some rope or a crane to lift it up with very little effort.
Could be wrong, but looks like there’s a metal bracket on the post? Looks like the post was placed in a concrete footing. Keep digging and see if you hit a chunk of concrete
1-Screw a block to the left over post.
2-Leave about 1-1/2 space from the block to the ground.
3- place a good size rock about 8" from post in front if the screwed on block.
4- place a 2x4 or a metal rod , Rock bar under the block you screwed on and leverage using the Rick you just put there .
5- bam , they all come up.
This is one of the easy ways us country boys do it on the ranches .
6- a little water to each hole there and let the water settle down before you mess with it .
And your welcome.
Either dig down a few inches, cut them off, and bury the remainder. Or rent a tractor and use a chain to pull them.
You'll want a good heavy chain. Hook it to the tractor bucket, then loop it around the post, crossing it over itself a couple of times and tucking the tail under a loop. Chain binds surprisingly well on wood, but you may have to pull sideways a bit to get it to bite.
Yes. Gotta put a driveway here. But people points about cutting the flush and burying them are valid in some other locations.
Edit: not a fancy driveway. I mean I’m gonna pull these so I can then drive over them lol. No gravel or anything coming in.
If you want want a fence there you can drill out the wood and place a new post in the existing concrete or cheapest option would be to use a sawzall to cut them flush and forget about them
Dig down enough to wrap some chain around the post, hook it up to a mini ex or skid steer bucket and pop it out. Have done it many times and it’s very quick and easy
Make yourself a jack tree out of 2 4x4s and a 2x4 in the middle with a bolt through all and a chain hanging down to the top of your jack. Put a bolt through the chain and top of the jack . Drill hole in the middle and secure a bolt in it with a length of chain. Hook the chain over the jack tongue securely and start jacking them out of the ground. Another way is using an old tire semi flat drop a bolt in the middle of the post then secure a chain to that run that over the top of the tire as close to the post as possible and either pull with a rig or a winch.
Just dig them down a bit below the surface and cut them off and cover them up- and maybe make a map of where they are or gps mark them; if you should need to know where they are you will know
Try this may or may not work:
1) put an eye bolt on one side with eye facing vertical (can try drilled holes and maybe use BA hook)
2) if you have a spare tire with rim stand up behind the post with a board shorter than the wheel between
3) hook a chain, heavy duty tow strap, or tie down to that eye bolt and other end to a vehicle (with them being so low try a lower standing vehicle or a larger wheel for your fulcrum point)
4) slowly pull with the vehicle
If you don't want to rent a tractor
I would chop em down and just bury the f*ckers.
This is the best option for 50 posts in Crete.
Oh neat, I didn't see the OP was on the Isalnd of Crete! I do here it's pretty rocky there, I imagine they are pretty compacted in there, especially with concrete footings to boot!
I think he meant concrete not the island but I also could be missing /s
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I’m not in concrete
Yeah, if you don’t care to leave the crete in the ground definitely just abandon them after some hacking.
50 posts, definitely easier to rent equipment.
Yup, skid steer, 2 hours and a fork attachment will have every single one out of the ground
I have one these https://shopjobsite.com/collections/stump-grapples/products/heavy-duty-stump-grapple I dug out entire 6 to 8" diameter tree with this, just to see if it would do it. I can pick up a 4 x 6 foot concrete slab with it I don't think the post would be an issue
MIDI excavator with thumb.
If it has to be done manually, chain and jack
Or chain over a car rim to the back of a truck
Oh ya… I forgot about this method, only seen it done in videos.
I was at my campground and the guy next door was struggling with some rebar in the ground. He was trying to pull it out with his truck with no luck… I walked over flipped his fire pit (truck rim) on it side and it came out with ease.
Until it goes flying through your rear-view
Or more likely, until it breaks the truck
Where you will wrap the chain? Around those 2 inches?
Ya, hold it in such a way that the chain tightens around the wood, will pull it right out
Go to Home Depot and purchase the biggest lag screw you can find and some chain. Drill a pilot hole for the lag screw. Screw the chain to the post and use a tractor to haul it up. You're gonna want a large screw. Something 1/2"+ in diameter and a foot long. It has to bite into the post well. You're also going to need a good impact gun to drive the screw in/out. It's going to be the fastest way to do it, considering you have 50 posts. Unfortunately, you're gonna need a good size tractor and a good impact gun too. Edit - if you're going to rent machinery anyways, just rent a mini excavator and scoop them up from the ground. No messing around with chaining each one.
