Roughneck pallet buster demolition bar from Screwfix. User reviewed and demonstrated.
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- Опубліковано 4 кві 2020
- I have had this for about 18 months and used it to dismantle dozens of pallets both easy and difficult. Is this a useful tool or just another waste of workshop space?
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Hi mate. Thanks so much for this! You’ve just sold another one 😂😂 (you should add an affiliate link in the description for these)
Good idea! If only Screwfix had an affiliation scheme! LOL!
@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 I bought one through your Amazon link in your bio so hopefully that gets you something!
@@JackD87 Thank you for that, I had forgotten the Amazon link! Cheers
Hi, What is the lenght between the forks? I thougt if a 4 inch wide timber will fit between the forks.
Kind regards
Anders
I like how you chose the most difficult type of pallet to demonstrate on. Thanks.
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.
To be honest, the pallets with solid wood spacers are a fair bit harder IMO. If you hit them with a lump hammer, they hold the nails and split the wood rather than fall off. At the point at which SCW got the back off, I think he'd have done better knocking the nails back out with a hammer on their points.
Thank you for this video, I just bought one of these tools but wasn't sure on the best way to go about using it correctly ( preserving the actual timber struts intact ) so this guide to breaking a pallet up was really useful for me. Really practical guide!
You're very welcome!
thanks for the video. Ive got 13 pallets to dismantle, and waiting for this exact buster to be delivered. Glad to see how doable this job is.
Have fun! (Nanny nag - wear goggles!) Cheers.
I bought this before seeing this video and thought I'd check it out.... you sir are informative and helpful, thank you very much!
My pleasure! Thanks for watching.
Best video I've seen on using the rough neck pallet buster. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Ditto, others pick easy pallets for their demo, and some actually say they avoid the pallets with blocks, and simply do a demo on the less common (in my area) pallets.
Wonderful video, can't wait to try my new pallet buster, thank you
Have fun! (wear goggles please!) Thanks for watching.
Thanks so much for doing this video. I hadn't thought of using a brick as leverage when taking out wider planks.
Glad it was helpful!
THE best review of the roughneck pallet pry bar. I have taken apart a few pallets now, and for the time used, and wood gained, it can be sometimes just as cheap to buy new. I have clients that love recycled wood though, so need to keep things cost effective.
I appreciated that you picked a tricky pallet to do the demonstration. Gonna go and collect some pallets and get me that Roughneck from Toolstation/Screwfix
Glad it was helpful! I agree that sometimes new wood is a better option though at the moment timber seems to be quite scarce and expensive. Cheers!
Thank you for a true and honest opinion on the pallet breaker. I have a fair number to breakdown so I can clad the inside of a shed.
Glad it was helpful! Good luck with the shed.
Love your honesty,will be buying one this weekend
Make sure to get the long handle one, cheers
Great review and you gave this with a difficult pallet so well done. Thank you
Thank you so much!
Thanks for sharing. I just picked up one of these from Screwfix this morning :)
Hope you enjoy it! wear goggles! Have fun.
Just got one last night . Thanks for the video and the tips 👍
No problem 👍I love using mine!
Just got same one few days ago .i think its longer one, 15 quid secound but as new! Tried couple pallets , split half the wood! Will try your method of taking bottom braces off first. Its very satisfying using pallet wood , ive clad inside of my shed with sanded pallet wood looks great.and we got 18 pallets for free, ! Great instructional video , thank you.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the review. I will get one tomorrow.
Hope you enjoy it!
Just bought one so was interested in this video. Some helpful tips, particularly the mallet. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Will definitely buy one on your recommendation, great video , wood is so expensive why see it go to waste, I shall be using work gloves when handling pallet wood 👍
Also wear goggles, you only have two eyes and no spares! Enjoy the tool and thanks for watching.
Bought one of these and could not find the easy way--thanks to your video I now use a small brick and it easy--Im a short lady so this tool is great
Glad I could help! Thank you for watching.
Oh my god your a bloody life saver.
Am heading to screwfix now to buy one
Thank you
You are welcome, enjoy!
Thank you sir, I got mine today from tool station, this video really helped, a like, a comment and a subscription.
Glad it helped
Just ordered one cheers man
Enjoy!
I can see a need for that... good job mate 👊🏼
Thank you, and thanks for watching
As a pallet builder I recommend you wet them before dismantling it makes things much easier and harder for the wood to breakdown
Positioning your feet and gaining the perfect weight distribution for torque is key to using the tool most effectively
True
Excellent review. Today (1 April 2023), I bought the Roughneck 17lb Post-Hole Digger, but their pallet buster is next on my list for digging and general demolition work on my property. Voted & Sub'd.
Thank you and best of luck with your projects.
Proper test for tool👍👍👍👍
Thanks 👍
Thanks. Just tried a new pallet same shape as that and split 2 planks so I stopped. You explained this very well so I'll go back to the garage and have another go ! Cheers. Jim
Best of luck!
@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 went back sweat my self til i was dripping and just split eveything.
Pallet ruined.
Those errated nails just would not move.
I think this tool would be very useful for some pallets but for me with no experience . . . . . I failed.
@@flypic1098 Hi, some pallets simply will not come apart no matter what you try. Move on to other types of pallet. You will find plenty that will come apart. Cheers!
@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Hi I went back and tried again and after half an hour and dripping with sweat I'd split those lovely planks and was not happy.
Thanks for the reply. I'll get some more pallets and try again. Thanks. Jim
@@flypic1098 tip fir ya if your having trouble ,,soak the pallet in water or leave out in the rain till completely soaked and then try it .
