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When I was a kid, my dad would just go to the cool hardware store that served popcorn and you could just pick up a couple of wooden pallets for free. It was next to a bin full of broken pallets and weird off-cuts from their lumber. We'd just burn it, but sometimes he'd use it to patch up the fence on the side of the house that only the lovely neighbours could see.
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Jun 29, 2017 19:45
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Yeah hardware stores don't really do that anymore, so I have no idea where these weirdos are getting their pallets.
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Jun 29, 2017 19:47
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How the gently caress aren't you guys dead from pallet fire smoke? I've stopped a couple of Pinterested people from making pallet furniture for their kids because of how much poo poo they treat the wood with.
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Jun 29, 2017 20:03
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You should do your best to not breathe any smoke because it's all bad for you. I only really worry about treated wood for cooking fires.
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Jun 29, 2017 20:19
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Kwyndig posted:Yeah hardware stores don't really do that anymore, so I have no idea where these weirdos are getting their pallets. I used to work for a firework wholesaler/retailer that would ship to those tents and temporary stands you see in parking lots. The unofficial stance on pallets we sent out was just 'leave them somewhere and people will come steal them at night, and if for some reason that doesn't happen I guess we can ship them back after the season' We never got any back to my knowledge.
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Jun 29, 2017 20:43
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Saint Freak posted:I used to work for a firework wholesaler/retailer that would ship to those tents and temporary stands you see in parking lots. The unofficial stance on pallets we sent out was just 'leave them somewhere and people will come steal them at night, and if for some reason that doesn't happen I guess we can ship them back after the season' If you really want pallets, just go to any industrial park, there'll be enormous piles of them that they'll eventually just pay someone to get rid of.
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Jun 29, 2017 20:45
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Wasabi the J posted:How the gently caress aren't you guys dead from pallet fire smoke? I'm pretty sure EUR pallets are all just heat-treated. In the US I'm sure they'll have every toxic chemical treatment available of course.
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Jun 29, 2017 21:48
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Here's how you protect your pallets, by the way: http://i.imgur.com/WXrfIsG.mp4
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Jun 29, 2017 21:52
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Jerry Cotton posted:I'm pretty sure EUR pallets are all just heat-treated. In the US I'm sure they'll have every toxic chemical treatment available of course. Nope, you usually have to pay extra for any kind of treatment. I used to work with a guy who made small tables, shelves and poo poo out of old pallet wood. Sometimes they are made out of nice hardwood offcuts or such. He didn't have a car and was forever calling me to bring my truck to pick him and some pallets up.
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Jun 29, 2017 22:58
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I know an old guy who makes some extra cash by collecting heavy-duty oak pallets (he won't reveal his source), carefully disassembling them, and then selling the blocks to wood carvers.
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Jun 29, 2017 23:28
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CommonShore posted:I know an old guy who makes some extra cash by collecting heavy-duty oak pallets (he won't reveal his source), carefully disassembling them, and then selling the blocks to wood carvers. They're not actually wood carvers, that's just a front for their pallet-building business.
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Jun 29, 2017 23:30
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Jesus. It's like the water cycle but for pallets.
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Jun 30, 2017 03:07
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CzarChasm posted:Jesus. It's like the water cycle but for pallets.  
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Jun 30, 2017 03:09
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Years ago my dad ran a business where he'd drive around and pick up unwanted pallets, take them to his shop and repair them, then sell them to people who needed "new" ones.
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Jun 30, 2017 05:19
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Light Gun Man posted:Years ago my dad ran a business where he'd drive around and pick up unwanted pallets, take them to his shop and repair them, then sell them to people who needed "new" ones. That's a very common business model.
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Jun 30, 2017 05:21
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Jerry Cotton posted:That's a very common business model. Yeah there were like rival dudes-with-trucks doing the same poo poo and everything.
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Jun 30, 2017 05:23
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Light Gun Man posted:Years ago my dad ran a business where he'd drive around and pick up unwanted pallets, take them to his shop and repair them, then sell them to people who needed "new" ones. That's a fencing racket. Congrats on being low-rent mobsters.
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Jun 30, 2017 06:35
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Wasabi the J posted:That's a fencing racket. Congrats on being low-rent mobsters. Uhh I think you'll find fencing is done with swords not rackets.
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Jun 30, 2017 06:55
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Wasabi the J posted:That's a fencing racket. Congrats on being low-rent mobsters. Seemed legit enough to me, I dunno. Whatever, I was like 12.
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Jun 30, 2017 08:15
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I think you missed that he was selling to different companies that needed pallets, it's not like he was a glazier going around with a handful of rocks
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Jun 30, 2017 10:25
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Sentient Data posted:I think you missed that he was selling to different companies that needed pallets, it's not like he was a glazier going around with a handful of rocks "Hey Dad, isn't taking these stealing?" "Nah son they just didn't want them anymore. I'm "Ok, goodnight Y'all some straight up Cindy Lou Who motherfuckers in here.
