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Tricks for pulling fence posts
Leverage, mechanical advantage, call it what you will, but that's what you need.
There's an old farmer's method that was popular for pulling out rocks and stumps back in the days when horsepower really did come from horses.
In todays version, you would basically you make a block & tackle using some wire rope and heavy pulleys, suspend it from a steel tripod affair and then run the cable to the drawbar. If you can't get them out of the ground with that method then they're not coming out. Just be careful, a broken cable can be deadly.
The other 'down & dirty' way would be to make a puller using a big hydraulic cyclinder, maybe borrow the one on your log-splitter. Mount one end to a big steel foot (with a notch in it for the post to fit in) to spread the load out and a clamp at the top, clamp the top to the post and extend the cylinder.
You wouldn't even need to pull it right out, once you get the post moving and broken free the FEL will pick it up.
Best of luck.
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Beagle, your welcome to my TLB (Pic. # 3) but you're a little too far away.
I can grab 10" stumps and tear them right out of the ground clean. Steel fence posts are the same.
Check the rental yards, I think if you rented a full-size TLB for an afternoon you would have them all out easily. They generally rent for about $250 a day, sometimes you can rent them Saturday afternoon till Monday morning for a half day's rental price.
Best of luck.
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Beagle, based on my experience doing it with the grapple bucket on the FEL of my TLB I can tell you you're going to need a big hole in the middle of that jacking frame.
When I pull them out they leave a hole that is about 18" in diameter since the concrete is rarely smooth and the dirt is usually very well stuck to it.
Also, if it is possible you might want to consider mounting it on your FEL instead of the 3pth, it will offer better visibility and make it easier on your back than working turned around backwards.
Best of luck.
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