we use the 18 inch rebar which has a steel washer welded on the top! You can take a second piece of rebar, slide it thru the washer, and BOOM,, instant out rebar.
they are like a dollar each On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:13 AM, Steve Upstill <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, but I use rebar prongs, half as long as single rebar. No stumbleupon > hazard! > > On Sep 9, 2010, at 12:12 AM, Cody Firestone wrote: > > we just twist the rebar in place with a vice-grip and it comes right > out! > > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Chris Phoenix <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm not kidding - it really is easy, not just "easier." You can pull >> an 18" stake in one minute flat, without bending the stake, with no >> hammer, no vice grips, no rebar puller, just a nylon strap. Just tie a >> knot, adjust the strap, squat, and stand. >> >> The last couple of years I've gone around on the last day pulling >> dozens of stakes just to show people how to do this. I can pull 100 >> stakes in a day and not even get tired. >> >> Get a loading strap or other reasonably wide nylon webbing. It should >> be about 5 feet long. >> >> Tie one end of the webbing to the stake. A lark's head knot works >> well. You want the knot to be self-tightening so the webbing doesn't >> slip on the rebar. >> >> Stand over the stake. Wrap the webbing from the stake, around your >> thigh, around your butt (not your hips - the padded part of your butt >> - you'll get a better pull) and grab the free end. So the webbing >> would go from the stake, to the inside of your right upper leg, around >> the front of your right leg to the outside, around behind your butt >> from right to left, and the free end is held in your left hand. >> >> Squat down about a foot, and pull on the free end to tighten the >> webbing. Shuffle around until the webbing is EXACTLY in line with the >> stake. A couple inches off, a very slight angle, makes a huge >> difference. If the stake is in the ground at an angle, the webbing >> should be at the same angle. >> >> Stand up. The stake will come with you. >> >> If it's not all the way out, squat again, pull the webbing tight >> again, and stand up again. >> >> One place I went to, they had a 30 foot dome that they'd held down >> with 3 foot 1/4" rebar. The rebar had twisted in the ground as they >> pounded it in. A team of three people were trying to get it out with >> power tools. One other guy and I used the strap, and vice grips to >> twist... we pulled five of those twisted 3 foot rebars in about 5 >> minutes each, before the power-tool team could pull one. >> >> If you use those big smooth construction stakes, the strap may slip; >> stick a nail through one of the holes to hold it on. >> >> If the rebar is bent over or eye'd at the top, attach the webbing to >> the shaft of the rebar, not the bent part. Even that much of an angle >> off-center makes a difference. If you get the strap lined up right, >> you'll barely feel it as you stand up; the rebar will just simply come >> out. >> >> Chris >> >> -- >> Chris Phoenix >> [email protected] >> 650-776-5195 >> >> Founder, http://OnePercentGlobal.org <http://onepercentglobal.org/> >> Executive Coach >> Director of Research, Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, >> http://CRNano.org <http://crnano.org/> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "hexayurt" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<hexayurt%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > > -- > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- > Arthur C. Clarke > > "Any sufficiently obscure bug is indistinguishable from diabolic > intervention." -- Steve Upstill > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<hexayurt%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
