Roughneck Gorilla ROU64644 Pallet Buster – Heavy-Duty Demolition Pry Bar for Dismantling & Lifting Pallets, Floorboards, Paving Stones

I have used this on several pallets, including those fiendish hard wood ones that sandstone pavers come in, and a large wooden decking. It is an absolute godsend. Does the job with a fraction of the effort and gives a cleaner result. Worth every penny.

OK,Like it says this is a pallet breaker - so to start with DO NOT buy this product if you want to 'recover' nice, clean, unbroken pieces of wood from pallets - If you want nice, clean etc then do it by hand.You might to need to know some levering techniques in order to get the best out of this device, as people have reported that for some pallets the prongs are too narrow, well there are ways around this issue.You'll need a block of wood or brick to help with the breaking as well (see pictures).It weighs about @7lb/4kgs, seems solidly built, the prongs are all single piece, wielded to the main body, the body itself is very sturdy, and the handle, whilst not being (and this is a guess) solid, does seem to be thick walled tubing. The handle is nice and big and easy to grip.I'd ignore the 1 and 2 star reviews, look to me about an older model from looking at the pictures.As a marker - I dismantle a pallet beforehand (in the old way) and it would take me from 20 to 30 minutes.I timed myself, not rushing, and i dismantled a pallet in less than 15 minutes.So I recently got 9 pallets, and one was really solid, and I must says a gave this breaker a LOT of force to split the pallet apart - and it took is with no issues. (How one of the other reviews 'bent' their shaft - i don't know - but they must have put a lot of pressure on it to do that.Using the breaker, I've uploaded some picture of breaking a pallet, of how I'd start to dismantle one.The picture are -Pic 1 - a standard pallet - 3 'boards' on the bottom, 7 on the top.Pic 2 - To start with, the breaker won't reach.Pic 3 - Here where the block/brick comes in - use it to help lever off one end.Repeat this for all three 'joints'.Pic 4 - Showing here how a larger EURO pallet might look, so the prongs aren't wide enough.Pic 5 - Use the prongs at an angle and lever the block apart.Pic 6 - Use one prongs to level the block up.Pic 7 - If the block is wide enough then lever as shown.Pic 8 - If the block is not wide enough then use at an angle.Once the 3 boards and all blocks have been removed, turn the remaining pallet over and remove the boards from outside inwards - this will help as when levering the board will act in your favour (see one of the other reviewers video clips).You'll then be left with boards that need denailing - I'm going to use claw hammer for this as, whilst it's there, the nail remover will be a bit fiddly - but might be of use for big nails.Overall review - 10/10 - Couldn't be more happier with it.

Great quality, super strong tool. Certainly works well.

Well made, easy to use, does a great job, wish I had brought one sooner, makes breaking pallets down so easy with minimal breakages.

Great tool should of bought when I started pulling pallets apart.

Good tool.

Tough enough for the big pallets!!

I absolutely love it. Best £30 I've spent for quite some time. Built to last. Makes stripping pallets down for kindling, a piece of cake. Thoroughly recommended.