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I ran out today and scavenged some pallets with my father-in-law. He knew of a good spot near his old pre-retirement job that always had lots of pallets. There weren’t a ton of good ones but enough to fill the back of my truck again. Now that I’m learning where to look I’m starting to [...]
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I’ve found I can fit about 11 pallets at a time in the back of my truck. In fact it almost seems like Honda designed the bed of a Ridgeline to hold 11 pallets perfectly. I’m also noticing that craigslist may be not such a good place for finding pallets. The main reason is quality. [...]
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I’ve begun collecting pallets and breaking them up into usable pieces of lumber. A few people have commented here on the challenges I’d face using pallet wood like dismantling them. I’ve had a little experience with pallets so I knew what I was in for… and truthfully that’s part of the fun of a project [...]
I’m embarking on a little experiment. I’m going to build a tiny house that's cross between Henry David Thoreau’s cabin at Walden Pond and a Tumbleweed-like Tiny House on wheels.
The only difference is that it will cost me nothing. Any money I spend will be recouped by selling discarded things I find and most of the wood will come from old shipping pallets.
Why Pallets? It just seems like poetic justice for a house that questions consumerism be made from the very things that carried the products to market. More...
Pallet Framing Plan
Floor Plan
Latest Construction Progress
In The New York Times
In the summer of 2007 I had one of those Ah-HA moments that inspired me to write a book, change jobs, build a tiny free house, rethink my values, my lifestyle, and my future. 
