- The Original Deck Wrecker Deck Board Removal Tool. Heavy-Duty Professional-Grade Pry Bar Engineered for Power & Efficiency. Trusted by Professionals for Their Toughest Jobs

Without any question whatsoever, the Duckbill Deck Wrecker falls into the same category as the wheel and sliced bread. Yes -- it's that practical. It is one of the finest and most useful tools for its purpose that I have ever owned. For the removal of old deck planks, nothing works finer! It saves you, at least, four-fifths of the time and effort (maybe even more!) that it would normally take using a hammer with a crow bar or pry tool. Not to mention that it works primarily from a standing position. No more wearing out your knees while trying to get pry leverage. For those who are refurbishing an old, worn-out deck or ramp, it enables you to spend most of your time and energy actually doing the re-building and not killing yourself on the demolition. It removes the old, unwanted deck planks without harming the underlying joists. The tool is strong and heavy-duty, yet quite easy to handle. Consider your purchase of this tool to be a one-time investment; it is indeed built to last for a lifetime. I HIGHLY recommend it.

I am 76 and replacing old deck boards going down to my dock . Was on my hands and knees removing screws and nails to get the boards up. Terrible on my back. This tool let me remove 10 boards in 25 minutes. Amazing. So glad I made the purchase. My son has already borrowed and tried to keep it. Really works well. I would buy again.

This tool is the real deal. I can take up more of my composite decking in an hour than I could in 6 hours with a crowbar. So far I have removed about 100 boards and have not broken one of them. My composite decking is held to the deck framing with 2 1/2 inch deck screws and this tool enables me to remove the boards even though I can’t remove the screws. It’s an incredible, well built, well designed tool. I’m so grateful I wasn’t too cheap to pass it by.

Duckbill Deck Wrecker is one of amazing tools I've ever purchased for my D.I.Y projects. After reading a lot of reviews of "deck wrecker" tools with various brands on several web sites, I decided to go with Duckbill Deck Wrecker: a lot of good reviews vs a very small number of "bad" reviews, plus that its price is reasonable if compares to other similar tools. I used it to remove my old deck boards 32 ft x 8 ft. Because I used screws, not nails for my old deck. Therefore taking out of all screws is a really time consuming task & it looks a "mission impossible" to me because of damaged & worn screw heads (I did even try to use screw extractor costs over $30.00, but it didn't work at all). If I keep doing "traditional way" in 1 or 2 hours a day, it may take weeks to complete. With Duckbill Deck Wrecker, within two hours I did remove completely all deck boards. I'm not a fast person & I work a little bit slowly in order to avoid damaging all my joists. Therefore if someone does faster, my old deck boards can be completely removed within 1 hour or so. In my way, in order to use Duckbill Deck Wrecker, I did remove my first line of deck board: I think you can choose any line that is easy to do. It doesn't matter it should be the 1st line or last line or in the middle. The purpose is that we have a space to place Duckbill Deck Wrecker under a deck board to remove. I hope my Duckbill Deck Wrecker will last for long time (after serving my project, it will be used for 3 or 5 decking project of my relatives & friends).

This option beats the alternatives with the longer tines that let it get all the way under the board, lifting it without splitting it and getting all the way to the screws on the other side as the opening. My deck planks were screwed down, and this tool was able to pull them up. I usually have to make two passes but they come up letting the tool do the work, without much effort on my part.

