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I had something similar which I really liked, but had to stop using it. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

My tractor with R-1 tires was destroying the lawn when the ground wasn't frozen but I still needed firewood. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
 
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I got tired of posting and typing cuz I couldn't get the picture to take. AndyM showed his cut list for these pallets and I changed to something that I think will work better for me. I don't wat to stack these pallets together-allowing me to round the wood over the top rail. I cut, split, and stack the wood on the pallets, let it cure a season, carry it to my force air wood furnace in my attached garage, and burn right off of the pallet. The pallet takes a cut list of 2 each 44-3/4" by 8 each 40" with 3 screws at each connection, 36 screws per pallet. By not stacking, 1 X 6's in CCA will be strong enough to keep the wood on the pallet. I use the KK carry-all to move the pallets (from the short side=on the 3ph) and pallet forks on the front to move two pallets from the timber at once. 3 pallets are around a cord so I'm going with 12 to 16 pallets to start with. Thank you AndyM for saving my back.
 
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Great idea, Iam going to find some pallets in the morning, thanks /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
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Ah ha! You have found a way to help prevent "jumpers"! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
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Nice to see that someone found a good use for those darn "CHEP" pallets. We get stacks of those things at our warehouse and the freight companies won't take them in pallet exchange because of that blue paint. They are the best made pallets I've seen, but because of their proprietary deals with shippers, only Chep authorized haulers will move the pallets. Personally, I've cut them down and used them for storing various items off the ground, I've also traded them to a machine shop that uses them to hold steel. In exchange, they've welded up plenty of things for me and for our truck fleet. We get such big piles of those pallets that the fire inspector has warned us that piling them up outside is a bonfire waiting to happen, but I sure don't have room inside to store dozens of stacks of pallets! One thing I can tell you is that those pallets will last you for a very long time hauling wood because they are so sturdily built.
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( We get such big piles of those pallets that the fire inspector has warned us that piling them up outside is a bonfire waiting to happen )</font>

Bob

What's the issue there? A couple lawn chairs, a cooler of beverages and a gallon of diesel and you're all set. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I have found out that they do get a bit warm though. I actually burnt the bark clear off trees that were a little too close. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
 
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The best thing about the Chep pallets is the opening is the same from both sides, allowing the use of the carry-all for transporting.
 
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Bob
Isn't the CHEP pallet a re-cycling scheme, and there would be a deposit that could be claimed on each one returned? But if truckers won't take them, then the re-cycling system falls apart somehow.

According the the Brambles website, WalMart, HomeDepot, Sysco, and others have contracted with them and I would think would pay something to get them back into the system.
Interesting.
 
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I'd love to find some more of those Chep (blue) pallets. I have pallet racks in my barn and I use my forklift to store all sorts of stuff there. (read between the lines - I need a bigger barn) They seem to be fairly sturdy pallets.
 
 
 
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