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Posted: 8/26/2016 11:31:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryIf we had a like button here, I'd be hitting it. |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 11:31:28 AM EDT
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A buddy down the road from me runs a small ag equipment shop from his place. He saves shipping pallets for me and when he has a trailer full for me he gives me a call and I swing by and get them. My brother and I use them to stack firewood on. Well I picked up a load this morning and then swung by the gas station for a cup of coffee. Had a stranger approach me and asked if I would sell all of them to him because he uses them for "repurposing" (whatever that means) and can't find them anywhere. He told me he hasn't been able to find any in months. Neckbeard your pallets boys, the storm is coming. I didn't sell him any, that would be fucked up to take them from my buddy for free then sell them like that, in my opinion. I did take his number and will give to my buddy so he can sell them to him if he wants. OP, not to sound like a jerk but why you no like money? Repeat after me......."There's nothing wrong with selling something you got for free". Call that Hipster up and TAKE HIS MONEY for you and your buddy's trash! Then if you feel that bad about it go give your buddy half the money as YOU EARNED the other half by brokering the deal, get it? You way of thinking is why the poor stay poor son. MAKE THAT DEAL, you buddy would have but he has a business to run and I gaurantee doesn't have time to be selling pallets. |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 11:32:12 AM EDT
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I used to cut them up at work for firewood.
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Posted: 8/26/2016 11:35:58 AM EDT
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Wood pallets are the new thing to neckbeard apparently. A buddy...when he has a trailer full for me he gives me a call and I swing by and get them.... Well, all righty then. :) A.W.D. |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 11:36:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The outdoor power shop a couple miles away has piles of them outback they make a big hill and a couple of times of year have a big bonfire. Among my friends, there is a distinct string of "durr did I need wood to have a campfire?" so a guy that shows up with a car full of wood is welcome. Some places there are lots of them available, some places there are not. |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 11:38:04 AM EDT
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Damn, I've burned hundreds of them...
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Posted: 8/26/2016 11:42:13 AM EDT
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The wire spools were huge with the hippies back when I was a kid. http://theownerbuildernetwork.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Repurposed_Wire_Spool_Ideas26.jpg I sell lots of wire and cable. When we were young and poor just about all of our tables were wire spools  
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Posted: 8/26/2016 11:44:11 AM EDT
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I have designer retro-chic traget stands on an open concept shooting range.
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Posted: 8/26/2016 11:45:10 AM EDT
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If someone around the Dallas area wants pallets, hit me up, I can probably hook you up. IM sent |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 11:46:43 AM EDT
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Blame pinterest Yep. Has that pallet flag crap run it's course yet? |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 11:51:11 AM EDT
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I used to work at Home Depot, we would receive freight on the blue CHEP pallets. We had a semi-trailer that we would fill full of just the CHEP pallets. When the trailer was full a guy from a CHEP contractor would pick them up. We had to count all of the CHEP pallets we put in the trailer and Home Depot would get credit for those pallets. We also had a trailer that we stuffed full of the regular wood pallets, they were reused or recycled. We had people come through the back lot all the time and take pallets, most of the time they wanted the busted up pallets to burn for bonfires. We get product shipped in on CHEP pallets too, several truckloads a month. It takes forever now to get them to pick them up because no one wants them. The reason pallets are getting harder to find is because less stuff is shipping on them. |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 12:00:50 PM EDT
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Several of my friends have chicken coops made entirely of pallets, some made them from Seadoo shipping crates, and the little house I have for my goats is made from the crate a semi-truck front end came in. (Local auto body place was going to burn it).
I also have a couple different types of pallet chairs behind the house, where we BBQ and have our burn pit. My daughter painted some of it blue, and bought cushions for them. When the family is all here, we have some nice times sitting out there.       |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 12:02:27 PM EDT
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Very nice 67firebird
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Posted: 8/26/2016 12:15:05 PM EDT
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My wife "repurposes" and hoards the shit out of them. She asks nicely though before taking them.
http://i.imgur.com/KAGg5zV.jpg http://i.imgur.com/AF9dFdz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/whHb8Zy.jpg http://i.imgur.com/LTOnhNg.jpg http://i.imgur.com/dH60qZp.jpg Does your wife sell them? |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 12:15:57 PM EDT
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My wife "repurposes" and hoards the shit out of them. She asks nicely though before taking them.
http://i.imgur.com/KAGg5zV.jpg http://i.imgur.com/AF9dFdz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/whHb8Zy.jpg http://i.imgur.com/LTOnhNg.jpg http://i.imgur.com/dH60qZp.jpg Shut up and take my money! |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 12:22:07 PM EDT
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Does your wife sell them? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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My wife "repurposes" and hoards the shit out of them. She asks nicely though before taking them.
http://i.imgur.com/KAGg5zV.jpg http://i.imgur.com/AF9dFdz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/whHb8Zy.jpg http://i.imgur.com/LTOnhNg.jpg http://i.imgur.com/dH60qZp.jpg Does your wife sell them? Yup, all those are $40, except the DTOM which is $60 since it takes her so long to paint them. |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 12:22:52 PM EDT
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There is a guy in Napa, Ca who makes custom dining sets out of old pallets. They turn out really nice.
