I make a nice chair from pallets, I have three in my yard now and 2 at
my friends house. I have scored on a couple of really nice ones, one
made from red oak and one from poplar. Check out the pictures he

http://tmhughes.hubpages.com/hub/rec...mber-furniture

I also make bird houses and small tables.

On 1/31/2012 9:40 PM, Thomas Hughes wrote:
I make a nice chair from pallets, I have three in my yard now and 2 at
my friends house. I have scored on a couple of really nice ones, one
made from red oak and one from poplar. Check out the pictures he

http://tmhughes.hubpages.com/hub/rec...mber-furniture

I also make bird houses and small tables.


You may or may not realize this but pallets get set into and drug across
some pretty toxic and nasty surfaces. What are you doing to the wood to
protect against possible transfer with skin contact?

On Feb 1, 7:35*am, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:
On 1/31/2012 9:40 PM, Thomas Hughes wrote:

I make a nice chair from pallets, I have three in my yard now and 2 at
my friends house. *I have scored on a couple of really nice ones, one
made from red oak and one from poplar. *Check out the pictures he

http://tmhughes.hubpages.com/hub/rec...mber-furniture

I also make bird houses and small tables.

You may or may not realize this but pallets get set into and drug across
some pretty toxic and nasty surfaces. *What are you doing to the wood to
protect against possible transfer with skin contact?

That is an excellent point, Leon. Thanks. Even when cutting them up
for firewood, it might be wise to keep that in mind....never mind
cooking wieners on that wood. Just never gave that any thought.

On 2/1/2012 9:22 AM, Robatoy wrote:
On Feb 1, 7:35 am, Leonlcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:
On 1/31/2012 9:40 PM, Thomas Hughes wrote:

I make a nice chair from pallets, I have three in my yard now and 2 at
my friends house. I have scored on a couple of really nice ones, one
made from red oak and one from poplar. Check out the pictures he

http://tmhughes.hubpages.com/hub/rec...mber-furniture

I also make bird houses and small tables.

You may or may not realize this but pallets get set into and drug across
some pretty toxic and nasty surfaces. What are you doing to the wood to
protect against possible transfer with skin contact?

That is an excellent point, Leon. Thanks. Even when cutting them up
for firewood, it might be wise to keep that in mind....never mind
cooking wieners on that wood. Just never gave that any thought.

Having worked in all aspects of the automotive industry those things
most often had wet spots that did not dry and or large stains.
Then there were the ones that sat in trailers with questionable loads.

IMHO just not worth the risk.

On 2/1/12 10:29 AM, Leon wrote:
On 2/1/2012 9:22 AM, Robatoy wrote:
On Feb 1, 7:35 am, Leonlcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:
On 1/31/2012 9:40 PM, Thomas Hughes wrote:

I make a nice chair from pallets, I have three in my yard now and 2 at
my friends house. I have scored on a couple of really nice ones, one
made from red oak and one from poplar. Check out the pictures he

http://tmhughes.hubpages.com/hub/rec...mber-furniture

I also make bird houses and small tables.

You may or may not realize this but pallets get set into and drug across
some pretty toxic and nasty surfaces. What are you doing to the wood to
protect against possible transfer with skin contact?

That is an excellent point, Leon. Thanks. Even when cutting them up
for firewood, it might be wise to keep that in mind....never mind
cooking wieners on that wood. Just never gave that any thought.

Having worked in all aspects of the automotive industry those things
most often had wet spots that did not dry and or large stains.
Then there were the ones that sat in trailers with questionable loads.

IMHO just not worth the risk.


I was thinking the same thing about all the nasty ****e that's usually
on them. I have one sitting in my van, right now, that came under a load
of tile. You can bet I'll be wearing a mask and gloves when I tear it up
for the bagster. I'll gladly pay WM to deal with that mess.

