Stop breaking pallets with hammers and crowbars. Get yourself a Pallet Buster for an easier life!

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Күн бұрын

Having spent more than a year splitting pallets with crowbars and sledge hammers, I treated myself to a Pallet Buster and I will never go back to my old ways! #palletbuster #palletsplitter #pallets

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@ussdiscovery6912 27 күн бұрын

I bought my pallet buster from Amazon last summer and I really like it.

@darattaqwa 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this, very useful tip.. is pallet wood ideal for building sheds / garden furniture? And someone mentioned that some pallets are not safe to use (has some markings on the pallets)

@craftingrob 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your kind feedback. Yes you could build garden furniture out of pallet wood, and whilst you could build a shed, your pallet lengths are probably only going to be 4 foot long, so you'll need to get good at joining wood, possibly with a biscuit jointer or using dowels, I use dowels. As for the markings, here is an article explaining the markings, basically HT (Heat Treated) is the safest, and MB and SF are to be avoided. www.universalpallets.com/2018/01/ultimate-guide-pallet-markings/ In Europe, we haven't treated pallets with chemicals for years and I've *NEVER* seen anything other than HT, which are perfectly safe, but check for the area that you are in. Good luck.

@darattaqwa 2 ай бұрын

@@craftingrob thank you, and just after I asked you my question I watched some of your other videos on pallets to planters, tables.. keep up the good work

@craftingrob 2 ай бұрын

Thanks :-)

@joesisco1925 Ай бұрын

Can't hear ya very well, my guy. Pallet busting is easier with a crowbar, a mallet, and a screwdriver all day. The pallet buster is dangerous, difficult, and destroys the boards if there are halfway decent nails installed. With the tools I mentioned, I can bust a pallet in 15 minutes going at a steady pace, including nails. I get more usable wood and don't have to dodge rusty nails when a board pops. A tool that works faster than a maniac with a sledge, isn't really a seller. I made a pallet buster and it sucked. I thought I made it badly, so I bought one. It still sucked. I even noticed that the pallet you demonstrated on was made with weaker wood. Sometimes the pallets are thick with long twisted nails, and extremely difficult to pull, even with the buster. Sorry for the novel, but lots of people are promoting these things and others are finding they aren't worth their weight in manure! Good video but you gotta do something about your audio.

@craftingrob Ай бұрын

All fair points. I guess it's personal preference, but I break about 20 pallets at a time, and I would chose the pallet buster over a hammer and crowbar every time, but maybe it's not for everybody. I agree that it doesn't tackle the big beefy euro pallets, but they are like hens teeth here, 95% of the pallets that I pick up for free, are like in the video, and it works a treat on those. Re the sound, yes my good camera went into storage after we had a flood and I was using an old GoPro3 for the last few weeks, but I have my better camera back now, so hopefully the audio is going to be better going forwards. Thanks for the feedback.

@joesisco1925 Ай бұрын

@@craftingrob To be fair, I live in Australia, just about everything is imported from overseas. Like you I bust down 20 to 30 at a time and it takes a day, sometimes two. I found that the more you do it with the tools I mentioned the more you develop techniques to do it better, faster, and more efficiently. However, as you said, to each his own! Keep it up, and I will look forward to more of your vids!

@ussdiscovery6912 27 күн бұрын

I busted 7 pallets in 20 minutes with my pallet buster from Amazon. Didn't even break a sweat.

@Tensquaremetreworkshop 4 ай бұрын

Personally, I think the sledge looked a lot easier.

@craftingrob 4 ай бұрын

Ha ha, yes you're right, I made it look too easy by choosing a very very easy slat to take out with the sledge hammer. However you have to have clear space above the slat to be able to drop the sledge onto it, so with most of my pallets, that's only about 20% of the pallet. Then the other 80% is painfully prying apart with a small lump hammer and crowbar. I should have made that clearer.

@Tensquaremetreworkshop 4 ай бұрын

@@craftingrob Thanks for explaining! At my local Men's Shed we break up a lot of pallets. Sale of 3 or 4 trug baskets would buy the Buster- will suggest it. Probably better than a wrecking bar and Skilsaw...

@snooker1972 2 ай бұрын

Also find a way of having the pallet upright with the buster, then you can use more of your body weight to pry the wood off👍