EPAL pallet disassembly using minimum tools
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- čas přidán 14. 07. 2024
- Dismantling and de-nailing an EPAL pallet in 12 minutes with 3 tools
00:00 Intro
00:25 Removing base boards and spacer blocks
02:00 Removing long nails from top boards
03:55 Separating top boards
05:05 Removing short nails from top boards
07:40 Separating base boards and spacer blocks
09:45 Removing nails from base boards
11:45 Last-moment drama
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"Big Stick" disassembly method for pallets:
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Unconventional pallet disassembly methods:
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This is how a Jedi dismantles a wooden pallet. Two tools, no damage, job done. Great work.
Unfortunately they don't ALL come apart this easily. The ones with solid wooden blocks (rather than compressed sawdust) usually tear the boards up a bit.
Wow! 12 minutes and no power tool rackets. Thanks for the Real time recording. I too will follow this simple easiest method. Thank you Sir
I'm glad you liked it, thanks for commenting. 😊
Euro pallets are some of the hardest to dismantle.
This system is excellent
Their hardest sub-type for disassembly are the ones that use solid wood spacer blocks, once the nails have become a little rusty.
Also, If you liked this video, you might find this one interesting:
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This is my preferred method as sometimes the only place and time I have to dismantle a pallet is at night in the basement. Less noise and mess than using power tools.
I like this way better than just cutting the nails because there could be forgotten parts of the nails in the wood which could harm other tools used to cut the boards. This way you are sure all the nails are gone.
It's slower, but more thorough. Occasionally I miss a nail and have to re-sharpen my plane though.
Thank you for posting this video, simple tools and well-organized method. Cheers
Thank you for the feedback, it's much appreciated.
I'm building my fitness to do a "speed run" pallet disassembly in a few months, my ultimate goal is under 5 minutes. 😃
You've probably already found it, but I listed the tools used for this video here:
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@@TightwadWorkshop 😆 ordered the wrecking bar following your suggestion. Ready for muscle-building 💪
@@FabMoment It's worth spending the extra $3.50 to get a 600mm bar.
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This is a very honest recording. The broken bucket at the end proved that. One other hand tool I would suggest would be a rubber mallet as not to damage the surface of the wood when a hammer is needed for other than hitting nails.
Thanks Dan, the broken blue bucket is the reason why I have a green bucket in the video thumbnail image. :-)
❤ Love this a lot ❤. Have those tools at home, too. And best of it it is a real time pull apart video 🙏 thx for sharing and blessings from Germany
Thanks for watching - I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
I got a wood stove in the house and those compressed sawdust blocks are really good burning material for it! They burn very long and produce very little smoke, it is a little worse on the chimney though, so you have to make sure to have it sweeped every season!
Thank you for that information. I was wondering how to sell them but I'll keep them for myself.
Maybe I've just been unlucky, but the ones I've tried in my wood stove have burned very reluctantly, with lots of smoke and a terrible smell.
My house is in town, and because I try not to annoy my neighbours too much I've stopped burning the blocks. Now I feed 2 or 3 blocks per week into my garbage bin.
I really love the way you do it how easily ... i'll try this method... thanks
Well, practice makes perfect! :-)
(I recorded myself disassembling 3 different EPAL pallets, and this one worked the best!)
Good idea mister
Good, fast and organized.
I disassembled 2 practice pallets first! 😉
Ur are awesome sir. That’s hard work but excellently done
Thank you, I appreciate it. 🙂
Nice job mate!
Cheers from London 👍😎🏴🇬🇧
I'm happy that you liked it! My first (and so far only) visit to London was almost exactly 3 years ago. Hope things are going well for you there today.
Nice work my friend, I appreciate your video. Nice job thanks for best way to dismantle pallet.
Thanks for your comment, I'm glad it was helpful. :-)
@@TightwadWorkshop I appreciate your attention.Thanks my friend
I only have 400 subscribers Rajiv, I can still give the "personal touch". :-)
@@TightwadWorkshop I love this Bravo..wait you will get more people on your board. All the best and keep posting new ideas like .
god job, I'm doing them pretty much the same way with the addition of a pallet buster (bit sore on the back after a while all that kneeling down) some pallets I come across have threaded nails which are a right PIA to get out so usually end up sawing the slats off instead
Yes, my own back has taken a turn for the worse a few months ago, so now I do the disassembly on top of a pair of trestles (czcams.com/video/0VOqTW6Xq9k/video.html).
