Comments on: How I Disassemble a Pallet

By: Colleen Pastoor

Colleen Pastoor — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 23:09:21 +0000

In reply to brandy. Definitely an option if you have the tools :)

By: brandy

brandy — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 20:20:06 +0000

This is way too unnecessarily tedious, time consuming, And most of the wood cracks and breaks and so do the nails! This wood is hard and very strong, use a saws-all to cut through the nails and it takes about 5-10 minutes to break down the pallet and you don’t have to deal with the nails at all!

By: Colleen Pastoor

Colleen Pastoor — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 04:37:51 +0000

In reply to Theresia. Yes! I definitely do that now and didn't think to add to the post- adding that in there for other readers :)

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 21:32:17 +0000

In reply to Madison. I think she meant that someone could injure themselves greatly without some good technique, tips, etc. Either in trying to use tools in unfamiliar ways or in twisting their bodies while trying to pull the nails out....any combination there of could injure someone so their life could be at stake. I am sure her wording had nothing to do with suicide.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:24:24 +0000

In reply to Kylie. Thanks Kylie!

By: Kylie

Kylie — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 20:24:47 +0000

I found this so helpful – Thankyou. Like all posts, you end with negative comments, which is more a reflection of the world we live in now, but kudos to you for handling them so smoothly. I’m an upcycler and love the idea of reusing products – great for the environment, you end up with something original and it costs next to nothing once you have the basics. Thanks so much for your tips – so appreciated !!

By: Kari

Kari — Sun, 15 Sep 2019 18:11:39 +0000

Even this method would kill me ??‍♀️

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 19:23:36 +0000

Hi there, I watched the video and read a few comments. A recip saw would be useful but not necessary. I would like to suggest that a person should have a pry bar like the one used in the video or a thinner wider one to pry the nail up. Then get a longer pry bar to pull the nail up. If you don’t want to buy another pry bar, you should put a piece of wood under the pry bar to give you a bit more leverage. I take out all the nails so that I don’t ruin any of my power tools or hurt myself.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 23:54:56 +0000

I use a 2 lb hammer with a flat bar place the bar claws in toward the nails and wack hard typically this cuts the spiral nails off or pushes them out. I have the pallet standing on their side and do all along the 2×4 then rotate the pallet 90 degrees and clear all the nails down the center 2×4. I then pop the sides the same way or lift the board up and out this pulls the nails out. A standard 40 x 42 pallet will take 10 minutes with minimal cracking. I choose the pallet for the job so if there is loss I am ok with it. For the scrap pieces I use for outside fire pit and clean the nails later.

By: Theresia

Theresia — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:23:42 +0000

In reply to Amber. To add leverage pulling out the LONG nails, put a block of wood under the heel of the hammer as it keeps the nail straight. A bent nail gets harder to pull out because of added resistance.