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I had a new sign to install an hour and a half drive down the coast from here. There was a sign on these two 6x6 posts that needed to be removed first. All I had to go on were photos. It was a multi level rusted steel with stainless letters sign. There were square caps welded on to it that slid onto the tops of the posts about seven or eight inches. It weighed better than four hundred pounds and had been on those posts for twenty years.This was a remote location and I had no way of getting a boom truck there to lift it off the posts. How would you have removed the sign?
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I would first think, "How was it first installed? A couple of strong men?" Worst case, you dig up the posts, and lay down the sign. After you get your strenght back, you unhook the sign from the posts. You chain up the sign to your truck and pull it off. Stand up the posts and put the new sign on. Gonna look funny driving back with that sign chained up to your truck,,,, bring a low flat bed trailer.
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Are you removing the Post's and replacing with New Post's ? If not, maybe take 1" Square Aluminium, make a Frame, pop rivet the face to the frame and install on top of the existing Sign
If you can post a Picture of the Project it will help with suggestions
-------------------- Kevin Betz KB Sign Company 21321 Ulrich Clinton Township, MI 48036 kbsigncompany@att.net Posts: 239 | From: Detroit, MI | Registered: Sep 2003
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Yea, if we saw the photos you were going by it would be helpful. Since you are asking how we would have removed the sign, I'm assuming you didn't go over it. From the few details you've given, I would've gotten out some grinders and cut the sign off the posts anyway possible to get it down safely.
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I don't remember how to put photos on here any more...I'm sure I could figure it out soon. I brought a grinder and cords and sawsall and blades to cut the ends, but decided it looked to dangerous to cut it because there would be no way to control it.
I brought a 4x4 post that was 14' long and screwed a lag eye into one end, ran a rope through it and tied it to the center of the sign and tied the sign to the post trying to make them one unit. Then I placed a block on the ground and my hi lift jack under the post. I was able to raise it this way until I could get it to rest atop the posts. From there I set the bottom of the post against one of the sign posts and hook the other end to the back of my truck and pull the sign over. It worked perfectly.
There was an electrician there that was finishing setting these lights on the ground around the area to light the new sign and I didn't wipe out any of them.
This was one of those projects that I couldn't properly plan for. I couldn't see it before hand, didn't know the workers and resources in that area, and couldn't just run back to my shop to get something.
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wow, Rick - that must have been some day !! yeah, some photos of the whole thing would have been very educational. glad you are not reporting any injuries.
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