ghichtin Hatfield

Brenda Groth wrote:
generally they have a lot of staples in them that are difficult to remove

Brenda, you are absolutely right! This afternoon I started to disassemble some pallets to feed my HK... I never imagined that in a single pallet could be a hundred 3 inch long rusty nails!
It's a BIG work and takes a long, long time.

I even thought of burying them with the wood, but I'm not sure I want to leave scrap metal in the soil for posterity.

Anyway I think I'm going to put the wood on top of the ground, without digging anything; I feel that this is how Nature works

If I'll remember to bring my camera I'll post some photos... If you like, of course 

I forgot to mention that my friend (the woodworker) also told me that most of pallets in EU are made of fir or poplar. I have just to sniff them to find out the fir wood... Pretty simple, isn't it? 

Thank you Glenn!

This afternoon I was talking about that with a friend of mine (who is a woodworker) and he told me that even the most intrusive and toxic (fumigant) treatment shouldn't last a long time on the wood.

By the way, they mostly was loaded with bags of potting soil...

So I'm pretty confident with my pallets.

Thank you so much, this forum is a treasure!
S.

Hi everybody!
In your opinion, what about using pallets (a.k.a. skids) as a wood source?
I'm a little bit worried about possible treatments with methyl bromide.
I did not find neither MB nor HT logo...

Thank you and forgive me if my English seems to you a little bit weird... I'm from Italy