If the posts are concreted in the ground, (I did that in my dog run to
prevent him from digging the posts down, you can cut the posts off as low as
possible, then put a little topsoil over the area and turn it into a planter
bed or seed it with grass.


"wayne" wrote in message
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Don't forget to soak the ground before you pull the posts wiggle them as
much as possible metal posts are usually not in that deep. You may even
want to try one of those deep root waterers they have to get the ground
soaked deep at the bottom 2' is the usual depth form the ones that I
have seen.

Wayne

"George E. Cawthon" wrote in message
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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?).