I thought that too a couple years ago. The ones I got where the blue stackable light weight ones. When they get cold they busted up real bad, they where brittle and not good. There might be some heavy duty ones that are better.
I think I said something before but If there's a seed corn plant near by they have a score of pallets give them a call the one near me don't charge and you can get 100 at a time or as much as you can haul
@@InTheWoodyard ya when seed is shipped the sometimes have to re stack the seed Where I work in I'll corn comes in from Brazil on a odd metric pallets and we could use them in our palletizer so when the corn came in in the spring from south America we threw away lots of pallets every day Hope that helps
I just shot a video about just that yesterday, it will be on in about a week. If you have the room, an open area with single rows running north and south would be perfect, but I do not think it makes a big difference. Sun wind and time are the best drying things next to a kiln!
Wow Chris I noticed as soon as I saw the first part of the video you got your truck detailed do you do that or do you pay because I'm a detailer myself not by trade but my trucks and my fast fun mustangs are all sanded and buffed because I thoroughly enjoy that sort of stuff
I like to put a coat of wax on 2-3 times a year. I used to keep all my vehicles really clean all the time but the truck is just a work truck so I don't do much with it beside work! HA!
I do not understand the purpose of the pallets. You don't have a forklift that can pick them up when fully loaded so you end up quadruple handling every piece of firewood.
Firewood ....all wood... will wick moisture from the ground if it is in contact with it especially if it is in a big pile. And buy putting the wood on a pallet it not only keeps it from ground contact it allows the air to flow under the wood too so that it drys faster. I stack the wood so that it is also pre-measured so that when I load it to deliver it I know how much wood is loaded for the customer easily all the time.
@@InTheWoodyard the drying makes sense, it would be much easier for you and your customers if you had some way to pick up the pallet and put it in the trailer, then take it off at the customer end so they don't have to re-stack the wood.
Seasoned veterans always keep your eyes peeled on the side of the road...LOL but that's a great heads up for looking at Facebook etc., for pallets also! 👍👍 GNI
For someone like me that is on the road 5 days a week, look for pallets the same as you on the weekends or give the business a few $ for the pallets to reserve them for you if find a good "pallet" store?
It sounded like Chris was working on getting some of the industrial nylon mesh that his brother Kenny puts down under his pallets . If you get a chance to watch yesterday’s video from Kenny’s wood yard you’ll see how effective that is for Kenny. It extends the pallets lifespan and still lets rain water or snow melt drain through.
Good morning Chris, nice that you take the time to give detailed info on your methods, now we’re all guessing where your “secret” location that sells products mainly in the summer is. Barbecue?, camping supplies? Outdoor furniture? Your killing me “Smalls”. Have a good day
Good job Chris baby you got some pallets I am so proud of you that some pallets the nurses are being good to me you do good job you do good work text me back buddy God bless Chris baby
We've been doing a pretty big remodel at the house and some of the material comes on pallets. A truck driver delivered some new bathroom vanities to us that were on pallets and I told him that I would keep them for firewood stacking. He pointed into his truck and said "How about all of these?". Instant score and delivered. The wind out of the NW is why it is cool there so much. NW of Wisconsin is the Artic, right?
Nice score! You just gotta keep you eyes open and talk to people! Yes the NW winds tend to keep it cool here. It was 57 this morning again....beautiful!
Having worked in the LTL freight business for quite some time I've found pallets are referred to as "skids". I visit a lot of different businesses and have a chance to find the best skids to use for stacking my firewood. Guess you could say your business is "on the skids" ...literally! Keep cutting, stacking, and most importantly, $elling your firewood. Good night Irene - Will
I have the good fortune to work in a place that gets a single pallet of supplies about one a fortnight. There is no policy for what happens to the pallet after it gets unloaded - I now have about 20 stacked up at home waiting to get laid out as firewood racks...👍😁🇦🇺
really like your channel i would like to see you post some thing about never putting your hand on the end of a peice of wood wile splitting a very important point exspesially if you have someone helping you run the splitter
No, it was actually about a week ago. I am usually about 7-10 days ahead with filming so I have time to edit in batches and sometimes shoot 3-5 videos in a day too.
