the WRONG pallet?

[mandaloon]

Is there a knack to taking a pallet apart?? The last one I tried to dismantle seemed to have a " self distruct" mode !
It was put together with nails that had ridges on them acting like "barbs" which meant that the nail didnt budge and the wood just split away from it. In the end I gave up and had to get someone to dump it . what a waste!
What was I doing wrong?

[Totally Scrambled]

There is a special tool for dismantling pallets but Al found an old garden fork with a tine missing in the middle worked well. Fork over the bar the slats are nailed to, the tines under the slat and lever up and the nails came out.
Hope that's some help.
I will try and find the post.
Dom

[Totally Scrambled]

Ah. The one I found was his prototype post in the admin area which is why you can't see it. I'm sure he posted it on main forum so will have another look
Dom

[ChrisG]

If he agrees, perhaps you could do a copy and paste? If you dont find it on the main forum, that is.

[AL37]

Here's a picture showing how I lever the boards off.

[Totally Scrambled]

Cheers Al
Dom

[ChrisG]

Thanks Al

[AL37]

Cheers Al
Dom

You are welcome Dom.

[Richard]

Just to clear things up, we have a hidden category where we sometimes compose messages before we post them.
Examples being a Competition, the Party threads etc. We store them there and click them on when necessary.
Dom obviously found it down there rather than up here, it wasn't removed, just a copy.

Richard

[bluebell]

Having seen a couple of photos showing wooden seats on DTL, I think I would like to have a go at this sometime in the future.

That's a really helpful technique, Al.

[Mrs B]

I tried to split pallets once, I managed to get nail going all through my foot. I am such a jinx

[Mallard]

Even with a pallet splitting tool the wood will splinter and split sometimes. I was told (on good authority) it helps if the pallets are a bit damp!
I still sometimes resort to prising them apart a bit and hacksawing the nails off if it's good timber!

[AL37]

Yes Mallard a few ours of rain on them makes a big difference.

[aceface]

brilliant idea Al am gonna pass this onto my brother if thats okay

[HappyBob]

Ha taking pallats apart, I,m afraid there is a bit of an apprenticehip to serve before you get competent at dismantling a pallet, also a few cuts, grazes and splinters. Not to mention "Springback". But once you have mastered the mysteries of the pallet a whole new horizon in frugal building is your reward, where your only boundry is your imagination. Learn well students.