Weed wrench = rebar puller

phil · Post by **phil** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:40 pm

http://www.weedwrench.com/
for a rebar puller which you can use to pull small trees and shrubs out of your yard. Nice if you don't need a rebar puller full time and have some brush to clear.

There may be some issues with not having a vertical pull on rebar, though. Anyone have any thoughts on whether that's a problem?

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:03 pm

That's a handsome tool. Same for the price. Should work well.

I've been looking at a thing called "tee post puller. It's for pulling steel fence post.

phil · Post by **phil** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:09 pm

A google search on
t-post puller
turns up a few thousand hits. One may be in a store near you.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:14 pm

phil wrote:A google search on
t-post puller
turns up a few thousand hits. One may be in a store near you.

MMMMMMMM
Harbor Frite to be sure. $14-16. Problem: They grab high. Might pay to remodle it.

spectabillis · Post by **spectabillis** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:41 pm

almost seems like you could weld a pole to the end of a pipewrench handle, then a flatplate piece underneath that.

skibear · Post by **skibear** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:49 pm

I find twisting rebar several turns with a large
pair of vicegrips does the removal trick fine

Hoolie · Post by **Hoolie** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:00 pm

skibear wrote:I find twisting rebar several turns with a large
pair of vicegrips does the removal trick fine

I tried that last year and it worked like a charm. After you twist the rebar around a few times, you can easily pull it out by hand. Plus vise grips are relatively small and are very useful for other tasks.

phil · Post by **phil** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:22 pm

Bending over the rebar and twisting with vice grips being easy may depend on whether you're in your 70s. :->

Hoolie · Post by **Hoolie** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:24 pm

phil wrote:Bending over the rebar and twisting with vice grips being easy may depend on whether you're in your 70s. :->

Oops...hehe...no I'm not there yet.

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:13 am

We have a 48 inch wrecking bar, which is basically an oversized crowbar. Have yet to meet the rebar which stays stuck in the ground once Larry goes at it with that gorilla.

Leverage is our friend.

Dork · Post by **Dork** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:55 am

Last year one of my camp mates brought a slide hammer with a hook attachment on the end. It pulled up candy-caned rebar with just a few yanks. Much easier than any of the other methods I've used. It wouldn't work too well on straight rebar unless there was some way to attach the hook.

safetythird · Post by **safetythird** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:22 am

A t-post puller with the fulcrum near the ground works great for t-post and rebar. I personally don't have the patience for the vice grip method but it works.

Both are playa tested and burner approved.

S3

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:25 am

Planning ahead, are you?

skibear · Post by **skibear** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:27 pm

Uh Phil !! also not there yet (70's) but older than
most burners. Can still bend down/roll in playa dust etc.

It's easier to haul Vice grips on the plane flight than some
of the garguantian industrial strength alternatives just
mentioned !!

Might be otherwise if I lived in driving range of BRC.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:36 pm

skibear wrote:Uh Phil !! also not there yet (70's) but older than
most burners. Can still bend down/roll in playa dust etc.

It's easier to haul Vice grips on the plane flight than some
of the garguantian industrial strength alternatives just
mentioned !!

Might be otherwise if I lived in driving range of BRC.

mmmmm
Can't remeber when I could roll in the playa dust. Must have been a couple years.

phil · Post by **phil** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:12 pm

skibear wrote:It's easier to haul Vice grips on the plane flight than some
of the garguantian industrial strength alternatives just
mentioned !!

All suggestions are welcomed, of course; but I thought a reminder of different abilities and agilities might keep the suggestions in a broader range of tools.

All mileages vary.

The CO · Post by **The CO** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:22 pm

a small cord-wrapped prussik knot around the rebar, straight, bent, whatever, and an automotive jack (kind in your car, not a floor jack) will pull damn near anything out... Takes a little knowledge and finnese.

skygod · Post by **skygod** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:49 pm

A vise grip pulls out the 3 ft rebar good -BUT-
You need a 5 gallon plastic bucket to sit on.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:35 pm

There is crow bar that has been around the family for (oh say) a 100 years. The nail claws are woren so it fits rebar just right. I kave a plastic stool to park my butt on while worhing any where near the ground. This includes drivinig rebar. Last year there were some pretty good winds. I used 12 inch nails from Home Depot through the tarp gromets that touched the ground. It suprised me how well they held. I drove them streight into the ground. The tarp was at a good 45° angle. I plan to use more nails this year. BUt will have rebar on hand if needed.
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I did lust after a home made slide hammer a guy was using. Also will looking into changing a T Post puller. must have more toys must have more toys............