I know it can be difficult for many to throw away such fine quality
wood, though. :-)



--

-MIKE-

"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com

---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply

On Feb 1, 11:52*am, -MIKE- wrote:
On 2/1/12 10:29 AM, Leon wrote:









On 2/1/2012 9:22 AM, Robatoy wrote:
On Feb 1, 7:35 am, Leonlcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:
On 1/31/2012 9:40 PM, Thomas Hughes wrote:

I make a nice chair from pallets, I have three in my yard now and 2 at
my friends house. I have scored on a couple of really nice ones, one
made from red oak and one from poplar. Check out the pictures he

http://tmhughes.hubpages.com/hub/rec...mber-furniture

I also make bird houses and small tables.

You may or may not realize this but pallets get set into and drug across
some pretty toxic and nasty surfaces. What are you doing to the wood to
protect against possible transfer with skin contact?

That is an excellent point, Leon. Thanks. Even when cutting them up
for firewood, it might be wise to keep that in mind....never mind
cooking wieners on that wood. Just never gave that any thought.

Having worked in all aspects of the automotive industry those things
most often had wet spots that did not dry and or large stains.
Then there were the ones that sat in trailers with questionable loads.

IMHO just not worth the risk.

I was thinking the same thing about all the nasty ****e that's usually
on them. I have one sitting in my van, right now, that came under a load
of tile. You can bet I'll be wearing a mask and gloves when I tear it up
for the bagster. *I'll gladly pay WM to deal with that mess.

I know it can be difficult for many to throw away such fine quality
wood, though. *:-)

--

* -MIKE-

* "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
* * *--Elvin Jones *(1927-2004)
* --
*http://mikedrums.com
*
* ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply

You find Bagsters a way to go, Mike? Around here, the whole deal seems
rather expensive.

On 2/1/2012 10:52 AM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 2/1/12 10:29 AM, Leon wrote:
On 2/1/2012 9:22 AM, Robatoy wrote:
On Feb 1, 7:35 am, Leonlcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:
On 1/31/2012 9:40 PM, Thomas Hughes wrote:

I make a nice chair from pallets, I have three in my yard now and 2 at
my friends house. I have scored on a couple of really nice ones, one
made from red oak and one from poplar. Check out the pictures he

http://tmhughes.hubpages.com/hub/rec...mber-furniture

I also make bird houses and small tables.

You may or may not realize this but pallets get set into and drug
across
some pretty toxic and nasty surfaces. What are you doing to the wood to
protect against possible transfer with skin contact?

That is an excellent point, Leon. Thanks. Even when cutting them up
for firewood, it might be wise to keep that in mind....never mind
cooking wieners on that wood. Just never gave that any thought.

Having worked in all aspects of the automotive industry those things
most often had wet spots that did not dry and or large stains.
Then there were the ones that sat in trailers with questionable loads.

IMHO just not worth the risk.


I was thinking the same thing about all the nasty ****e that's usually
on them. I have one sitting in my van, right now, that came under a load
of tile. You can bet I'll be wearing a mask and gloves when I tear it up
for the bagster. I'll gladly pay WM to deal with that mess.

I know it can be difficult for many to throw away such fine quality
wood, though. :-)



We typically got 2, 18 wheelers of freight every 2 weeks. IIRC that was
about 40 skids/pallets. I was indescribably excited when I first saw
those pallets coming all the time. I never used them for building, more
for fire wood. After the first time of going through the stacks to get
relatively clean ones and then cut them all up it was way too much
work. On top of that the bottoms are typically impregnated with small
rocks and debris.

On 2/1/2012 11:06 AM, Robatoy wrote:
On Feb 1, 11:52 am, wrote:
On 2/1/12 10:29 AM, Leon wrote:









On 2/1/2012 9:22 AM, Robatoy wrote:
On Feb 1, 7:35 am, Leonlcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:
On 1/31/2012 9:40 PM, Thomas Hughes wrote:

I make a nice chair from pallets, I have three in my yard now and 2 at
my friends house. I have scored on a couple of really nice ones, one
made from red oak and one from poplar. Check out the pictures he

http://tmhughes.hubpages.com/hub/rec...mber-furniture

I also make bird houses and small tables.