Yes, I see them everywhere to but the good ones are not usually free and a few people around here repair and resell pallets so they get picked over fast.
@@InTheWoodyard that is true. The oak are premium. I don't use pallets anymore. I have thousands of cedar trees that grow in different lowlands and I use them for fence posts. The tops of them make excellent runners for all my wood stacking needs.
Good morning, Chris. Another great collaboration with the Kenster yesterday. I Have been on vacation this past week at the beach in LA (lower Alabama😂). Is your dad selling his house yet? I know he was selling stuff to clean out his house. Will he sell the land too or just the house? That’s a lot to keep up with for an octogenarian. Good night Irene.
Good morning Brian, yes he plans on selling it, now he/we are cleaning and fixing it up to prepare it for sale. He is going to keep the land, it will just continue to increase in value and he enjoys it everyday.
I was lucky enough to get my hands on about 40 plastic pallets.
I thought that too a couple years ago. The ones I got where the blue stackable light weight ones. When they get cold they busted up real bad, they where brittle and not good. There might be some heavy duty ones that are better.
That is a sweet score!
Got some good ones there!
I guess I'm fortunate to work at a place where I can get all the pallets I can handle. Also, IBC totes.
Take care friend 👍🇺🇸
Very nice! The totes are worth at least $30 each.
I appreciate you making the video.
Goodnight Irene 😊
You're welcome Tom, as always!
Good morning everyone
Thanks Stanley, same to you!
I think I said something before but
If there's a seed corn plant near by they have a score of pallets give them a call the one near me don't charge and you can get 100 at a time or as much as you can haul
@@InTheWoodyard ya when seed is shipped the sometimes have to re stack the seed
Where I work in I'll corn comes in from Brazil on a odd metric pallets and we could use them in our palletizer so when the corn came in in the spring from south America we threw away lots of pallets every day
Hope that helps
i use to get pallets every day and i had 200 pallets from the newspaper now i cant get them thay dont print thier any more
200 is a lot of pallets!
I can't uses all the pallets so I'm giving them to new best friend that's is selling my wholesale
That is a good use for them!
Chris, we check local grocery stores, The pallets are in perfect condition 🚜🪵👍🏼🇺🇸
Good to know! Thanks Larry!
Hay I called them on that bundled never got any one so where did you get yours.
Yup, the amish bundler is not great and terrible service, that is why I have a BRUTE FORCE bundler now. Call them and talk to Jeff, he is the man.
Chris- Is it better to face your stacks towards the prvailing wind, or position them where the wind blows through the alleys (between the stacks)?
I just shot a video about just that yesterday, it will be on in about a week. If you have the room, an open area with single rows running north and south would be perfect, but I do not think it makes a big difference. Sun wind and time are the best drying things next to a kiln!
@@InTheWoodyard Looking forward to the video. Thanks Chris!
Wow Chris I noticed as soon as I saw the first part of the video you got your truck detailed do you do that or do you pay because I'm a detailer myself not by trade but my trucks and my fast fun mustangs are all sanded and buffed because I thoroughly enjoy that sort of stuff
I like to put a coat of wax on 2-3 times a year. I used to keep all my vehicles really clean all the time but the truck is just a work truck so I don't do much with it beside work! HA!
I do not understand the purpose of the pallets. You don't have a forklift that can pick them up when fully loaded so you end up quadruple handling every piece of firewood.
Firewood ....all wood... will wick moisture from the ground if it is in contact with it especially if it is in a big pile. And buy putting the wood on a pallet it not only keeps it from ground contact it allows the air to flow under the wood too so that it drys faster. I stack the wood so that it is also pre-measured so that when I load it to deliver it I know how much wood is loaded for the customer easily all the time.
@@InTheWoodyard the drying makes sense, it would be much easier for you and your customers if you had some way to pick up the pallet and put it in the trailer, then take it off at the customer end so they don't have to re-stack the wood.
