I picked up a neat trick for pulling rebar a few years back. All you need is a ratchet strap or a piece of rope.
First, loop the rope around your waist and tie it off. With a ratchet strap, I just pull the strap through a hook on the end; that seems to be good enough. Next, squat over a piece of rebar until your knees are bent to almost 90° Next, loop the dangling end of the rope or strap around the rebar. A few twists and a half hitch will do; nothing fancy. Final step: stand up. I'll YouTube the rebar rope trick if there's interest. -Joshua On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Steve Upstill <[email protected]> wrote: > For those who are married to the idea of thrashing around with the stuff > (or who have recalciitrant U's): it's a little-known fact, but you can get > stuff like rebar in the ground UNstuck by, believe it or not, driving it in > a nudge more. Yes, it goes in a tad deeper, but it breaks whatever is > sticking to it quite effectively. > > > On Jul 11, 2011, at 8:45 AM, Milt Fisher wrote: > > But Steve was advocating for U shaped rebar, so I wanted to know how he > pulled those out. Can't twist them very well with vicegrips when there are > two legs in the ground. > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Cody Firestone <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> The EASY way to pull out rebar. >> >> >> 1. Kick it a couple times to loosen it up. >> >> 2. Apply vicegrips, >> >> 3. twist a couple times, >> >> 4. it will come right out. If it is stubbon, pour a small amount of clean >> water on it, and it will pop right out. >> >> >> My favorite way for DEEP rebar. we use 3 footers on our construction >> projects, you bang on it sideways with the rebar hammer, and it will come >> right out! >> >> You can also use the rebar with the ring welded to it, stick another piece >> of rebar thru the ring, lever it right out! >> >> <joshncodybm0856.jpg> >> >> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 3:57 AM, Milt Fisher <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Isn't U shape a pain to hammer in? And how do you pull it out if you >>> can't twist it? >>> >> -- 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.
