Got a bunch of old pallets that need to be gone. The government won’t collect them.
Burn them. If anybody asks, you’re worshipping your god/s.
Are they in decent shape? Easy to work with and lots of things can be made. Someone from here or on Facebook might take them away for you
Not 100 percent sure. The job of dealing with them has been passed from mom to daughter to sister to husband.
Find out, and maybe someone will come and take them away for you
@Brendon for example I remember had tools and might be happy for the free lumber
There are about ten I think. They still have stuff on them but that should be gone in the next couple of days.
I will go up to the place and take a pic once they don’t have anything on them.
Does Taiwan have “buy nothing” groups? Probably on Facebook. Someone would help you take care of them.
If they’re nice, North American pallets, the wood is probably quality and heat treated, which is excellent for small DIY projects (already mentioned above). The ones I’ve found washed up on beaches here usually only have one or two pieces that are nice and the rest are rotting, probably chemically treated, and really shouldn’t even be burned (who knows what you’d be releasing into the air…)
Can you pass it on to the grandmother?
Break it down with crowbars, and use a handsaw for parts that needs cutting. Do not cut it with power saws as they can contain nails and other hidden stuff. Are they in decent condition, not covered in bugs and stuff? Some may take them. Those folding saws that go for about 100nt each is perfect for the job. You won’t lose too much should you hit a nail by accident.
Where are you located?
Do you have any white wine vinegar and lemon juice? Those pallets could be re-imagined into some artisan sour cream.
Sounds like postmodern cookery
You can use the remaining pallets to build a pop up store to sell them in Tian-Mu.
Big Dave’s Artisan Pallet Sour Cream. I can see the queues forming already.
Many use in international freight are just heat treated. Not toxic.
’ Internationally accepted types of treatment
- HT (Heat Treatment) - The wood needs to be heated until its core reaches 56 °C for at least 30 minutes.
- Steady Heat Treatment (HT): Standard procedure conducted in heating chambers;
- Kiln-dried (KD): Similar to the standard HT, but it also requires moisture’s standards;
- Mobile Heat Treatment (HT): Heat treatment conducted in heating chambers installed in trucks. Allows the treatment to be done anywhere.
- Portable Chamber Process (PCP - HT): Heat treatment conducted in portable chambers made of thermal fabric. Allows the treatment to be done anywhere, but with lower costs. The process’ patent requirement belongs to the Brazilian company Fitolog Pest Control;
- Fast Container Connector (FCC - HT): Heat treatment conducted directly in containers by a mobile heating unit. It is a simplified variation of PCP. Ideal for ports and terminals.
- MB (Methyl Bromide) - Requires to completely fill an area with gaseous pesticide (methyl bromide).
- Container Fumigation: The container where the wooden packaging is placed is completely filled with Methyl Bromide. After a 24-hour quarantine, the container is aerated and the wood/cargo is released;
- Tent Fumigation: The wooden packaging is covered with a specific type of tent, sealed to the ground with weight. The tent is completely filled with methyl bromide. After a 24-hour quarantine, the tent is removed and the wood/cargo is released;’
It’s very unlikely the stamp will be present or even legible. If it is, great, and if it’s only heat treated you may use them in smokers, otherwise if not known try to burn a small sample and smell the smoke. Treated wood has a different smell.
If it’s local pallet a stamp may not be on it, but wooden pallets (or any wood in excess of a certain size) for international freight needs to have it and a document certifying treatment needs to be issued for customs.
Shit rolls downhill.
Plus she’s dead. I checked.
Some of them look past their best so maybe not suitable. Some had a stamp on. Some didn’t. The ones with stuff on I couldn’t check.
Here is the ones that did.
And here are some without a stamp or with other markings.
Like I say, the pallets are free to anyone who wants them. Xindien (ankang road section 3 pick up.)
The cardboard boxes and Starbucks on top will cost ya.
Do you need some help in breaking them down?
First photo says HT so I’m assuming the wood is merely heat treated, if so then it’s probably safe for grilling. Save it and use it in your next bbq. Wood fire roasted meat tastes great.
Chemically treated wood has a distinctive smell when burned… as in the kind of smell you want nothing to do with. Imagine burning MDF, that’s the smell, extremely bad for anyone, sickly sweet smell.
If the wood is usable in a bonfire, I’d cut it into small pieces and save them for grilling…
Cool, thanks. Yeah the HT ones are fine, and so are PRS7. And they look in plenty good enough condition for what I’d use them for – planters and such. But I’m on the opposite side of the city (Beitou!), so if someone else wants them I’ll pass. Otherwise I’ll think about how to get them moved cost-effectively.