HOW TO TAKE APART A PALLET - the easy way
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- Here's the best method I've found for how to quickly take apart pallets and reuse the wood for other projects.
Using this approach I can rip apart a pallet start to finish in less then 20 minutes, saving 90% of the wood and nails for reuse.
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One of the better pallet disassembler vids I've seen.
Appreciate it!
A great tool for removing nails is a long set of "nippers". These are flush front diagonal clippers. I have a pair about 14" long. You grab the nail near the wood and then leaver the nail out. Farriers use these to remove horseshoe nails form horses hooves. Try a pair, you will like them.
Oh that sounds like a great amount of leverage where you'd normally have none
Coooool alright I’ll have to keep my eye out for some! Thanks for the tip!
I'll be damned. A young guy teaches me a dozen things I Just Did Not Know.
Keep the videos up man I’m that guy in the neighborhood that loves pallets. I’ve made sheds, cabins, fences, portable storage so many choices. I’ve been waiting for a channel like this to come along!!
Very cool! Love that you found me! We sound like kindred spirits :)
This is how simple how-to vids should be made! To the point, informative, no long intro.
Well done my dude 🤜🤜🤛🤛
Agreed. I subscribed for that reason
Totally agree! Thank you!
I already knew how to do all this. I just wanted to watch to give you the view. Good job.😊
I’ve been doing pallets like this for a few years. Why did this video just now show up? 😂 So useful!
I've been building items, from small things like tea boxes and wall-mount wine bottle racks to full walls and even a full-size bathroom from pallets and recycled items for years. It has saved me hundreds if not thousands of dollars. I did however have to make my own pallet buster and it does not have the articulating heads that would make the loss due to fractured ends minimal. I am currently building a complete exterior wall to enclose my shop at the current time. I need to invest in this model of pallet buster! Thanks for the link!
I've been using the reciprocating saw and metal cutting blade method. I have found that if I use a thin blade made exclusively for metal, not the thicker multi purpose blades, I don't need to pry the board first before cutting through. What is a hassle is wrestling with the ever increasingly more disassembled pallet as the boards come off. You have some great ideas.
Hey dude, we went to middle school together! Glad to see you doing well and making sick videos. Keep it up man!
Yooooo what’s up? Fuckn McClure that’s crazy. What’s ur name?? Can’t tell from your channel haha
Pallet Buster... what an awesome tool - thanks for the tip! Looking forward to seeing how the cabin goes 🙂
That was possibly the greatest video on TH-cam. So informative, you literally thought of every little detail. Amazing job keep at this.
Wow, thanks! I’m so glad you liked it :) there’s definitely more coming!
Looking forward to the palette cabin
Progress coming soon!
Absolutely fantastic. Can’t wait to see the cabin build come together!!!!
Thank you!! More vids on that project are coming soon :)
Impressive
Can't wait to see the pallet cabin build
It’s happening! Part one is out if you haven’t seen it yet :)
On the nail pointed side while in the planks and bending easy, you can use slip joint pliers to bend it straight, then lay them flat on the plank ,squeeze them shut on the nail and then hammer tap the nail, the pliers help hold it straight up for clean hit. Great video alot of good tips and info.
Wonderful video
Subscribed!
And I see you have a part one of the pallet cabin build!!!
Going to watch!!!
Be good to see your pallet house!
I’ll definitely be posting updates as it progresses!
Hey, my guy! You just got a new subscriber! Cool video!
Thanks for the sub! Welcome!! 😀
Awesome video! Pallet deconstuction... It's one of those things I forgot I gave up on once I realized how difficult it is. This makes it easy.... looks like I CAN afford that shed!
2:25 What.A.Difference!!😮 🙌
It’s so much better than a crow bar!
Love this video. For the dirtbags with only a hammer and crow bar, you can use the first board you get off as a pry bar. Stick it between the second and third board as close to the 2x4 as possible and step on the end of your first board and you get plenty of leverage.
I AM that dirtbag & i appreciate the tip since I don't have $60 for a pallet popper. I'm not investing $ into trash
Great presentation. Looks so easy.
There's also a Crescent Sliding Joint 19" Nail Puller - 56NP
Ment to pull nails that are set in the wood. The sliding handle is used to hammer the jaws in to grab the nail. Then pry it out. Its the easiest manual way to pull nails.
Have you tried it? Curious how well it works. 19” is decent but still not a ton of leverage imo
@@jacobcochrane ya and its unbelievably easy to use. The fulcrum is like in the perfect position. And being able to use the handle as a slide hammer to get the jaws to sink in the wood under the nail head is easier than a flat bar.
Awesome info! Cute pup too :) Looking forward to future videos
Thanks James :) looking forward to our next puppy play time and meeting the new babe!
