yYou're a genius. No one else has suggested anything like this. our rotten fence post was surrounded on all sides by pavement - this was the only thing that could possibly have worked. And it did! Can't thank you enough!

Excellent "post", Mr. Long. Thank you for taking the time and demonstrating the steps!

Worked a treat for me to removing a 100mm square post which had snapped of at ground level surrounded on al sides by paving slabs. Whilst the top of the post was soft, using 5 inch screws worked a treat. Genius, thanks Rob.

Worked a treat. It would've taken me all day to dig out the five broken posts. Many thanks

College education: $80,000 Common sense: PRICELESS This is by far the easiest way I have seen on KZfaq to remove a rotten fence post. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Absolutely brilliant. I ruined my back trying to get the first post out before watching this video and following your method. Suddenly things were much easier and faster. Thank you.

Thank you so much for taking the time to post this. We were stuck and this method worked like magic!

Wonderful idea. Just used it to remove a broken split rail post. 2 thumbs up! Mine broke off about a foot below ground. Rotten but enough good wood left to pull it out with your method.

I've got a bunch of broken posts and will be replacing the fence myself in the spring. I've tried to get these damn things out and they are a pain, this is a great idea and I will use it for sure!!! Thanks!!!!!!!!

Nice video! I have the luxury of a tractor bucket and chain in place of the lever.... Instead of the ring and bracket I use a vane drill bit, drill a hole down into the post. Then I use a gate hinge (screw with right angle post for holding a gate) I screw the hinge into the drilled hole of the bost, wrap the chain around the gate hinge & bucket and raise the bucket. Works! Thanks for the lever and bracket ideas! Nice video!

Thank you! You’re the smartest person on KZfaq!

I've just done this and it worked an absolute treat! Thanks :-)

Simple, cheap, fast, works. 👍

Awesome idea my friend, thanks for sharing 👍

Good Job. I'm going to do this today. Cheers from Texas USA

Great solution tried it and it remove the stub so easily == good work well done

Worked perfectly - thanks for posting this!

Great idea, worked a treat and saved me a lot of effort! Thanks.

This worked for me and was almost easy. Thank you so much for the help.

You sir are a genius. I ran into this problem yesterday and cant figure out how to pull it up. I'm worried that one screw eye isn't enough but this has 4 screws

Absolute genius, worked a treat for me.

Somewhat of a tough problem. Good solution.

Excellent method. Glad I watched. Learned a lot!

I loved your helper!! I assume there was no concrete in the hole. I wonder if this will work with the added weight of the concrete, tomorrow will tell I guess!! Thanks for the great idea.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've spent ages trying to dig and lever out my fence posts, but your method (plus a trolley jack) did the trick! Mine were cemented down almost 3 ft, so no wonder they would budge otherwise. Can't thank you both enough for sharing your video. This is also such charming video. You two are stars!!!

The previous comment was right, you are a genius thank you!

Where did you buy the bracket?

Fantastic video. Thank you.

Tried it, excellent idea, thank you !!It worked on one of my posts perfectly!! Unfortunately the bracket broke on the second one, I would recommend a sturdier bracket (if u can find one) or pick up more than one if your getting it from screwfix, thanks for the upload 👍

Nice short and simple. Good tip.

that's very smart! good job there.

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing.

Very good info, thanks.

Great idea. Im looking for ways to replace a broken post just like that

This worked perfectly for me....long screws are a must as the top of my post was rotten.

I am going to try this right now. I have this situation and need to get a broken post out. Thank you.

I'm just flabbergasted that those four screws could get any real traction in that rotten stub! Reports below indicate it's a very good method. Another below used a large gate hinge support (screw with a 90 degree head) and I'd trust that even more..... Now, it's my turn to verify by doing! Cheers, all!

I've had to remove some 3"x6" fence post stubs set in concrete. If they're rotten, you can gouge them out with a 4ft crow with the straighter end sharpened to a chisel point. If the wood is sound, get a couple of M12 200mm coach screws and screw them into the stub top to form a V. Fit a washer on each screw by the way. Get a length of strong rope and a decent car or trolley jack. Tie the rope around the screw heads then use the jack to pull on the rope and up. Wasn't able to get new 3x6 posts so coach bolted x2 3x3 together. Use a power file or whatever you have to put a chamfer the bottom edges of the new post to ease them into the existing concrete.

