Wood Pallet Disposal

[Keith RW]

Can anyone point me in the direction of Pallet Disposal/recycling company in Sheffield area, I have pallets that mount up in various shapes, sizes and conditions and that I have to pay to get rid of as most companies only want good undamaged ones to sell on.

 

Could do with a contact that can come and collect a load at a time and do us both a favor.

 

Quantity wise I would estimate around 50 per month.

[Royboy]

People always want free fire wood !

[davewh100]

i just advertised them has fire wood or kindle for free lad came and took the lot

[felly100]

It's crying out to be split and bagged up as kindling.

I know someone who has a biomass thingy but he'd want it dropping off.

[Duckandswing]

As the gentlemen have said. Stick up a sign saying free pallets and you'll be inundated with people.

[lurchers]

Surely someone with a log burner would be happy to take these off your hands for free.

[Jason_ox]

Have a search for a local pallet man, ask around on trading estates. These guys will actually buy the pallets off you can't remember how much but £1 a pallet comes to mind. Or like people have said advertise them for free and they'll go

[paulnix]

Guy came down on a Pheasant shoot I go on a bit in the recycling business, he gets 3 1/2 tons a week of scrap nails from all the pallets he puts over his line before go into biomass burners, his retirement fund he said

[JDog]

If you leave the pallets outside your premises with a sign on them saying 'Pallets £5 each' they will disappear overnight.

[pegasus bridge]

Pop an advert on freecycle, as others have said- you will get people queing up to use them for burning.

[Lord Geordie]

I fund a lot of pallets at work are tanalised wood and won't burn! We get a load of euro pallets that are a nightmare to return. The ones the bananas come in on we use for stacking totes and shippers on for return, that way we can get rid of them at pretty much the same rate as we receive them! If you have an auto dismantlers local go and have a word! They often use pallets for shipping engines and gearboxes! May be the solution to both your problems

[hodge911]

I,d have come got some if I was closer

[flynny]

We have a guy who takes ours off site, he will only take 60 + , we get a quid each for them,

 

I give it the lads for brew gear,

 

I take a few also for the chimnea, plus all the chippies off cuts lol

 

Atb

 

Flynny

[lurchers]

I fund a lot of pallets at work are tanalised wood and won't burn! We get a load of euro pallets that are a nightmare to return. The ones the bananas come in on we use for stacking totes and shippers on for return, that way we can get rid of them at pretty much the same rate as we receive them! If you have an auto dismantlers local go and have a word! They often use pallets for shipping engines and gearboxes! May be the solution to both your problems

You don't work for Hollands do ya if so poor lad.

[Chris Bb]

The problem I've found with pallets is that they're so well made. Unless cutting up for firewood the timber is very difficult to get out in sensible sized pieces. A pity as rough timber of this sort of size is very useful for all sorts of outside construction projects.

[digger]

a good way of taking them apart is drive the nail through the wood with a center punch rather than trying to pull the wood from the nails. Drive them into the blocks between the lathes

[Vince Green]

There is a place near us where they just put them outside the gate and people come and take them

[BrowningB525]

Admittedly this is a bit far fetched but still clever.

 

http://10ways.com/save/home/old-wooden-pallets-good-pair-of-pliers-hours-of-work-awesome-wooden-floor/4323

[bakerboy]

Pallets are a good source of income, generally get more for a Euro than a standard pallet.

You may also find you can get a bit for broken pallets, these can be cobbled together to make good pallets.

Look in your yellow pages to find your local pallet man.

 

Do not give them away, you will find that the person who collects them the most will most probably be your local pallet man

Edited May 2, 2016 by bakerboy

[cragrat]

As said pallets make great firewood, no good if you don't have a log burner.as for breaking them up they are a doddle with a claw hammer and small crowbar

 

Last load I had I remade my log store with them, looks so much nicer than pse

[pegasus bridge]

Pallets are a good source of income, generally get more for a Euro than a standard pallet.

You may also find you can get a bit for broken pallets, these can be cobbled together to make good pallets.

Look in your yellow pages to find your local pallet man.

 

Do not give them away, you will find that the person who collects them the most will most probably be your local pallet man

It's the other way round I think! euros are generally much cheaper if not free!

[bakerboy]

It's the other way round I think! euros are generally much cheaper if not free!

No, definitely not, certainly in London.

 

I used to sell upwards of 300/400 pallets each week, about 25% of which were Euro Pallets the price £1.25, Standard one way Pallets about £1.00.

 

Plus, and I know it is not legal, if you have GKN Blue pallets and a pallet man on the make you can get £2.00 plus.

You have to rent GKN Blue pallets, and when it comes to Audit time and you are short of the required number it could cost you £9.99 per pallet.

 

It always surprises me at Bonfire night when there are Charity gatherings around a big pile of pallets that are being burnt, they would make more money selling them, but not have such good fun.

Edited May 11, 2016 by bakerboy

[Lampwick]

Check out some of the great uses for pallets you can find online!

 

Here's one site plenty more out there! Even found a pallet house!

 

I built a cracking shed for my allotment out of pallets used for solar panels.

 

http://www.dumpaday.com/genius-ideas-2/35-amazing-uses-for-old-pallets/