Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

[AGeese]

Yeah, if you mean scraping chicken poo off the sawhorse and washing it down before you can use it again. I don't do a lot of fine woodworking on my sawhorses, but I still don't want to put down boards on a chicken poo sawhorse.

Like you, I use 2X4's laid flat as roosts inside the chicken coop. If/when I need to replace them, the old 2X4's go directly into a burn pit. I won't waste my time trying to clean them up.

I enlarged your last picture to get a better look at your sawhorse. I am assuming that is one that you probably made yourself? In any case, that is a really nice sawhorse, and it looks plenty strong. If you did make it, would it be possible to post either some more detailed pictures and/or instructions on how to make it? Mainly, do you have to make any mitered angle cuts on that build or is everything a straight cut? I have lots of reclaimed and pallet wood lumber that I think I could make a pair of those sawhorses. Any help appreciated, I would like to try to make a pair of them.

Those were a gift from my neighbor who bought some new ones and gave me the ones he put together with scraps. I can ask him this weekend.

The wood itself is rough so the poop that does get on it that I don't knock off becomes part of it.

 

[gtaus]

Those were a gift from my neighbor who bought some new ones and gave me the ones he put together with scraps. I can ask him this weekend.

That's exactly why I asked if you made it. It looks like a DIY project with scrap wood to make something extremely useful. Something I think I could cobble together. Just don't know if there are mitered angle cuts required for the legs. Any help appreciated.

Tell your neighbor that he got some good comments on that scrap wood sawhorse build! Very nice!

The wood itself is rough so the poop that does get on it that I don't knock off becomes part of it.

It looks like you would need a good pressure washer to clean it up correctly. Or maybe, you just have to be the kind of person not to let a little chicken poo bother you.

Speaking of pressure washers, I picked up a Ryobi 18v 300psi Pressure Washer at Home Depot on clearance for $20.00 a week or so ago...

At 300 psi, it's not very strong for a pressure washer, but still a lot stronger than 60 psi from my garden hose. It should be good enough to rinse off the boat, car, etc. after a washing. And it's portable, so I can fill up a 5-gallon bucket and take it to a place without electricity or running water and still have some kind of pressure washer.

A year ago, that unit was selling for $100.00, and I had no interest in it. But at $18.00 with my 10% military discount, it was worth it. Price matters. Ryobi discontinued that model with a newer 18v 600 psi pressure washer now on the shelves for $100.00. My local Home Depot sold out all the old 300 psi washers when they dropped the price to $20.00.

Both the 300 psi and 600 psi Ryobi 18v pressure washers get only mediocre reviews. They just don't compare to gas power pressure washers at 2,600 psi, for example. So, I have my expectations pretty low and if I don't like it all when I use it this summer, I will return it if I don't think it was worth even $18.00. I used my Home Depot credit card for that purchase and have up to 1 year to return Ryobi products if I don't like it, or it breaks, etc...

 

[chickengr]

I did add 2x4s to the top of the sawhorses so they would be a little smoother for the ladies, and I could preserve the integrity of the saw horse the day I use them again.

This one looks a little silly since I stacked a few 2x4s on it, but I wanted to raise it a little:

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I don't need sawhorses, just roosts. I always make roosts on the same level as somehow I always have crazy chickens who would peck the others on the lower roosts.