EggRaid wrote:
Hello,

I bought a house that has a chain link fence only on one side of the back
yard.. I discovered that this is actually my neighbors "former" fence but
they built a wooden fence on their side of it.

Now, there are tons of large weeds that grow between their wooden fence and
the old chain link that can't be accessed. I would like to remove the chain
link fence and just use the back of their wooden fence as the common
separation.

With his permission, of course, what is the best way to remove those posts?
I can cut the chain link off, but the posts seem to be pretty solid. Should
they just be dug up, or cut at the base?

Thoughts? Experiences?

ER


Don't dig, don't cut, use a post puller. This is just a
long rod with a fixture that hooks on the post and a support
that gives high leverage. You can of course just use pipe
and chain and a couple of short 10x10" timbers, but it is
more cumbersome. An alternative is one of those hi lift
jacks that many people buy for their pickup or farm
machinery. You just jack the post and cement out of the
ground. When you get the out, a few whacks will reduce the
cement to manageable size and then you do whatever you want
with the post (sell to the recycler?).