Any ideas on how to get some gate posts out?

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Flatcat

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Any ideas on how to get some gate posts out?
« on: April 07, 2012, 11:21 »
Hi

I am volunteering at a site, and I have been assigned the task of removing a pair of steel palisade security gates, and their posts, which are in the middle of the concrete car park area.

The posts are approximately 1ft x1ft, and looking on the internet they should be down approximately 2.5 ft from the surface.

Well, someone provided an electric Kango, and we were there drilling for 4 hours solid, ad have managed to get down just 1 foot, with no sign of the post moving (we have the other one to go, yet)

Does anyone have any ideas of how to get these out, or even know how they might have been put in or any ifo that mey be of help

Thanks
Damon

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Re: Any ideas on how to get some gate posts out?
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2012, 13:12 »
I think you will find they will be deeper the 2.5ft. It might be better to dig down on one side of the post and try to pull them over with a truck. Good Luck !!!
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Re: Any ideas on how to get some gate posts out?
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2012, 15:33 »

Why not cut them off at ground level?    :closedeyes:   Cheers,     Tony.
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Re: Any ideas on how to get some gate posts out?
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2012, 17:11 »

Why not cut them off at ground level?    :closedeyes:   Cheers,     Tony.

They want them saved so that they can be sold as they are worth a lot of money

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Re: Any ideas on how to get some gate posts out?
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2012, 17:30 »
I think you're just going to have to dig,dig and dig some more. A farm jack might be some use if you can get hold of one.

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Re: Any ideas on how to get some gate posts out?
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2012, 18:28 »

Why not cut them off at ground level?    :closedeyes:   Cheers,     Tony.

They want them saved so that they can be sold as they are worth a lot of money

It depends how much they are worth but there is a tool for hire that will dig them out,a hydraulic breakers and power pack.
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Re: Any ideas on how to get some gate posts out?
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2012, 20:07 »
They are out!!

6 hours drilling on the first one, and 4 hours for the second

After drilling as much as we could, we actualy got them out in the end by using a trolley jack under the lower hinge 'pin', resting the front wheels on a piece of 4x2 spanning the hole (and gradually stacking more under as the post got higher out the ground)



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