Flag Pole Help

I have a flagpole that is mounted in the corner of my driveway. Trunk is rusted to hell as is a good portion of the pole.

Thing is, for the life of me, I can't get it to rotate to lift out. I don't see a cross pin or anything holding it in the ground sleeve, but it isn't moving. Also it is a steel pole and heavy as all hell.

Any suggestions on how I might go about removing it? I'd prefer to refresh and keep it rather than cut it off at ground level.

 

Sounds like it is rusted into the sleeve. any pics of said flagpole and base? How tall is it? diameter of pole?

 

Have you tried applying some heat with a propane torch? Generally in these situations, heat is your friend.

 

Kroil works wonders on things like this

 

True. I'm not sure if it is a threaded pole on a base, it it slips on (it has a tapered section like sewer pipe does), or it is is just a heavy ass pole mounted in a sleeve. Gonna have to go get some and douse it. The pole won't lift or rotate a millimeter, but it will "swirl" around in the hole a little bit

Where the pole meets the concrete has a flare like this.

 

I will when I get home from work. Prob about a 2.5 or 3 inch OD at the base. Prob about 20-25 feet tall.

That I haven't done...mainly cuz I don't have one. Maybe I need one.

 

Is the pole flared, or is it a cover. If the cover pops up, there may be a pin or bolt under it to lock the pole in place.

 

Flared. No flashing plate or anything to obscure a cross pin, etc.

Looks exactly like this, except vertical. Goes to almost flush with the concrete. It is in a ground sleeve, but I can't tell of there is a threaded base potion of pole or something inside of said sleeve.

 

I'm a fairly mechanically inclined person, and how this thing is assembled truly baffles me.

 

T-post puller?

 

Pictures of said pole

 

Looks like a old style threaded collar, like on old drill steel.

 

24" pipe wrench....

 

So the pole wobbles around in the ground sleeve just under that flare. There isnt a solid connection.

 

Scratch the joint of the flare and pipe, maybe it is just cleanly layed lead or ?
Otherwise, my best though would be to

 

Chain and a farmers jack (hi-lift)

 

If you can spin it to confirm its not threaded, I would recommend clamping or strapping a block to it real well and then try jacking it up with a bottle jack or two to see if you can get any vertical movement. It may just be a slip fit

or a chain and hi-lift as mentioned to do the same

 

That bitch don't spin. Not by hand with all my might anyways.

 

Since it wobbles in the ground sleeve, I think the bottom may just be seized in the hole.

May need to devise a post lift system after all.

 

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