These EPAL pallets are usually pretty good, but sometimes you'll find one with all of the nail ends "clinched" over on the underside. I usually just cut those ones up for firewood, and sift the nails out of the ashes afterwards. :-)
Impressive. Thanks.
Thanks for watching! 😊
You are the best!
Happy to help! Don't forget to enter the big xmas giveaway prize draw! 😀
Like a Boss!
Man man man ich hab schon Soviele Paletten zerlegt,aber das Video ist mega,dadurch wird’s deutlich einfacher 👍👍👍
Hey, gern geschehen! Welche Methode haben Sie bisher verwendet?
@@TightwadWorkshop die Chaos Methode 🤣
Mehr brechen, als überlegen…🤣
Ich kenne die Chaos-Methode - ich verwende sie bei Paletten, bei denen alle Nägel mit umgebogenen Enden versehen sind.
(Normalerweise verwandle ich auf diese Weise Paletten in Brennholz!)
perfect!
Thanks Tomas!
Good Job Sir
Master...!! best way..!!
Thank you! 😀
Good idea man 👍I try and success
I'm glad that it worked for you! Thanks for letting me know.
The best.
Thanks Sergio! 😊
Keep the all wood and get rid of the cork all bits glue together, those blocks the kids can make dice with
Dude how big are your kids?
Bravo
Thank you! :-)
Cons: takes longer
Pros: FREE NAILS
The EPAL nails are pretty good for hammering back in, too! (The twisty nails used on most pallets are only intended for use with a nail gun, they're harder to drive in straight with a hammer).
It's seems so easy. Generaly, it's necessary more long time to realiz this "job"
Practice helps a lot. I made this video 3 times, and this version had the fewest difficult nails. 😊
Esas tarimas son de queso, yo desarmo una, más duras que la vida
Eso es cierto, pero a veces obtienes uno fácil de desmontar.
Creo que te puede gustar más este video :-)
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Dankeschön
Du bist herzlich Willkommen.
bravo !! io ci ho messo molto di piu; ce da dire che questo pallet è di recente costruzione, perche se fosse vecchio di 10 anni non lo smonti cosi bene
Sono d'accordo! Una volta che le tavole si asciugano e i chiodi si arrugginiscono, è molto più probabile che finisca con un mucchio di schegge e legna da ardere!
Bravo mi piace
Grazie Luigi, sono felice che ti sia piaciuto. :-)
I've never seen epal pallets come apart so easily. I've tried this method and every time the heads of the nails pull through the boards or the heads pop off.
I have about a 50% success rate (slightly better when I use the EPAL pallets made with compressed sawdust spacer blocks). Practice helps a bit, but there's still an element of chance in it - I had to record 3 takes to get this video, and even in this one I ended up with some broken firewood pieces.
Nice video. Execuse my English, what is the name of the black tool you using?
Thanks
Hi Sakauk. Here in Australia it's called a "wrecking bar", or sometimes a "pry bar". Here's a link to a range of them:
www.bunnings.com.au/products/tools/hand-tools/hammers-wreckers/wrecking-bars
@@TightwadWorkshop thanks for getting back. I actually watched another video from your channel and found out the name and already bought one. Thanks mate.
You're welcome, I'm happy that I was able to help! :-)
Me encantó el video menos charla y más acción perfecto hay otros que es 15 minutos hablando y 2 de echos
¡Gracias! Sin embargo, tengo muchos otros videos donde puedes escuchar mi hermosa voz... :-)
Another observation is the kind of nails that are being used. Spiral shanks can frustrate your day. A Canadian invention, they dont like to be removed, so resort to a reciprocating saw. Ggrrrrrrr, lets giter done!
Unfortunately they'll always get you one way or the other. If you cut them off and leave the shanks in the wood, you can't plane the boards...
Cut them down to 1 inch or so with a small pair of bolt cutters. Then they'll drive out easily with your hammer, making them easier to pull out from the other side.
simple sans avoir d'outil à fabriquer. un marteau et un pied de biche suffisent
Parfois, j'utilise aussi la pince pour redresser les clous tordus, mais la plupart des palettes se démontent avec juste le marteau et le pied de biche.
