![]() In the late 70's/early 80's my father collected enough heavy Mahogany from a crate from south Asia to fix the rotted out section of the transom (end of the keel, and the surface boards down at the point of the transom) of his Chris-Craft speed boat. The steel design is robust for daily use and harsh conditions. ![]() ![]() If you can get your hands on pallets from south Asia, you will find Teak and Mahogany, from what I have been told the locals view Teak and Mahogany trees like we do pine. The deluxe pallet buster is a great addition to maintenance and construction facilities. I think I remember finding some cherry wood top boards and maple stringers once. In the decent ones (in the NE) the stringers will usually be oak with maple, oak, poplar for the top boards. I know how good the wood is, I made a few shop cabinets from reclaimed pallet wood (from pallets that had a clean life). If you are trying to save the wood for wood working (there is some high quality hardwood used in pallets) the best thing I have found is a thin wall 3/8 plug core drill, center it around the nail and drill through the board and leave the plug with the nail on the stringer. Other option on the stringer is to cut halfway down from a side (between nails) and halfway down from the other side (also between nails) then hit the side with a hand sledge and snap the stringer along the grain between the two cuts. The tips of the straight end are welded together and on the fancy ones they are encased in a welded on oval pipe.īest solution I have found to process a pallet for firewood is to cut about an inch from the stringers with a chainsaw, and then cut the stringer where it doesn't look like there is any metal (works most of the time). The one I have seen up here in CT, usually at the Ag fairs are (2) 24"-36" `J' wrecking bars weded together with a 2-3 inch spacer installed about 3-5 inches behind the hooks which functions as the fulcrum.
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