Digging Out Old Fence Posts

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Digging out old fence posts.

Start out by digging a whole about. Insert a garden hose with a spike tipped or cone shaped nozzle into the soil next to the edge of the broken fence post s concrete or cement base. A rock bar may work on dry clay. Toss the soil and rotted wood onto a tarp for easy clean up.

Very hard earth like clay is extremely difficult to dig with a manual pair of post hole diggers. If you re following along with mike s method attach the 2 by material to the side of the post leaving. Using a rope and board 1. Here s a pretty simply method for removing a fence post seated in concrete all without digging or messing with complicated equipment.

2 loosen the upper layer of soil around the outer edge of the concrete footing using a digging bar. I show how to replace a rotted fence post the easy way. There are a few ways you can do this such as. How to remove a fence post the easy way step 1 dig around the post until six inches of the concrete footing is exposed.

Step 3. Now take your steel chain and wrap it around the. Post hole diggers have a maximum effective depth of about 3 4 of their handle length so a five foot pair will dig about 3 1 2 half deep. Measure and mark the location of each fence post.

Wrapping metal wire around the base of the concrete and attaching the wire to the jack or digger. The trench does not have to be any deeper than about 1 foot 0 3 m. Slide a 24 inch long 2x4 under the fence on each side of the rotted post. To get started you ll need a way to get a bite on the post and something to apply pressure.

Drilling holes in the concrete and installing concrete lag bolts in the holes. Brush away loose dirt to expose the top of the concrete footing at the base of the post. Step 2 wrap a chain around the concrete footing of the fence post. A wooden post that is sunk into the surrounding soil will be relatively easy to.

Turn on water to the hose and rock the hose s. Enlarge the existing fence post hole with a post hole digger. Remove the rotted fence post and dig out any wood left in the fence post hole. Assess the status of the fence post.

In this video i am showing you how to replace a rotted fence post in concrete. Note this will require you to use a. This will require you. Dig a trench around the post using a shovel.