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Jun 30, 2017 11:24
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Honestly, isn't most peoples fathers and uncles involved in a little somethings shady on the side? Or is this my white trash heritage talking?
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Jun 30, 2017 12:00
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No uncles be shady af Reason is, straightup dads won't admit to their shady poo poo to their kids, but they'll happily rat out their uncles the two faced rat bastards Karate Bastard has a new favorite as of 12:06 on Jun 30, 2017 |
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Jun 30, 2017 12:04
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whiteyfats posted:Honestly, isn't most peoples fathers and uncles involved in a little somethings shady on the side? Or is this my white trash heritage talking? My dad programmed COBOL and my uncle was also a drunk.
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Jun 30, 2017 12:39
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whiteyfats posted:Honestly, isn't most peoples fathers and uncles involved in a little somethings shady on the side? Or is this my white trash heritage talking? I wish, my dad is practically Hank Hill
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Jun 30, 2017 12:52
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Jerry Cotton posted:My dad programmed COBOL and my uncle was also a drunk. COBOL programming is indeed shady af
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Jun 30, 2017 13:48
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Well, drat. Guess poor people just live shadier lives.
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Jun 30, 2017 14:15
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Warbird posted:COBOL programming is indeed shady af He held municipal office and all.
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Jun 30, 2017 14:41
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I wish I could get some pallets now. I used to run an a/c business so I had too many to get rid off at one stage. I built a workbench out of some, being thin wood not a proper bench, just for potting plants/gardening and with a shelf below for storing empty seedling pots and fertilizer etc. Right now if I had some I would build a bed out of some as I need something that takes up less room than a proper bed or is at least easy to take apart. (only need it for a month or two) E: hard to get pallets here unless imported. I'm sure everyone has heard of chep.
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Jun 30, 2017 14:54
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CzarChasm posted:Jesus. It's like the water cycle but for pallets. Lifehack: permanently remove them from the cycle.   The fire department came to watch. Not to put it out or anything, just to acknowledge like yes, that is a bonfire. 
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Jun 30, 2017 15:03
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You'd better have tossed them a couple beers and some hot dogs
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Jun 30, 2017 15:33
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They declined. Bunch a goody-goodies.
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Jun 30, 2017 15:39
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Imagining a career in drunken firefighting atm
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Jun 30, 2017 15:50
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NPRs Planet Money did an episode on pallets and the pallet econony. It's surprisingly interesting. http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/06/11/320642426/episode-454-the-blue-pallet
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Jun 30, 2017 16:51
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Man I remember those drat blue pallets. I think we would just leave those.Wasabi the J posted:"Hey Dad, isn't taking these stealing?" It's not like we were heisting the drat things. He'd work out agreements with the owners of warehouses and factories and poo poo and they'd leave them out somewhere (or some places would even load them onto the trailer for us, how nice). The people buying the new ones knew they were rebuilt. I'm not sure where exactly any step of this is illegal but whatever. It's not like he wouldn't tell people what he did for a job, everyone knew. Light Gun Man has a new favorite as of 17:02 on Jun 30, 2017 |
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Jun 30, 2017 16:59
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Light Gun Man posted:It's not like we were heisting the drat things. He'd work out agreements with the owners of warehouses and factories and poo poo and they'd leave them out somewhere (or some places would even load them onto the trailer for us, how nice). The people buying the new ones knew they were rebuilt. I'm not sure where exactly any step of this is illegal but whatever. It's not like he wouldn't tell people what he did for a job, everyone knew. 
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Jul 1, 2017 04:09
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Tiggum posted:Sometimes pallets are rented and sometimes people who don't actually own them sell them, and then the companies end up paying rent on a pallet they no longer have forever. Your father may or may not have knowingly bought stolen pallets. oh no 
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Jul 1, 2017 04:19
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whiteyfats posted:Well, drat. When the kid's got to eat and the rent's got to be paid you find ways.
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Jul 1, 2017 04:42
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ToxicSlurpee posted:When the kid's got to eat and the rent's got to be paid you find ways. Lifehack: Sell your children for rent money
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I think some people don't realise that there are two types of pallets. One tends to be higher quality and gets reused over and over again, and the other type is called like a one way pallet or something. I work in an equipment rental shop, and everything I've ever seen ordered has come in on a disposable pallet that doesn't get sent back. They pile up in the yard until there's enough for a recycling trip, or the ones that aren't falling apart already get used to store something else. I could go down right now and get like two dozen pallets and my boss would be relieved because then he wouldn't have to pay to get rid of them.
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