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Posted: 8/26/2016 12:29:06 PM EDT
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We get product shipped in on CHEP pallets too, several truckloads a month. It takes forever now to get them to pick them up because no one wants them. The reason pallets are getting harder to find is because less stuff is shipping on them. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I used to work at Home Depot, we would receive freight on the blue CHEP pallets. We had a semi-trailer that we would fill full of just the CHEP pallets. When the trailer was full a guy from a CHEP contractor would pick them up. We had to count all of the CHEP pallets we put in the trailer and Home Depot would get credit for those pallets. We also had a trailer that we stuffed full of the regular wood pallets, they were reused or recycled. We had people come through the back lot all the time and take pallets, most of the time they wanted the busted up pallets to burn for bonfires. We get product shipped in on CHEP pallets too, several truckloads a month. It takes forever now to get them to pick them up because no one wants them. The reason pallets are getting harder to find is because less stuff is shipping on them. If every shitty wood pallet was burned and everyone started using the kickass nestable plastic ones I'd be a happy man. |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 12:29:57 PM EDT
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Portland area craigslist has more free pallets than you can shake a stick at.
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Posted: 8/26/2016 12:43:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Very nice 67firebird Thanks.  |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 12:51:49 PM EDT
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Free shit is good shit.
I threw this goat house and milking stand together out if free pallets. 
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Posted: 8/26/2016 12:56:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/26/2016 12:57:21 PM EDT
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I get a shitload of chemical free rough cut oak pallets of all sizes at work daily, we toss it all in a dumpster but some of the guys have taken them home and made some dame nice stuff with it.
my garage used to be filled with broken down pallets and one year when I had a garage sale I was selling the wood by the piece and made damn good money. Pallets are the new it thing |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 12:59:54 PM EDT
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Years ago when I worked for Dupont they had custom pallets made of oak. They cost $175.00 each 20 years ago. They had to be HD because of what a pallet of Automotive paint weighed and all the screws they were put together with had to be countersunk 3/8". Those pallets were no joke.
LOL....We would give vendor pallets away to employees but they would try to sneak a oak one or two out....I was always running peeps off the pallet pad.
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Posted: 8/26/2016 1:01:41 PM EDT
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one more
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Posted: 8/26/2016 1:05:26 PM EDT
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local HF gives them away, was told by the store manager to take as many as I want. be sure to ask before taking though  Thanks. I will check mine to see if I can get three or four. Most of the ones I have now are very old and some are rotting to the point of being unuseable. |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 1:05:44 PM EDT
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If we had a like button here, I'd be hitting it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
If we had a like button here, I'd be hitting it. Needs some vintage look wheels on it. If I didn't have 25 other projects needing to be done I would line the inside of my garage with pallet wood, or just old wood in general. Would like something that could take abuse without looking all jacked up. 
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Posted: 8/26/2016 1:08:02 PM EDT
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Sewing Cabinet
Lectric Nightstand 
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Posted: 8/26/2016 1:08:56 PM EDT
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There is a lumber yard near me that puts out all it's broken pallets and other wood they can't sell for people to just take away. I have built plenty of barricades, roof tops, swinging platforms, parapets, tank traps, and all sorts of other props for the local practical rifle group out of this wood. All I pay for is the deck screws to assemble what I build, there is even a painting business that puts out it's unusable paint for people to take for free... So I get free wood, free paint, buy a few screws, and the practical rifle group gets a bunch of props to use.
There is usually lots of good stuff for free if you aren't too picky, and are creative. |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 1:10:53 PM EDT
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My wife "repurposes" and hoards the shit out of them. She asks nicely though before taking them.
http://i.imgur.com/KAGg5zV.jpg http://i.imgur.com/AF9dFdz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/whHb8Zy.jpg http://i.imgur.com/LTOnhNg.jpg http://i.imgur.com/dH60qZp.jpg HOLY CRAP!!! Those are gorgeous! A lot of other awesome projects here as well! |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 1:13:29 PM EDT
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The wire spools were huge with the hippies back when I was a kid. http://theownerbuildernetwork.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Repurposed_Wire_Spool_Ideas26.jpg I had one of those for a long time. I used it as a "table" for sky observing sessions at night. I do have the remnants outside but would like an idea where to get another free or cheap. Was the one in the picture treated with something? |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 1:14:55 PM EDT
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I remember a time when old wooden lobster traps repurposed into tables were a hit with the in crowd.
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Posted: 8/26/2016 1:15:39 PM EDT
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If you have 3mil in umbrella coverage I have 250-1000ton per month. You cover Trans and spot trailers.
Right now they go out for boiler fuel and landscaping mulch |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 1:25:45 PM EDT
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Find a outboard motor marine dealer, you will find piles of pallets.
