1. You need to be quick on your reloads; as not a lot of lasting coals are produced. 2. Cutting them and/or busting them up is a big PITA. CSSing is way easier. 3. You need to watch your stove to avoid it going nuclear because of the KILN DRIED wood used in them. 4. I have more nails in my firebox than I do ash!! All that said, I'll still burn them..................especially since I stack wood on them. If'n one pallet goes South, it gets replaced with a fresh one and the old one will stand for a day or two to dry (they are directly on the ground) and then get processed for the stove. Just saying, not arguing!!
I'm putting my pallets on concrete half-blocks, two under each outside rail where the fork cut-outs are, then I stack two rows on there pushed a little over the edges of the pallets so they are centered over the supported rails. I've seen Oak pallets last a long, long time like that, probably 10 yrs. Never burned any though.
W/O Ive tried with a load, and...... almost lost the load. I still need to post a video for Smokinpiney but I position one fork on a skid on its side, push down and drive forward. The skid usually comes apart really well. I dont do it too often, as I have plenty of kinlin', but when I do....its fun!,
I love it! Im am totally sneaking that in the forklift video training at work! Its bad enough when everyone laughs 90 times when the narrator is talking about losing a load. Okay...... back to the original post!
When I bought my house, it had a wood burning boiler and I couldn't push the ash pan in all the way. The firebox (and ash pan) are both about 36" deep, but for some reason the ash pan stuck out 5". After an inspection with a flashlight I saw hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of nails packed into the back. It took me over an hour to first break them loose, and then get them all out.