Time for a second cookie bin?
It’d be 3rd cookie bin storage.
Yes I need another one soon. Maybe now!
Yes!
Chris how do I send you a photo?
Email....chrisinthewoodyard@gmail.com
Blue pallets are leased.
I did not know that! Thanks Tom!
Pallet forks? 😁
Some day I will get some, right now I have a lot of other more important thing to get that I will use a lot more often.
Good morning! Pallets👍🏻 See ya tomorrow. GNI
Morning! I'll be here waiting for you Todd!
That was a really nice score!! I don't have many businesses that have free pallets around by me!! Stay safe my friend!!
It took time for me to get a few regular places, just keep looking and asking people .
Great video Chris! I didn't know that the pallets with blue paint were pressure treated. Learn something new everyday. Nice!
Thanks for watching Aaron!
Seasoned veterans always keep your eyes peeled on the side of the road...LOL but that's a great heads up for looking at Facebook etc., for pallets also! 👍👍 GNI
Thanks Russ!
For someone like me that is on the road 5 days a week, look for pallets the same as you on the weekends or give the business a few $ for the pallets to reserve them for you if find a good "pallet" store?
Yes, that is a good idea Jeffrey!
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Thanks for the thumbs!
I know its a little more money. But what you could do is get some painters plastic and put on the bottom of the pallets to help protect from the dort
Dirt
It sounded like Chris was working on getting some of the industrial nylon mesh that his brother Kenny puts down under his pallets . If you get a chance to watch yesterday’s video from Kenny’s wood yard you’ll see how effective that is for Kenny. It extends the pallets lifespan and still lets rain water or snow melt drain through.
If firewood was more profitable it would be a good idea but it is not worth it in my opinion because free new pallets are not hard to come by.
Oh OK.
I don't do it at my wood yard here in California. Because I don't get enough snow to freeze the ground for months.
I get lots of rain tho
Good morning Chris, nice that you take the time to give detailed info on your methods, now we’re all guessing where your “secret” location that sells products mainly in the summer is. Barbecue?, camping supplies? Outdoor furniture? Your killing me “Smalls”. Have a good day
Ha! You are close, it is outdoor stuff!
Do you use your dump trailer to get extra pallets?
Yes, some times I do that! The most I ever got was about 50 at one time.
Are you still going to stack wood if you get a processor? I would probably just throw pallets down and let the elevator make a nice tall pile 😃
It will depend on the type of wood and how long it needs to dry and where it is. But yes, that would be ideal.
Good job Chris baby you got some pallets I am so proud of you that some pallets the nurses are being good to me you do good job you do good work text me back buddy God bless Chris baby
Hey Ralphy Baby, are any of the nurses cute? HA! Get well my friend!
Good morning Chris. Construction sites are always giving pallets away too. Sometimes you can score them good blue ones from them. Thanks for sharing
Yes, and they usually have the really good heavy duty oak ones too.
G’ evening Chris. Great advice about being proactive ! Woodyard is looking full !! GoodNightIrene
Thanks. Good night Corey!
We've been doing a pretty big remodel at the house and some of the material comes on pallets. A truck driver delivered some new bathroom vanities to us that were on pallets and I told him that I would keep them for firewood stacking. He pointed into his truck and said "How about all of these?". Instant score and delivered. The wind out of the NW is why it is cool there so much. NW of Wisconsin is the Artic, right?
Nice score! You just gotta keep you eyes open and talk to people! Yes the NW winds tend to keep it cool here. It was 57 this morning again....beautiful!
Nice score!! I just picked up a truck full of pallets from solar panels, they are odd size but they are super nice quality!
Cool!
Having worked in the LTL freight business for quite some time I've found pallets are referred to as "skids". I visit a lot of different businesses and have a chance to find the best skids to use for stacking my firewood. Guess you could say your business is "on the skids" ...literally! Keep cutting, stacking, and most importantly, $elling your firewood. Good night Irene - Will
Thanks for the info! Yes some people call them skids here too, but I hear pallets much more often.
