Wow - such a great bloke who genuinely wishes to pass on helpful information to others. Details about chemical treatment of the wood and the unknown previous use of the pallets were aspects I hadn’t fully considered. Important details. Thank you for making this film. 🙂
Very good video! I have also learned that it is important to look at the boards to see how straight they are. Most pallet boards are warped or twisted. That is the first thing I look for before dismantling.
I'm glad to see a nice alternative method. I've built a couple of different pallet busters but always seem to go back to using a crowbar. You're really lucky to be able to get those nice long boards. Thanks for the pallet codes!
Thank you for your insights. As you say, every pallet can be different. My main source are brand new pallets used for computer transports. Although their size is mostly standard (120x80cm), the top planks are much thinner (0.8cm) and tied with staples that bend at their ends into the stringers. Because the wood is brand new and far from dry (I often get sap runs), any hammering will split them longitudinally both sides of the staples, and the staples are not reachable with plyers, making them mostly unusable for most applications. Once you only have the top of the pallets (the cubes are usually easy to get rid of as the wood is new, the stringers and the bottom planks are much thicker), you get rid of the long staples pretty much the way you do with the nails (push them, get them with plyers or the crow bar, plyers work better because these staples are very long, cutting them with the grinder makes them harder to hammer them back). To separate the top planks from the stringers, I use a wood saw between the stringer ant the thin plank until you detect the staple and you cut it with a hack saw -- you can do it all with the hacksaw, but it's much harder to slide between the plank and the stringer, that's usually very tight, and any force applied to the staple destroys the plank if you tried to bend it. Once you have seperated all your planks, you get rid of the staples with a "flat nail" (you remove the sharp end of a nail with a file or cut it with the hacksaw) and you hammer out the staple nails from the contact surface (the face where the stringers and the planks were attached) until you can catch them with plyers from the other side: because ends are bent inside of the wood, that's the only side they are accessible on the stringers. That's a hell of a job, it's long, tedious, but the thin white pine wood is totally worth it: it's soft and easy to work with a hand plane and gives fantastic results at sanding and oiling, while being much lighter than the thick wood you get on standard pallets (up to 2cm thick).
Thank you- I love your gentle and humerous presentation. Great thought put into your life. May you and all with you prosper in peace and tranquil harmony.
I’ve tried that method with my first few pallets. It’s by far the most difficult and also the slowest. I bought a pallet breaker. I can break down 10-12 pallets in the time it was taking me to do one with your method. Get one and save your back. Good video tho.
When I refurbed pallets for a living and had to dismantle them as fast as possible, I used an axe the same as you, only using the cutting edge to chop down between the blocks and the slats attached to them. The axe would normally cut right through the nails but you had to do it HARD and focussed like karate The WORST pallets I refurbed were ones that came from a bacon factory, covered with meat scraps (and maggots)
I tried hammering a hammer and crowbars for like 10 minutes and said, "the hell with that". That's too much work. I made and welded my own pallet breaker. just put some ass in it and hardly any bending over is needed. If any.
i also get quite some with hard wood, some from poland or croatia, also from USA for exemple. it is good they are completly dry, and more patience needed to get them apart for sure! But no pallet will resist in the long run!
One thing that makes me cringe is to see nails pulled out with a claw hammer or nail bar without any protection from flicking into your eye. I know someone who lost an eye with a nail flicking out of the claw.
nice compliment leon! well not exactly mr bean, but my accent comes from south europe, the balkan area... where we like to RRRrrrrroll the "R". take care!
You need to removed the word “easy from the title and replace it with “slow and hard” You need proper tools for the job. You will wear yourself out doing this on a daily basis, you need a machine to take all the hard work out of it, save your time and increase your earnings.
Thanks for feedback. I think the choices depend on your priorities. I wouldn't do this on daily basis for years, but my goal was to build a straw and wood tiny house (30m2) among other projects. The budget was extreme minimal, but i had time. I dismantled something like 500 pallets that i got for free (left overs from a pallet factory). If think if the idea is to get efficient, with some investment, the best option is to go to the next wood sawmill and get fresh planks that i store for a year or two and use for building on...
