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• With the pallet in a vertical position, cut through the nails that hold the slats to the frame. This is the fastest, easiest, and safest way to take a pallet apart, and can be done in just a few minutes.

If you want full waterproofing for your wooden pallets, you'll want to apply a lacquer or varnish sealant. These sealants should be applied at room temperature, and with proper ventilation as the chemicals can be quite strong and even harmful in prolonged exposure.Dec 4, 2020

• Choose pallets that show no sign of deterioration. Although they might be easier to disassemble, the wood is more...
• Don’t try to take apart pallets with regular tools. Shipping pallets are built with annular ring nails, which are...
• Purchase a Sawzall tool. A handheld reciprocating saw will reduce pallet deconstruction from 30 minutes or more to...
• Buy a metal cutting 12-inch (30.5cm) demolition blade. The five-inch (12.7cm) blade that comes with the saw will not...

• Disassemble the pallet to make the wooden Christmas tree. Remove the pallet boards from the pallet and rip each board down the middle. ...
• Cut out a piece of plywood 18″ x 18″. Lay the pieces of pallet wood end to end and stagger them like bricks. ...
• Trace a basic outline of a Christmas tree. We went old school. ...
• Frame the cut-out of the wooden tree. ...

A stringer pallet is called that because it uses "stringers," which support the unit load. The stringers are the boards, typically 2 x 4's or 3 x 4's, sandwiched between the top and bottom deck boards.

• Choose the Best Pallets. The best pallets are the cleanest. ...
• Assemble Your Tools. They key to taking apart pallets in record time is using a reciprocating saw. ...
• Start Cutting. Place the pallet on its end with the nails parallel to the ground. ...
• Hold Steady. ...
• Pull the 2x4s. ...
• Center Cut. ...
• Use Hand Tools. ...
• Pop the Nails Through. ...
• Pull the Nails. ...
• Prep Your Wood. ...

• A single wood pallet can hold about 5000 lbs. if set by itself on a concrete floor. If wood pallets are stacked 2 to 4 pallets high, the limit is 1938 lbs per pallet. When loaded length-wise onto a pallet rack (big shelf) the limit is 2085 lbs. When loaded width-wise on a pallet rack, the limit is 1728 lbs.

• Place the V groove at the nail head and hammer the end of the staple puller until the nail is sitting in the back of the V and the nail is lifting out of the pallet. Slowly pry the nail up until you can pull the nail out completely.