Whats a good way to pull T posts outa ground

FarmboyBill · #1 05/09/12, 01:20 PM

Without 3 pt hith or post puller??

Steph in MT · #2 05/09/12, 01:23 PM

we use a tallboy jack- wrap heavy chain around post and jack then just start jacking it up

idigbeets · #3 05/09/12, 01:47 PM

A heavy sledgehammer, whack it a few times on 2 sides, and it should pop right out. I've had T posts 3 feet deep and no problem.

sunflower-n-ks · #4 05/09/12, 01:48 PM

Someone I know used a car jack and chain. I had a couple I needed out so I just rocked um and pulled them out.

goatlady · #5 05/09/12, 01:49 PM

Yeppers, those old car jacks and a chain work like a charm.

||Downhome|| · #6 05/09/12, 01:50 PM

With a farm jack...

48" High Lift 3 1/2 Ton Farm Truck and Tractor Jack

fordy · #7 05/09/12, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by FarmBoyBill

Without 3 pt hith or post puller??

....................Take a piece of 4" x 4" x 1\4" thick flat steel and cut a 'T' in the center where it'll slide over the T post down several notches , then weld a 4 foot piece of small chain onto the steel plate , then weld a small hook in the center of your frontend loader bucket and use it too pull the t posts out one by one !!!!The metal plae will slide down over each Tpost and lock into a notch between the bumps . I pulled thousands of Tposts this way with just me and my tractor doing all the work ! , fordy

fordy · #8 05/09/12, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by FarmBoyBill

Without 3 pt hith or post puller??

....................Take a piece of 4" x 4" x 1\4" thick flat steel and cut a 'T' in the center where it'll slide over the T post down several notches , then weld a 4 foot piece of small chain onto the steel plate , then weld a small hook in the center of your frontend loader bucket and use it too pull the T posts out one by one !!!!The metal plate will slide down over each Tpost and lock into a notch between the bumps . I pulled thousands of Tposts this way with just me and my tractor doing all the work ! , fordy

lazyBum · #9 05/09/12, 01:57 PM

Without a jack too, wrap chain around post. Then lay the chain over a steel car rim positioned by the post, the taller the better, then you can pull it out with a truck or tractor.

braggscowboy · #10 05/09/12, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by FarmBoyBill

Without 3 pt hith or post puller??

Not much else left! I dig beside them with posthole diggers when I have just a few. Jack might work like stated.

Yvonne's hubby · #11 05/09/12, 02:13 PM

drill about a one inch diameter hole to the bottom of the post... drop in about a quarter stick of dynamite, tamp it in good and set it off.

oh yeah... dont fergit to run!!! and keep running... that post will come down somewhere.

InvalidID · #12 05/09/12, 02:21 PM

Offer the neighbor kid a buck a post and hand him a shovel. When he quits find a new neighbor kid. Keep going until the job is done.

Silvercreek Farmer · #13 05/09/12, 02:36 PM

I just grab ahold of them and pull them out, one handed if they are less than 2 ft deep, doesn't everyone?

foxtrapper · #14 05/09/12, 02:37 PM

Sometimes I get lucky and can just grunt and pull them straight up. In fact, many times I can do this.

I've also used the old bumper jack. Very effective, but not very fast.

My favorite tool/toy is the $19 t-post puller harborfreight and the like sell, which was described above. Fast and easy.

GoldenCityMuse · #15 05/09/12, 02:57 PM

Wiggle them back and forth and then pull them out as you are able . It is good back work.

frankva · #16 05/09/12, 03:02 PM

And it works a whole lot better if you wiggle them when the ground is wet.

airotciv · #17 05/09/12, 03:05 PM

DH has a T-Post lifter/puller, it cost $30.00 at the farm store. It is well worth the money, easier than dealing with jacks and chains.

