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What's the best way to pull fence posts?

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Andrew

03-30-2003 18:07:19

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Any ideas on what is the best way to remove fence posts with a cat 2 three point hitch tractor? I'd like to reuse the posts after they're pulled so I don't want to damage them. They are 4 to 6" in diameter and are in the ground about 3.5 feet.

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Andrew

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John A.

04-01-2003 20:51:13

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Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Andrew, 03-30-2003 18:07:19

Andrew. I use my loader on 966 IH . Have a 4 ft 3/8 chain and a slip hook, one rap, hook it, then pull up. We have also pulled up small brush/trees ect,ect. Post in 3 1/2 ft. are not a problem.
Good Luck,
John A.

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Don-WI

03-31-2003 20:46:10

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Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Andrew, 03-30-2003 18:07:19

I agree with most, and use a good logging chain, 2 or 3 times around. My 1755 Oliver could pull out most posts from a pole-shed, which were 12-18 inches in Dia. With the exeption of one that we dug about 1ft. down, it pulled all the others out no problem. The other one came out, just took a little more time. I ussuall like to use loader, but it isn't as strong as the 3 pt. Also pulled out a basketball pole with the loader, and the steering wheel has never been straight since. Also a peice that was welded to the hydra motor with the 3 position holes on it snapped off and now is a little sloppy up& down.
Also, DON'T DO what KYDave said with the tire/chain, if it messes up a cab, what could it do to your head??? Use common sense and be carefull and you should do fine.

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jw 57

03-31-2003 17:05:12

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Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Andrew, 03-30-2003 18:07:19

If you use the 3pt hitch please have your hand on the lever at all times I have seen tractors pull their front ends off the ground trying to pull posts we don't want any accidents

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jw 57

03-31-2003 17:05:07

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Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Andrew, 03-30-2003 18:07:19

If you use the 3pt hitch please have your hand on the lever at all times I have seen tractors pull their front ends off the ground trying to pull posts we don't want any accidents

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Michael Soldan

03-31-2003 14:57:22

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Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Andrew, 03-30-2003 18:07:19

Lots of good advice here. I like using the loader and a double wrapped chain about mid post , then I can watch as I lift. I have taken many posts out with the jack- all jack and a piece of chain too, ones that the loader wouldn't budge. Mike in Exeter Ontario

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Jay

03-31-2003 13:56:06

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Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Andrew, 03-30-2003 18:07:19

This may sound stupid, but I went and picked up some fence free. The owner just wanted it removed. Without driving my tractor 1/2 way around the country, I just used the plow rig on the front of my pick-up. Pulled them up real nice. I used rope and not chain, and, I used a clove hitch tied around the post. That's my $.02 worth.

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Gary in TX

03-31-2003 10:20:59

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Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Andrew, 03-30-2003 18:07:19

Hey Andrew,
My ideas on this would be to first off grab the top of the post and work from side to side and all the way around loosening up the post in the hole, depending on how deep it is this may or may not be possible. Take a 3pt. drawbar or a boom and back up to the post and use a chain to wrap 2or3 times as has been said and apply your hydraulics. You can also pour some water around the post as well and that will help to lube up the hole to pull it. Thats the way I have done it anyhow. I can only tell anyone what I have done and I make no guarantees on anything in regards to safty, so if you choose to do it this way you do at your own risk.

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Brent

03-31-2003 10:18:54

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Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Andrew, 03-30-2003 18:07:19

Not to be redundant, but the double wrap of the chain is the key! If you only wrap once the chain slips right up, off the post. A double wrap causes the "inner wrap" to tighten as the "outer wrap" takes up the slack in the chain, thus the harder you lift, the tighter the grip. Works GREAT on bushes too, pulled a bunch of lilacs out of the fencerow this way.

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rhudson

03-31-2003 06:23:42

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Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Andrew, 03-30-2003 18:07:19

Hi Andrew, one of my farm mags (progressive farmer or Suscessful farming) had a farmer idea in it for pulling lotts of post. the had made a set of jaws that opened with a rope pulley from the tractor seat. the jaws were hung from a 3 pt lifting arm (hog lift in my area) lowered over the top of the post, the jaws opened. when lifted up. the jaws self-clamped onto the post until released by a tug of the rope. the jaws looked to be make of 8 or ten inch channel iron. if interested i'll try to find the mag ang email you a copy.