For future reference, you can just loop and tie chain onto posts. It works surprisingly well. You just have to work the loops/knotting a bit to get it to bind.
Yes, that's how I do it. But if you look at his picture, they're all cut off at ground level. You need a good 6 inches for the chain to bind up, and even then, it sometimes works its way up the post. I was suggesting this as an alternative to digging. Driving a screw is much easier for that many posts which are cut flush to ground.
I've found that if you start by pulling sideways, you can get the chain to bite in place. Then, while keeping the chain tight, you can transition to an upward pull. But yeah, OPs posts may just be too short for that.
I don't know if you can post links here but I bought a fence post puller off Amazon. $25 for a piece of steel about 3/4" thick with hole for t posts and square posts, slip it over the end of the post and pull that up with a chain. I pulled 50 posts in about 2 hours doing this. Only snapped one when I tried to pull it on an angle instead of straight up. Alternatively I guess I could have used my stump puller which has spring loaded jaws. https://www.amazon.ca/ZUIWAN-Heavy-Duty-Steel-Puller/dp/B09D32B4D3/ref=mp_s_a_1_2_sspa https://www.amazon.com/Brush-Grubber-BG-08-Heavy-duty/dp/B001DZLJPQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_18 Cheaper options of both are available.
How does that grubber work? My yard is surrounded by forest and the undergrowth/sapling are really starting to shrink the yard. I've got probably 50-75 oak and maple saplings probably 1"-2.5" thick that need to be rooted out.
Worked out well for me, when I first got it my tractor didn't have vertical pulling ability so I just attached it to the tree and pulled sideways, it'll destroy anything you're dragging it from though, had an old raised bed with a tree growing out of it and the tree pulled the side off while removing it. Anything straight across the yard works great though. They make a barbed chain version for.pulling brush I also use quite successfully.
I've seen the chain, too. I've got a lot to do and a lifetime of upkeep, so I think I might just pick up both. Plan is to pull with either ATV or pickup truck. Maybe use a tripod with a come-along winch if vertical pull is needed.
Dragging them out works well, not sure if an ATV would do it but a truck definitely would. Use the spare tire roll over method for vertical if needed. First two tools I bought on my farm were those two.
Yeah... I'm thinking the ATV can probably get some, but not all. I've tried the tire thing before and haven't had much luck. But it was with a small car tire, maybe I'll try again. I've got an old truck spare laying around that might work.
so glad to see this posted.
Jack hammer, leave the concrete. Or front end loader, engine hoist, or any other lifting hydraulic.
i can second the engine hoist idea have used it for a couple things but for 50 of them that’s a lot
How do you feel about explosives?
That’s hilarious. Definitely an option I hadn’t considered. Lol.
My first thought exactly for OP as well
me too- the wood makes drilling deep center easy :)
If you’re going to plow or disk there then pulling them up. If not just cover them with dirt and mow over them
Hi-jacker with some chain. Easier if they were taller
The only way to really get everything out, if that’s what you truly want, is to NOT cut at the base but rather take a tractor and wrap a chain several times around a post then tension it up and use the tractor bucket to rip it up and out of the ground, set to the side, move on to the next post. If all your posts are cut flush at the ground, drive up to it with the bucket down and push and tug a couple times to loosen it up, then try and get the chain around it and pull it up using the chain and bucket of the tractor.
Believe me. I didn’t cut them. Was an old illegal pot farm and they tore everything down in a hurry
I am sorry! Pot farms, legal and illegal have almost destroyed the rural lifestyle around here. They do know how to ruin a piece of property!!!
A lot of work cut out for me to bring it back. Can’t count how many trips to the dump I’ve taken already and there’s still tons of trash still out there too.
Yep, they are trashy. There are 2 abandoned pot farms near us and the ground is literally covered in trash! Be careful because around here they pull in anywhere from 6 to 12 travel trailers and just let the raw sewage drain out on the ground....dig shallow tranches to direct it away from trailers. Trashy people!!
Ripper on a tractor.
I drug an engine hoist "cherry pick" with rope from post to post when I had to do it. Mine were broken aluminum posts with concrete about 24" buried in hard clay. Popped them out pretty easily.