You may or may not realize this but pallets get set into and drug across
some pretty toxic and nasty surfaces. What are you doing to the wood to
protect against possible transfer with skin contact?

That is an excellent point, Leon. Thanks. Even when cutting them up
for firewood, it might be wise to keep that in mind....never mind
cooking wieners on that wood. Just never gave that any thought.

Having worked in all aspects of the automotive industry those things
most often had wet spots that did not dry and or large stains.
Then there were the ones that sat in trailers with questionable loads.

IMHO just not worth the risk.

I was thinking the same thing about all the nasty ****e that's usually
on them. I have one sitting in my van, right now, that came under a load
of tile. You can bet I'll be wearing a mask and gloves when I tear it up
for the bagster. I'll gladly pay WM to deal with that mess.

I know it can be difficult for many to throw away such fine quality
wood, though. :-)

--

-MIKE-

"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com

---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply

You find Bagsters a way to go, Mike? Around here, the whole deal seems
rather expensive.


We had a guy pick ours up every couple of months and he paid us $2 each
and no picking and choosing. He had to take them all.

Pallets being contaminated is something to consider. I never thought
about that, either.

I salvaged some container crates, long ago, that special pieces of
equipment was shipped in, from Brazil. I'm, now, hoping the boards
are not contaminated, as a pallet may be. The wood has (decorative)
knots in it. Surprisingly, the knots haven't popped out, though some
have checked a little. They look nice and are relatively solid,
aspects as to why I saved them. I was hoping to make some special
project with it - suggestions welcome!

1/2" thick, about 300 sq ft of it, various widths from 4" to 12", most
~ 7' long. Some of it looks mahoganyish.

A few pics, he http://www.flickr.com/photos/43836144@N04/?saved=1

They've been stored in my old shop. They may be more contaminated
with varment urine & feces, than anything else.

Sonny

On 2/1/12 11:06 AM, Robatoy wrote:
On Feb 1, 11:52 am, wrote:

IMHO just not worth the risk.

I was thinking the same thing about all the nasty ****e that's usually
on them. I have one sitting in my van, right now, that came under a load
of tile. You can bet I'll be wearing a mask and gloves when I tear it up
for the bagster. I'll gladly pay WM to deal with that mess.

I know it can be difficult for many to throw away such fine quality
wood, though. :-)


You find Bagsters a way to go, Mike? Around here, the whole deal seems
rather expensive.

30 bucks for the Bagster and about $100 for them to haul if off.
Under the circumstances that's a great deal.

I'm making one bathroom into two in our modest little 70's split level.
This involves going down to the studs/joists on most of it and moving
one wall entirely. Then there's the old toilet and metal tub.

In our municipality, if they see any construction materials in the cart...
http://www.nashville.gov/pw/images/t...Cart_small.jpg
they'll drive right by it. I'm reusing what lumber I can from the
tear-out, but I'm guessing it won't be much, since these "Tubas" are so
dry they practically split in two when you put a nail in them. :-)

Without the Bagster, I'm left with the following.... packing all this
stuff in my minivan or borrowing a pick-up truck to make three trips.
One trip to each of our three dump/recycling facilities that will only
receive certain materials. Each will have a dump fee not including fees
for large items like tubs and toilets.

All these fees combined would come no where close to the $130 I pay for
the Bagster service. However, after taking an entire day to load and
haul three separate loads to three separate dumps, wasting the gas and
time to do it, I would likely have said to myself, "Man, I would gladly
have paid someone 100 bucks to haul all that crap away for me."

I also get the added benefit of throwing away a decade's worth of
accumulated crap from the household and shed which is too nasty or beat
up to take to the thrift store.

