How do you remove a chain link fence, including the concrete the posts are in?
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You may have to dig a lot around the concrete if it is deep , I have used a chain and pick up hooked onto it and gently tug till it is loose enough to get out or just pull it all the way out !
It is best to let a professional do it. You have to have permits so that you will not hit gas lines and etc. Call a fence company or ask at places such as Home Depot.
If you do decide to do it yourself, you will need a place to throw all the fencing and cement away. This cost money, because the charge is by weight.
You need a few tools. A bolt cutter works best. But first advertise it for free, just remove ( set limits on how you want the prop. to look when done) AT ANY RATE; cut into manageable lengths. 10 ft. is easy to move. After wire is removed, hook a strong chain to each intact pole and with a tractor or 4 wheel drive pick-up, pull out each pole. if you don’t have a winch it will take 3 men to muscle each pole and concrete into a pick-up ( I’ve done it !) good luck!
Bolt cutters to cut the chain, if there are no removable links. Spade to dig out one side of the concrete in the ground and 4 wheel drive, the bigger the better, (Got a mate with a humvee?) Use some of the chain, tie it to the top of the post and pull it over with the 4wd towards the side that you have dug out.
Screw Drivers and wrench’s to remove the fencing. That’s easy. For the post there are a few alternatives. One is to dig around the concrete. You may get lucky and be able to pull them by just rocking the post back and forth, depending on how soft the ground is, and pull them without digging. But most likely you’ll have to do some digging. Not knowing the condition of the post is hard but digging is the most common way. If you’ve got the room and a good truck you can always pull them out with a chain, like we used to pull stumps. But that tends to tear up more ground and is a little more dangerous.
Have shovel, will dig. You can also soak the ground around them and pull them out with a 4 wheel drive truck.
Cut the fencing into manageable sections, or even better,adverise it for a free takeaway, someone will do that for you. the posts are difficult. I wet the ground around it and dug out 1 side of the post to the bottom eof the post or any concrete. then attqach a winch, come along or car frame and pull towards the section you dug out, slowly.
You should be able to remove the chain-link fairly easily with pliers and screwdriver, or better yet, a FENCING tool: available at any good hay-feed store as well as Home-Depot. Bolt cutters to snip the support-wire. Roll up the cyclone fence and recycle or sell.
As the others have said… the posts will have to be dug or pulled out. A 150ft fence should come out in about 6-8 hours.
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Free ,if you advertise it long enough someone will help you remove the fence safely so they can just go install it somewhere else and you save lots of costs here . Advertise it as free fence ,will be removed / / /
If you want rid of it altogether, put an ad in the paper, state you have 150 ft of chain link fence plus posts and concrete to be removed free to you if you do the job as specified.
I work for a fencing company,and the easiest way I have found to remove chain link is:
1. take a 1/2 inch socket and ratchet and remove the nuts from the tension bands located at your end post.
2. Then take out the bolts (you may have to beat some out sense they will have tension on them at first).
3. Now simply cut the tie wires(preferably with a pair of fencing pliers) holding the fencing to the post and top rail. And roll wire up (It’s easiest managed at 20ft sections)
4.Now you will have a cup looking piece on each end post toward the top. This is called a rail end, and its job is to keep the top rail in place. So remove the nut and bolt from it and then lift up on your top rail. This will also pick up on the loop caps that’s located on your line post. After top rail is removed you should be able to pull it apart(unless its rusted together) since it usually comes in 20ft sticks.
5. Now for the post the easiest way is to dig a hole with a set of hand diggers and an iron bar right next to the concrete the post is set in. After you have dug a hole next to the concrete about 24” down you should be able to grab the post, pull it over into the new hole, and simply lift it out.
Remove all of the fencing first, then start on the posts. Most posts do not have as much concrete around them as you would think. Start working the post back and forth until it is loose enough to pull out. If that does not work, you can use a come along or a truck.
SINCE I HAVE A BACKHOE I’D JUST YANK THE POSTS UP WITH IT. IF I DIDN’T HAVE A BACKHOE I’D PAY FOR SOMEBODY WITH ONE TO COME AND PULL THEM.