Burning pallets?

[JUDGE1162]

OK I know not to burn normal shipping pallets but there is a marble and granite place near my work they use large/thick oak pallets (8 to 10 foot long by 4 foot wide) the runners are 4x4s with 2x4 straps it does not seem like it is treated, I grabbed a few pieces to burn outside to see if there is any extra smoke or odor. My question is if it is free of any treatments is using (dried lumber basically) ok in a wood stove (Quadra fire) so no cat just secondary burn.

 

[olyman]

light em afire--sure--so long as it aint got treatment on it--

 

[bytehoven]

Pressure treated lumber is bad, but how about plywood?

I understand there are some nasty chemicals used in US plywood.

 

[habanero]

The glue that holds plywood together probably wouldn't be too good to burn.

 

[wdchuck]

OK I know not to burn normal shipping pallets but there is a marble and granite place near my work they use large/thick oak pallets (8 to 10 foot long by 4 foot wide) the runners are 4x4s with 2x4 straps it does not seem like it is treated, I grabbed a few pieces to burn outside to see if there is any extra smoke or odor. My question is if it is free of any treatments is using (dried lumber basically) ok in a wood stove (Quadra fire) so no cat just secondary burn.

I built my woodsheds from the 4x4 runners from pallets, strong, big enough, and the right price, free. I haven't found any crating lumber that didn't contain chemicals that dirtied up the chimney faster, even after three years of beinig outside.

 

[ray benson]

Some years ago I had access to oak shipping pallets. Cut them up with a circular saw. Left the nails alone and dug them out with the ash. Not much aesthetically but they burned very hot.

 

[RaisedByWolves]

Like Ray said, cut the joints and discard.



I also have a quad and burned oak palets the first month I had it, they burn Hella HOT!



So hot that I no longer feel the need to burn them as they could damage the stove (any stove!) if you set the damper wrong.



If they werent so much work I would still burn them, but mixed in with regular wood for safetys sake.