How To Make $125 A Day Recycling Wood Pallets

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This post is concise, but will walk you step-by-step into the the profitable business of wood pallet recycling. After your finished reading this article you'll be ready and able to start your own wood pallet recycling business.

Anyone can run a wood pallet recycling business and it's easy to get started. You can easily make $125 a day and there is virtually no expensive equipment to buy and you can get started with little to no money.

SUPPLIES NEEDED: There is only a few things you'll need to get started in your own wood pallet recycling business. A pick-up truck, a pair of work gloves, an electric drill, a hammer and some nails.

You might want to build up the sides of your pick-up truck, so you can haul more wood pallets per load. Keep in mind when your out collecting wood pallets you'll want to make as few trips as possible, which will help keep your gas expenses low and it save you time and that puts more money in your pocket.

FINDING WOOD PALLETS: Finding wood pallets to recycle in your area is much easier than you might think. Everywhere you go like department stores, malls, factories and any business that produces or sells large volumes of products you'll find wood pallets lying around.

When you find wood pallets simply go into the business and talk to the manager or owner and tell them that you will remove their wood pallets for free. They should be happy to give them to you, as most companies have to pay to have their wood pallets hauled off.

Explain to the manager or owner that you will stop by and pick up their wood pallets on a regular basis and by doing this you'll be establishing a route and a relationship with each company that you pick up wood pallets for and this way they won't give them away to anyone else.

Once you have collected all your wood pallets you'll need to sort them by size, because your customers buy wood pallets by size. For example a common size is 36"x48", so place all your wood pallets this size in one stack and by doing this it will make it easier for you to deliver the size your customers want.

REPAIRING WOOD PALLETS: Any broken wood pallets can be quickly repaired by simply taking the worse of your broken wood pallets apart and using the stock to repair the others. Most wood pallets are made from oak and oak that has been seasoned is very hard to nail through, so to get around this problem simply drill a small pilot hole for the nail. All broken planks on a wood pallet must be replaced before selling it.

SELLING YOUR WOOD PALLETS: Manufacturing companies in your area will buy your wood pallets. Simply call or visit each company and let them know you have wood pallets for sale. You can usually sell your used wood pallets to them for $2.50 to $3.50 each depending upon their condition and size. A busy company will order 50-100 pallets every week, so if you can get just 5 companies buying 50 wood pallets from you at $2.50 each, 5 days a week then you would earn $625 a week or $125 a day.

The wood pallets you can't sell to manufacturing companies can be sold to a local pallet company. You can find pallet companies listed in the phone book. Most wood pallet recyclers simply sell to a pallet company, because it's easier, but your profits will be less.

Once a company buys pallets from you there is no waiting to get paid. You'll get paid upon delivery. This is one of the great benefits of the wood pallet recycling business. Another benefit of the wood pallet business is that you are the boss and you choose your own work hours.

CLOSING COMMENTS: As you can see by reading this post the wood pallet recycling business is pretty easy to start and that anyone can do it that's willing to do a little work. You don't need a large investment like other business start-ups require and you can start making money right away.

I wish you much success in your new wood pallet recycling business!

Martin
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  • Profile picture of the author Horacioplus
    interesting! let see how it works!
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  • Profile picture of the author babybrownfox
    This is interesting my martin, I will sure save this link on my list of things to checkout soon. Thanks for sharing.
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  • Profile picture of the author WormEX
    Thanks for sharing. Let's see if it works.
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  • Profile picture of the author Meesta
    Very... unique Will take a look, thanks for the share.
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  • Profile picture of the author anatasia
    Thanks, Veru nice
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  • Profile picture of the author silverb78
    never thought of this... that's super unique and I'm sure the market in this is not flooded...
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  • Profile picture of the author Syedshah
    pretty informative and descriptive post..thanks for sharing.
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  • Profile picture of the author dillondcarter
    That was a very interesting read. I have considered doing some kind of business related to pallets because I work at a grocery store part-time. Unfortunately they are paid to recycle them because the company is a large chain. I will be looking more into this soon and bouncing some more ideas around it. Thank you for the post and good luck with your ventures!
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  • Profile picture of the author GforceSage
    Many companies in California now use an industrial plastic pallet.

    Some still use wood, but these are often picked up by the same company that delivers the products that the pallets arrived on.

    I like the shares you post, this one would be tricky to do in certain areas for big dough though.
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  • Profile picture of the author peterso
    thnaks for the free guide
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  • Profile picture of the author laurencewins
    Martin,

    as usual you have come up with another idea that seems so easy and yet people don't think of doing it. Keep up the great work. and keep sharing too.
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  • Profile picture of the author pilot2fly
    Wow! I would have never thought about this. I need a pick-up truck!
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  • Profile picture of the author Tony Nguyen
    Great job.
    Good info is always appreciated!
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  • Profile picture of the author ab12
    Is there alot of competition for this? I wonder if most stores know that they can just sell the wood pallets themselves instead of giving them away....

    This is a very good idea....
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  • Profile picture of the author ab12
    Is there alot of competition for this? I wonder if most stores know that they can just sell the wood pallets themselves instead of giving them away....

    This is a very good idea....
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