Remove large post

[bsr]

Hi All

Any suggestions on removing this post with minimal effort & damage to the drive? I can't just cut it off as I need to fill the hole and tarmac over.

If I could persuade a friendly HIAB driver next time I get a delivery, do you think their 1 tonne crane thing would pull it out?

 

[JohnD]

jack or lever.

I can't see a pic

is it concrete or wood?

size?

 

[Old Salt]

I have used an engine hoist with success.

 

[bsr]

Sorry here you go. 9" square

 

[JohnD]

If you pull it out you will crater the tarmac

It's possible to cut them off flush and burn the stump.

I once used a very large drill in a broken post, thinking to break it up. The heat dried it and it shrank enough to loosen and pull out.

 

[Tigercubrider]

Remove the fence parts and dig a little around the base, use the post as a lever to wiggle it.
You can fix a post near the ground horizontally and use a car Jack to lift it.

 

[HERTS P&D]

Cut the post leavening 25mm sticking out the ground, then drill it out.

Andy