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Topic starter 16/03/2022 7:54 pm  

During the lockdown, wood became ridiculously expensive with everyone turning their hands to a bit of DIY. Even so, I found wooden pallets were still easy to find (once I was allowed out of the house again). As a result, I invested in a bit of kit I’ve subsequently found to be absolutely spot on - a pallet buster.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/roughneck-pallet-buster-demolition-bar-43/6765x

Baically, if you can dismantle a wooden pallet without the wood splitting, it’s amazing how much good construction material it yields. The tool is well recommended by me.

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Raised beds for home-grown veg and chickens for eggs

"Semper in excretia; suus solum profundum variat"


   
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16/03/2022 9:12 pm  

What’s your success rate in not damaging pallets with the buster? I use a chisel and crowbar, with about 40% success. 

I just love pallets. Last year I wanted to build more raised beds around the veg garden. Our hardware store, whose prices are very competitive, quoted me around £1,000 for the wood… not a lot of wood I might add. The prices are still insane. The very same hardware store gives away heat treated pallets. I took loads and built four large beds at a cost of £0 for the wood and £40 for liner.

https://myhomefarm.co.uk/raised-beds-from-upcycled-pallets

I’m in the process of building five more (three down, two to go).

 

 


   
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Majordennisbloodnok
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Topic starter 16/03/2022 11:26 pm  

Assuming the pallets are in good condition, I reckon I can dismantle them and reclaim about 85-90%. There are some, of course, that are held together with nails or staples that are complete overkill and success with those is lower, but still immeasurably better than with crowbar, bolster and chisel.

105 m2 bungalow in South East England
Mitsubishi Ecodan 8.5 kW air source heat pump
18 x 360W solar panels
1 x 6 kW GroWatt battery and inverter
Raised beds for home-grown veg and chickens for eggs

"Semper in excretia; suus solum profundum variat"


   
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17/03/2022 1:27 pm  

What liner do you use for the raised beds @editor? Would ordinary weed control fabric be suitable?


   
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Mars
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17/03/2022 3:26 pm  

@saz, bang on. This is the liner we used, which was excellent, but it's currently out of stock: https://amzn.to/3ijgguF

 

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17/03/2022 3:28 pm  

@majordennisbloodnok, that's an excellent ratio. The issue is pallets that have 3-4 nails in the middle of the length of wood. Those inevitable crack or splinter. 

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17/03/2022 3:42 pm  

So far I've either used the pallets intact or attacked them with a chainsaw to make kindling.  The pallet buster looks good though.  This is my latest pallet construction.  It's my hedge against increasing energy prices later in the year. Full of free wood. 😀  

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17/03/2022 5:22 pm  

@kev-m, that's a neat project. Nice. I've also built four really large wood and kindling containers in our garage using pallets (it was actually my first pallet project) and that too saved a small fortune in wood.

Buy Bodge Buster – Homeowner Air Source Heat Pump Installation Guide: https://amzn.to/3NVndlU

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