Bullseye!

[quicksandfarmer]

Leave it, it's earned its place!

I think of it more as a warning to the other trees.

 

[RayIN]

Trees hate houses and fences!!! Some trees are just better than others at showing it.

Those 2 dead red Oaks that fell on my old pole barn hit it dead-center of the roof. High winds last Jan. took them down in the same direction, my barn.
Now I'm just waiting on the ground to dry out so it will support heavy equipment to begin reconstruction.

 

[2515R Dude]

I'd burn it

 

[Fields_mj]

Tannerite...

 

[scootr]

Tannerite...

Drill a hole in it and insert dynamite

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Nice one! I dropped a medium sized tree last summer and it landed squarely on a t post on the edge of my garden. Drove the thing 3 feet further into the ground. It is going to be a bear to get it out if and when I have to.

 

[mikennh]

To be practical, the odds are roughly 360 to 1. 360 degrees on a compass, and it hit on that one degree. If you have prevailing winds in your area, (it's usually from the north west here in New England) then the odds may be a bit less than 360 to 1. And I would leave it right where it sits.

 

[JsJs]

Pour a bit of old used motor oil down the post. After a day soaking the round will pull up easily

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Pour a bit of old used motor oil down the post. After a day soaking the round will pull up easily

Wouldn't that have the opposite effect? When you put an axe handle on you can soak it in oil to swell the wooden handle. Wouldn't the oil make the wood swell and tighten around the post?

 

[JsJs]

Not in one day, it will lube it enough to pull off. Besides wood is contained inside an axe head and the swelling creates pressure to hold it

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Not in one day, it will lube it enough to pull off. Besides wood is contained inside an axe head and the swelling creates pressure to hold it.

I beg to differ. The oil will instantly soak into that log as dry as it is. The fence post is contained inside the wood, no difference. The only way to see who is right is to test your theory. Probably not going to happen. So I guess the world will never know.

 

[CoyPatton]

Wedge and maul to try and split it around the post. Probably be slow going since the post will shake

Definitely a direct hit..

Support either the round or the T-post to reduce vibration.
Many ways to do so, but 1st order going from photo will be to clean wood out of way of your approach. Support T-post with a piece 2x with a V notch in one end and a stake driven as deep as possible on the other end of the end of 2x.
If supporting round, I would use loader bucket and cut a round to make it a fairly tight pressure, without pushing on T-post.
Either approach should minimize the vibration and thus the bending of the T-post.
T-post are usually fairly easily straightened using receiver hitch on truck or cross tube on loader.

 

[charlessenf]

"What are the odds?"

Hmmm, going to need a bit more data to calculate that. Height of the oak tree, age of the tree, when sign of infestation/rot was first noted, caliper at 36" above ground level, lean of the oak in relation to the fence line in question, distance between impaling post and base of oak tree, average rainfall experienced, wind speed averages, and a few others that will come to me as we mull your question over the next few months or so.

 

[gtunney]

I beg to differ. The oil will instantly soak into that log as dry as it is. The fence post is contained inside the wood, no difference. The only way to see who is right is to test your theory. Probably not going to happen. So I guess the world will never know.

Well, if it is still stuck after the oil application, it should certainly burn...