Had some old pallets up back and decided to cut them up for the firepit. Put the old 16” bar and chain on the MS250 and got to work. Despite these being in rough shape, I was able to salvage some burnable wood from them. It was too windy last night for a fire, so we’ll try tonight. The magnet in the last pic is from Harbor Freight and did a great job finding rust nails that were on the ground. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Most of the time my ends up for pit wood or dismantled and thrown away. I havent used a chain saw on pallets in years unless im fitting one for stack and in a pinch. Too many nails hit. Dad used to love cutting up pallats for the fireplace.
Definitely saw a few sparks when cutting Brad! Had to sharpen the chain about halfway through the job. These did burn nicely last night. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Absolutely! It’s a great way to unwind after working around the house all day. The rain dodged us last night, so we spent more time out by the firepit.
Use my 20v Dewalt circular saw all the time. Always handy in the PU as its used for work quite often. Sometimes i hit a nail. Mostly newer pallets are what i cut.
Got after some more pallets yesterday. This time, used my wife’s grandfather’s circular saw we inherited awhile back. This made short work of the pallets. Stacked the bits without nails on the wood rack. The pieces with nails will all end up in the fire pit.
Back when I was busting up pallets for a cottage fireplace a recip saw was my favorite tool of those I tried. I busted up some with a forklift, too.
Found a few in the flatlands running errands the other day and grabbed them. I’ll bring them up north as I have to rotate out some old ones and process for kindling and firepit wood.
I love getting pallets myself. You opened up a can of worms here. I've been collecting pallets for years now as I haven't burned in a wood stove much other than helping my parents run theirs. The ones I usually get the most today are any made out of oak. Others can be a mix but I've got so many now, definitely have some work to do. I'll end up taking a sawzall with cheap Harbor Freight blades on it and make a heck of a mess. That last set is on sale...ooh. anyways a trip for the way home. I can't complain much about these since they rip so well. Pallets are everywhere and I get it that people say "it's not worth it. There's not much heat in it anyways." I know. The benefits of a pallet to burn for an outdoor pit will be here to stay. I also like to supplement thicker oak pallets to my stove fires. Helps the coals stay longer since the oak isn't usually from here in the PNW.
If you have a pallet repair place close by inquire about getting scraps. Parents used to call and a dump truck would show up and leave a pile. Mostly disassembled.
I agree and I should grab more of those kinds of blades too. I also want to use some of the boards or at least keep them intact so the long blades help that in case a pallet has a small clearance a circular saw can't get to. Some of the pallets I've grabbed aren't your average square ones too. Seems like we should start another thread for this topic, I'm still glad Skier76 brought this up. Pallets don't get nearly enough credit.
Yeah I actually picked up a 4 by 8 last night before we all headed home. Great boards on it that are rough cut and similar ones I've dropped by at the new place. The ones we have there have boards you could pretty much use as some lumber. At least 10 inches wide and over an inch thick. I also picked up one that had no spaces on it it's practically a section of fencing! All oak too. I find more heavy equipment pallets where I'm at now than I've ever had though.
the ones i was getting (and still do) come from one of my suppliers that deals with HVAC industry. Sheet metal comes on the pallets. Red oak and sugar maple. Ive been using them for stacking more so.
