So have a go with the materials you have to hand (because they are free!) and see how you go, you can always tweak the design once you’ve field tested it. The length of the tines depends on your pallets but the ones above are 150mm (6”) long although for most pallets, 112mm (4 1/2”) or so is sufficient. Then the back plate sits on top of the pallet bearer and the top of the tines are snug under the planks. The easiest way to do this is to weld the tines underneath the back plate. It’s really important the tines or forks fully support the plank when you lever them off because it’s really easy to split or break the plank. Thin stuff will just tear out under load. You need thickish walls to take a really strong weld you see. If you’re going to buy some new steel, I’d go for mild steel 25mm (one inch) box section with minimum 3mm (1/8″) thick walls. The metal sizes are not set in stone either, so substitute them according to what you have to hand, just make sure they are sturdy enough to cope with some pretty hard levering (thick-walled stuff basically). The important one is the distance between the tines, so make sure you adjust that to suit the type of pallet you have (check the bearer size and the width of the planks). Rough measurements for this pallet breaker…ĭon’t worry too much about the measurements, as most of them are not too critical.
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This means it only cost me a few welding rods to make it, result! This is what I managed to make from my scrap metal corner…įree plan showing how to make a pallet breaker or buster, ( download the free PDF here), Use whatever metal you have to hand, the stiffer the better. Did I mention that it’s quicker and easier too?! Simple pallet breaker design (loosely speaking!)įortunately, I hoard bits of metal when I come across them and my old fireplace yielded some useful bits suitable for my pallet breaker. In fact you’ll be able to use over 90% of the wood using a pallet breaker, whereas using regular tools you’ll be lucky to save 60%. Then I discovered that using a pallet breaker doesn’t just make it easy to take pallets apart, it hugely increases the usable planks you save, because you’re much less likely to split or break planks. So after being inspired by an instructable (thanks Darren), I decided to make a proper pallet breaker tool of my very own to make ‘wrecking’ pallets a breeze. Even ‘single use’ pallets are tough to dismantle using normal tools (without breaking lots of planks!). The trailer above yielded 175m (575?) of timber!!
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