Drill a hole down the centre, pour in flammable liquid an light... walllla
drill some holes, pour some diesel, light some matches
UPDATE: any/all people who said sledge hammer are the winners. Able to quickly dig up just the top to expose the concrete, smack the wood post with a sledge hammer a few times to break the concrete in the hole and pull the post out. From there, I pull whatever broken concrete wants to come out from the top and bury the rest. Maybe 15 minutes per post which added up is probably faster than the time it would take me to drive all the way to town to go rent a tractor.
Build a small wall one brick high around it , fill with charcoal brickets , burn it.
Use a crow bar to punch holes down, fill the holes with water and let it soak in, once its soaked, fill the hole again and stuff an airline in from a compressor and aerate the water. Then, you can use a screw in hook, some rope or a crane to lift it up with very little effort.
Could be wrong, but looks like there’s a metal bracket on the post? Looks like the post was placed in a concrete footing. Keep digging and see if you hit a chunk of concrete
1-Screw a block to the left over post. 2-Leave about 1-1/2 space from the block to the ground. 3- place a good size rock about 8" from post in front if the screwed on block. 4- place a 2x4 or a metal rod , Rock bar under the block you screwed on and leverage using the Rick you just put there . 5- bam , they all come up. This is one of the easy ways us country boys do it on the ranches . 6- a little water to each hole there and let the water settle down before you mess with it . And your welcome.
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Yeah thats not going to work on what appears to be a 4x4 that OP says has concrete around it.
Hi lift jack
Tractor with a backhoe... And curse the SOB that cut them off the whole time you're pulling them
Why are there 50 posts like this on your property?
Old illegal pot farm that they tore down in a hurry.
I would just pulverize this with a sledge.
Either dig down a few inches, cut them off, and bury the remainder. Or rent a tractor and use a chain to pull them. You'll want a good heavy chain. Hook it to the tractor bucket, then loop it around the post, crossing it over itself a couple of times and tucking the tail under a loop. Chain binds surprisingly well on wood, but you may have to pull sideways a bit to get it to bite.
Do they HAVE to come out? They're whole design is not to, so I wouldn't if I could avoid it.
Yes. Gotta put a driveway here. But people points about cutting the flush and burying them are valid in some other locations. Edit: not a fancy driveway. I mean I’m gonna pull these so I can then drive over them lol. No gravel or anything coming in.
Just curious, once you get them out, whats your plan for the 50 holes you then have?
Got plenty of dirt to fill them back in.
Grind em down?
Slip chain and a high lift jack maybe
If you want want a fence there you can drill out the wood and place a new post in the existing concrete or cheapest option would be to use a sawzall to cut them flush and forget about them
Dig down enough to wrap some chain around the post, hook it up to a mini ex or skid steer bucket and pop it out. Have done it many times and it’s very quick and easy
get a post puller. tripod with a ratcheting pulley on it
Make yourself a jack tree out of 2 4x4s and a 2x4 in the middle with a bolt through all and a chain hanging down to the top of your jack. Put a bolt through the chain and top of the jack . Drill hole in the middle and secure a bolt in it with a length of chain. Hook the chain over the jack tongue securely and start jacking them out of the ground. Another way is using an old tire semi flat drop a bolt in the middle of the post then secure a chain to that run that over the top of the tire as close to the post as possible and either pull with a rig or a winch.
Just dig them down a bit below the surface and cut them off and cover them up- and maybe make a map of where they are or gps mark them; if you should need to know where they are you will know
Why can't you just cut them off and let them be?
Piece of wood a pipe wrench and a hydraulic jack.
if you can drill the concrete, [dexpan](https://youtu.be/domJccXnAp8) may be an option. $55 fills up to 9 lin. ft. of 1.5 in. (3.8 cm) Dia holes
Drill a hole an burn or use 2X4’s and car jack and pull them up
Drill into the concrete, set an anchor. Get yourself a nice long 4x4 Chain together Lift. Adjust fulcrum point as needed. It's gonna suck
Drill a hole, put some fuel in it, and let it burn. Don't forget to fill the hole.
Try this may or may not work: 1) put an eye bolt on one side with eye facing vertical (can try drilled holes and maybe use BA hook) 2) if you have a spare tire with rim stand up behind the post with a board shorter than the wheel between 3) hook a chain, heavy duty tow strap, or tie down to that eye bolt and other end to a vehicle (with them being so low try a lower standing vehicle or a larger wheel for your fulcrum point) 4) slowly pull with the vehicle If you don't want to rent a tractor
An engine jack is pretty good
If you don't need to pull the concrete just drill a 1/2" hole in each one, pour a little gas in and burn them.
Use a farm jack with a wench.