Disassembling wood pallets
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Hello, I am just wondering the best/easiest way to disassemble pallets while not damaging the planks. I have pallets like the ones in one of the pics, but need to place planks closer together like shown in the other picture. Thanks!
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The easiest way I have found is taking an angle grinder and knocking the heads off the nails. Carefully separate the boards and then you have two sides to chose from.
Gail Rutland
on May 21, 2016
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My brother-in-law used a sawzall, it was very fast. Now I want a sawzall.
Dotti Benz Giles
on May 21, 2016
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From a Reddit user: "I'm from the desert and we always broke ours down for bonfires by pushing them down while the pallets balancing on one corner. The pallet should fold down on itself and come apart pretty easily." There is also something called the Pallet Paw, which is apparently a cheaper knock-off (about half price) of the Globalindustrial.com Deluxe Pallet Buster & Skid Breaker )$74.00). Just speaking with someone about this recently; purchased at Harbor Freight or Lowe's or Home Depot. Hope this helps.
Annadele
on May 21, 2016
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Perhaps this will help: http://www.hometalk.com/diy/-580486
Valerie
on May 22, 2016
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This person does a pallet in 7 minutes with a reciprocating saw. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Disassemble-A-Pallet/?ALLSTEPS
Emi Harr
on May 22, 2016
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Seems like all the pallets I get are nailed together with a pneumatic nail gun. This kind of nail is almost impossible to get out of the 2X4's do I use a sawsall and just scrap the interior pieces. The nails remaining in the slats can easily be punched out.
Dan
on May 22, 2016
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we have done 100's of projects using pallets...It might be tedious but we have always used a nail claw..slow and easy!
Jen
on May 22, 2016
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I use a reciprocating saw and just saw through the nails. Its easy as pie
Lavonne
on May 22, 2016
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use a sawsall (resiprecating saw ) with metal blade cut the nails from behind
Stan
on May 22, 2016
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invest in a reciprocating saw. it works quick and easy
Kar
on May 23, 2016
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or invest in a pallet buster http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=pallet+buster
Kimberley
on May 30, 2016
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I want to make planter with useing a pallets
Katherine Beese
on Jul 02, 2016
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My pallets don't look like that .. mine are bigger and one sided so I can pound from the back side
Vee Ashburn
on Oct 29, 2016
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