I believe this a concrete post (maybe) from the previous home owner. It’s an eyesore in the middle of my backyard.
Started digging to see how deep the concrete goes.. still not sure.
I’m not entirely sure what this space is going to be used for just yet, potentially a garden of some kind.
Would you keep digging to pull the full concrete block out? Use a tool to break it up? Cut the top off and simply cover the concrete and call it good?
Any advice is welcome!
by AffectionateWall1337
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A heavy stripper
I had a random post like this in my backyard when we first moved in. I used a chain and a jack to pull the whole thing out. Our pole had bolts through it though that the chain could grip on to. I’d dig as much out as you can if there’s going to be a garden there imo
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If not. Soak the hell out of the soil by the footing a couple of times over a few hours. Enlarge the hole NEXT to the foundation. Then using a pry bar wiggle the footing loose like a rotten tooth and try to bump it into the hole you’ve dug next to it. It’ll pop out easily.
Buy a new house.
Ive used chain and a lever to lift them out after digging about as deep as you have.
Could it be a clothesline post? Might still come in handy.
Keep digging
Our house had a pair. Steel and concrete end posts for laundry lines. Rent a post puller with a chain and excavate around the top half of the concrete. Should be able to pull them right out.
I had a similar post encased in concrete. I dug around the concrete, just as you have done in the photos. I soaked the hole overnight and the next day used an engine hoist to lift it out.
I would dig around it, and if needed grab a pulley system to lift it out of the ground.
There’s a guy out there that could use it to mount his mailbox on
Drill a hole. Put a chain on it and use a floor jack to hoist it out.
A combination of crow bar, shovel and lots of wiggling. like a tooth.
Keep diggin
Alternative to the post puller would be to use a hammer drill. Drill a bunch of holes then hit with a sledgehammer to separate.
Dynamite
High lift jack and chain
Dig a hole big enough to fit a carjack underneath the concrete to lift it up. This is also your sword in the stone moment. Will you lead us to victory?
Stick a bird feeder on it. Or a weather station.
Farm Jack
A car jack
I just did this. I cut the pole short with a sawzall. Bought a double looped tow strap. Used post hole digger to dig around the concrete. Looped strap around the concrete, pulled loops over a golf cart tire (bigger would be better). Put loops on Ford Explorer hitch and tightened straps. Leveraged tire towards the hole until the strap was tight. Then one big jerk and the whole thing popped right out. I also laid boards on the side that the concrete would climb out on.
One day you’ll wish you had a big strong post to hold something up
Ask Archimedes
Try something like this
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq_Gb46eXr4&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq_Gb46eXr4&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD)
I had two in my yard that looked like that and I dug down, used a saws-all to cut the pole below grade but above the concrete, and just left the concrete in the ground and covered it with dirt and sod.
Tie a lead line to my truck and hit the gas
Farm jack
Pull it out with a tractor.
I’d just cut it off at ground level and cover it — way easier than digging the whole thing out.
[Farm Jack](https://www.harborfreight.com/60-in-farm-jack-58448.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=22887167956&campaignid=22887167956&utm_content=184273879432&adsetid=184273879432&product=58448&store=11&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22887167956&gbraid=0AAAAADAHb4evJqO58Fya2eJ7nUFIFoRZ9&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0srbtLGnjwMVrQGtBh0FUROVEAQYAiABEgLDOfD_BwE) with a [chain](https://www.harborfreight.com/3-8-eighth-inch-x-14-ft-truckers-chain-97711.html) and a [d-ring shackle](https://www.harborfreight.com/12-in-d-ring-shackle-for-atv-black-63744.html). You can bolt farm jack to a 4×4 with lag screws so it won’t sink into the ground.
You’ll also need some 2×4’s to hold the farm jack up. Here’s the parts to make the tripod farm jack stand with the 2×4’s: 1/2 in.-13 hex nut(2 or more), 1/2 in-13 x 1 foot threaded rod, 1/2 inch washers, and 1/2 inch lag screws(if you want to bolt the farm jack to a 4×4).
Here’s a [video](https://youtu.be/fFi6nlPSxVE?si=88qhS8as641o2CXR) demonstration of what I’m talking about. I would loop the chain in a way that it’s being tightened when you use the farm jack. Here’s a [video](https://youtu.be/-0_r_DzviLc?si=yQgyenKwI2l8RRBK) demonstrating what I’m talking about. You don’t have to tie it exactly like that, but you want the hook part of the chain to go through the loop(not attached to the loop) and attach to the d-ring shackle. The d-ring shackle is attached to the farm jack. Give the chain hook just barely enough slack to attach to the d-ring shackle.
High lift jack an a chain
Car jack or keep digging
3-4 really drunk guys wiggling it till someone wins, entry requirements are minimum 200lbs but the heavier the better. the winner gets something I make up on the spot.
Farm jack
Go to China and push it.
You can attach a jack to it….
Sledgehammer
If u can drill through the pipe do it. Insert a beefy bolt and attach your log chain w/ washers and nut in bolt. Then get the truck or tractor. Presto
Keep digging or hit the footer with a roto hammer. Hit the concrete with a roto hammer or sledge and break it up
I’d get someone else to do it
Farmers jack with chain pull it right out.