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On Wed, 04 Nov 2020 02:02:50 -0800, jkn wrote:

For large quantities there is a tool called a 'pallet buster' - again,
easily searched for. You can buy these although welding one up yourself
would be in the right spirit...

FiL, whose father in turn was a decorator, had a handed down tool for
extracting nails from door frames (not quite sure why).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hultafors-A.../dp/B004ZFEO4E

Looks a bit like it.

I have one for fencing work. Ideal for staples. Mine has a built in
slide hammer.

Pallet nails tend to be ring shank:-(



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Tim Lamb