Digging Out Old Fence Posts

A wooden post that is sunk into the surrounding soil will be relatively easy to.

Digging out old fence posts.

There are a few ways you can do this such as. Assess the status of the fence post. Dig a trench around the post using a shovel. Remove the rotted fence post and dig out any wood left in the fence post hole.

2 loosen the upper layer of soil around the outer edge of the concrete footing using a digging bar. Slide a 24 inch long 2x4 under the fence on each side of the rotted post. Step 3. Here s a pretty simply method for removing a fence post seated in concrete all without digging or messing with complicated equipment.

Pull the fence section away from the rotted post. Start out by digging a whole about. I have replaced a lot. How to remove a fence post the easy way step 1 dig around the post until six inches of the concrete footing is exposed.

Brush away loose dirt to expose the top of the concrete footing at the base of the post. Very hard earth like clay is extremely difficult to dig with a manual pair of post hole diggers. Turn on water to the hose and rock the hose s. 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. The trench does not have to be any deeper than about 1 foot 0 3 m. Soak the remaining soil. Now take your steel chain and wrap it around the.

Using a rope and board 1. This will require you. Toss the soil and rotted wood onto a tarp for easy clean up. Note this will require you to use a.

A rock bar may work on dry clay. Wrapping metal wire around the base of the concrete and attaching the wire to the jack or digger. If you re following along with mike s method attach the 2 by material to the side of the post leaving. Take a moment to scrape away.

Drilling holes in the concrete and installing concrete lag bolts in the holes. Step 2 wrap a chain around the concrete footing of the fence post. Enlarge the existing fence post hole with a post hole digger. In this video i am showing you how to replace a rotted fence post in concrete.