Saw a wonderful You Tube video about dismantling the pallets using a reciprocating saw. Was really excited about starting to pull apart the few pallets that I have already collected but was informed by Hubby that the power tool I thought we had was one of the ones stolen by the drugheads a few years ago. So I am waiting till next payday and buying another one and hopefully start building a coop and run using recycled pallets.
If I had it to do over again I would have bought a corded reciprocating saw for just this purpose. My darling wife offered to buy me a set of cordless tools several months back and I wanted a "sawz-all" along with the other tools. The cordless costs $115 while the corded costs $100. Had I known that cutting pallets (nails) with a cordless would consume the batteries as quickly as it does I'd have opted for the corded version. Oh and pay the extra money for some good bi-metal blades. The cheap ones snap......