I’ve been using a cat’s paw, but it’s fairly time consuming. Anybody know of a tool or technique that will make the job faster? I don’t care if the wood is damaged.
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I pulled a couple of hundred out of a plywood subfloor in my family room.
I started pulling them by hammering in the cats paw then finished them off with the big crow bar once the head was up. The big bar makes it a lot easier due to more leverage.
I'm pulling the nails out of exterior corner trim boards standing on a ladder. I like the crow bar idea, but my range of motion and leverage is limited.
I just pound the cats paw under the head then keep on pounding till the cats paw tosses the nail across the room. It's a lot of heavy pounding but its the fastest way known to man.
In the olden days, the cats paw could take the abuse. Nowadays, I can crack one of those chinese paws in five swats.