Wanna Learn More About What Wood Pallets Are Made Of? — Check out this article<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nIf you are lucky to find a pallet made of denser hardwoods like oak or cherry, you will have a fire that burns for longer with much more stable heat output. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fact that pallets are already cut into small pieces and we break them down into even smaller pieces of wood contributes to the wood burning up faster. Smaller pieces of wood burn faster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Again, pallet wood should be used for kindling and as an addition to conventional firewood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are using pallet wood as your only source of firewood you will have to break up a lot of pallets and constantly refill the fire. It might be viable to only use pallet wood for firewood if you have a small house and a small fireplace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Downsides Of Using Pallet Wood For Firewood? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n As we all know, nothing is free in this world we live in. And that is also true with pallets. Pallets are free to obtain most of the time, but when using pallet wood for firewood we have to pay with our time and deterioration of our tools.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nBut some of these points are also true if you were to harvest, produce and season your own firewood from trees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Time<\/h3>\n\n\n\n When we use pallets for firewood we have to spend time locating and transporting the pallets. Pallets take up a lot of space before they are disassembled so it is best to have a truck with a bed or a utility trailer to transport larger amounts of pallets at one time. 1 or 2 pallets won’t produce much firewood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You will also have to invest a lot of time to disassemble the pallets<\/strong> into small enough units of wood depending on the size need to fit the wood properly into your fireplace. <\/p>\n\n\n\nSaw blades, power tools,<\/strong> and chainsaw chains will become dull just by general use. They need to be sharpened or replaced when they become too dull if you want to use them effectively. It costs money to buy new chains and blades and takes time to sharpen chains and blades. <\/p>\n\n\n\nMany pallets contain nails in the wood and are covered with dirt or sometimes even sand<\/strong>. Hitting a nail while sawing, or sawing through a dirty pallet will dull your tools extremely quickly. And it is bound to happen if you disassemble a lot of pallets. You do not always see the nail on the surface of the wood. <\/p>\n\n\n\nA cheap option is to only use your hand tools to disassemble pallets for firewood. But who has the time? Well, if you got the time, go ahead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here is a video by “Homestead Jay” where he explains the use of pallets for firewood in a good way: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n