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I used to know a guy that dealt with pallets after he was let go from a job. He started with a pickup truck and about 6 months later he paid cash for a 5 ton truck with a big flatbed. Took a lot of legwork in the beginning meeting with people, but he'd pick up pallets for free or for $1 - 2 each for real good ones. There are some standard sizes used for shipping and moving material on semi's. The oddball sizes and damaged ones would become donor pallets. He had storage in a big barn and did some repairs there. He would sell pallets to other factories by the stack or truckload for around $10. each. New pallets run somewhere around $35 to 55 dollars each. Never got into specifics with him about money but he always had a wad of cash big enough to choke a horse,,,Pallets get more expensive as trees disappear. That's all I know,,, Mike