How do you remove star pickets

[Phil Spencer]

I have some star pickets that are bashed in good and hard, does anyone know an easy way to remove them or know haw to build a star picket extractor?

[Cliff Rogers]

This has just been done here.
http://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/star-picket-lifter-design-simple-easy-diy-146720/

[Phil Spencer]

This has just been done here.
http://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/star-picket-lifter-design-simple-easy-diy-146720/

Thanks Cliff :)

[crowie]

G'Day Phil,
Here's a photo on a Sydney website

Post Lifter > Whites Group (http://www.whiteswires.com.au/Products/WhitesSpecialistRuralcatalogue/tabid/126/ProdID/177/categoryId/38/Post-Lifter.aspx?sid=)[PARENTID]

A few years ago when working in a school maintenance dept with a big ag program, we bought one and then made our own the same as in the photo on the website.

Cheers, crowie

[jcostab]

I've never tried it, but I've heard that some guys use a high-lift jack to get them up - you just need to work out a way of attaching the jack to the post through one of the holes.

Cheers,
John

[Cliff Rogers]

Funny how some people read some threads & not others. :wink:

[munruben]

Funny how some people read some threads & not others. :wink:So true :)

[cookie48]

High lift jack and some chain will do the job. Or you can dig them out :)

[Cliff Rogers]

Funny how some people read some of the thread & not the rest. :D

[jimbur]

Another way that can work is to use a star-picket driver in reverse. Fasten some chain to the picket and round the handles of the driver. Pull upwards quickly. However, it is much easier to hire a dedicated remover which works like a car jack.
Had to remove dozens after a bushfire and there are always one or two that need to be dug out or, in the last resort, hacksaw through one of the three verticals at ground level and pull backwards and forwards until the bugger snaps off.
Cheers,
Jim

[Scorp]

Depends on how many posts to lift, but it can be done with a crow bar and a loop of wire through lower hole as a fulcrum.
Not easy to explain, but easy to do..
There are plenty of designs on the market, but they're all hard work!

[Phil Spencer]

Depends on how many posts to lift, but it can be done with a crow bar and a loop of wire through lower hole as a fulcrum.
Not easy to explain, but easy to do..
There are plenty of designs on the market, but they're all hard work!

I like this idea, I might give it a go, simple and cheap that is what I like. :D

[hitch]

I just recently remover 12 star-pickets that were about 700mm in the ground by bolting a heavy 90 degree bracket to the picket and lifting with a hydraulic jack. Wooden blocks of various thickness under the jack assisted as did a bit of manipulation and muscle power (not much in my case) toward the end of the lift.

[jimbur]

Depends on how many posts to lift, but it can be done with a crow bar and a loop of wire through lower hole as a fulcrum.
Not easy to explain, but easy to do..
There are plenty of designs on the market, but they're all hard work!
Done that too. Found it easier to use shackles rather than wire. They come cheap enough.
Cheers,
Jim

[scrapwood]

By using a sledge or other heavy hammer and hitting the star picket an inch or two further into the ground, can (not always) shear off any clay/rust combination which is attached to the star picket making it easier to remove. :U However if star picket does not move or begins to deform then you know you will have a troublesome one and will require heavy duty gear or needs to be dug out. :C

[fxst]

why duplicate this thread...it was answered in the metalwork section already.:?
Pete