I jist bought one and I thank you!
Hope you enjoy it!
Good vid thanks
you are very welcome!
I've just bought one and destroyed a pallet damaging all but 2 planks... But now I've seen how it's done I'm sure the next one will be fine 👍
Go at it! Best of luck.
Thank you for this. Housemate brought home a load of pallets and is labouring under tye impression that no space or tools are required.
Ah yes. The joys of living with office workers.
This should help!
I've picked up some pallets from a company called Selco, a big trades only company. These places always want to get rid of pallets as they have to pay for them. I picked up a bunch of 2-way pallets. Outer wood is 750mm width 300mm thickness. Inner wood sections 750mm width 450mm thickness. Wood seems solid, I've split two of the four pieces as I was using a pry bar and hammer, I've ordered one of these for tomorrow collection. I saw someone using it on pallets that looked exactly like the ones I have. Hoping the work will go from 5-10 minutes per slat to 30s-1m per slat, meaning I break a pallet down in around five minutes.
This tool will speed up your work , best of luck!
@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 It did :). Admittedly it was my first pallet but it took me about half and hour to pull one pallet apart. I got about half way through the second before it started raining. Picked one of these up from Toolstation and broke two and a half pallets down in about 20-30 minutes. That included using a hammer and pry bar to remove the nails from the planks. Gluing the planks together to make walls and floor for my cold frame. Cheers.
I'm a female gardener getting into doing some garden DIY using pallets, and this video is so helpful and encouraging! Thank you very much. I have a brand new pallet buster and a couple of pallets which I will shortly be attacking. Can you recommend a good way of removing the nails? In any case, many thanks for the helpful video!
Hi Antonia, I don't have any special way to remove the nails, I simply use a claw hammer or jemmy bar, the nails can be very tough to remove as they are often barbed. Sorry I cant be more helpful. Good luck with your gardening!
@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Thank you for replying! No worries - at least I know there isn't an easier way I'm not doing! :D Many thanks!
Hi! Got a question unrelated to pallets if you are willing to help out. I’m posting it here since it’s the latest video. Is there a video where you recommend certain brand or a link for chisels and hand tools in general? Since you upload a lot of videos, it would take me a while to find it. Love the gecko carving video btw!
Hi, I don't really use just one supplier, I shop around for different sizes and thicknesses of chisels etc. Try a google search for stone tools suppliers. Thanks for watching.
Love the tip of using that brick for height and leverage.
Glad you enjoyed it, it is often the simple things that works best! Thanks for watching.
thanks for that :)
No problem!
I've just bought one & don't know how I managed before without one.
It is a very good tool. Enjoy 😊
Hello, what is the distance between the jaws, is 4 inch or 100mm fitting between the jaws?
Hi, the distance on mine is 110 mm. Cheers
@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Thank you very much!
Good job , you made short work of that pallet .
Thank you! Cheers!
Wood metal blade in reciprocating saw. Cut between slats and blocks. Centre punch nails out.
Hi David, I have tried this several times and concluded that it does not really work, if you simply cut through a tight joint you are effectively cutting through a 4x4 wood block to get to the nails, very time consuming even with a multi material blade. The only way I found worked was to open the joints with a flat chisel first so that the blade cuts the nails direct. This amount of effort was more than some other methods. I actually found that using the chisel to chop straight through the nails was faster, though this does require a good hammer arm and a sharp chisel but it is quick! best of luck!
@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Thanks for reply. I don't seem to have much of a problem getting between the joint or shaving the block. I was only hoping to save your slats in their entirety. Either way I wish you the best of luck in the future Sir.
I was going to buy one today I’m so thankful I watched this first they are useless
Hi Mark, do you know of something better?
Your next purchase needs to be an Air Locker !
I had not heard of an air locker before so I looked it up. It definitely looks interesting! Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 they are brilliant. Unfortunately in the UK quite expensive but worth every penny
Great demo. How do you get the long nails out of the wood?
Claw hammer or jemmy bar or there is a nail remover on the pallet buster. Cheers!
Looks like hard work?
Only way thats easier is a chainsaw!
Hope you don't have too many to do. Life is passing you by mate...........
I am past the days of crashing everything out, I am quite content to take it steady and the pallet buster is great for that! Cheers!
That last part could have tapped out the nails
HI, the idea was to demonstrate the bar. Thanks for watching
Lots of comments here..
I just fell upon this video....
R there people out there who spend time doing this?
Hi Lee, if you look on Pinterest you will see thousands of people making great things from pallet wood. Thanks for watching.
Why didn’t you put a spacer piece underneath the tool that fits between the teeth of the tool…
A few different spacer blocks of wood and there would be less stress on the valuable lumber
We all find ways that suit us, thank you for the input.
That was seven minutes from beginning to end of the knockdown. Eleven mallet blows to open the last joint. And I lost count of the number of times that you bent over to ground level. I'll need to think for a bit before rushing out to Screwfix.
Hi, I hope you find a better way, thanks for watching!
Local waste company has mountains of pallets they turn into chips. Would love to get one of these and save some good wood
Go for it, it makes pallet busting easy! best of luck.
Pallets are a son of a bitch to demolish while trying to keep all of the slats intact! It took 3 me 3 hours to break one apart using just a hammer and my roughneck utility bar, because the idiot pallet makers hammered the tip of the nails flat against the timber on the other side, and they'd since rusted... I'm getting myself one of these...
it is a great tool , it is not the answer to all pallet busting but it makes most pallets easy. good luck.
Doing it completely wrong fella
Hi Jay, make a video how you think it should be done and I will link to it in the info box. Cheers