Ironically, WM won't take the old water heater in the Bagster, but the
city will come get for free if I put it out at the curb. :-)


--

-MIKE-

"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com

---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply

"Sonny" wrote in message
...
Pallets being contaminated is something to consider. I never thought
about that, either.

I salvaged some container crates, long ago, that special pieces of
equipment was shipped in, from Brazil. I'm, now, hoping the boards

From the sounds of it that stuff was from before the heat-treated crating
material days. The stowaway invasive bugs and other critters have probably
moved on to other parts of your house by now so you should be fine.... ;~)

John

On Feb 1, 12:08*pm, "John Grossbohlin"
wrote:
"Sonny" wrote in message

...

Pallets being contaminated is something to consider. *I never thought
about that, either.

I salvaged some container crates, long ago, that special pieces of
equipment was shipped in, from Brazil. *I'm, now, hoping the boards

From the sounds of it that stuff was from before the heat-treated crating
material days. The stowaway invasive bugs and other critters have probably
moved on to other parts of your house by now so you should be fine.... ;~)

John

LOL. I think they were fairly clean of bugs, etc. when I got them. I
fished the boards off a fire, as they were being burned as scrap,
after the crates' contents were unloaded. At least half the boards
had already been too damaged to salvage. It was a week before I could
get them home, from Houston, and I've since (27 yrs ago) moved from
the home I had lived in.

Sonny

On Feb 1, 12:37*pm, -MIKE- wrote:
On 2/1/12 11:06 AM, Robatoy wrote:

On Feb 1, 11:52 am, *wrote:

IMHO just not worth the risk.

I was thinking the same thing about all the nasty ****e that's usually
on them. I have one sitting in my van, right now, that came under a load
of tile. You can bet I'll be wearing a mask and gloves when I tear it up
for the bagster. *I'll gladly pay WM to deal with that mess.

I know it can be difficult for many to throw away such fine quality
wood, though. *:-)

You find Bagsters a way to go, Mike? Around here, the whole deal seems
rather expensive.

30 bucks for the Bagster and about $100 for them to haul if off.
Under the circumstances that's a great deal.

I'm making one bathroom into two in our modest little 70's split level.
This involves going down to the studs/joists on most of it and moving
one wall entirely. Then there's the old toilet and metal tub.

In our municipality, if they see any construction materials in the cart....http://www.nashville.gov/pw/images/t...Cart_small.jpg
they'll drive right by it. I'm reusing what lumber I can from the
tear-out, but I'm guessing it won't be much, since these "Tubas" are so
dry they practically split in two when you put a nail in them. :-)

Without the Bagster, I'm left with the following.... packing all this
stuff in my minivan or borrowing a pick-up truck to make three trips.
One trip to each of our three dump/recycling facilities that will only
receive certain materials. Each will have a dump fee not including fees
for large items like tubs and toilets.

All these fees combined would come no where close to the $130 I pay for
the Bagster service. However, after taking an entire day to load and
haul three separate loads to three separate dumps, wasting the gas and
time to do it, I would likely have said to myself, "Man, I would gladly
have paid someone 100 bucks to haul all that crap away for me."

I also get the added benefit of throwing away a decade's worth of
accumulated crap from the household and shed which is too nasty or beat
up to take to the thrift store.

Ironically, WM won't take the old water heater in the Bagster, but the
city will come get for free if I put it out at the curb. :-)

--

* -MIKE-

* "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
* * *--Elvin Jones *(1927-2004)
* --
*http://mikedrums.com
*
* ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply

With those numbers the whole idea is clearly worth it.

"Thomas Hughes" wrote in message
...
I make a nice chair from pallets, I have three in my yard now and 2 at
my friends house. I have scored on a couple of really nice ones, one
made from red oak and one from poplar. Check out the pictures he

http://tmhughes.hubpages.com/hub/rec...mber-furniture

I also make bird houses and small tables.


Look on ABPwoodworking.. I just put on a photo of a Ski chair. WW