Pallet Wood / NAILS!!!!

[Logged On]

Is there out there, a chainsaw chain that can deal with nail gun sized nails in pallet wood??

 

Boss has taken delivery of pallet wood, complete with their nails!

 

So instead of wasting loads of time looking for the nails and deciding 'where to cut' every second, could you use a chain that'll just munch through the nails...???

[treequip]

In a word, no

 

You can get expensive carbide tipped chain that will need sharpening less often but when you tear the tips off it wont cut at all

[se7enthdevil]

just don't cut through the blocks...

[matelot]

Why do you want to cut the wood? I break up old pallets for firewood, I find a sledgehammer works well (use goggles because the wood flies).

[woody paul]

Evolution rage circular saw is your best bet The Evolution RAGE230 Multipurpose 230mm Circular Saw

[briquette_seller]

Recip saw

[Big J]

Why bother? I can't see how breaking up pallets can make anyone money. If it's kindling you want, I've stacks of cedar edgings (mostly small stuff) at £18 a tonne. Need to break up a lot of pallets to get a tonne!

[Logged On]

Not me Big J... Him!

 

Was offered cash to take them, as they knew he did 'wood'....

 

And so when they arrived, it was 'ooh we'll (more like ME!) do X,Y and Z with it'....

 

He knows of one person that'll take pallet wood for burning - they're not bothered about nails etc...

 

The wood is totally clean though, untreated etc.

 

You mention the rage saw though...?

 

I've seen years ago, that you could get a similar blade for normal Stihl saws too...

 

Thoughts on them??

[rustcutter]

Pallets brilliant firewood amongst a whole load of other secondary uses (and still for firewood as a tertiary use). Just avoid the blocks. I have found the best way to reduce pallets is with a hand circular saw. Smashing them up would just create lots of useless splintered rubbish.

[Justme]

I would be worried that a chainsaw could pull the nail out & launch it towards the operator.