It’s easy with new Paletts…. But how is it with old??🤔
With old pallets I usually end up with fewer usable boards, and more firewood! :-)
But it would be more interesting to work with old pallets 👍🏻😌
That's true, but when I'm out collecting pallets I'll always select the newer ones first. Life is hard enough already, I don't need to fight with old broken pallets as well. :-)
@@TightwadWorkshop
you have right 💪🏻👍🏻
Good luck and have fun😉😌
You’re right. Dry, new pallets are easy. It’s those old, heavy ones with cube corners and rusted screw nails that are the problem.
Why has your pallet blocks come of so easy without splitting and the nails so straight, looks set up.
You don't need the crowd bar when you got a claw hammer to do same task of removing nails
The sawdust blocks hardly ever split, but the wooden blocks usually give me big trouble!
I started using a crowbar for pulling nails when I broke the wooden handle in a hammer once, also the crow bar is longer and gives more leverage (for easier pulling).
As for the set up, this was the best out of the 3 EPAL disassembly videos that I recorded. I still had 1 split board, but the other 2 made a lot more firewood!
@@TightwadWorkshop sound more right, have got hold of an split about 20 or more pallets some split easier than others.
I ain't touching the blue and red cos they treated and said to be toxic and nosty chemical the clean new look ones are save easier to used with no dirty nor fungus etc
I only use the unpainted ones branded "HT" (for "Heat Treated")
@@TightwadWorkshop The ones marked with what looks like an ear of corn on the middle block are safe, they are cleared for transporting foodstuffs.
@@svennoren9047 That's good to know Sven, thank you! :-)
Y de 12 minutos?.
These EPAL pallets fall apart very easily when handling with forklift, especially after taking a boat ride. The worst block pallets are the ones from Vietnam or from Communist China. I don’t know the wood the Vietnamese use, but it has a similar color pattern to cedar and makes for some unique looking designs. The People’s Republic is just generic pine like most American Pallets.
That makes sense, considering how many of them that I've found with a "missing leg"! 😀
At my end of their lifecycle, the "sawdust block" type are much easier to disassemble than the ones which use solid wooden blocks - do you get the same results with your forklift?
Wear protection! Stab-proof shoes! Gloves! Safety goggles and Hearing protection if you work with powertools - remember if you loose one eye, you will regret it the rest of your life and the same goes with stupid, unnecessary injuries!
I'm disappointed that you only added this comment to 2 out of my 3 "pallet disassembly" videos. You really should add it to this one as well, it's advocating much more dangerous activities:
czcams.com/video/OCJhoRsj5us/video.html
@@TightwadWorkshop Yippie!
Tutorial de Como desarmar pallet? No será mucho?
Gracias por comentar Jorge.
Me sorprendió que este se convirtiera en mi video más popular. Creo que mucha gente tiene problemas para desarmar paletas EPAL.
Quería mostrar el proceso completo, sin ediciones, para ser honesto sobre cuánto tiempo toma y qué puede salir mal. Tardo 12 minutos porque soy un viejo gordo con problemas de columna. :-)
Super fast so x 3 for me 🙂
Thank you! :-)
Дякую 🫶
Ласкаво просимо. :-)
Tuni nine ilk her lig mult vjhs
What he said.
@@david9783 Even Google Translate couldn't help me with that comment, I still don't know if it was applause or criticism!
@@TightwadWorkshop Neither could I! : )
Lose are not ring shank nails. Too easy.
Yes, these are EPAL pallets. And since the EU has their own particular way of doing things, the standard design for an EPAL specifies both the type and number of nails that are allowed to be used to build one.
www.epal-pallets.org/eu-en/load-carriers/epal-euro-pallet
It only takes a bit of common sense to work this out,
Lreally bad idea ,to do like that , Well if you like it .
I was young, I needed the money.
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Hab mir das dafür gebaut.
Gruß aus Deutschland.
Ihr habt hervorragende Bauarbeit geleistet! Ihre Maschine scheint viel besser zu funktionieren als die Big-Stab-Methode, die ich bei dieser Art von Palette verwende:
czcams.com/video/BYWYVVy5Mtc/video.html
@@TightwadWorkshop ja aber ist bei dir sehr gut und ordentlich gemacht.
Vor und Nachteile.
Gruß aus Deutschland.
Peter
Eine letzte Sache, Peter:
Ich verwende Google Translate, um meine nicht englischsprachigen Untertitel zu erstellen. Sind die deutschen Untertitel für einen Muttersprachler sinnvoll oder klingen sie etwas seltsam?
Really.....you sure picked a hard one there buddy...what a joke
Thanks for your constructive feedback. Much appreciated. 👍👍
Fake.
Thank you for your constructive feedback.