I'm rebuilding a 2nd floor deck. It has three 4x6 posts that are set 2' into a concrete pier.
They were all rotted and the deck was leaning.
We jacked it up and pulled out the rotted posts.
The problem is that there was still a lot of the post left in the pier.
After many hours of chipping and chopping with a pinch bar and crow bar I decided to give this a shot.
I took a chain that had very little life left in it and began plunging.
I was able to chew up the wood and clean it out.
Yes the blade had no more life in it but it worked well.
![And yet another use of my Sthil And yet another use of my Sthil](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/106/106088-d6585f3e2b7c48671e8241e5483221fa.jpg)
They were all rotted and the deck was leaning.
We jacked it up and pulled out the rotted posts.
The problem is that there was still a lot of the post left in the pier.
After many hours of chipping and chopping with a pinch bar and crow bar I decided to give this a shot.
I took a chain that had very little life left in it and began plunging.
I was able to chew up the wood and clean it out.
Yes the blade had no more life in it but it worked well.
![And yet another use of my Sthil And yet another use of my Sthil](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/106/106088-d6585f3e2b7c48671e8241e5483221fa.jpg)