You say 2 million pallets a day are transported and worth £6 each. Why are you disassembling them to a shack that will rot in 3 years? Pallet breaking is only wise to repair pallets. Lastly this is the second most awkward way I've ever seen to break pallets after my whole life in the industry. JMO
Well sorry if you don't like it... i can only say, i have in the last years dismantled around 500 pallets (that i get for free asking around) and use the planks for dozen projects, from shelves to flooring to ceiling, also roofing, outdoor terrasse, right now as wood structure for a little spa... wood kept in the right conditions doesn't collapse this fast, especially in soft climate... the one exposed to weather been painted regularly keeps of course not like oak would. i also find once in a while pallets made of larch wood of beech... Venice is built on Larch and chesnut tree fondation in the water for centuries, shower walls can be made of wood... I think there is a tendency to think that wood can not resist time, especially pine, but i believe is just matters how you take care of the wood... well, that's my opinion... take care!
Wow - such a great bloke who genuinely wishes to pass on helpful information to others. Details about chemical treatment of the wood and the unknown previous use of the pallets were aspects I hadn’t fully considered. Important details. Thank you for making this film. 🙂
Best tutorial I've seen on dismantling pallets. I especially like that you went into how to store them so they stay dry and don't warp. Nice tip.
Very good video! I have also learned that it is important to look at the boards to see how straight they are. Most pallet boards are warped or twisted. That is the first thing I look for before dismantling.
I wish every UA-cam-er did such well made instructional videos! Bravo!
I'm glad to see a nice alternative method. I've built a couple of different pallet busters but always seem to go back to using a crowbar. You're really lucky to be able to get those nice long boards. Thanks for the pallet codes!
Thank you for sharing and love the commentary, esp at the end regarding the insane amount of trees being cut down.
Excellent video.
Narrator sounds a friendly person. My teacher was always impatient!
Great Video . Always good to get a fresh idea on how to dismantle pallets. Great explanation on the pallet codes.
thanks.
Really useful. I'm long looking for ways to dismantle pallets, so this videos really helps.
Thank you so very much. Greetings from the Algarve.
Best pallet-dismantling video I've seen, thanks.
Wonderful, inspiring video 👍. Lots of great tips and examples of your work. Keep them coming! would love to see more
Awesome! I just got some pallets like this and didn't know where to start. But now I do! Thank you!
The information on safety of pallets is something new. Thank you. Very good video
ditto on the safety codes!
your voice is fantastic! thank you very helpful.
Thank you for your insights.
As you say, every pallet can be different. My main source are brand new pallets used for computer transports. Although their size is mostly standard (120x80cm), the top planks are much thinner (0.8cm) and tied with staples that bend at their ends into the stringers. Because the wood is brand new and far from dry (I often get sap runs), any hammering will split them longitudinally both sides of the staples, and the staples are not reachable with plyers, making them mostly unusable for most applications.
Once you only have the top of the pallets (the cubes are usually easy to get rid of as the wood is new, the stringers and the bottom planks are much thicker), you get rid of the long staples pretty much the way you do with the nails (push them, get them with plyers or the crow bar, plyers work better because these staples are very long, cutting them with the grinder makes them harder to hammer them back).
To separate the top planks from the stringers, I use a wood saw between the stringer ant the thin plank until you detect the staple and you cut it with a hack saw -- you can do it all with the hacksaw, but it's much harder to slide between the plank and the stringer, that's usually very tight, and any force applied to the staple destroys the plank if you tried to bend it.
Once you have seperated all your planks, you get rid of the staples with a "flat nail" (you remove the sharp end of a nail with a file or cut it with the hacksaw) and you hammer out the staple nails from the contact surface (the face where the stringers and the planks were attached) until you can catch them with plyers from the other side: because ends are bent inside of the wood, that's the only side they are accessible on the stringers. That's a hell of a job, it's long, tedious, but the thin white pine wood is totally worth it: it's soft and easy to work with a hand plane and gives fantastic results at sanding and oiling, while being much lighter than the thick wood you get on standard pallets (up to 2cm thick).
Excellent video, thank you for making it.
Very cool video,thank. Loved the voice and accent too.
Very good. In the past I have used pallets for heat. I will be more careful.
Thank you- I love your gentle and humerous presentation. Great thought put into your life. May you and all with you prosper in peace and tranquil harmony.
Thanks so much for this! This will make things go a lot more quickly for me.
very impressive piece of tutorial! Will use as a future reference
This is exactly how I dismantle my pallets . Tried all other methods but this is better by far 👍
I’ve tried that method with my first few pallets. It’s by far the most difficult and also the slowest. I bought a pallet breaker. I can break down 10-12 pallets in the time it was taking me to do one with your method. Get one and save your back. Good video tho.
