Post puller - Look like a good bit of kit

[dig dug dan]

been thinking of buying one of these:

post pullers

I reckin it could save a lot of hard work and digging, and will save
the back too.
have already got a job lined up for it. Just wondered what others thought

There are videos on the guys website and i have seen it at saltex



Edited By dig dug dan on 1224420444

[yourgardenworks.co.uk]

I have heard of folk using engine hoists to do the same job Dan, how much do they cost mate ?

[dig dug dan]

how much do they cost mate ?

They are doing a deal which runs out end of oct, where you pay £650+vat+delivery, but it comes with the chain and a claw attachment which will remove the concrete plug in the ground when the post has snapped off!
A good investment, and i reckon i could soon get my money back in time alone.
Apparentley it has been tested up to 8 tonnes, so it should even pull out a concrete bollard

[ambient]

you could make something better with scaffy poles and a block and chain

[GB_Groundworks]

when i couldn't get machine into a job i used my 'landrover jack' and a chain to pull posts out.



http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop....ath

£70 with the vat

looking at that i reckon 1 hour in the workshop and a £40 12 ton jack could have you one of those and maybe 3 meters of 40mm box section.

[dig dug dan]

I have one of those jacks, and the problem is that the foot tends to be resting on the ball of concrete, so you end up snapping the post of. And at only 3tonne lift, it tends to give up or bend as mine has done!

yes you could make something up i suppose, but by the time you have brought the metal, and jack and chains and claw etc. etc, you might as well buy one with a full warranty!

there is always a cheaper alternative to anything i suppose!

[Mikey_C]

the chap I use to do fences, arrives on site and in 99% of cases after agreement with the customer off sets the new fence by 3ft saves digging any of the old posts out, saves time, money and doesn't require any special tools. If a wooden post has broken off at ground level, I usual find that a scaffold pole can be stabbed into the old post/hole and the concrete levered out. However, as a tool for saving the hardworking contractors back who can see regular use for it I think it looks quite good

[dig dug dan]

i tried the off set by 3' method once, and discovered that is exactly what the previous guy had done, and i ended up hitting the concrete he had successfully avoided!

[lutonlagerlout]

^^

i reckon if you used that 10 times a year it would pay for itself in a year dan

LLL

[seanandruby]

maybe wait till you have another job to do so you can say ...." i wish the f**k i had bought that tool now." :;):

[Tony McC]

It relies on the frame not being pulled down into soft ground around the recalcitrant post. I can see a need for spreader boards being placed under the wheels and those little jacks to prevent the post dragging down the gadget, rather than being plucked from its earthly repose.

[Dave_L]

All works very well on firm ground as demonstrated! As Tony says above, I think soft/wet ground could be a different matter.....