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I see alot of you all ways looking for more space either its taking down a storage building on someone land or this or that....here is something I had looked into before but still have not had time to mess with.
Building a storage out of used pallets. You can get them free for the most part...they are like small walls when they are stacked on end you can place them anyway you like. They are very strong.
Something to look into...if you need more space..look into building one with pallets.
id like to see pix of that
Great idea!
Those are awesome pics.
Agreed on the pallets. My neighbor framed his house with pallets.
I have seen some building with a 2ed floor.
Don't forget that a pallet can hold 800+ pounds easy. So if you frame them up right they will hold a good bit..but just about anyone can use them to build a one level storage building.
Click here and you can see a ton of photos of people doing this.
That is amazing. Why didn't I think of that?
It works even better if you reinforce them with 2x4s or something. I have a manufacturing plant near my main storage garage that has a pile of free pallets outside, so that should work if I ever run out of space
Using 1/2" osb plywood (about 8-10 bucks sheet @Home Depot)for your exterior sheathing will give you amazing shear strength. Screw it off 6-8'' centers vertically and 16'' centers horizontally. Try not to break any osb seams on any pallet seams.
cool thread! Recycling things again!
love it
One heck of a way to recycle. If I had the land, I would build my daughters one heck of a play house!. FREE wood pallets are a dime a dozen around here.Quote:
Originally Posted by easyrecycle
If they are a dime a dozen thenthey arnt free :)
Just an expression. Meaning there is hundreds always available in about 4 close by cities that I know of. All with in an hour from me.Quote:
Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper
I keep hearing about a place that will pay $1 to $3 per pallet, but have yet to find the place.
I know its an expression. I was making a funny :)
I know.Quote:
Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper
If I came off offensive, my apologies.
Still though, I wish I had the land, or knew of the place around here that took them. I could make a few thousand every month just off of pallets alone, if the price people keep telling me is accurate.
Yea its from 60cents to $3 each.
its based on if its parts, b or grade a
if parts...your going to get very little for it
grade B is anything that does not look brand new an or has cracks
grade A is anything that looks BRAND new and has NO cracks in the runners...they have to be 40 by 48 and be a "4way" pallet.
Thats berserk!
I'd thought of making a shed for firewood before (when its empty, cut up the pallets for firewood too.)
Next? Clad it with sheet steel from washing machines...
Pallets have been used for a very long time in building. Poor people have learned that its one very easy to find and to "make" walls is very simple. In other countries they use them to build whole towns not just homes.
I think some home builders got the idea but building houses in shops and then putting them together on the job site like Lego's from people using pallets as walls and roofs.
wow. i normally turn them into the pallet places for cash!
i collect them from work. i get maybe 1 a week. sometimes they bring plastic pallets in. i got like 7 of those and the pallet places only take wood.
I used to know a guy that started out with an old beat up pickup truck and a year later had a truck the size of a Chevy C60 with a 14-16 ft. bed. He paid cash for it and used to carry a wad of cash around in his pocket. He used to charge factories to haul off their pallets, haul them to his barn and repair them and resold to other factories that needed pallets. He would get 4-5 dollars each for them. New pallets run up to $35-50 each, so used is the way to go. Course that was way before the economy went down the crapper.Quote:
I keep hearing about a place that will pay $1 to $3 per pallet, but have yet to find the place.
What are the pallet places?Quote:
Originally Posted by heeroyue2002
The ones I see that haul pallets, that is all you ever see with them, but like I said, here, there is money to bad with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mechanic688
I am always seeing ads on craigslist.org for pallets between 5 to over 50 at a time, but not something I mess with right now, since I have no idea where a buyer is located.
cl builder firewood...people who use fire boxes for heat in winter don't care what the wood looks like as long as they get a bed full.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeorgeB
here its called builder firewood as its made with mostly building timber.
I work in Juarez Mexico and half the buildings in the city are made out of pallets. I've been using them for 20 years to build stuff. Best part is they are mostly free.
good thread. great info and ideas. need to find a local source now.
thanks