Customer Reviews for VEVOR Pallet Buster, 50'' Carbon Steel Handle Wrecking Pry Bar, 2000 lbs Weight Capacity, Heavy Duty Deck Board Removal Tool, Multipurpose Demolition Bar for Flooring, Framing, Roofing, Trim, Drywall

I got this pallet buster specifically to breakdown wooden pallets, but it has proven to have many more uses around my farmhouse. I have heavy-duty pallets that used to carry aluminum bars, which I get for free from a local business to use as firewood. They are made from hardwood and have heavy threaded nails holding them together, but this tool still tears them apart with ease. I burn the wood, but you could salvage and reuse it because this doesn't destroy the integrity of the boards. I've been able to use this for several other things as well including as a torque bar and prying apart cemented/glued landscaping stones and decor. This is heavy-duty, but it is not too heavy to carry around on the property. I don't see any way that this could break - there are no weak points. The shape and design is pretty ergonomic and easy for anyone at any height or weight to use.

This is a pretty useful tool works great for shingles or ripping boards and flooring up. Built outta sturdy materials should last a lifetime. Great tool for an awesome price

I put some pics of how thick the steel is on the claw. It is a real plate steel fixture, not a bunch of stamped out laminations. The shaft threads together, but there is a tubing bridge that takes the prying stress, so the threaded stud is just holding the halves together. This is a thoughtful feature, because the shaft takes a lot of stress and you do not have any flex with the sleeve of tubing. The welds are of basic quality, but go full joint and all looked hot. This bar feel like you do not have to baby it at all. The geometry of the prying section worked perfectly when I had to tear out a bunch of old deck boards.

I will preface this review by stating that what I ordered and what I received are two different products. When I initially ordered, my order was for a pallet buster, and what I received is a demolition bar, which is now what's in the product listing and description. To be honest, what I received is more useful to me than a simple pallet buster. That said, this led to some confusion. This is a heavy pry bar and is able to easily break up drywall, pull nails, pry framing from doorways, rip up flooring and more. It's not a tool that's designed to work cleanly, but rather it's designed to get the job done. It is rated for up to 2,000 lbs. so it should handle most light construction jobs. It will work as a pallet buster, but that's not its strength. It is not the largest tool so it doesn't always get nails out completely. In a few cases I have had to use a crowbar to finish where this tool got started. I got a different tool than I ordered, but I am mostly pleased with it. It's a little more versatile than a pallet buster and it works pretty well, though it is not perfect.

Got this VEVOR Pallet Buster to help with disassembling pallets and other demolition for collecting salvaged lumber for use in a small workshop, which is great for practicing fine carpentry skills on a low budget. My goal is to be able to make some really nice stuff out of this scrap wood before I start on projects for kitchen and bathroom cabinets, and fine other furniture, using new wood, there are tons of neat examples of \"pallet wood projects\" on Youtube. Design, build quality, and functionality are all good, this works well as a pry bar and mostly as expected. The gray part is heavy duty solid steel, the orange part is a hollow tube handle extension, at first I was skeptical about handle but it works fine, the little bit of flexing may even be helpful, and being able to take it apart makes for easier storage & transport. Using this for pallet wood salvage definitely has a learning curve, at first I was splitting about two-thirds of the boards, now I'm splitting about one-third, but this is much faster and easier than using a small pry bar & claw hammer, which only splits about a quarter. When I combine this with using a cordless reciprocating saw to cut the split-prone edge joints, I can pry apart a pallet with only one or two splits, with more practice maybe no board splits. For demolition salvage, this should be similarly useful for decks, barn walls & floors, and other plank construction, I'm looking forward to trying it but haven't had the opportunity do that yet. I would not trust this to pry apart fine hardwood floors for salvage, but it could do that very fast for renovation. Note, the tines have blunt tips and are too \"fat\" to push into a wood joint, this can only push up from on a board from below with leverage against the structural joist it's attached to. If the tines were sharpened, e.g. with an angle grinder, it might be able to be pounded directly into joints with a hammer, or well aimed swing - that would also make for a brutal horror

This is a pretty powerful way to take things apart. Pallets are basically 'nothing' to take apart with this tool, but you can pretty much take apart anything you can slide the teeth under if there a leverage point as well. Its very handy that you can unscrew the handle and store it in like a truck tool box or on a shelf. You can use it very easily without the extension but the extension makes it even easier. I am thinking this might even be handy for sawing up trees (jacking the wood off the ground to avoid getting your bar in the dirty). I havent tried that yet, but I suspect I will have a chance in a few weeks.