my interesting pallet use
I did a lumber cutting project last year and made some good use of pallets. I'm a novice and happened to have the trees, the need and the dedication to build my wife some stalls for her new horse barn. In any case, I did a lot of reading and planning in my head to pull the project off.
Among many other logistical problems I need to solve, I needed to come up with a way to sticker the wood for drying. My first thought was to rip 2x4s into 1/4 strips and then cut them to length. That is until I did the math on how many I would need and what it would cost.
That's when I came up with the pallet idea. With a circular saw, I cut the deck boards and underside boards off as l long as I could make them. The stringers were cut to length for burning and the deck boards were cut to 1.5" widths and used for stickering the pile.
I ended up needing thousands of them. You can see the garbage cans and bins full near the back end of the truck in one of the pictures and later the empty cans when the piles were done.
I've been using them as kindling in the fireplace for quite a long time now and still have plenty left to go. They burn quick, so you'll need alot to keep warm, but there's an almost unlimited free supply out there if you know where to look and who to ask.
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