Building in the Woods using Free Recycled Pallets
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Date: 2023-12-03
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vindivergilio3482
So many people think used pallet wood is junk. I have also built many thing out of recycled pallets, a shed to store firewood, a wooden walkway from our back porch to our pool, a fort/tree house for the kids and a few other things. The biggest being a 200 foot long picket fence around our front yard. My son and I spent almost every night of that summer dismantling, de-nailing, trying up and shaping the tops of well over 500 pickets we made out of pallets we got for free from a local factory. The only things we had to buy were the posts, the 2x4s to connect the posts, about 40 bags of post cement, the 3 inch screws to attach the pickets and gate hardware. If we bought the picket fencing in the 8 foot sections that a local lumber yard sold it in, I think just the fencing alone would have cost over 6000. If memory serves me correct, the whole project cost less than 400. It was also a great father/son project which was the best part of it.
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So many people think used pallet wood is junk. I have also built many thing out of recycled pallets, a shed to store firewood, a wooden walkway from our back porch to our pool, a fort/tree house for the kids and a few other things. The biggest being a 200 foot long picket fence around our front yard. My son and I spent almost every night of that summer dismantling, de-nailing, trying up and shaping the tops of well over 500 pickets we made out of pallets we got for free from a local factory. The only things we had to buy were the posts, the 2x4s to connect the posts, about 40 bags of post cement, the 3 inch screws to attach the pickets and gate hardware. If we bought the picket fencing in the 8 foot sections that a local lumber yard sold it in, I think just the fencing alone would have cost over 6000. If memory serves me correct, the whole project cost less than 400. It was also a great father/son project which was the best part of it.
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TheCaptn
I remember my dad using bi-carb and white vinegar to clean the mould spots out of our old 4-person tent in the 80's. He'd use a shoe brush (not one with old polish on it) to rub the bi-carb into the weave, then pour the vinegar slowly while scrubbing as it foamed. I remember it working fantastically, as a kid I thought it was like mad science, but when I tried it in the early 2000's on a more modern tent it didn't work at all. So I dunno, maybe I missed a step, or the fabrics were too different, but it's cheap and nontoxic so it might be worth trying on a corner.
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I remember my dad using bi-carb and white vinegar to clean the mould spots out of our old 4-person tent in the 80's. He'd use a shoe brush (not one with old polish on it) to rub the bi-carb into the weave, then pour the vinegar slowly while scrubbing as it foamed. I remember it working fantastically, as a kid I thought it was like mad science, but when I tried it in the early 2000's on a more modern tent it didn't work at all. So I dunno, maybe I missed a step, or the fabrics were too different, but it's cheap and nontoxic so it might be worth trying on a corner.
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shoelacedonkey
It's still so good to see that even though you focus on bushcraft mostly you don't shy away from using old pallets for a bunch of your projects. I wish my dad was handy like this, it's great to see you lot working together outside like this including Jack, he looks like he's having a ball!
Happy hollidays in advance!
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It's still so good to see that even though you focus on bushcraft mostly you don't shy away from using old pallets for a bunch of your projects. I wish my dad was handy like this, it's great to see you lot working together outside like this including Jack, he looks like he's having a ball!
Happy hollidays in advance!
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motagrad2836
Glad you mentioned fixing the air flow. What my dad did for wood storage for his cabin was a 10x15 shed with no walls then used plastic tarps to seal off the primary wind.
At home a sheet of sheet metal nailed to a frame was merely laid atop his wood pile with a cinder block or two atop at each end to weigh it down
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Glad you mentioned fixing the air flow. What my dad did for wood storage for his cabin was a 10x15 shed with no walls then used plastic tarps to seal off the primary wind.
At home a sheet of sheet metal nailed to a frame was merely laid atop his wood pile with a cinder block or two atop at each end to weigh it down
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Cathy69
Dat is dus de reden waarom ik altijd zonder oogkleppen men
Wat er om hun heen gebeurt kunnen ze niet zien aankomen het is opeens in hun zichtveld
Zonder oogkleppen is mijn ervaring dat ze veel minder snel schrikken, ik zie ook echt geen voordelen in het gebruik van oogkleppen
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Dat is dus de reden waarom ik altijd zonder oogkleppen men
Wat er om hun heen gebeurt kunnen ze niet zien aankomen het is opeens in hun zichtveld
Zonder oogkleppen is mijn ervaring dat ze veel minder snel schrikken, ik zie ook echt geen voordelen in het gebruik van oogkleppen
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Feribratstarot
Splitting wood is the best therapy there is outside of the hammer in the blacksmithy here, love to do both. It is great for getting stuff out of your system when you are feeling the need to do it. LOL.
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Splitting wood is the best therapy there is outside of the hammer in the blacksmithy here, love to do both. It is great for getting stuff out of your system when you are feeling the need to do it. LOL.
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ArcsandSparks315
The Dream Team together and back at it, I d like to say a big Hello all the way from NY, USA to the south coast of England. I ve been big big fan of you and your father for over a decade!
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The Dream Team together and back at it, I d like to say a big Hello all the way from NY, USA to the south coast of England. I ve been big big fan of you and your father for over a decade!
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suburbanhiker5975
You've got quite the Camp Critter Suppression System in place with Jack! You could put together a compilation video of Jack and I think it'd do rather well with your audience.
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You've got quite the Camp Critter Suppression System in place with Jack! You could put together a compilation video of Jack and I think it'd do rather well with your audience.
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jillbritton2676
Here in the US we have lost all of our ash trees due to the Emerald Ash Borror. Don t know if you have that pest over there but I hope your ash trees do better than ours
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Here in the US we have lost all of our ash trees due to the Emerald Ash Borror. Don t know if you have that pest over there but I hope your ash trees do better than ours
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armandvanzyl6325
Realy been missing these videos. Keep up the good work on tgese excelent videos. You should do a video on different bushcraft foods, and what your favorite one is.
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Realy been missing these videos. Keep up the good work on tgese excelent videos. You should do a video on different bushcraft foods, and what your favorite one is.
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YKB6. 9
back to the pallet wood. great. that is how i started watching you and yer dad. back in 2016. 17. cheers lads. thanks for sharing.
ykb over and out
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back to the pallet wood. great. that is how i started watching you and yer dad. back in 2016. 17. cheers lads. thanks for sharing.
ykb over and out
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Feribratstarot
good camp oven, I need to do the same here. nice to have the tiny stick wood but it is hard to stack it and have it stay put.
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good camp oven, I need to do the same here. nice to have the tiny stick wood but it is hard to stack it and have it stay put.
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moosemanzz
It's great to see more pallet wood building. I loved the old pallet wood cabin videos and watched the whole series several times!
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It's great to see more pallet wood building. I loved the old pallet wood cabin videos and watched the whole series several times!
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