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OK Sigforum, I need your help. We're giving our swingset to our neighbors. I spent the day tearing it down, now I need to get the concrete off the posts. Is there an easy way to do this, or am I stuck with a sledge and concrete chisel?

By the way, I may not survive the night. This about killed me today Big Grin




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You are giving it away. I would suggest having the neighbor come pick it up, unless there is more to this story.
 
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You are giving it away. I would suggest having the neighbor come pick it up, unless there is more to this story.


I wouldn't want to wish this chore on anyone Smile



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Posts: 4923 | Location: Highland, UT | Registered: September 14, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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A 16 lb. sledge hammer would work just like it did for me in 1963. Just find yourself an 18 yr. old to swing it. Smile
 
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Hammer drill or even better a rotary hammer not too hard but not easy either. drill holes in a line and then swing the sledge.


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Seems like it'd be a lot easier to just move those pieces to his place in a pickup or trailer as-is, and let him dig a little bigger hole. A lot easier than busting concrete, anyways!
 
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A long handled sledge will knock the poles clean with a few swings each.

Last month I had about 40 poles to get the concrete removed so that the recycling place would take them. I tried a hand sledge and chisel first, but it didn't take long to realize that was not the way. So I took a long handled 9lb sledge to one of the poles and that concrete busted right off with two swings. Some other poles with a larger mass of concrete took 3-4 swings, but the concrete broke off cleanly. Granted, I had large chunks of concrete to dispose of but they are now doing service as erosion control in a deep ditch.




 
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I would sawzall the pole where it meets the concrete, and then rebuild and reinforce the pipes as needed at the new location. The kids won't notice a few joints.


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As-is where-is. Done!

If you bust it off (easy to do with a sledge)
you have to dispose of the concrete.

As mentioned he could leave it on and just dig holes big enough to fit.



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Definitely leave it on. You dug holes big enough to pour the concrete. Unless he's going to skip the concrete he'll need to dig holes that big anyway. So yes, maybe a little bigger to fit those in, but that's balanced by not having to mix concrete.
 
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Rent a rotary hammer with a chisel tip to use as a mini jackhammer. Or if you have a large air compressor and air hammer it will do the same thing. The sledge hammer will work but take more muscle.
 
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tell them to dig bigger holes.




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$150 without out the concrete, $50 with the concrete. Big Grin


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$150 without out the concrete, $50 with the concrete. Big Grin


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Cut the ends off with a saw.
 
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A long handled sledge will knock the poles clean with a few swings each.

Last month I had about 40 poles to get the concrete removed so that the recycling place would take them. I tried a hand sledge and chisel first, but it didn't take long to realize that was not the way. So I took a long handled 9lb sledge to one of the poles and that concrete busted right off with two swings. Some other poles with a larger mass of concrete took 3-4 swings, but the concrete broke off cleanly. Granted, I had large chunks of concrete to dispose of but they are now doing service as erosion control in a deep ditch.


This is how to do it. I have used this method several times with success.
 
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A few swings with the sledge will handle it! Send the wife out with the sledgehammer while you go on a beer run.
 
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A few swings with the sledge will handle it! Send the wife out with the sledgehammer while you go on a beer run.

Big Grin

I like the idea of leaving it on.



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Nine pound hammer-Townes VanZandt

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Actually...a few good wacks with an 8# sledge hammer works well...concrete seems to come off easily (within reason) from steel posts (not so much with 4X4s).


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