I have an above ground pool with a deck built completely around it. After 23 years, it was time to dismantle the deck and pool. I used 3 1/2 inch twisted galvanized deck nails to put the deck together and used all 2x6 treated lumber. I was hoping to pry up the decking boards to repurpose them for some shelving to dry gourds that we grow for purple Martin houses and other crafts. I found out quickly that a heavy hammer and large wrecking bar was not going to work so I started doing some Internet research to figure out how to get those nails loose. I came across a tool called a crescent nail puller and after much searching, found one at Menards. The tool worked as advertised but still took a lot of effort and all of my 235 lbs. prying to get the nails up. I had about 1600 nails to remove and figured I would stroke before I got all the nails up so it was back to the Internet where I came across several deck wreckers. They were no where to be found locally in the big box hardware stores or even at several tool rentals stores that I called. At $64, including shipping, I decided to order the Duckbill deck wreckers off Amazon.com When it arrived, I was impressed with the quality and the heavy molded handle and couldn't wait to test it out. Here is what they don't mention in their YouTube videos. They must be pulling up boards with 8D or 12D common nails in order for the boards to come up so easily. More times then not, I found the decking nails to stay in place as I carefully worked the boards up, many times splitting the wood . Then I would have to use the crow bar to remove the remaining nails before I could use the deck wrecker on the next board. The nails had rusted and became one with the wood. There is another deck wrecker that has hammer claws on the two pry bars but it cost twice as much as this one. The deck wrecker in conjunction with the crescent nail puller made the job easier but far from the quick removal shown in their tutorial videos so if you have an old deck with the galvanized twisted deck nails, plan for a big job if you are doing it by yourself. If I didn't want to repurpose the boards, I might have saved a lot of time by wrapping a towing chain around each section of the deck and letting my four wheel drive do most of the labor ;)

This is one of those great ideas born from someone saying "there has to be a better way". I re-planked my 550 sq ft deck with composite decking. Before I began the project, I did some research and saw a video of someone using a similar tool that I've never seen before. I did a search and this was one of the main results. After reading about 40 reviews, I decided to go with this one. First off, you will quickly realize the benefit of this tool because in order to use it, you have to remove the first row of boards the conventional way using a crow bar. Once you make the transition to this tool, you will appreciate it. The head of the tool is heavy-gauge steel. The shaft is a very strong fiberglass composite. It flexes slightly but is strong. I read a review which mentioned they broke it and honestly I have no idea what they were doing for it to break. (The only thing I can think of is if they were using it on boards that were screwed-down. But in that case you would typically unscrew the boards - not force them up). This tool is primarily designed for boards that are nailed-down (unless the boards are so rotted that they pull right out from the screws). My boards were put down with ringed shank nails. I had to lean-into the bar with almost all my weight to pop many of them and this tool did an amazing job. I was previously in the electrical trade and do not buy or use "cheesy" tools - every tool I own is designed for heavy-duty use and this belongs with them. You use it in a standing position and it made quicker and easier work of a very labor-intensive task. As I lifted each row, I banged-over the nails, cut each board to manageable lengths and stacked it on my driveway until the pile was big enough to bring to the landfill - so I cannot state how long it took to remove all of them - but I can say I was thankful I had this tool. My deck is only 8 years old and the boards were weathered but not rotted, so 80% of the nails on my deck came-out with the boards. I would imagine that a severely rotted deck would leave many of the nails behind - but it depends on the condition of your boards. Any nails left behind would simply come out while I was standing and using a 5 ft crow bar. The head rotates by removing a pin to enable you to use the tool in either a pushing motion or pulling motion. My deck is just about at ground-level, so I pushed the bar while standing on the old boards. It just seemed like a more natural position. You would use this method if your deck is raised off the ground as well. The tool fits over single or double joists and uses them as leverage as its arms pop-up the boards. This saves the time and effort of having to bang a pry bar under the board at each joist. It also leaves the joists in good condition. Worth every penny and I would highly recommend it for this type of application.

Works like champ! Probably the most expensive of the deck demolition tools on offer, after considerable analysis, price shopping & hemming & hawing I decided to just pony up the big bucks. Got a say it worked great. Good workout too! Especially since every 2 X 6 was triple screwed down!

Having the right tool makes the job that much easier. If you are wrecking a deck put together with nails, this is a great tool to have. I took apart a 375 sq ft 2x4 deck in less than 3 hours. The boards were all in good shape so there was no fooling around once you get started. It provides great grip and terrific leverage.

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