"Digilla" wrote in message
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I plan to remove a chain link fence from my back yard. I have read
plenty of posts suggesting different ways of doing this, and sense I
cannot get a vehicle into my back yard, I plan to dig out the posts.
However, I am concerned about the holes that will be left behind. No

You do not say what the posts are made of or
what diameter. If metal (with no concrete base)
it may be faster to remove them by pulling them
out, leaving smaller holes to refill. The two methods:
-- brute force, e.g. by a tractor or car on a paved
roadway. The vehicle does not have to be near:
you can use a long cable.
-- levering the posts vertically upward. You can
place your fulcrum so as to multiply the force
applied.

Post holes of 2" diameter or less may need
no special filling thereafter: or you can cut
lengths of 2x2" scrap lumber that come up to
within 2" of the soil surface.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)