Wait! Don't leave. Cut your grass first.😊😊😊
Love this video… for sure made me feel like maybe I actually COULD do this!! Great hacks too.. I’m pumped!! 😃
Well done!
Thank you!
I seen a video a while back of a guy using one of those mini generic car jacks that come with some vehicles by the spare tire. He hooked his drill to it and it would jack up the boards and pop them off
I gotta try this! People keep mentioning it.
Love the clamped down nail puller trick. I’ve been known to clamp down the stringer. A cordless grinder with a cut off wheel will make short work of the stringer nails without all the yanking
Oh yaaaaa smart just grind them off… I should’ve thought of that lol
@@jacobcochrane carefull where you cut the salvaged stock. Even without cutting nails off many nails snap off in the stringer. The broken shanks of the cement coated twist fluted pallet nails can be near impossible to extract.
Ive started doing this. I need a air punch thingy. That will be so useful!
That’s awesome!!! How’s it working out for you? The air punchy is so helpful 100% but also not entirely necessary :)
Very concise and informative video. Thanks for not wasting our time. You've earned a sub.
I appreciate that! Thanks for watching :)
Thank you! This was cool!
I discovered the putlocker a few years ago now (had to order of Ebay from usa and cost me a packet in import duty , im in the uk) i noticed you putting it over and quite often like the first nail, they stay in the timber. I found it best to hold it slightly onto the nail an it then pushes just enough to crack the seal caused by the rust and then put it fully over the nail and on the second strike it flys right out. Much quicker as yoh dont need tonise the crow bar to pull the nail out fully ...
That’s some good information to know thanks. God bless🙌🙌
Thank you! Glad it was helpful.
ubiquitous is a great word! ✌🏼
Great video thanks
No problem and thanks!
Thanks dude
My pleasure :)
Easier to do both sides, then do the middle. You can pry and lift/toss in one motion. If you fill the bucket 1/3 the way with sawdust it catches the nails better. If a nail head pops off and you really want that board, just heat the nail with a blowtorch and then use fence pliers to yank it out.
Also should note the easy ways to tell what kind of wood a pallet is using. The hardwood pallets around me are sought after and people will buy the wood from them
Been trying to learn how to tell the difference! Other than weight I’m not sure. Don’t know much about identifying wood by grain but wanting to learn
I agree with all the positive comments. Fantastic video!
Very nice
Thank u 🙏🏻
I will have to try mounting a crow bar laterally to remove nails. I have been using a MAPP gas torch to heat nails up red hot and they come out easily.
Oh smart! Yeah this works pretty well. Sometimes they still break off but if the nail head doesn’t snap, they always come out pretty easy.
Dope video 💪🏽💪🏽☝🏽💯
This is cool
Thank you!
I gave u a thumbs up, this time.
Received :)
1:54 respect dude, this is the way to do affiliate links. Full disclosure and showing where you can get it for much cheaper.
I have the Pallet Buster and the Air Locker. Love them both! My Air Locker did not come with a lubricant. What else can I use?
The ones I get is really thin and they use nail guns to secure it, there is also a big nail on the corners
I've always had really good luck pulling nails with a pair of water pump. Pliers or channel locks depending what you want to call them
Oh interesting. Channel locks are probably my top 3 favorite hand tools. So useful for so many things. I’ll have to give that a try.
You're not stupid..i wish i could find pallets for cheap or free to finish my coop and wood shed
Have you looked in facebook marketplace or Craigslist? Those are great places to start
Thanks Jacob, NEW SUBSCRIBER
Thanks for the sub! And welcome!
Vise grips can help with headless nails
when nail heads break off I use a pair of mole grips, do you call them locking plier in the US?
Maybe vice grips? The ones that crank down and release with a little lever?
Thanks. That's amazing time saver. Chikn pen coming up😅
Ayyyeeee hell yeah get it!!
Use a reciprocating saw! I can dismantle one in two minutes!
I’ve tried and found it p annoying, but to each their own!
@@jacobcochrane there’s a method😎
Is there a resell value for the wood?
The crappy board with nails in it goes into the fire then I just scoop out the nail. Good as new. Maybe better
Niiiice yeah that’s smart. I have a significant burn pile going from all the cast offs
Not too bad with his ideas but not up 2 date with the nail pulling ! There's a tool called a "NAIL PULLER" & thats what you use ! Looks similar to a pair of large pliers & works great ! I use it on hardwood & it never lets me down !
Good to know!! I’ll have to check it out :)
It’s a little bit funny the video is like “want to know the easy way to do this? Buy the thing explicitly designed to do this”
But isn’t that always the way? Lol
If only pallets was free in my country 🤷🏻♀️
No one gives away free pallets in my city or anywhere else I lived. Walmart amd home depot certainly wont. I kept some from tile deliveries and the wood mist have had gun powder because it created fireworks qhen burnt outside inba fire pit.
