Any manufacturing facilities in your area? How about box type stores? Lumber suppliers? Next time you're out shopping, take a peak behind the food store or whatever type of store that might use a pallet for shipping and ask about them. Lots of stores will stack pallets but they do re-use them. You may get lucky with one that doesn't re-use them. They're out there-just keep your eyes open.....kinda like all the wood scrounge posts you read from time to time on here.
Like others have already mentioned, many (most) stores, warehouses, manufacturing. Cruise by the back side of the stores if they don't have it closed off, if there is a stack of pallets then go find a manager type to see if they give 'em away. Many (most) do. Our local NAPA store has 5-10 sitting out almost everyday waiting to be "adopted". You will quickly learn who has "the good stuff"...HD pallets, even some hardwood ones, although those are harder to come by because they are often sent back or bought by pallet recyclers. You will know when you grab a hardwood pallet, they are much heavier than a standard pallet. Many people subsidize their firewood supply by cutting up pallets, because they are free and kiln dried, well, many times, but not always. Sometimes its just green rough cut wood. If ya find a good supply source, there are almost unlimited projects that can be built with em...I think there is a thread here somewhere...
Thats a nice shed you have WES468 Nice job indeed I found with mine setting it on blocks made it last forever without any rot at all.. If you decide you like it that may be something to consider for the future. Another method I have used is bins and man do they hold a lot! You can fit an awful lot of wood in a bin weather you use large pallets or short pallets.
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Yes sir! I am sorta low on projects lately but my wood trailer should remedy that soon! assuming I get to it soon
I crossed stacked all my wood so they would be freestanding. If I had a bin, it would save time on stacking as I would not have to cross stack to have a freestanding stack; just quickly get the wood into the bin.
Bingo!!! I don't mind cross stacking- but it is time consuming, especially since my wife hasn't quite mastered splitting nice square splits outa the rounds... Oh well, bins and any other style which eliminates cross stacking is fiiiine by me
That was the second stack and there is another photo on here somewhere with the third stack standing to the right of this stack. After the third stack I have not got much wood cut. There is the stack of red oak that is still in the woods. I don't seem to be able to get my chimney installed because I am waiting three weeks to get a replacement tee. Then there is the aspect of spending money on an eight year old stove. So I am sort of spinning wheels going nowhere . And it has turned cold here.
Here are a few different styles of pallet wood sheds we have built. These pallets are 50x50 each, floor and sides, holds 2 cords total. This is a little shed we built for kindling/limbs wood. The floor is a 5x10 pallet, sides are 48x48 pallets on the bottom with half pallets on top. This is a single shed, built with 50x50 pallets. It will hold 1.25 cords stacked to the top. The shed on the right is 7.5x6x14. It will hold 5 cords. The shed on the left side is 11x15x8. It has 2 7.5x11 skids for the floor and 48x48 pallets for walls. It will hold 9 cords. Has 3 cords of hickory in it now. For the chunks, shorts and uglies, we have built a couple plastic pallet bins.
