Easy Post Puller Is Simple & Cheap

Easy Post Puller Is Simple & Cheap FENCING Miscellaneous 25-4-10 There's a much faster, safer and easier way to pull out old fenceposts than wrapping them with chains hooked to a front end loader, according to Francois Allard of St.-Isidore, Alberta.. He designed a simple post puller using a 14-in. diameter pressure plate off an old clutch. The plate is 5/8 in. thick and has a 7.5-in. hole in the center of it, which works well on 3 to 7-in. dia. wood posts. He welded one end of a chain to the edge of the pressure plate, and hooks the other end of the chain to the top of his tractor's front-end loader. "It works best with two people -- one to toss the plate over the post, and the other to lift the loader. The plate just leaves little nicks on the posts unless the posts are really tough to pull," Allard says. "This method is much safer for the person on the ground because he spends almost no time under the loader." He says the unit weighs only about 10 lbs. and is probably twice as quick to use as the traditional chain-wrapping method. "It's very simple and cheap, but it works well," he says. "This way, you can also do the job alone if you wish." Contact: FARM SHOW followup, Francois Allard, Box 1188, St.-Isidore, Alberta, Canada T0H 3B0 (ph 780 624-3435; fax 780 624-9630); E-mail: fallard@telusplanet.net).

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