Do you have a normal job? I like this lifestyle vibe
For sure! I have a couple actually, but mainly I work at a restaurant. Been trying to develop a career in this type of stuff for a while tho, and I think we might finally be close!
Those four way pallets are worth 5-10 dollars on the used market, why destroy them
Interesting hmm. I usually just salvage them from people’s yards or businesses who don’t want to deal with them.
What about a hammer 🔨 with a nail puller.
My only issue is getting free pallets.
There are no free pallets. He's either lying or stealing them.
@@Dman3827 I get some but never a lot at once to be able to make anything very large. Some people have a great hook up but then they want to resell them to others and I’m not about that.
nice speed to the content and very little waste in time.
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How to take apart a pallet. Don't. It's firewood.
Buy a bunch of tools then you can take apart the pallets I want Afro engineering not cheap gringo with money
Sir this is a Wendy’s
Just sound like they are mad they pay a lot more for their lumber🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Dude you’re a life saver. It is frightening how often I hear my gf say “we could build that out of pallets.” …and that pallet stack ain’t getting any smaller. Yet! Cheers
One thing my Dad showed me for the nails without heads is to set up to pull it like normal, but then twist it out sideways. I've done this a ton and it can be a bit difficult but it works really well.
Ahh yeah I feel like I remember an old guy I worked for showing me that. Good tip 👍🏻usually by that part of the process I’m just like “fuck it” anyways haha
There's an old tool called a nail puller that has articulated jaws and a sliding weight on the handle that pulls headless nails.
The sideways thing works too if you just have a couple and don't want to dig out the nail puller.
Large tile nippers can work too.
I don't do that enough to get a pallet ripper, I use 2 flatbars, one on either side, pull in opposite directions.
I mostly used to tear apart furniture to het into a dumpster, so mostly have to pull staples, but the carcass is often made of hardwood or clear pine which is great for projects, even large pieces of leather occasionally.
If hard to latch onto. Get a pair of Vampliers or their cheaper version Engineer Pliers. You can just grab twist and rip them out if you're smart about leverage
@@SD-jf7nbnice idea. That tool is a "slide hammer, nail puller"
That tool doesn’t work well on Euro Palletts. They must be sturdier than the US ones.
If your heart is set on extracting all the metal from those main braces, so you don't have to worry about sawing through them in your project:
You can anneal the nails with a torch, turning a little of the wood surface gripping the nail inside the hole, to charcoal. The nails should pull out much easier at that point.
Almost dare to say the "perfect" how-to video. Always wondered how the tear apart pallets for reuse. Thanks!
Awesome 👍 You are a great teacher. You have it down to a science.
I like the pallet ripper. I got some tips for you that I used to get nails out of the sideboard. You just take a claw hammer and work it from side to side. Once you hook the nail in it in the nails will come out pretty easily. I’ll definitely be getting one of those pallet rippers though.😂
I'm rebuilding my rv. I really appreciate this video, especially after spending 2hours on 2 pallets. We need a dirtbag diy pallet buster video please.
Nice I’m glad it was helpful!! The pallet Buster was a game changer. I’ll have to try making one and get back to you! :)
Yes ! That'd be an incredibly useful how-to vid
Thanks man 😉
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A good strong mattock works good on pallets as well
I’ve seen a guy doing it this way and was like “damn that works pretty good” :)
Subbed for the cabin. Do you know if these are commonly treated or painted? I want to use them in the garden, and I don't wanna introduce harmful chemicals (especially if I use them in hoboculture)
I just found you and subscribed good luck brother hope you grow a huge following!!!
GREAT! Where can I get a lot of pallet? And how much do I have to pay for each one of them?
Facebook Marketplace
I get them for free! Facebook marketplace, Craigslist, or just driving around the industrial district of your town and you might see some laying around!
Man you should drop the E off the end of your last name…😏
Ayyyyeeeee my long lost brethren!!! Honestly i should it causes a lot of spelling issues when telling someone my name. Also tell me that NO ONE can say it right please, just want to know if you experience that issue too lol
@@jacobcochrane omfg yes dude everyone is so hesitant to say it to they always say “cotch-rin” listen guys I get you don’t want to say it but it’s a strong ass name! We have a Scottish crest! And it’s like 400th most common last name in the states. Funny story true story I looked up why there’s an E and sometimes not and I guess it goes back to squires not really being able to spell in old times so it was regional fuck ups 🤣
Great vid! thanks and subscribed!
This was super informative and easy to watch, great job dude!
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Great video!
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Turn the choke off on that gasket maker
They are ring shank nails and it's much easier to get low on the nail and bend the nail over then slide back down and bend the opposite direction and repeat until it's removed. once you do it a couple times you'll use it all the time with any hard to pull fasteners with or without a head.
I just made one of those with my welder and a piece of pipe. It works great!
your shorts are great happy to sub!
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching and welcome :)