#Pallet dismantler plans pipe crack#

A 3 foot nail puller is a good companion, since these nails get in the way of further use of the pallet buster. Sometimes the nails pull out with the boards, sometimes the nails tear through the boards and remain in the stringers.

#Pallet dismantler plans pipe crack#

On pallets of 'fair' or 'poor' condition, I find it a crap-shoot as to whether the boards will split or crack at the ends, usually the middle makes it whole, but not always. I find it works well on pallets in 'good condition' and the swiveling pads do make a great difference over other pry-bar methods. I have since gotten that tool, and make good use of it. If it's just rough boards for building you could use a small sledgehammer instead of a rubber mallet, since denting wouldn't matter. All of the nails should be driven up enough that you are able to grab them with a claw hammer. Hold the board over an anvil or a section of I-beam and smack the board with a rubber mallet, just behind the nails. Suppose you've got dozens of pallet boards that have been separated and they are all filled with nails. You can start them out just about an inch narrower than the gap in the pallet and have them end two inches wider.

Now use the sledgehammer to drive the wedges until their tips hit the wall.

It would end up looking like Vlad the Impaler has taken over a portion of your yard.Ī twist on the wedge idea, would be to have the same three wedges and put the edge of the pallet against a foundation wall. This may just remove the boards from one side, but it would be very quick to do. Stand a pallet on top and smack it down, hitting the rails with a small sledgehammer. If I were trying to dismantle many pallets of roughly the same size, I would put three stakes in the ground and then cut the tops so that they become big long wedges. I can imagine other set ups, where a treadle or such translates body weight into expansive force, maybe power hammer style, but this idea seems more reasonable right now. Ideally the 2x3 lumber will apply force in such a way as to easily pop the fasteners cleanly out of/through the wood.Ī potential problem I see are one of each pair of 2x3's being too far from the deck boards/stringer joint, so it just smashes through the deckboard.Īnother potential problem I see is the 2x3's being too weak to handle the force. To use, slip the device inside of a pallet,slide a floor jack between the 2圆 boards and operate the jack. One board of each pair would be through bolted to a common 2圆 board, the other board of each pair to another such board. I have an idea for a jack powered pallet buster.Īll it would be is eight 2x3's arranged in 4 pairs.Įach pair would be through bolted together 3' side to 3' side via one 3/8' bolt at the end of the boards. It didn't take too long, but faster would be better. Yesterday I cut up some pallets and built a new hen house.