[langdon]

i remember there was a post on ere about bale twine ' farmers freind ' as some of us might call it.
people gave their ideas as what they use it for, i thougt it was a great topic as i love the stuff.
i was thinking then of wooden pallets again another thing trhat can come in handy
around the place for so many things.
how do you use yours ?

[Hellybee]

Hiya Langdon, sorry we been mega busy 

Thought of more things since last time....Tying hurdles, safety ties for tying up ponies, mending haynets, tying up gates, (every horse field we have is tied both ends) tying up rugs, (for ponies that will insist on undoing belly straps  )   as belts, for cutting through other bale strings when knife is no to hand, as of last night tying down chicken enclosures, for attaching lightng boards to trailers, as a sweat scraper when bathing ponies   Always got some in pocket

As for pallets have been known to take off the bottom bits of it (the blocks and timber that runs along the blocks) leaving just the top, filled in gaps with 2 be 1( or similar)  for stable wall panels and door for Shettie

[gavo]

Makeshift temporary pig housing

[Hermit]

we make duck houses out of them, the solid ones get used as raised areas in the dog kennel. But mainly firewood, we get a curtain sided waggon load delivered for free.Chop them up on a huge table saw we got from a croft sale for twenty quid and cosey toes then.

[Lavinia]

Hi Langdon

We use loads of pallets for everything, we bought a book on amazon called "build it .... With Palllets" it is written by Joe Jacobs only cost us a few quid, but the ideas we got from it have saved us a fortune.............. he also wrote another book called "build it" its about DIY projects for farmers, smallholdrs and gardeners... Hope this is of help

Lavinia

[langdon]

i like the sound of a door ummm
we need a door for a goat shed, i wonder could i come up with something from pallets?
glad to know things are ok with ye guys what do you think of the weather im wading all over the place!
do you still fancy meeting up in summer, beth my wife thinks its a great idea
how is all your animals?
langdon

[langdon]

well done mate   will keep that in mind

[langdon]

FIREWOOD  !!!!!
this was the last idea i was hoping to see on ere, thats thats awfull  only joking man!
everyone to their own needs, cant beat warm toes

[langdon]

got that one ' build it projects' what a guy!!!
im jealous of these kinda guys who make things look so simple.
if you dont mind me asking what kind of things are in the other book.
did see it online and thought gosh i gota get that, now that you reminded me,
guess what? i am going toi get it!!!!
then we can keep each other up todate with what we are making!!

[garden cottage]

we get freeby pallets from work ,apart from thousands of nails in the woodburner the corner blocks and slats make super firewood, also use them to make lambing pens and its all free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[trefnantbach]

So far built a goose house and clad it with overlapping feather-edged board and topped it with a felt sloping roof also a crate to go on open trailer to collect weaners - bolt the sides and top together and hold it down on trailer with one of those luggage webbing with camming devices. Worked a treat when collecting piglet from Doncaster to Wales.

[Hermit]

There is a bloke up here that woodturns the corner blocks into candle holders then sells them at the farmers markets. Racks of compost heaps are easily made from pallets as well.

[carl]

Goose/duck shelters, fencing, gates, hurdles for steering pigs into trailer, compost bins, racks for seasoning firewood, temporary scaffold towers and when they have become trashed, firewood (especially good for kindling). i even use them as pallets, for keeping stuff off the floor. I get loads of pallets free, from work and they are a vital source of cheap/free wood. I just get fed up of all the bent nails.

[shetlandpaul]

FIREWOOD  !!!!!
this was the last idea i was hoping to see on ere, thats thats awfull  only joking man!
everyone to their own needs, cant beat warm toes

£6 for a bag of softwood logs. a pallet lasts us about a week as kindling and the odd hot fire. hermit burns peat and you need a good hot fire to start. i saw some intresting projects on a us web site may try some. we urgently need to build a good peat store and some more chicken houses. so i think we will hire or borrow a van and get a load.

[Paul Sill]

I have made several planters, 1 for strawberrys, 1 for carrots and beetroot for salads, 2 small ones 1 for herbs and the other for salad leaves. My raised beds are also made from pallet wood.