I'm going to try that tomorrow, thank you

Great idea - I'll be trying this with our rotten fence post. Thank you for sharing! Gord :-)

Well Done Young Man.

Good job Rob

Good job, thanks for the video.

Thanks for that a very educational video 👍

Liked the video but, unfortunately, I've never come across a rotten fence post that this method would work on as they are too rotten for the screws to bite (and hold) while using the lever. Fence posts are simply too soft for the screws to hold onto the rotten wood.

Great system I'll have to give it a go

Provided it is just rotten at the bottom of the above-ground but that is a great idea. Have seen some that are completely rotten under ground so unfortunately your solution would not work. Like it though 👏👏👏👏

I usually dig a big hole around the post then jack hammer the concrete. I don't think your method would pull all the concrete out not without digging all the solid around first then it might lift the concrete ball out. But seems to work realy well on posts with no concrete 👍 good video and very inventive

I have this exact problem. I'll give your method a try and report back. Thanks for sharing!

Good job.

That was awesome thank very much smart guy you are sir

Appreciate that one!

Great video mate💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

So after removing old post I'm presuming you use the old concrete socket for the new one ? Do you still need to cement or concrete in the new one more in any fashion ? Thanks

Excellent video Rob. "Thank you." Did one of these today - the hard way, breaking up the concrete. Wish I'd seen your video first. Where'd you get that blue strapping by the way?

What's the name of this bracket and where to get this

Wow!!!!! Educational and impressive. Question if you don’t mind? Will the cement come out with the rotted fence post????

Hi where did you say you got the ring bracket from? ( not sure what it's called ) 😊 great helpful video 👍 cheers

Thanks Rob just about to try it 🤞👍

Have to do this today thanks

All the post here are rotten to the bottom almost. I have even tried 12 inch lag bolts.

where did you get your hardware

I am using loop hook ended lag bolt, 3/8 inch. 3 of them. The wood doesn’t hold, it is too rotted!

Fair play to you was so funny here it comes but not quite enough bud great tip with the ring .

good idea!

Mate you are lucky it wasn't cemented in the ground there. Good idea, cheers!

Anyone got a link for the screwfix eye plate

You life saver😁

Brilliant

Simple solution!

Was that stump in concrete?

2020 Screwfix link to the "ring on plate" Item number 9589V www.screwfix.com/p/diall-ring-on-plate-50-x-50mm/9589v

What's one of these?

I did the same thing and the screws pulled out instead of the post stump.

Comment for the algorithm

Good lad.

Removing broken off fence posts today with my son. I said "I bet there is a KZfaq clip on how to do it"

Will this method work for extracting a bad tooth?

What is the ring and bracket called please ?

What is that thing called?

That won't work if the pole is rotted in cement and clay dirt. A Jack hammer in that case would work fine

If there is concrete around the post break it loose from the post with a sledge hammer and then do this

Bottom bits are out

Didn’t work for me, used a trolley Jack and a rope which is rated at 1 tonne load capacity. The rope broke and the ring bent

If you haven’t got intelligence like this at home, soak in petrol and WOOOMPH!!

Good old British ingenuity. Two OAPs from Yorkshire show the world that you don't need expensive equipment or muscles like a prize fighter to get a job done . and people say we were wrong to vote for Brexit!!

Have you got a slightly more informative name for the item you used than 'one of these'?

of course it works , there's NO CONCRETE around your post ..... of course it pulled up "easy" ...... This is the second video I have seen using this method , NEITHER post had concrete around it ..... So yes , this method will work , I guess overseas people do not pour concrete around their fence posts , In America we do

Not mucj use if you dont tell people what 'this' thing is called!

Steady camarea would have helped. Impossible to watch

Where's screw to fix😆

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good god this is what you get when you are clueless, tell me how is it a properly installed post that is completely rotten is going to hold onto four little screws when being extracted especially if it was set in concrete and installed below the frost line. Ridiculous.

Bull crap. I do this for a living. This would never work. Rarely if ever can you extract a post out of the concrete it is set in. It's very very uncommon. Next the wood always rots at the top of the concrete where exposed. Where the screws would be drilled. Rotten wood would not hold the screws. Even in the video his lever system did not lift even close to two feet. The depth of most posts. This has got to be a joke.