T post

quarkion · Jun 13, 2006

I have about 50 metal t-post on my land I need to pull up. Does anyone have any good ideas for getting them up? Thanks

texasjohn · Jun 13, 2006

Get a chain. Attach to the FEL ...your info says you have one... if you have a tooh bar, a center tooth is ideal, approach offending T-post with lowered FEL about 6 inches off the ground... STOP 1/2 inch before hitting it... wrap chain 3 times around post and hook back to FEL so it won't slip.

Raise FEL until T-post is out of ground. Place t-post in FEL and proceed to next post.

PS... you may discover you need more weight on rear if you encounter difficult t-posts.

texasjohn · Jun 13, 2006

By the way... welcome to TBN... good place to get your questions answered... glad to have you /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

quarkion · Jun 14, 2006

well I didnt know if the FEL was strong enough to pull them from the ground. I heard they were pretty tough to pull up, but I will try. Thanks

ronjhall · Jun 14, 2006

If you have a draw bar on your 3PH. Attach a chain to it and pull the tough ones with it. 3PH usually has more lifting power than the FEL.

yoyo · Jun 14, 2006

Texasjohn has been watching me pull up fence! , By the way, the fel is great for putting down the posts also, just center bucket on top of t posts with help of trusting friend and then lower the fel, pushing post in ground.

Bird · Jun 14, 2006

I've pulled a number of t-post with the FEL, both with a B7100 and a B2710. I only found one that I could not pull. After doing just a very little digging, I found that a big tree root had grown completely around it many years ago. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

MikePA · Jun 14, 2006

<font color="blue">By the way, the fel is great for putting down the posts also, just center bucket on top of t posts with help of trusting friend and then lower the fel, pushing post in ground. </font>
As long as you don't hit rocks. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif Also, once the FEL makes contact with the post, tell your friend to move away in case the post springs out.

mrutkaus · Jun 14, 2006

Some local guy got angry with the placement of t posts on what he claimed was his property, and he twisted about 20 of them right out of the ground, must have used some giant wrench/lever arrangement, but it looked like he did it quickly!

Mike