[Mstrlucky74]

Well I started digging my holes and I ran into existing concrete bases...uuuggghh.

I dug down and all around them but them seem real deep and their also to dig around on one side cause my neighbors fence is on that side. Would it help if I rented a jack hammer. These bases don't have the posts attached. Thanks

 

[jlhaslip]

Can you change your post layout to avoid those existing bases?

 

[ChuckTin]

PITA for sure but I'd pull the wretched sheet out if I could.
What I hit on after much cursing: 8' 4×4 (just happened to have a fence post handy😊) as a lever, piece of chain, piece of rebar.
Chain around or thru concrete base, rebar to jam between links as needed, up and around 4x4 at about 2-3' mark, pull up at one end with post spanning hole. Tain't my idea of fun tho😐.

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[woodchopper65]

Well I started digging my holes and I ran into existing concrete bases...uuuggghh.

I dug down and all around them but them seem real deep and their also to dig around on one side cause my neighbors fence is on that side. Would it help if I rented a jack hammer. These bases don't have the posts attached. Thanks

how deep below grade are the tops of the old concrete bases?

 

[Mstrlucky74]

how deep below grade are the tops of the old concrete bases?

A foot...getting ready to go to Home Depot. Maybe a sledge hammer instead. Or a chain or rope like suggested?

 

[Mstrlucky74]

Can you change your post layout to avoid those existing bases?

Unfort no...but there's only 3

 

[woodchopper65]

forget a sledge hammer, you would be better off digging them out and try pulling with a chain on a buddies truck..

 

[Mstrlucky74]

PITA for sure but I'd pull the wretched sheet out if I could. What I hit on after much cursing: 8' 4×4 (just happened to have a fence post handydde0a) as a lever, piece of chain, piece of rebar. Chain around or thru concrete base, rebar to jam between links as needed, up and around 4x4 at about 2-3' mark, pull up at one end with post spanning hole. Tain't my idea of fun thodde10. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk

Can't really picture what your explaining...got the chain part but not the rest. If you could try to explain a little clearer for my dumb as$....thx

 

[woodchopper65]

use the 4 x 4 x 8 ft fence post as a lever to yank out the concrete in the ground..if you can wrap the chain around the concrete securely..

 

[Mstrlucky74]

use the 4 x 4 x 8 ft fence post as a lever to yank out the concrete in the ground..if you can wrap the chain around the concrete securely..

Got it..thanks..won't the chain slip from around the base when trying to pull up.

 

[woodchopper65]

Got it..thanks..won't the chain slip from around the base when trying to pull up.

that was why I commented, if you can get the chain wrapped around the concrete without it slipping off as you pull up..

 

[Fix'n it]

wrap a good chain around it. then put a nut/bolt to tighten up the chain, doesn't have to be perfect.

get blocks of some kind and a floor jack and a long solid bar. one end fo the bar on the blocks, other on the jack. put chain on bar. then jack up. it will come right out, basicly.
i make it sound so simple, don;t i.
if you have/borrow an engine hoist, this will work much better.

 

[woodchopper65]

wrap a good chain around it. then put a nut/bolt to tighten up the chain, doesn't have to be perfect.

get blocks of some kind and a floor jack and a long solid bar. one end fo the bar on the blocks, other on the jack. put chain on bar. then jack up. it will come right out, basicly.
i make it sound so simple, don;t i.
if you have/borrow an engine hoist, this will work much better.

not as easy as this...LOL

 

[Fix'n it]

not as easy as this...LOL

:vs_laugh: no. well, depending on where the post is.

i used an engine hoist once. and i couldn't believe just how easy they can out.

 

[woodchopper65]

:vs_laugh: no. well, depending on where the post is.

i used an engine hoist once. and i couldn't believe just how easy they can out.

true, if its between any tight spots it would be hard to get in, but I fit that backhoe in spots most wouldnt go...:devil3:

 

[SPS-1]

Using a 4x4 as a lever, I would think the 4x4 is going to snap. Need to pull straight up.

Don't think a jackhammer is going to help. You need to pull it out.

 

[Dave Sal]

PITA for sure but I'd pull the wretched sheet out if I could.
What I hit on after much cursing: 8' 4×4 (just happened to have a fence post handy😊) as a lever, piece of chain, piece of rebar.
Chain around or thru concrete base, rebar to jam between links as needed, up and around 4x4 at about 2-3' mark, pull up at one end with post spanning hole. Tain't my idea of fun tho.

Been there, done that. Not the easiest job but this method works well. The hardest part though, is getting the chain wrapped around the concrete securely. Reaching 3' down into the post hole while laying on the ground without much room, plus trying to get the chain under the concrete is a pain in the rear end.

 

[ChuckTin]

Can guarantee you're only going to do it oncest.

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