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Thanks!!!!!!
Sweet, My dad always said, “The early bird gets the worm” or pallets in Chris’ case.
YUP!
I have the good fortune to work in a place that gets a single pallet of supplies about one a fortnight. There is no policy for what happens to the pallet after it gets unloaded - I now have about 20 stacked up at home waiting to get laid out as firewood racks...👍😁🇦🇺
Very cool, I like reusing stuff for another purpose, better than recycling!
really like your channel i would like to see you post some thing about never putting your hand on the end of a peice of wood wile splitting a very important point exspesially if you have someone helping you run the splitter
Thanks for the idea Ricky, I plan on doing a video about wood yard injuries some time.
There is a factory here that every week in the Penny Saver has an ad for pallets. Seen others too but this one shop always has them.
I get all of mine for free.
Wasnt a fan of you pallet ends at first, but man, they are really growing on me, might have to make the switch here myself.
They do take a little time to put together at first but they should last a few years. And stacking is faster.
Good morning, do you have problems with the middle row of wood not drying since it is stacked so tight?
Not at all, It gets a lot of wind and sun for a year so it drys fine.
Your motto should be when it comes to firewood and pallets, free is me!!!!!
Ha! Ya that is about it!
on a side note too, i you ever run out of firewood you can always cut up the heat treated pallets and use that for fire wood lol
Yes, I have heard of guys heating their homes with cut up pallets in a wood boiler!
Good haul, thanks for the walk around, always love it! -Brad
Thanks for always watching Brad, I appreciate it!
Hardware stores always have pallets. I was at one yesterday and they had fifty sitting there up for grabs.
Very nice!
got a lot of pallets, the owner calls me and says ...come for pallets.
Wow, nice, it pays to know the right guy!
Hey Chris, that was yesterday that you where at Kens house on 393 cutting those square blocks.
No, it was actually about a week ago. I am usually about 7-10 days ahead with filming so I have time to edit in batches and sometimes shoot 3-5 videos in a day too.
Your trees are growing back!! 👍👍
Yes they are! I am going to rent a stump grinder and fix that this fall!
Nice score of pallets..
Yes they are!
If you have something to get pallets then it is easy to get them. I see free pallets everywhere.
Yes, I see them everywhere to but the good ones are not usually free and a few people around here repair and resell pallets so they get picked over fast.
@@InTheWoodyard that is true. The oak are premium.
I don't use pallets anymore.
I have thousands of cedar trees that grow in different lowlands and I use them for fence posts. The tops of them make excellent runners for all my wood stacking needs.
Good morning, Chris. Another great collaboration with the Kenster yesterday. I Have been on vacation this past week at the beach in LA (lower Alabama😂). Is your dad selling his house yet? I know he was selling stuff to clean out his house. Will he sell the land too or just the house? That’s a lot to keep up with for an octogenarian. Good night Irene.
Good morning Brian, yes he plans on selling it, now he/we are cleaning and fixing it up to prepare it for sale. He is going to keep the land, it will just continue to increase in value and he enjoys it everyday.
Wow Brian I was probably setting on the beach next to you. We’re were on vacation this past week down there too🤣
@@toddsoutsideagain we were on west beach blvd in gulf shores.
@@brianfletcher7942 we were in Orange Beach
Goodnight Irene. I'm off to bed.
Have sweet dreams Ed!
Good morning Chris!!😀😀
Hey there Al!
Good morning sir ! Have a great day .
Same to you Bruce!
I feel like a palet hunter now.
Ha! That means we are competitors!
Christmas in July!!!!
Yes it was!
that was a good score!
Hey Kev, I mentioned you in a video I shot yesterday, it will be out in about a week or so! Thanks for stopping in!
Good morning from Grand Forks
Good morning Mr Magnuson!
good morning
Same to you Tim!
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Yes it is some beautiful stuff!
Good morning Chris, great advice on pallets and awesome score for you. They definitely seem to make stacking the wood go way easier. 😊👍🏻
Yes they do that! Thanks!