Uses for used pallets in the garden and outside

[ashling]

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. DU Rec

really appreciate this one, ashling as I have limitless supply of pallets at my disposal. thanks for the ideas

[ashling]

3. I meant to ask if anyone can give me suggestions

for locating good used pallets. I plan to initiate a pallet finding road trip this afternoon.

When I used to work at Ace Hardware, they used permanent pallets made of composite material.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. sorry, no ideas here ...

maybe warehouses, terminals

[ashling]

5. That's what I was thinking.

I know where I can get some old ones. I plan to go down by the railroad yard and look behind some stores, etc.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. big box stores, grocery stores, hardware stores ... like that. yeah.

[ashling]

8. I went out this afternoon and drove behind Kroger and got one

I then drove over to the rail yard and found a whole bunc, I filled the back of my Saturn SUV. I wish I still had my Dodge RAM pickup

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. yeah, trucks rule. happy you found a supply. post pics of what you build ...

I would love to see them. I will post my pics, too.

[catnhatnh]

7. Check craigslist...

often available free or very cheap...

[csziggy]

12. Check at big box stores

They often have them for free. If they have people that pick up the pallets to take back to a port or where ever, ask for their contact info.

A friend created a job for himself - he'd pick up the pallets from the stores, haul them to the port at Jacksonville and sell them back to the shippers. But the shippers only wanted standard sizes of pallets so he'd end up with odd sizes. I got those pallets from him for free to use to stack hay bales on. We had a loft 100 feet long by 12 feet wide that we'd fill with hay every year and needed pallets to cover the entire floor.

If you want standard sizes for some of the projects in the OP, offer to pay what the ports pay - it isn't much.

[lunatica]

2. What great ideas!

[OxQQme]

10. Lawn mower dealerships

Now is the season opener.
Riders and mid-sized mowers are shipped on crates that the dealer must dispose of after un-packing and assembling.

Did you know that the heavy 'runner' boards of most pallets are usually of Teak wood which run through a planer makes for beautiful pieces of wood art?

[csziggy]

13. Back in the day we made display cases from that teak

One of the local Japanese motorcycle shops was throwing away the teak shipping crates. We collected a bunch of them and had display cases made for our shop. We left the wood unplanned because it matched the style of the shop.

[ashling]

14. Not all of these are coming from Asia

Some used to be made in Morton, MS out of pecan and oak

[Arctic Dave]

11. Great ideas.

I like the shed idea.