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12/22/12, 05:29 PM
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Location: Northwestern Illinois
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Put me down as another plus for the woodshed!! Looks a lot nicer than some I've seen!! LOL
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12/22/12, 06:42 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Michigan
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And just a couple hours ago I cut up six pallets for the wood stove.
Then I brought in six wet ones to cut up in a couple days when they are dry. That is all I use to heat my Northern Michigan house.
I have also built sheds and a goat pen from pallets.
All very nice projects I have seen here.
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12/22/12, 06:59 PM
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Thanks guys - and I love the pics!
Jason, your book looks interesting, I'll have to check it out. Makes me happy that there are others scrounging and repurposing out there.....I just hate to see useable stuff go to the landfill. And.....I'm also cheap - so it's the perfect hobby for me 
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12/22/12, 07:39 PM
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Location: Indiana
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All your projects are really nice and I'd love to have that woodshed here. We just cover our wood with tarps. I too must be from "the wrong side of the tracks".
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12/22/12, 07:57 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2012
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Originally Posted by Jokarva
Thanks guys - and I love the pics!
Jason, your book looks interesting, I'll have to check it out. Makes me happy that there are others scrounging and repurposing out there.....I just hate to see useable stuff go to the landfill. And.....I'm also cheap - so it's the perfect hobby for me |
Thanks Jokarva. Beautiful work, wish I'd met you before and I would've asked you to include the pictures!
J
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12/22/12, 08:02 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: West Central Minnesota
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I like all of the things you have built. And, I thought the shed was really nice, lol.
Ditto pinterest- some waaayyyyyy creative people making lots of useful things out of old pallets.
Thanks for sharing your photos.
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12/22/12, 08:21 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Kansas
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I liked all of your projects!
I'll be saving this thread for future reference.
Thanks so much for sharing these!
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12/22/12, 09:42 PM
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Location: MO Ozark country
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Beautiful wood shed....there's so many uses for everyone else's "trash". 
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12/23/12, 08:12 AM
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Location: Western North Carolina
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Very nice. Thanks for sharing the ideas and photos.
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12/23/12, 08:23 AM
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Good looking stuff
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12/23/12, 11:55 AM
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Location: Minnesota
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Ignore the skinny goat, I had just bought her. She is nice and fat now and still milking.
I made this milking stand out of cube shaped pallets I got from work.
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12/23/12, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by tinknal
Ignore the skinny goat, I had just bought her. She is nice and fat now and still milking.
I made this milking stand out of cube shaped pallets I got from work.
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Looks very sturdy! What are those cross braces you're using? That's something I need on some of my projects.
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12/23/12, 09:03 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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Originally Posted by Jokarva
Looks very sturdy! What are those cross braces you're using? That's something I need on some of my projects.
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That is metal banding that came on the pallets. I've since removed the ones on the top on both sides so we can milk from either side.
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12/24/12, 09:43 AM
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How are you guys taking your pallets apart? I have had awful luck trying to get the planks off without destroying them.
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12/24/12, 10:15 AM
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aka RamblinRoseRanc :)
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Cats paw and hammer, usually. I loosen each nail in whatever piece I'm working on and then I start removing them. If i'm in a hurry and small pieces will do then it's the jigsaw or skilsaw 
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12/24/12, 11:33 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Michigan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tinknal
Ignore the skinny goat, I had just bought her. She is nice and fat now and still milking.
I made this milking stand out of cube shaped pallets I got from work.
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That is the tallest goat milking stand I have seen.
Why so tall?
When I had my goats I built a stand that was about 16 inches off the floor.
Then I just sat on a stool to milk the goats.
I sold that stand but I need to build another one because I am really considering getting a couple milk goats.
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12/26/12, 05:07 PM
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Location: Southeastern VA
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Originally Posted by lorichristie
DH built our garden cabin mostly with free materials. All the framing lumber, most of the foundation lumber, the concrete foundations, the exterior siding, all the windows (except for two small ones in the eves), the door, and all the decking in the front was FREE. We paid for the roofing, the decking on the side, and just those two small windows. The wiring was recycled, light switches recycles, the glass fixture recycled, and DH took apart an existing wood shed off of the shop, and built it onto the back of the cabin. Here is a pic:
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I'd love to see more of your set up. Please post pics of your garden area, it looks so interesting.
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12/26/12, 05:23 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Cold Mtn, W NC
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How are you guys taking your pallets apart? I have had awful luck trying to get the planks off without destroying them.
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Usually a pry bar, hammer and muscle (which I am sadly lacking). I do use a hacksaw to cut thru nails sometimes if they're really stubborn, but I like the look of the old nail holes and weathered ends....so I rarely cut the pallets apart (which some prefer to do).
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12/26/12, 06:58 PM
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in my area we can get over sized pallets from glass co and furnace supply co also crates that 4 wheelers and snowmobile and garden tractors com in no need to buy 4x4 or larger whel oversized creats come on larger skids
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12/26/12, 07:39 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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Originally Posted by Rustaholic
That is the tallest goat milking stand I have seen.
Why so tall?
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Because I'm lazy and wanted to build it without using a saw...........................
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