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

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 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.

Bought this Duckbill Deck Wrecker to strip and remove a 30 year old pressure treated deck. Highly effect tool to strip decking from stringers. Money well spent. An enormous time saver!

If you're tackling a deck teardown, do yourself a favor and buy this tool. I bought this to tear down an old deck, and it exceeded expectations. The design provides incredible leverage to pull up boards quickly without destroying everything in sight or wrecking your back. Solid build, easy to use, and saved me hours of frustration. Highly recommend!

Used to pull 2x8 deck boards. Pretty hard to pull off screwed down boards. It would have helped if the claws were a little longer to reach across most of the 2x8. I finally started unscrewing as much as possible and using the tool to pull through stripped head screws (you have to deal with the screws anyway). Also, I wanted to repurpose the boards that still had some life left in them. Pulling through all the screws tended to break up the wood. It worked great for boards that were nailed down. The rubber grip tended to work off while working in the hot sun - minor inconvenience. I also replaced the saddle pin with one with a wire ring keeper at one end an a substantial head at the other (a bolt with a double nut would work). I just didn't trust the supplied pin, especially since I was working over water. other than the pin I found it quite sturdy and it held up to the task, but again - muscles required when pulling through screws.

I am 79 years old, and I live in a home with its main rooms on the second floor with a deck accessed through a sliding door from the dining room, and the deck is 10 feet above a patio accessed from the home's "daylight basement". Recently I decided to replace my deck doing the work myself. Faced with the task of yanking up the old decking with the mass of nails holding it on, while working standing on the original rafters, I purchased a Duckbill Deck Wrecker and it saved the day! First, upon opening the package, I was very impressed with its sturdy construction: no corners seemed to be cut in the interest of greater profit for the manufacturer, yet it was reasonably light and easy to handle. Second, the design's flexibility, with its variable angle setting for the prying head (using a removable pin to change the setting) , allowed me to use it even when close to the house or at the deck's outer perimeter and railing. After using an ordinary wrecking bar to loosen the first 2 x 4 plank, from then on I used the Deck Wrecker to remove all the others. In spite of long, serrated construction nails, it took only a couple of hours to completely remove the old decking including removal of the nails from the old planks, and the ease that the rafter-straddling design offered was infectious: my wife wanted to take a stab at it and she, too, was able to pull up some boards. She thought it was "fun"; of course, she only did a few... By the time we were done, we had removed all the planks without any of them broken or split, so a recycling organization would accept the material for re-use, eliminating a bill for disposal of the old materials. The Deck Wrecker seemed to have a single shortcoming: there was no nail-removal slot on it, but while imagining one, I didn't see how it could be included in the rafter-straddling design, so for that task I used my trusty old-fashioned wrecking bar, but it was harder and more tedious than removal of the decking itself. For it's modest cost, this labor-saving tool was a great investment and I recommend it to any prospective buyer!

This thing is the bomb for ripping deck boards up!! Pin should probably be replaced with a bolt but it works great! Save your back!

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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