My oldest and I got a quick hunt in this morning.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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My oldest and I got a quick hunt in this morning.
Last Wednesday after I got my tires went to see the dealer I bought my dump trailer to see if I could get some pallets . Grabbed some with the truck he told me to bring the trailer next time and he would load both it and the truck with the fork lift . He’s inundated with them to expensive for the companies to haul back so they buy new.
Real nice ones too made from pressure treaded 2x4s and 5/4 PT decking
Real nice ones too made from pressure treaded 2x4s and 5/4 PT decking
What do you do with them? Stack wood?
Back when I was on the night shift at UPS, we were shooting the breeze. My friend said his brother drove a tractor trailer for a living. Started at 6 in the morning til 2 in the afternoon. Ever loading dock he went to he asked if he could have the pallets? There was a factory that rebuilt them. They got me the info, and with my UPS connections, next thing you know, I was getting paid to haul them away on one end, and selling them on the other. I got $2 each if they were rebuildable, and $3.50 if the were perfect. When you took a load in the owner would give you a ticket with the amount she owed you. Next day you turn in the ticket and she paid in cash. My friend said his brother made more scrounging pallets than on his real job. I didn’t believe him til I started doing it. I paid my 95 Sonoma off in a few months. I got a contract with Radio Shack, Jamesway, and Southern States, to haul theirs away. Then they started asking for my Business License # and tax #. I was stressing out about IRS busting me. Figured I go legit. Next time I went in she asked if I would take a check for what she owed me, they were closing shop the next day. I called around to the other pallet places but they only gave $.50 a pallet and were 35 miles out of the way. That was one wave I’d like to ride again!
Happy new year scroungers, a bit early for some I know but it is already new year here.
There's a pallet recycle place about 40 miles from here . But I'm not interested in doing it . Just take what I need
Happy New Year everyone.
Have a healthy and happy!
Have a healthy and happy!
Pallet place down the road from me grinds the old ones and dyes them for mulch. They make piles of new pallets there
Apparently there’s a world wide shortage of pallets at the moment. I read an article a few years ago that the biggest reusable pallet company is Chep, they have 600 million pallets in circulation at any time. Amazingly they are an Australian company.
I think Chep's slogan is "Chep, we make the heaviest pallets in the world!"
They sure are beasty
.Happy new yr everyone.
Happy new year my fellow wood scroungers! May 2022 bring cords of ash, hickory, locust, cherry, oak and of course .... Spruce! May your axes and chains stay sharp and saws run well!
New year's Eve was the hottest on record here, the mild spell continues for a week maybe. V no need to fire the stove at all although I did for a few hours in the evening, seemed wrong not to!
New year's Eve was the hottest on record here, the mild spell continues for a week maybe. V no need to fire the stove at all although I did for a few hours in the evening, seemed wrong not to!
Happy New Year!
That is cold! Very mild here today, but supposed to get colder tomorrow.
Happy new year! -25 on the house in the sun, I’ve seen friends posting over -40.
Going to put the other wheels on my truck and change the oil. It’s been warning in my neighbors shop since Thursday evening.
Going to put the other wheels on my truck and change the oil. It’s been warning in my neighbors shop since Thursday evening.
Happy New Year to all !!!
45F up here in Igloo .
45F up here in Igloo .
Five degrees here--we finally have winter!--with maybe 10" snow that's just now tapering off. Nice here.
Not so nice for the countless people who burned out nearby. Jeez what a mess.
Not so nice for the countless people who burned out nearby. Jeez what a mess.
The tinfoil hat brigade has emerged to explain Thursday’s tragedy in Boulder County. Following an article in the Denver Post—headline: Marshall fire explained: How we got 115 mph winds in Boulder County on a December winter day
several comments appeared. But here’s the best one from the whoopdedoo crowd: “An engineered wildfire event. Ionosphere heaters to create the high winds in order to propel the fire. Land and structures covered in aluminum (fire accelerant) from stratospheric aerosol injection. And then a fire that "maybe" started because of downed power lines. The three ingredients required to make this horrific tragedy happen. And then in come the disaster capitalists. So, look for shopping centers and office parks where once stood family neighborhoods. Hold accountable the weather engineers those who do this. But, I know none of you will, because you think it's all a conspiracy theory.”
By the way, investigation shows no downed power lines (the initially assumed start to the fire), so we’ll likely never know how this thing kicked off. It started in grasslands, so no trees to knock down power lines. But put 100 mph wind behind grass fire and it’s unimaginably ferocious.
several comments appeared. But here’s the best one from the whoopdedoo crowd: “An engineered wildfire event. Ionosphere heaters to create the high winds in order to propel the fire. Land and structures covered in aluminum (fire accelerant) from stratospheric aerosol injection. And then a fire that "maybe" started because of downed power lines. The three ingredients required to make this horrific tragedy happen. And then in come the disaster capitalists. So, look for shopping centers and office parks where once stood family neighborhoods. Hold accountable the weather engineers those who do this. But, I know none of you will, because you think it's all a conspiracy theory.”
By the way, investigation shows no downed power lines (the initially assumed start to the fire), so we’ll likely never know how this thing kicked off. It started in grasslands, so no trees to knock down power lines. But put 100 mph wind behind grass fire and it’s unimaginably ferocious.
Autumn in Ontario was warm and wet. Our winter is very warm so far too.
+2C here right now. Not much snow yet either. Maybe 6" on the ground with another storm bringing another 6 tonight and into tomorrow.