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FarmboyBill · #18 05/09/12, 03:10 PM

I mentioned I didnt have a 3pt, which made me remember my 34 CC Case has a 2 pt lift. Its kinda dangerious cause the arms come out about even with the rear tires. I had to back it up and let the lift down, then put it in N and put a clevis on one of the arms, run a chain around the post a couple times, then hit the clutch and hit the lift. Popped right out. Around a doz of them. I had put particle board around the base of my house last fall and held them up with the T posts. I had to remove the PB so I could back in far enough without hurting anything with the drawbar. Got kinda close tho between house and tractor. Thanks for the ideas.

lazyBum · #19 05/09/12, 03:32 PM

You deserve an award. You found a second use for the eagle hitch. The first being bending pto shafts, lol.

HermitJohn · #20 05/09/12, 03:48 PM

Some years ago I welded up a little dohicky out of scraps of rebar. Fits over tpost and then on bottom side of lift peg on a handyman jack, there is a hole. Dohicky I made clevises to that, I just stick an old bolt though it to attach. I'd modeled it off some high dollar thing I saw someplace. Anyway beats heck out of wrapping log chain around each every post. Let me know if you want me to take a picture. Cost absolutely nothing, just the time to do bit welding.

Danaus29 · #21 05/09/12, 04:08 PM

I wiggle and pull too. Doesn't work when dh has used them for tomato stakes. For some reason he thinks the top of the flanges needs to be a foot underground. Those I have to dig part way. He keeps offering the use of his jack and chain but can never seem to find said jack and chain when I need to pull posts.

bja105 · #22 05/09/12, 04:15 PM

The T-post puller I bought at Tractor Supply was worth every penny, and saved injuries I'm sure.

Also, dump a bucket of water on each post before you start to pull, if it has been dry. Not needed with the post puller.

Buy the proper tool, store it with the post pounder, don't be so cheap!

Yvonne's hubby · #23 05/09/12, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bja105

Buy the proper tool, store it with the post pounder, don't be so cheap!

"Cheap" is for people who have money.... which is a scarce commodity around my place. The only time I go the cheap route is when I cant figure out some way to do it for free.

coup · #24 05/09/12, 04:43 PM

i generally shake and then put chain around post and spud bar,,lift up spud bar using the ground as a vulcram,,lifts them about six inch and then,can genneraly lift them out........ saves fuel and getting on and off tractor so much...........

Ramblin Wreck · #25 05/09/12, 04:58 PM

If you can wait for a good rain, they'll come out much easier. I use a chain on a loder bucket in dry weather.

arabian knight · #26 05/09/12, 05:03 PM

Oh the best way. Is THIS.

Harbor Freight.
My friends have one, I tried it. LOVED IT, and they bought me one as a gift. When on sale 19 Bucks~!~and boy does it work GREAT. Even for me with arthritic wrists and such. Very little effort needed, even if posts have been in 15 years.

airotciv · #27 05/09/12, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by arabian knight

Oh the best way. Is THIS.

Harbor Freight.
My friends have one, I tried it. LOVED IT, and they bought me one as a gift. When on sale 19 Bucks~!~and boy does it work GREAT. Even for me with arthritic wrists and such. Very little effort needed, even if posts have been in 15 years.

Thats the one DH has and I can even pull a t-post.

oth47 · #28 05/09/12, 06:27 PM

I bought a post puller off ebay,sorta like the HF one..one of my most prized tools.

springvalley · #29 05/09/12, 06:33 PM

I also have a post puller that I hook on my Bobcat bucket, but you can make a easy puller by hooking a chain around the base of the post, set and old steel press wheel off a horse drawn corn planter next to the post, run the chain over the press wheel and hook the other end to truck or tractor. Slowly drive ahead, the upward preasure going over the wheel will pop it right out of the ground. You can use a larger truck rim also, butyou need to use a larger one to get the leverage. > Thanks Marc

haypoint · #30 05/09/12, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by arabian knight

Oh the best way. Is THIS.

Harbor Freight.
My friends have one, I tried it. LOVED IT, and they bought me one as a gift. When on sale 19 Bucks~!~and boy does it work GREAT. Even for me with arthritic wrists and such. Very little effort needed, even if posts have been in 15 years.

This is the second best way, a tractor with a loader would be the best. But if you have no money or are cheap, I think a feller should be able to make one of those post pullers out of 2 by 4s. and a bit of chain.