Making staging out of pallets

[Indigo23]

Can't seem to find any in my neck of the woods, either. I think the people who manage to source them must have inside contacts.

[alldigging]

Can't seem to find any in my neck of the woods, either. I think the people who manage to source them must have inside contacts.

Do you have any small business park type places with industrial units on? There are usually pallets galore around these - always go and ask though.

Engineering places use the pallet collars - although they might pay a deposit on them so not be giving them away.

Find a pallet yard in the phone book and give them a call.

[VirginVegGrower]

Distribution centres are what you need. We have a plethora of them up here.

[darcyvuqua]

I asked at a local distribution centre got told no to the many hundreds of pallets and pallet collars to be pointed in the direction of a cage of crushed broken scraps "help yourself mate!!" Errrrr "I'll give it a miss ta"

[mrbadexample]

I just checked that thread ... I can't work out how you'd make those long transverse pieces to put the slats on, can't see the joins in the picture!

No joins - they're just two long bits (almost 6') from oversized pallets. The staging is still going strong:



It'll have to come out of the greenhouse soon though, as I need the space. Desperately need to pot up the rest of those tomatoes!

Here's a shot of the underside of one end, which should reveal just about everything you need to know regarding its construction:



The legs are just two pallet slats at 90° to each other. I must confess, my mate did most of it. I fetched the tea. I did learn quite a lot from him though, which enabled me to make the trough planter thing.

[mrbadexample]

Oh, as for locating pallets, I wouldn't try distribution centres. They will usually have to account for and return pallets to suppliers, so all you get are the scraps as darcyvuqua has found out. Small industrial estates work best for me - I see them lying about outside units and in skips on a daily basis. I don't think I'll ever run out.

[mrbadexample]

Can't seem to find any in my neck of the woods, either. I think the people who manage to source them must have inside contacts.

You're not trying hard enough! A quick Google gave me Chase Road Industrial Estate in Bury St Edmunds. A look at Streetview found these laying by the bin at the back of Travis Perkins:



Admittedly, the image data is from 2009, so it's possible that someone's moved them by now. But you get the idea.

[darcyvuqua]

My wife has finally been able to get some from her work (Cardiff) along with coffee grounds so hopefully will start this project pretty soon

[marcofez]

Hoping to make some staging for my polytunnel!
Here are some other takes on making them:
Hardy Tropicals UK • View topic - DIY wooden greenhouse staging for £25 ;-)
Building Our Own Greenhouse Staging - Orchid Board - Most Complete Orchid Forum on the web !

[Expert Gardner]

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[NoTWHaTiTWaSNT]

Thinking these two threads should be linked

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...lets_6610.html