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Serenity now! |
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   Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice - pull down your pants and slide on the ice. ʘ ͜ʖ ʘ | ||
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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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| Serenity now! |
I wouldn't want to wish this chore on anyone  Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice - pull down your pants and slide on the ice. ʘ ͜ʖ ʘ | |||
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| Too soon old, too late smart |
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. | |||
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| Victim of Life's Circumstances  |
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. ________________________ God spelled backwards is dog | |||
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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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| SIGforum's Indian Off the Reservation  |
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. Mike You can run, but you cannot hide. If you won't stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them. | |||
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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. Collecting dust. | |||
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| Smarter than the average bear |
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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Delusions of Adequacy |
tell them to dig bigger holes. I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm. | |||
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Only the strong survive |
$150 without out the concrete, $50 with the concrete. 41 | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
^^^ Your neighbor will understand.  Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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| I'd rather have luck than skill any day  |
Cut the ends off with a saw. | |||
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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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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
I like the idea of leaving it on. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Plowing straight ahead come what may |
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). ******************************************************** "we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet | |||
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