New Found Pallet Passion - Part II (The Tool)

That’s brilliant! I assume you welded it up yourself. I need one of those. I better start looking for reclaimed metal so I can make make a tool to reclaim the wood from pallets! haha! That’s def neat!

-- Greg, Owner, Quality Carpet One, www.qualitycarpetonecrofton.com

Nice I think I will have to have one of those made.

-- --- Richard Jackson

Heck yeah, dude! What a great idea. Pretty it up and start selling those bad boys! :)

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

Yup, that’s pretty cool!

-- without wood there is no woodworking, mill it.

JR_Dog,
Sorry, but I just filed for the U.S. patent & distribution rights!!! However, I will cut you in an 1% of the profits! Lol.

Did you put dimensions in the original post? I might just have to make one or two. One for my personal vehicle & another for the work truck!!!

I’ll see ya around the pallet pile. We can have a pallet reclamation party/contest!
Thanks for sharing this!

-- Randy-- I may not be good...but I am slow!

its a very clever idea :-)
but not sure I can use it on the pallets we have here since
the pine splinter apart tooo easy
wonder why it havn´t come up before since I have seen doorlifters
with wheels under the bar instead but using the same tec.

thanks for sharing
Dennis

Wow! Seven comments and 7 times favorited. You must be on to something. I could use this, too. I have some pallets from work with boards on the top over 1 inch thick, oak with spiral nails. I have pulled the nail head through the board!

-- The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know. Ron, Crossville Tn

Ba da bop bah bah …. im lovin it!

-- "there aren’t many hand tools as awe-inspiring as the #8 jointer. I mean, it just reeks of cast iron heft and hubris" - Smitty

Looks great man, so where is the form to order one? Nice, nice, nice!

-- If I could just get this whole "Time/Money" problem figured out...

Great tool and sounds like many would like to have one

-- Norman

I would like to take the credit for this however as I’d mentioned in my previous post “New Found Pallet Passion” which I put a link to at the top of this post.. I didn’t come up with this idea but only took the concept from a you tube post and had a local private welder put this together. Even though I didn’t come up with it I still had fun.

If I had it to do over again I probably would have ordered the one from Gareth in the UK; his is much better in that it accommodates both a 2 inch and 4 inch runner; more versatility and more tool for the money. It ended up costing me about 100 bucks after I bought the supplies and tipped the welder for doing it for me.. if I had my own welding equipment it would have only cost me about $60 for materials.

Having said that I am still appreciative to all the atta boy’s; and as I mentioned before if it helps inspire someone to either purchase the real one or take what I put together and have an easier time capturing this great free wood opportunity I’m all the happier for it.

-- The Best Intentions Bring Undoubtabliy Something Less But Nontheless Something..."

I definitely need one of those. Might have to have a welder make one up for me, I’d pay actual money for that tool…

-- Plank says: "If you're a little board, might as well get hammered!"

Good luck on the pallet hunting, try some flooring stores, I have found some nice wood used for pallets, including purple heart and mahogany. I have had a tool like that for about 15 years but haven’t used it in a while. They work great.

-- Z, Rockwall, TX

Very nice!

-- I played with Legos as a kid and I never had the part I thought I needed, so I learned to improvise. Now I'm an engineer with a woodworking hobby.

I borrowed something similar to pull old floor boards. Great idea I usually saw between the nails and only get short stock.

-- Jeff,