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Re: pallets

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Good caveat, Martha!

Yeah these days ya can't be too careful....:-(

A reciprocating saw (Sawzall-type) with a nail cutting blade is one way, and
if the machine busts yer budget Stanley has a hand tool that holds the same
blades the electric saws use---they also make gas powered ones....

Good prying tools can be helpful, but the oak-ring nail combo doesn't always
come apart with alacrity, thus the Sawzall recommendation....

No free lunches, eh?

Frank---hewing wood and hauling water, never get away from that sort of
work, eh?
-----Original Message-----
From: Martha Wells <flylo@txcyber.com>
To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Sunday, May 16, 1999 9:38 AM
Subject: pallets


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>Frank is right, pallets are often free, or a couple of dollars, and the
>companies are glad to get rid of them. (It costs quite a bit to have them
>hauled off, and they're not something that the landfill enjoys having to
>shove around.)
>BUT, a slight cautionary note here. I worked at a refinery and was able to
>take all the pallets I could haul off. I had to be careful as to what was
>stored on them. Knowing they're 'disposable' they don't care what is
>dripped or dropped on them. acids and oils particularly would be harmful to
>plants. I was able to select those that they stacked nonhazards on. A local
>newspaper office frequently has pallets to give away. Grain mills will toss
>out damaged, cracked ones. They handle them with forklifts and have a
>limited 'shelf life' for them. But are fine for compost bins. Made of
>hardwood (oak), and I've yet to be able to pull the staples/nails out of
>one without tearing up the wood itself. If anyone is doing this easily,
>clue the rest of us in!  Oh yes:  I understand that the companies who make
>pallets are normally those who are making rail road cross ties.
>If you find a mill near yourself that makes these things, they often will
>give away truckloads of 'end bark'. These are the slabs they cut from the
>logs with bark attached. May be rough, knobby, but usually THICKER than
>normal planed wood planks, and last forever. I've seen some really strong
>sheds built out of the bark wood, look like traditional log walls on the
>outside, smooth wood on the inside. (Rounded the shape of the tree, so not
>uniform.) The mills have to burn this wood, so it's helpful to them to find
>people who will haul it off.
>If you see log trucks, follow them!
>martha
>
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