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Posted: 8/26/2016 1:32:32 PM EDT
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I got a Continuing Education catalog from a local college in the mail the other day. As I was looking through it to see if they had any courses I could use to my advantage in my career, I happen to see an actual college course in Repurposing Pallets. I had no idea such a thing even existed.
Fast forward to page 55. |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 1:34:11 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/26/2016 1:38:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistorySigh, my wife points out pallets sitting in the trash because she wants to do this. Which means she has a picture she wants ME to build. I asked her why she wants to live like hobos. |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 1:40:27 PM EDT
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A buddy down the road from me runs a small ag equipment shop from his place. He saves shipping pallets for me and when he has a trailer full for me he gives me a call and I swing by and get them. My brother and I use them to stack firewood on. Well I picked up a load this morning and then swung by the gas station for a cup of coffee. Had a stranger approach me and asked if I would sell all of them to him because he uses them for "repurposing" (whatever that means) and can't find them anywhere. He told me he hasn't been able to find any in months. Neckbeard your pallets boys, the storm is coming. I didn't sell him any, that would be fucked up to take them from my buddy for free then sell them like that, in my opinion. I did take his number and will give to my buddy so he can sell them to him if he wants. theres a place around the corner from me that has them stacked 3 stories high, and they'll sell them to you for $5 a piece. wife and I bought two of them and i made this with some of it. 
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Posted: 8/26/2016 1:40:38 PM EDT
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I work at a prison. Some of the most beautiful furniture I ever seen started out as old pallets. Inmates are amazing sometimes
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Posted: 8/26/2016 1:46:28 PM EDT
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My neighbor built a shed out of old pallets. It looks pretty damned good too. Parents neighbor did the same. He basically built a small pole building and used the pallets to form the walls between the posts. Uses it to store his firewood. |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 2:17:38 PM EDT
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I remember a time when old wooden lobster traps repurposed into tables were a hit with the in crowd. http://i.imgur.com/7yuJbMz.jpg Stanky |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 2:19:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Blame pinterest |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 2:20:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My wife "repurposes" and hoards the shit out of them. She asks nicely though before taking them. http://i.imgur.com/KAGg5zV.jpg http://i.imgur.com/AF9dFdz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/whHb8Zy.jpg http://i.imgur.com/LTOnhNg.jpg http://i.imgur.com/dH60qZp.jpg I have to be honest, I have been wanting to do a Texas flag out of pallets. Lord knows I can get them by the getchload. |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 2:21:07 PM EDT
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Tag for later, pretty cool ideas.
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Posted: 8/26/2016 2:21:40 PM EDT
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I remember a time when old wooden lobster traps repurposed into tables were a hit with the in crowd. http://i.imgur.com/7yuJbMz.jpg What about the Liberty Ship hatch cover craze of the '70s? 
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Posted: 8/26/2016 2:24:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryFirst thing I thought of. Have a friend who makes similar things on the side for extra money |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 2:25:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We used to go and pick up pallets from our ammo dealer and burn them in a backyard fire pit. After seeing some very oddly colored flames a coupe too many times we stopped burning them and started using real firewood. No idea what was causing bright blue, bright green flames but we didn't want any part of it anymore. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: My wife wanted me to gather random pallets and build stuff with the wood...I told her I didn't want to build any sort of indoor furniture with wood that could be soaked in who knows what. Sure, if I knew the background of the pallet I'd be fine with it, but they are often used to transport chemicals, etc and end up soaking that stuff up. I had a new bathroom vanity with granite top for my last house delivered, and I'm pretty sure the pallet it was sitting on came with it all the way from China... that was some smelly wood, and I was almost hesitant to put it in my fire pit. We used to go and pick up pallets from our ammo dealer and burn them in a backyard fire pit. After seeing some very oddly colored flames a coupe too many times we stopped burning them and started using real firewood. No idea what was causing bright blue, bright green flames but we didn't want any part of it anymore. Copper sulfate? |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 2:26:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I sell lots of wire and cable. When we were young and poor just about all of our tables were wire spools Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The wire spools were huge with the hippies back when I was a kid. http://theownerbuildernetwork.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Repurposed_Wire_Spool_Ideas26.jpg I sell lots of wire and cable. When we were young and poor just about all of our tables were wire spools It was de rigeur when I was in college. |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 2:30:00 PM EDT
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Blame pinterest Yep, I had a pile of them for the wife to make into wine racks or some shit. I ended up taking about 10 of them and sinking them in my pond with cement blocks for fish habitat. Still have a few left that I'll probably burn. |
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Posted: 8/26/2016 2:43:31 PM EDT
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My fsa Neighbor uses them exclusively to heat his home. I don't know where he gets so many of them, or the money to purchase all the skilsaw blades he must go through when he's out there cutting them up, or how he hasn't cut his damn arm off yet from cutting them shithouse drunk all the time.
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