[A. Fallowfield]

Just a few preparations for the toms; all constructed from pallets!

[martywolfman]

Ok - another numpty question (I have lots of them in store) - have all of you who have got these lovely free pallets managed to fit them in the back of your car? Are they heavy?
Let's cut to the chase - I'm short, I'm female and I have an S-Max - can I shift 'em???!

  Thank you!

PS - If anyone knows of any free pallet availability in the Rugby/Daventry area, I'm all ears...

I borrowed the van that belongs to the wolf sanctuary i volunteer at, as i wasnt sure if i could fit them in my mondeo hatchback or not. yes, they are fairly heavy. if you are not a fit, healthy fairly strong person, i would reccomend trying to move them alone

[Kajazy]

Thank you for that - I'm off to collect one this afternoon, so will ask for some help.

[hamstergbert]

Useful to take along a log saw - it is not too hard a job to cut the pallets into almost half.

Leave the long planks untouched but you can cut the cross planks (just outboard of the centre support block hence the 'almost half' - one side has one longitudinal stretcher plank more than the other!) top and bottom at each end and at least it makes them a bit more feasible to slot into a car (even if for a small vehicle it may mean flattening the passenger side seats as much as you can and slinging an old blanket on top to protect them).

IF time is not too much of an issue, may even be worth taking along the relevant maul hammer, clarw hammer, nail pincers etc and dismantling them in the car park!  (A pal doing that was impressed when someone from the company he had scrounged them from came out of the industrial unit and loaned him a proper warehouse nail extractor!)

[gherkin]

I really never though much about pallets until I got my allotment and decided I need a compost bin!  All the things you have made on this thread sound amazing!

Anyone made a compost bin?  I have 2 pallets acquired from work and 2 more to come.  Any ideas about a construction plan?  Just bash some nails in to make a square 'box' or should I leave the front one as a gate?  Do I need a lid?

 

[grendel]

I managed to get 5 in one width and 2 narrower, I use the narrower ones as the front, the other % form the backs, 2 sides and central divide. I fix them together with decking screws. heres one on my other half plot built into the corner.
Grendel

[kevinp]

heres the bench I made a couple of weeks ago for my part of the shared poly tunnel



my first compost bin



I have since added another compost bin and a seat.

[grendel]

on the way home from visiting my parents I spotted a free pallets sign, so hooked up my trailer after dropping the wife home and went back for some. nice long ones too.
Grendel

[witchwoopiggy]

on my local freecycle there offering free pallets with free delivery getting some on friday so hopefully i can work out a compost bin, planters and hopefully a wee fence round my veg patch to keep my bunnys off as i can keep having them, any other ideas ?

[WhiteWolf]

on my local freecycle there offering free pallets with free delivery getting some on friday so hopefully i can work out a compost bin, planters and hopefully a wee fence round my veg patch to keep my bunnys off as i can keep having them, any other ideas ?

witchwoopiggy

Which is your local freecycle? You have no location in your profile.

WW 

[witchwoopiggy]

East Sussex have changed profile as well 

[WhiteWolf]

East Sussex have changed profile as well 

I noticed 

So if you're in the guinea pig shed, where are the guinea pigs sleeping? 

Welcome to the site by the way 

WW 

[grendel]

my compost bins on plot 2
Grendel

[grendel]

bench seat added to the compost bins.

[kevinp]

Grow bag holders