Big Buddy

Big Buddy Block Pallet Assembly & Nailing Machine

MADE IN OHIO. Block Pallet Buddies are built on the industry-proven Woodpecker Junior platform. The Big Buddy Semi-Automatic Block Pallet Nail System is the perfect way to assemble your block pallets efficiently. 

  • CP3 Block Pallets
  • CHEP / PECO Block Pallets
  • Cruciform Block Pallets
  • Up to 56″ L x 50″ W
  • Up to 700 pallets per day
  • Easily adjustable to different sizes and styles.
  • A great fit for operations that require quality pallets in small runs, made of multiple designs.

Operators work together and with the Big Buddy. They place bottom boards and blocks in a jig on one side of the machine while placing a pre-assembled mat on the pre-assembled bottom in a jig on the other side. With one pass of the gantry, the bottom deck boards and blocks is fastened while the mat is fastened to the pre-assembled block bottom. Once nailed, the machine automatically ejects the complete pallet out of one side of the machine and to a waiting pallet stacker.  

The operator flips the just-nailed bottom from the bottom jig to the top jig, and a pre-assembled mat is placed on top of the assembly while the process starts again.

  • 6 total nail guns – 3 for the bottom, 3 for the top
  • Bottom and top nail gun firing systems are independently controlled.
  • Shifting jig provides two (2) nailing points in each block.