Pallet Source

There's a steel place near me that always has a mess. If I drive around high tech or industrial areas here I'll see them.
Check Craigslist

I get mine free at HD & Lowes.
Shingle/roofing dealers have lots for free here.
CL always has some outfit wanting you to come get free pallets.

Junk crooked bowed 2X4s at Lowes are pretty cheap, can make good wood racks.

Like you I like free, I mostly use pallets & put something under them to keep the grass & weeds from growing up thru

Local lumber yards are the best for me. They have hundreds on pallets stockpiled. I can take all I want,,whenever I want.

Most OTRs get money for the pallets they take back.
Craigslist is a good source.

A good place to find pallets around here ( may work elsehwere too ) is Salvo Auto Parts , Pep Boys and so on , heck they appreciate them being gone so they don't have to

I got a few today from our local hardware store- just starting out and bought a farmboss off the guy, He had a few pallets and I asked for them.

Stone yards, mason supply yards and landscaper supply yards that sell patio and retaining wall blocks.

Goofy as it sounds, newspaper offices are also a good source.

My best source in the past was always a local tractor trailer dealer . . . in fact they have so many pallets that they end up coming in to a few times each year to get a burn permit to burn them up in a giant bonfire.

Another place to look is if you have any lawn/garden/tractor dealerships . . . I know the Kubota dealership and I believe John Deere dealership here in town also end up getting burn permits every so often to burn up their pallets.

As mentioned . . . hardware stores, printing presses and plumbing supply places. A lot of these places are happy to have folks come looking to haul away their old pallets.

I drive for a local food service company, similar to SYSCO. These pallets tend to get in our way. Check out anywhere a foodservice company will deliver, loading dock areas, etc.


KC