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markct

03-31-2003 06:08:37

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Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Andrew, 03-30-2003 18:07:19

like everyone said,the 3pt lift and a chain choked around the post works great,just hook it to the center of your 3pt drawbar with a grab hook and your all set to lift. i just took out about 30 posts with our ford NAA last week using this method. just make sure ya dont pull forward when your doing this or else ya will get thunked on the head with the post, i never made that mistake with a post but i made that mistake pulling out some brush the with the 3pt

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Hugh MacKay

03-31-2003 05:28:53

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Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Andrew, 03-30-2003 18:07:19

Some of you guys must have either been in Boy Scouts or the Navy and know what a half hitch is. It will work with chain just as well.

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Mike (WA)

03-31-2003 12:22:09

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Re: Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Hugh MacKay, 03-31-2003 05:28:53

Problem with tying a knot in a chain and then pulling, is that on occasion, it can be nearly impossible to "untie".

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Hugh MacKay

03-31-2003 12:41:17

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Re: Re: Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Mike (WA), 03-31-2003 12:22:09

You obviously haven't been in Boy Scouts, a half hitch will never be difficult.

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MIke (WA)

04-01-2003 09:57:47

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Re: Re: Re: Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Hugh MacKay, 03-31-2003 12:41:17

You're right- no Boy Scouts- was always too busy farmin'. You're probably right about the half hitch, too, come to think of it. . .

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JMS/MN

03-30-2003 22:33:49

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Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Andrew, 03-30-2003 18:07:19

If you have a three-point hitch on the tractor, just wrap a chain around the post and hook it to the lift arm, twice or more if necessary. Certainly no need to drill any holes in the post.

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chief 83

03-30-2003 20:24:50

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Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Andrew, 03-30-2003 18:07:19

If they are round posts it's really tuff to keep the chain from slipping up the post. I usually drill a hole through the post near the base, slip a long bolt through and wrap the chain under the bolt. Then I just use the hydraulics to lift it out. This time of year for us they come out pretty well. Around August it's pretty tuff.

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paul

03-31-2003 05:12:27

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Re: Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to chief 83, 03-30-2003 20:24:50

Wrap the chain around the post - as low as you can - 2 or 3 times. No need for a bolt. You just need some grip. A slip hook, or log hook, sometimes helps, but 2 or 3 wraps around the post is the important part.

A cat 2 should be strong enough, just a clevis in one arm & hook the chain to that. Lift.

Use apporpriate safety precautions, you don't want to lift the tractor front end, and keep your helper out of the way, etc.

--->Paul

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farmerjohn

03-30-2003 19:32:50

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Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Andrew, 03-30-2003 18:07:19

Put a chain around the base of the post at the ground, put an old car rim vertically at the post with the chain over it hooked to the tractor, the rim makes the horizontal pull into a vertical pull.

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kydavid

03-30-2003 19:00:27

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Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to Andrew, 03-30-2003 18:07:19

Hook a log chain around base of post, back rear tractor tire to where it touches post. Lift chain over tire and drop balance of chain back under front of tire where chain is over top of tread. As you pull up with tractor, tire will lift post. GO SLOW. Not good with a cab, post can really mess up cab glass.

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steve

04-02-2003 13:35:16

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Re: Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to kydavid, 03-30-2003 19:00:27

yea it could mess up a cab alright and if you aren't licky enough to have a cab it could mess your head up. bad idea.

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kydavid

04-02-2003 18:16:51

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Re: Re: Re: What's the best way to pull fence posts? in reply to steve, 04-02-2003 13:35:16

Now Steve, you don't pull them in road gear. FYI, bought a boundry of plank fence, 2610 posts, pulled them all this way (plus a bunch more over the years). Only sure way, I know of, to get a really deep, really big post up. Anytime, any way, you pull a post it's dangerous. Of course poles are worse than posts. Had my first accident (outside a bent fender or two) pulling an electric pole with a front bucket last week end. Smashed a hydraulic line all to ****.

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