Grabbed some pallets from work, made a few useful things

I hadn't considered this!

How do I check?

My assumption is that they are not. These are custom pallets made specifically for transporting a heavy machine one time, and the manufacturer doesn't ask for them back.

I worked at a sawmill for a few years when I was younger, and this looks for all the world like untreated pine to me. Not exactly quality work to begin with, but good enough for a few years as a garden box.

It looks like they are stamped HT, so I'd assume they are heat treated? I hope so because I'm loading up a bunch of pallets labeled the same...

I support this. They are treated against everything living, and that includes humans.

Does it help that they haven't been used in at least two years?

Dull . . . like a fox!

. . . wait 🤔

You have no idea:

Almost as if vans are deliberately sized to fit sheet goods etc.

Thanks!

I built it all without planning or measuring, just kind of went with the flow as I went. The tables are pretty sturdy, I stood on them. But they could've used better bracing on the legs, and the legs could've been shorter.

But I'm anchoring them to the walls too so they'll be more than strong enough.

They were destined for the dumpster.

Ironically, the smaller crappier standard size pallets we save and stack them up to reuse or sell.

The really junky ones go into a separate pile that we hope to sell, but usually give away free.

These ones were huge and heavy, so because they didn't fit our normal procedures, they wanted them gone 🤷‍♂️

I didn't argue lol

Even slightly damaged or worn they are thrown out. you do not want to be near a pallet failure.

I looked at his garage, looked at mine and decided I hated him.

Possibly harsh, but I feel it is fair.

😬

Seriously, the floor looks recently swept even.

🤣

Thanks!

Nice!

Depends on how much you care about the nails vs the wood.

I started with a big thin crowbar and a big sledgehammer, you can sneak between the wood and cut the nails with the crowbar and sledgehammer. It's a lot of work, and less the nail heads embedded in the wood, but otherwise it's very clean.

Then I tried beating the center 4x4s with the sledgehammer directly, this was VERY effective at getting everything apart. And it kept the wood planks looking nice. But it bent the nails such that they were very difficult to remove. You couldn't pound them out from behind because they were bent, and straightening them was a pain in the butt.

Finally I switched to hitting the planks from behind with a normal hammer. This beat up one side of the planks, which is ugly, but if you can hide it it's fine. And the nails stay straight, so you can pound them out from behind, and then pull them the rest of the way out from the front. This is what I mostly did once I figured it out.

Helps when they're free 😬

Free is pretty cheap.