OX Pro Handy Bar - 15"

Annually we get a few deliveries arriving on pallets. Being, living and working to my work title suggests (HSE (E for Environmental Management)) we recycle and re-purpose pallet wood. But we don't have space to stow away the pallets indefinitely. Best thing is to break them up with care to keep as much of the wood as possible and be rid of the nails. (By the way, nails are my pet hate in wood work. They are pain in the wots-zits to undo, make a mess of the wood with holes, and to top it all don't hold fast onto wood as much as proper wood screws do. They only hold by friction and if, e.g. with fencing, the winds rock away the pieces of wood, they soon work the nails loose. Nails just hate them.These are my tried and trusted tools for the task. First separate the pieces as much as possible using hammer drill and an SDS+ tile chisel. The stubborn ones I used couple of brick bolsters on oppisides of the wood and lever them away. Naisl that have worked loose use the claw of the claw hammer to remove. Then remains about 20% of nails which are sunk in too deep. So these have to be hammered out on the reverse side a few mm such that it allows the claw of the hammer to bite into. Those nails which have broken off and could not be hammered out far enough on the reverse side are than attacked with a pair of pincers. Phew.I used to also use a crw bar but didn't have much success, which was why I shied away from having a wrecking bar to add to the tool kit for the pallet break up task.However, it used to take good half of a morning to break up one pallet. I was actually looking for a 3 inch bolster with a longer stem and looked at Ox's offerings. On impulse bought this wrecking bar. Turned out to be one of the most useful impulse purchases I have made in at least the last 5 years. Unlike a bolster, the sharp edges of this bar meant it could get into thinner gaps. The choice of two different curvatures of this bar allowes me to quickly open up thin gaps to wider gaps. This bar can do away one of the bolsters and the good news is that with using the black coloured end, pieces of wood could often be parted by this bar alone.In summary, although this bar could not do away with the other tools for the job, it has certainly sped up how quickly I could dismantle each pallet. Used it on one pallet so far but reckon it saved me 15 minutes.Oh, unlike the crow bar, this is short enough to go into any one of my tool boxes or tool bags.

Bought for a roof repair and some other jobs, and so far, it is performing very well and it seems to be well made

Very good quality and great for lifting floor board's, good colour stands out so notice them.

Great for stripping roofs, its sharp ends gets under where its needed and gives you the leverage, it works best alongside a crowbar and its thin design flexes more but allows you to make the first opening, still very strong and good for stripping out old nails, again works best alongside the crowbar for those super tight nails.

Handy little tool for around the house doing DIY jobs , but not robust enough for serious workWould have liked it to have been made from a thicker material

Good strong sturdy product thank you

Fantastic for saving frogs, toads and newts from drains in the migration season. Would really struggle to lift without it!

Did the job brilliantly

The size and length make it very convenient to work with. Excellent

Je m'en sers très régulièrement, et il resiste très bien jusqu'à présent. Bonne prise en main . Les entailles permettent d'attraper facilement tous les types de clous/vis de différents diamètres . Vraiment sympa , bon rapport qualité prix . Attention légèrement tranchant ... je recommande cet article

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Excellent outils,Très populaire au America du nord.Menuisier / Charpentier

This bar is very nice. It's tough. I do new construction and remodeling. It's been my go-to bar over my others. It is tough and gives good leverage.