Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for removing fence posts and related posts form the ground or other media. The invention is designed to be used primarily with tractors and any other mechanical devices fitted with a three-point hitch and capable of lifting the three-point hitch and attachments. The machine includes two gripper blades arranged in V-shaped pattern and pivotally attached to a substantially pyramidical structure. When the post is gripped by the gripper blades, lifting of the base frame causes the gripper blades to pivot downward into the post. Further use of lifting force from the tractor or other related machine lifts the post out of the ground. After the post is removed from the ground, the post can be placed on the ground by lowering the apparatus which allows the post to drop at no greater angle than the arc created by the V-shaped opening formed by the gripper blades and the housing.