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.

Fantastic tool for ripping up an old deck. I thought it was a little pricey at first but after trying to rip some boards up the traditional way for a few hours with a long pry bar and spare wood for leverage I bought this and was so happy I did. I would've paid twice this amount after the fact to save my back as much as it did. This thing is solid and appears as if no shortcuts were made with materials. The handle is comfortable with a semi-firm neoprene type of material. The leverage created allowed both me and my wife to work the tool efficiently while the other did other tasks. Pros: - HUGE back saver... - very solid construction and the head can be reversed for different situations as needed - designed to do one job and does it well - save a TON of time on my project - well worth the money paid and more Cons: - would be nice to have a built in nail puller possibly. Although thinking it through you'd need to bend down to get the pulled nail anyway so maybe not, unless you don't care and would drop them for later cleanup (or not) depending on your situation. - as you pull up a line of old deck boards and start on the next row the old nails can get in the way. Usually you can maneuver the tool sufficiently around them as needed when this happens but slightly longer tines might be good. This wasn't an "issue" by any means but more a potential improvement. I'm not sure if longer tines might actually create a situation where it reaches more than the width of single board when completely snugged up.

If you are re doing a deck and if you don’t have this tool you get what you deserve. This tool makes deck demolition almost fun . Screwed nailed or whatever this tool had more than enough leverage you easily do the job and in a standing position. Between this tool and a zip wheel on a hand grinder a screwed deck is easy as pie !!!

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 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.

I used this for 2 x 4 deck boards that were nailed into place. Very sturdy and works great in wide open area, but is difficult to insert or apply enough pressure to some boards in an area of deck that is only 4' wide. I started by cutting across the center board with a circular saw and used a crowbar to pull up the first board. This gave me room to place the Deck Wrecker under the adjacent boards to pull them up. In this case, it worked in a few of the center boards, but I could not get it under the 2 x 4s close to the railing or wall due to the angle of the handle. I tried rotating handle 180 degrees (nice, easy-to-use feature), but that didn't help in this area. A straight handle would have worked better. In the wider area, boards came up a lot easier than the old hammer and crowbar method.

This thing is fantastic. The quality and feel of this tool are very good; very heavy duty. It NEEDS to be to remove deck boards, but also contributes to fatigue when using it, but I'll take quality over light weight for a tool like this any day. Works exactly as described and like a charm--place on joist and pry up and the board magically comes off very easily. Minor issues are when two joist butt one another--its not wide enough to span two 2 by's. Works best on floor boards laid perpindicular to joists, but does work great on diagonal boards as well, just have to place it a little more carefully. In a pinch, I even used one side of it--one "tooth" if the joist didnt lay right and it also worked very well. I tried not to do this often as it technically wasnt designed for that, but it pryed the board up just as easily. Its a "use once" tool for home owners as how many decks do we destroy, but I was able to sell mine for most of money back to another homeowner as the tool still looked nearly new after using on it my deck. Would work well for commercial applications too, though not sure how long it would hold up. The head is reversible for prying in different directions. I used it on boards nailed down, not sure if it would be easy on screwed boards--would guess not unless the deck is old and deteriorating. Then again, if its screwed down its easiest to remove the screws.

After destroying about 1/4 of a 300 ft2 deck on my hands and knees with a hammer and prybar, I found this and I can attest it is WAY better, much faster, and you won't be as sore from kneeling. It also does a better job of keeping the boards intact than with the hammer / prybar method. With that said, it depend too on the condition of your boards, how they were fastened, etc. as to how well they'll come up. I still had some splintering & cracking of some boards, but at the end of the day, I was not too concerned about saving them. One of the cool details is that the two "teeth" of the wrecker are spaced exactly so that it can straddle a double-joist (3" wide). This works well using a push technique too - stand on the existing deck, one board back from the board you're pulling up, and push on the handle. It doesn't need a whole lot of distance to As others mentioned, you will need to pull up the first board with a hammer & prybar. I finished pulling up the rest of my deck in about 2 afternoons w/ this, which includes moving the boards out of the way, chopping them up into smaller lengths, and taking them to the dump.

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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