Method and device for removing pallet runners

The combination:

• a pallet having a first end and a second end, said pallet having top deck boards and bottom deck boards extending generally horizontally between said first end and said second end and further having a runner at said first end extending generally perpendicularly to and located between and spacing apart said top deck boards and said bottom deck boards, said pallet including a plurality of fasteners securing said top deck boards and said bottom deck boards to said runner, said pallet having a first horizontal position when said-bottom deck boards are positioned beneath said top deck boards, a vertical position when said bottom deck boards and said top deck boards are positioned vertically, and a second horizontal position when said top deck boards are positioned beneath said bottom deck boards;
• a table having a surface for supporting said pallet when extending in said first horizontal position, said table having a recess opening upwardly through said surface for said first end of said pallet to rest as said pallet moves from said first horizontal position, via said vertical position, to said second horizontal position;
• and,
• a saw to sever said fasteners securing said bottom deck boards to said runner when said pallet is in said first horizontal position and said first end is moved in a first direction past said saw which is spaced from said surface adjacent said recess and being aligned between said bottom deck boards and said runner, said pallet movable in said recess from said first horizontal position to said vertical position while said saw is located within said pallet and then from said vertical position to said second horizontal position and moved in said first direction for said saw to sever said fasteners securing said top deck boards to said runner.