There's a video of a guy using 3 blocks of wood and a hammer! It's fantastic how easy he dismantled a full pallet, the wood isn't damaged or anything!
Thank you. Very informative.
Very interesting. The video is very well done.
And then we see the desk and boom, a BOSS loop pedal ! Pallet recycling and music pair well i think :p
A good informative video. Well done!
I've never seen someone hammer that fast! WOW
When I refurbed pallets for a living and had to dismantle them as fast as possible, I used an axe the same as you, only using the cutting edge to chop down between the blocks and the slats attached to them. The axe would normally cut right through the nails but you had to do it HARD and focussed like karate
The WORST pallets I refurbed were ones that came from a bacon factory, covered with meat scraps (and maggots)
what a nice chap.very interesting
many thanks for mentioning which marks on the pallets to look for . which is safe and which are not ' great video .
Amazing, Very nice and helpful.
I look for pallets that will easily "give up". Where to find them? Nice video!
This works with pine, however taking a part a hardwood pallet is a different story.
Lewis Brazil Very true! I don’t bother with pine pallets.
fantastic thanks, great video
Great video good information well done.
SŽ means Slovenske Železnice ;) it was build for Slovenian Railroads
Very practical. Thanks
hello good technique
what do you do with all this Woods
thanks
I build!
Nice technic U got!
thanks. very helpfull
Treatment shouldn't matter for shed cladding.
My missus would love the pallet shelve's for the bedroom
Great
I also this
look up spe. just need a large hammer and 2x4 scraps.
merci excellent
Cool
Wear the protection!
I tried hammering a hammer and crowbars for like 10 minutes and said, "the hell with that". That's too much work. I made and welded my own pallet breaker. just put some ass in it and hardly any bending over is needed. If any.
Everyone on UA-cam says most pallets are pine almost all of the pallets i get are ash or oak they dont come apart like that
i also get quite some with hard wood, some from poland or croatia, also from USA for exemple. it is good they are completly dry, and more patience needed to get them apart for sure! But no pallet will resist in the long run!
One thing that makes me cringe is to see nails pulled out with a claw hammer or nail bar without any protection from flicking into your eye. I know someone who lost an eye with a nail flicking out of the claw.
The hard way !
Nice
Fucking good tutorial mate.....thumbs up
شكرا لك
بكل سرور!
And we do this... why?
Easy?? Ha!!, hardest, by far. but of course
french.
Why do u sound exactly like Mr Bean? Are u rowan Atkinson?
nice compliment leon! well not exactly mr bean, but my accent comes from south europe, the balkan area... where we like to RRRrrrrroll the "R". take care!
Ken Owen
How many times did he stand on the nails, very dangerous.
no way that pile came from 10 pallets, there is wood from at least 40-50 pallets in that pile
use reciprocating saw much more easy
i agree and use it as well, but it leaves the nails inside, and that's not always what you need...
You need to removed the word “easy from the title and replace it with “slow and hard”
You need proper tools for the job.
You will wear yourself out doing this on a daily basis, you need a machine to take all the hard work out of it, save your time and increase your earnings.
Thanks for feedback. I think the choices depend on your priorities. I wouldn't do this on daily basis for years, but my goal was to build a straw and wood tiny house (30m2) among other projects. The budget was extreme minimal, but i had time. I dismantled something like 500 pallets that i got for free (left overs from a pallet factory).
If think if the idea is to get efficient, with some investment, the best option is to go to the next wood sawmill and get fresh planks that i store for a year or two and use for building on...
You say 2 million pallets a day are transported and worth £6 each. Why are you disassembling them to a shack that will rot in 3 years? Pallet breaking is only wise to repair pallets. Lastly this is the second most awkward way I've ever seen to break pallets after my whole life in the industry. JMO
Well sorry if you don't like it... i can only say, i have in the last years dismantled around 500 pallets (that i get for free asking around) and use the planks for dozen projects, from shelves to flooring to ceiling, also roofing, outdoor terrasse, right now as wood structure for a little spa... wood kept in the right conditions doesn't collapse this fast, especially in soft climate... the one exposed to weather been painted regularly keeps of course not like oak would. i also find once in a while pallets made of larch wood of beech... Venice is built on Larch and chesnut tree fondation in the water for centuries, shower walls can be made of wood... I think there is a tendency to think that wood can not resist time, especially pine, but i believe is just matters how you take care of the wood... well, that's my opinion... take care!
Really dude????
To remove the blocks from the planks, clamp the block in a vice and pull up on the plank.