Pulling posts

[wroughtn_harv]

I have to pull posts probably a little more often than most folks on this forum. Being a little lazy and really not interested in picking up others and their problems to help me do things I've had to come up with an idea or two.

One of the handiest is my post pulling attachment. It's so simple that when you see it we might have an epidemic of sore foreheads. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

On this job I had forty plus posts to pull. Some were concreted in, most weren't. They were all thirty to thirty six inches deep in our wonderful clay that we affectionately call, "gumbo". I broke off three posts. I had a couple break coming out but didn't come apart until they were free.

I did them all except for three the other day. In a little over an hour I knocked down three rails of two by sixes and pulled all the posts but those attached to the drive gate and it's operator (disconnected of course, another GTO--Little Mule bit the dust).

I kicked myself for not having the camera close when I did it. So today I made a point of taking the pictures.

Here's attachment in place ready to get it on, er, up. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

As you can see it's just a half circle welded to the top of the front loader bucket. I slip the half circle around the pole, curl the bucket to get a grip, and then lift.

Sometimes it takes a little preloosening, sometimes it takes a few grips because of slippage. Too much curl and the post breaks, guaranteed.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Up up up and .......

 

[wroughtn_harv]

It works slick, might call it the WD 40 of post pulling gadgets. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Note the concrete on the gate post on the ground. You'll also see some severe FEL burn, slippage /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Hope this helps.

 

[KiotiJohn]

You have to be one of the most inventive persons I've ever known about. It's so cool that you just continue to come up with great ideas that make life and living easier. I just imagine that you could have done anything in the world you may have chosen. Thanks for another great post (no pun intended). John

 

[IH_4_Me]

At work we just use a snig chain attatched to the fel and wrap it around the post and pull it out, or just 'stab' the post with one of the forks and lift it out, if its small enough. If we still can't get it out we just run it over /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[EddieWalker]

In the Progressive Farmer magazine awhile back they had something similar for t-posts.

A short piece of pipe or a union was bolted onto the side of the loader bucket. You lower the pipe over the post, tilt the bucket and pull up.

Same thing as yours, except you don't need to go over the post. I like your method better since the height of the post doesn't matter.

 

[SPIKER]

nice I idea harv!

we use a chain and a couple wraps around the post. what also works is to lay the chain over a large tire & rim. tie chain close to a bush base, and run chain over top of tire and pull away, bush will roll up and over the tire slick as can be.

Mark M /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Soundguy]

I've used a chain around the post and hooked to the 3pt drawbar... Lots of pull and you almost never snap one as it is straight up. Course I don't have a FEL.. so I gotta make do with what I got! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif