Double dip scrounge

[mywaynow]

Not a stick of wood on this one, but a great find for me all the same. Been looking for some free, longer life supports to stack the piles on. Also decided what to do with the butts/knots/shorts that I have; loading them into burlap bags and topping the stacks with the loaded bags. Happened to be on an industrial site with the property manager and asked if the coffee company there reused the bags. 5 minutes later, had about 30 of them. Also mentioned an interest in any plastic skids, and whala!, 6 on my truck heading home. More to come on the skids too. I needed a longer life span than a wood skid as the wood I am stacking now I wont burn for 5 years. Now I can start getting the pile into nice stacks. Gotta make room for the next loads! Of course, it is snowing now, so no stacking today.

 

[shawneyboy]

Very nice scrounge. What I wouldn't give for some free plastic palletts. Wood is easy to come by as compared to plastic pallets.

Shawn

 

[Mmaul]

I would love to have plastic pallets we get them here at work all the time, I would love to take them home but not worth getting fired over.

 

[Wood Duck]

Do you think wood is going to season in a burlap bag?

 

[billb3]

Dunno about coffee burlap bags ( are they plastic now like bird seed ? ), but the wind used to go right thru the old chicken feed grain bags.


Nice on the plastic pallets. They used to have a deposit on them years ago.
(at last the ones we got did) 20 were used, 20 had to go back.

 

[Mmaul]

they are from pepsi, I am sure they are counted.

 

[mywaynow]

I think you can find them where corrosive products or international products are shipped. I believe that chemicals used for freezing were shipped on the ones I have. I have also seen batteries shipped on them. They seem downright perfect for the job. Strong enough to stack normal hieght and the flex to form to the ground level. Just stacked a full skid of Black Walnut and 80% on another skid of American Walnut. Tough going since I did not split and pile with proper foresight of the stacking I am doing.

 

[mywaynow]

Do you think wood is going to season in a burlap bag?

The pieces going into the bag are no larger than a shoe, and the bags are traditional burlap fabric. I am sure they will breath. Combine the size and breathability and the stuff will be ready for fall if I figure out what to do with it.

 

[ozzy73]

I have a few of these myself, good score. They will last a lifetime. My back yard get pretty wet near the stacks and the skids keep the wood of the ground nicely.

 

[nrford]

I think you can find them where corrosive products or international products are shipped. I believe that chemicals used for freezing were shipped on the ones I have. I have also seen batteries shipped on them. They seem downright perfect for the job. Strong enough to stack normal hieght and the flex to form to the ground level. Just stacked a full skid of Black Walnut and 80% on another skid of American Walnut. Tough going since I did not split and pile with proper foresight of the stacking I am doing.

American walnut?? Black Walnut is the native american Walnut.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Sounds like a good find. After putting the short pieces into the bags, I'd want to make sure they also had sunshine. Then you can also rotate them from time to time so sun and wind hit different areas of the bags.

 

[mywaynow]

Update on using burlap bags:

Don't. Tried to move one the other day and it has broken down so badly that the bag tears before the wood moves at all. All the bags did the same thing. Biodegradable for sure. I did not have that part of the pile tarped so the rain has been hitting these bags freely. Live and learn.

 

[NSDave]

Darn; I was wonder what to do with my smalls; My Wheelbarrow is full right now, with small bits. I was thinking these bags would do the trick; Oh well, thanks for posting up and saving me some time!

 

[mywaynow]

Glad to help another member avoid the same mistake. YW. I pondered the possibility of getting more bags and covering with a tarp, but figured the degradation of the burlap would happen albeit at a slower pace.

 

[weatherguy]

Glad to help another member avoid the same mistake. YW. I pondered the possibility of getting more bags and covering with a tarp, but figured the degradation of the burlap would happen albeit at a slower pace.

I just make a bin out of pallets and toss all my shorts, stubbies and cookies into the pallet bin, wind goes right through.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Burlap bags can last for dozens of years.....if kept dry. Just think of all the farmers that used to use them for bagging grain. When empty, we used to have a wire hanging like a clothes line and just draped the bags over the wire. Using wire kept the mice from getting to the bags. Again, the key is to keep the bags dry. Outdoors they won't last long at all.

 

[bogydave]

Those plastic pallets would make a great compost bin too.
Cover the compost with the burlap, keeps in moisture & will break down into compost .
I missed the OP in March, great score on the pallets.

 

[Flatbedford]

I'm thinking that somebody got in trouble over those pallets. They are too nice and expensive to throw away. Good score!