Not living there at the moment. Also has no bathroom. Hoping to fix that once the snow goes and the heat soon after
So this is a desperate measures car hoard? Hope your situation gets resolved, but in the mean time stay warm and enjoy grandmas cooking As for me I think I'll use this time to update all here on my pallet wood adventure and subsequent observations. I think I will be fazing it out, yet not completely. Let me explain; My general feeling now that I am in the middle of burn season is I find my inspiration to scrounge new pallet wood has lost its lure especially during cold or wet weather. I guess with the hindsight of collecting a solid face cord worth this summer my inner motivational propensities to scrounge for pallet wood scores has waned. I feel it is just a bit more process and time consuming work than scrounging natural wood and applying the traditional process of cutting splitting stacking and seasoning. I find myself using the pallet wood this winter sparingly as if by instinct I know what it took to make that tight pallet wood stack and I don't want to see it go up in smoke so quickly. Also I tend to use wood ashes around my yard for various applications including weed control and I don't enjoy all the nails mixed in. Maybe it's a touch of OCD, but I now have some work combing through and picking bent nails out of the ash piles. Now here is why I will still scrounge for some supply of pallet as there have been benefits. It has been great to mix in with questionable/ not fully seasoned wood and the stove burns along like its loaded with prime seasoned fuel. It has also really helped me get fires rolling along quickly when I may be leaving for work in the morning and I don't have time to babysit a struggling fire. Just a few pieces mixed in and quick full combustion. Actually you really wouldn't want to load the oven exclusively with pallet wood as a regular practice because it burns so hot and fast. It will easily last me through the season used as mixed in or emergency help wood and its a comfort to know it's there at my disposal. Also a comfort for me is I now know some good places to scrounge for ready to burn pallet wood in case of emergency. So my conclusion is that it has its uses, but for me it's not as inspiring to scrounge or process, nor is it as simple as dealing with most whole logs. I also love the working with the varieties and variables in dealing with CSSS natural and local logs. Pallet wood is just a bit of a less organic experience all around.
I've seen these at HF. I don't know how well they work. But, for short money, you'd be able to gather those nails pretty quikly, I'd think. A magnet on a stick.
Thanks MikeInMa Thats kinda what I was figuring I needed. I have a fear of nails that may go rogue on my property and find their way into my car tires. As a bonus this tool looks like a cheap beginners analogue metal detector and can jumpstart my next hobby of being a beach comber metal detector
i have the same little magnet for roofing. Bigger T bar one too for open areas/driveways. Harbor freight may have a decent cheapo one thatll work for you. My late father used to burn lots of pallets and dump the ashes around then drag the T bar for nails.
Just went on HF to check out that magnetic pick up tool....$7.99!!! For this price its good for anyone to keep around the house in case you drop something metal that you cant find.
I built a garage out of pallets, about an hour apiece average to rake apart and i must be after doing 6 or 7 dozen at least. You know you've done a lot with pallets when I have multiple car loads of wood just from the unusable pieces.... That last load mostly came out of my house when we did the roof last summer, boards that had to go. But I have another car load of pallet scraps boxed up and waiting to go.
I picked up a load of skinny stuff, mostly for the exercise but also to bump this thread! I got it into my back yard, and will cut it tomorrow. There's some oak leftovers I can take next week, too. The pile to the far right is pine. Asplundh has been cutting on the road to this place, but it's pretty busy, with not a lot of room to pull over.
No, this was the house where we got the ash for Mwalsh9152. I passed the Asplundh trucks cutting on my way there. They have been quite active around here this winter.
It's been a great car,2014, almost 120K miles trouble-free. Did have the torque converter replaced under a recall.
You have not taken any wood from their work since your prior post about them? I know one was pine. I saw their log truck here and talked to the driver for a while. Hydro line had broke and he was waiting for mechanic. He was grabbing all the remnants left behind. Huge claw truck with big hopper/dumpster. He just took all the EWP near me last couple days. They have hoarders/sellers that take the wood. If i had a huge area i would consider doing that and hoard a lot more of course. A jrider type of operation of sorts.
