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. 🙂
@woodymurphy45227 жыл бұрын
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.
@glenfenderman2 жыл бұрын
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.
@guyh.45535 жыл бұрын
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!
@jakeweber42787 жыл бұрын
I wish every KZbin-er did such well made instructional videos! Bravo!
@LosoIAm7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing and love the commentary, esp at the end regarding the insane amount of trees being cut down.
@terrybergin49217 жыл бұрын
Best pallet-dismantling video I've seen, thanks.
@RegisMichelLeclerc Жыл бұрын
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).
@alanfrehley13734 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Narrator sounds a friendly person. My teacher was always impatient!
@wingflying7 жыл бұрын
Great Video . Always good to get a fresh idea on how to dismantle pallets. Great explanation on the pallet codes. thanks.
@VitorMadeira5 жыл бұрын
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.
@rachelpayne78626 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I just got some pallets like this and didn't know where to start. But now I do! Thank you!
@radlyspain7 жыл бұрын
your voice is fantastic! thank you very helpful.
@shanetimberedowl95417 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, inspiring video 👍. Lots of great tips and examples of your work. Keep them coming! would love to see more
@davidbutler97875 жыл бұрын
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.
@smokysantana5 жыл бұрын
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.
@IndependenceFilms8 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this! This will make things go a lot more quickly for me.
@dewolfen51297 жыл бұрын
This is exactly how I dismantle my pallets . Tried all other methods but this is better by far 👍
@Bratmonsta3 жыл бұрын
The information on safety of pallets is something new. Thank you. Very good video
@kibbyken59753 жыл бұрын
ditto on the safety codes!
@mpethybridge6 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, thank you for making it.
@somatder6 жыл бұрын
very impressive piece of tutorial! Will use as a future reference
@LADELCOTO5 жыл бұрын
Very cool video,thank. Loved the voice and accent too.
@GOLDSMITHEXILE3 жыл бұрын
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)
@PENFOLD19625 жыл бұрын
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!
@trouts44446 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. The video is very well done.
@davidfauremusic2 жыл бұрын
And then we see the desk and boom, a BOSS loop pedal ! Pallet recycling and music pair well i think :p
@lewisbrazil54857 жыл бұрын
This works with pine, however taking a part a hardwood pallet is a different story.
@kathyyoung17744 жыл бұрын
Lewis Brazil Very true! I don’t bother with pine pallets.
@jonbuckley74066 жыл бұрын
I look for pallets that will easily "give up". Where to find them? Nice video!
@roberttill37874 жыл бұрын
A good informative video. Well done!
@jameswright62567 жыл бұрын
fantastic thanks, great video
@Robocoppat7 жыл бұрын
I've never seen someone hammer that fast! WOW
@paullarnce21677 жыл бұрын
Very practical. Thanks
@CrazyCoupleDIY5 жыл бұрын
Amazing, Very nice and helpful.
@johnlewis9745 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Very informative.
@cotdot664 жыл бұрын
Great video good information well done.
@raymondkilminster21942 жыл бұрын
many thanks for mentioning which marks on the pallets to look for . which is safe and which are not ' great video .
@pauloroarty17993 жыл бұрын
what a nice chap.very interesting
@Quellesinfos7 жыл бұрын
hello good technique what do you do with all this Woods thanks
@magicmarmelade5 жыл бұрын
I build!
@RobiLJ2 жыл бұрын
SŽ means Slovenske Železnice ;) it was build for Slovenian Railroads
@dangermartin695 жыл бұрын
To remove the blocks from the planks, clamp the block in a vice and pull up on the plank.
@terjegrov8994 жыл бұрын
Nice technic U got!
@sishowser8484 жыл бұрын
thanks. very helpfull
@crazy19015 жыл бұрын
merci excellent
@logancrazy53665 жыл бұрын
My missus would love the pallet shelve's for the bedroom
@xrb52895 жыл бұрын
شكرا لك
@magicmarmelade5 жыл бұрын
بكل سرور!
@kenbradshaw758514 күн бұрын
The hard way !
@rawbacon2 жыл бұрын
Cool
@Bea_remembrance5 жыл бұрын
Nice
@hitulparipackaging85152 жыл бұрын
Great I also this
@irvinwittmeier52085 жыл бұрын
Everyone on KZbin says most pallets are pine almost all of the pallets i get are ash or oak they dont come apart like that
@magicmarmelade5 жыл бұрын
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!
@danagreen47005 жыл бұрын
look up spe. just need a large hammer and 2x4 scraps.
@lydiahubbell62782 жыл бұрын
Wear the protection!
@joelex7966 Жыл бұрын
Treatment shouldn't matter for shed cladding.
@darciano186 жыл бұрын
Fucking good tutorial mate.....thumbs up
@globeforever97775 жыл бұрын
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.
@TomKaren947 жыл бұрын
And we do this... why?
@caddi706 жыл бұрын
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.
@kenowen99956 жыл бұрын
Ken Owen
@kenowen99956 жыл бұрын
How many times did he stand on the nails, very dangerous.
@NoggleBaum5 жыл бұрын
Easy?? Ha!!, hardest, by far. but of course french.
@residentsniper6 жыл бұрын
Why do u sound exactly like Mr Bean? Are u rowan Atkinson?
@magicmarmelade6 жыл бұрын
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!
@piotrpiogrys10757 жыл бұрын
use reciprocating saw much more easy
@magicmarmelade7 жыл бұрын
i agree and use it as well, but it leaves the nails inside, and that's not always what you need...
@elcapitan66053 жыл бұрын
no way that pile came from 10 pallets, there is wood from at least 40-50 pallets in that pile
@andypophead6 жыл бұрын
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
@magicmarmelade6 жыл бұрын
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!
@guyh.45535 жыл бұрын
Really dude????
@techscrew210 ай бұрын
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.
@magicmarmelade10 ай бұрын
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...