Is there anything better than digging up old concrete?

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
07/26/2020 at 20:38 • Filed to: Good fences make good neighbors, Casa de Zoidberg

... Yes! Yes there ARE things better than digging up old concrete! Captions below:

Good thing the last guy was skimpy with the concrete. This one took 30 minutes to dig out with my noodle arms.

This one was far worse. Took over an hour. Put some gravel in each hole dry fit the new posts. I used various levels and a story pole to measure the tops (they’re all 5'6" daylight, so I had to cut each posts... And I’ll have to cut all 130 pickets down WOO!

Now you see the problem, yes? I had to dig a HUGE hole just to get to the old concrete, unless I wanted to break it up with a hammer (no). So now we have a hole that’s at least double the width of what we need.

Various attempts at redneck column form... Thingies. But not really at all.

I added more pieces, don’t fret. But I shielded the new posts as I began packing in the soil on the outside. This took a little while. But when I pulled up the wood, the soil stayed. Worked perfectly!

Oh boy, the best part. Mixing and pouring concrete with a shovel on a day 20 degrees hotter than Friday.

2nd post went alright, pretty much no room to work since the posts are between his hedges and my raised garden bed. Ran out of quickcrete doing the third post

Also redneckian tactic? I mixed the concrete in a five gallon bucket with a shovel I didn’t care for. I forgot that I didn’t own a wheelbarrow anymore.

What a mess! [Sips beer]

Leave no trace!

Thanks for reading

DISCUSSION (14)

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
07/26/2020 at 20:45

Concrete is easy to pour but hard to remove. Good work.

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
07/26/2020 at 21:01

A list, from best to worst:

1. Not digging up concrete at all

2. D igging up concrete with an excavator

3-98 . G etting hit by a bus

99 . D igging up concrete by hand on a hot- as- balls day

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Dead_Elvis, Inc.
07/26/2020 at 21:03

But I didn’t have to pay someone else to do it!

I should have stayed in school...

sony1492 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
07/26/2020 at 21:10

Couldn’ t*

Cash Rewards > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
07/26/2020 at 21:11

I dug up three old concrete blocks from an old fence earlier this summer. Found out recently I should have dug up four. No way do I go for digging. The job sucks, might as well get to hit something angrily and break it up.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > sony1492
07/26/2020 at 21:14

Don’t Income Shame™ !

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
07/26/2020 at 21:23

True, but you also missed out on the opportunity to get a tiny trackhoe from Aurora Rents & add to your skill set* !

*or more realistically , do a bunch of damage to your lawn ( & possibly house/vehicles/marriage)

lone_liberal > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
07/26/2020 at 21:24

I have to replace the post on one of our gates soon and you are not making it easier to get motivated. That looks like such a huge pain in the ass , and back and knees and other assorted body parts.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > lone_liberal
07/26/2020 at 21:27

Please, if I can do this, ANYONE can!

lone_liberal > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
07/26/2020 at 21:39

We’ll see. We had to do three of them on the other side of our yard earlier but my neighbor and his adult son were working with me. Doing it solo is going to suck.

Sovande > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
07/26/2020 at 22:07

Watching someone else dig up old concrete.

facw > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
07/26/2020 at 22:23

I say cut the posts off at the base, then place new posts somewhere else!

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
07/26/2020 at 23:08

Blowing up old concrete?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
07/27/2020 at 05:22

should’ve hired a digger/backhoe.