Back in '10, I asked a question "elsewhere" about treating pallets. I had shot a bunch of pallets with "Thompsons water seal" prior to setting them in a rather dank location, near the creek. Well.. Neighbors are putting in new 3-rail fence, so those stacks needed to be moved so they had room to work ( at least the guys they hired needed the room, the neighbors don't get their hands dirty). I uncovered 12 pallets. They look as good now as when I set them. I couldn't believe how good they looked. Just something to consider for the future. JB
Nice to know. I'll keep that ion mind. They can really get bad after a few years sitting on the ground
The chipmunk pee and scat seems to have no ill effect on the treated pallets. Even walking on them to move the splits, they felt like new. Thinkin' I'll be treating the good-new ones in the future, seems to be worth the small amount of effort.
That is a good tip. Of course in the early days I put the pallets right on the ground and learned my lesson. I have them on concrete bricks now.
Just an FYI- these are on the ground in a damp area. The Thompsons seal seems to have helped quite a bit.
I have pallets that have been on the ground for 6-7 years and they are still fine. For the price of pallets (free) it's not worth putting $$ into them.
Ok guys let's stay on topic. This is a good discussion on how to preserve pallets. We can do this without insulting each other. I deleted a few posts. So please keep this on topic without insulting each other.
I just leaned them against one another and sprayed 'em with a Wagner spayer. Let that side dry and flipped them. Didn't make a mess and was done pretty quick.
