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FREE wood for summer set-ups!!!

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.SimonB.
Posts: 1959 - Karma: 713
Today i went to Lowes with $0 in my pocket and returned with this...
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I went to the general manager and asked if i could grab a few pallets. He said sure and told me i could take as much as i wanted. I also went to the wood cutting area and got some 8' long 2x4 scraps. Along with normal 3'x4' pallets, i snagged two 3'x10' pallets that would be great for an in-run. Just thought i would give the broke skiers a heads up! Good Luck in building.
Jun 21 2009 11:28PM
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spliff.Life
Posts: 7847 - Karma: 1,549
hahahah thats amazing!!!!

good idea for sure!!!!!!!
Jun 21 2009 11:28PM
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.SimonB.
Posts: 1959 - Karma: 713
Not shown in the picture:
-a shit ton of 2x4s in my car
-a few more pallets
-turf scraps
-plywood

Didn't have enough straps to tie it all down.
Jun 21 2009 11:34PM
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twin-tip-hero
Posts: 2896 - Karma: 277
have fun with all that man, i know i would if i could score some of that shit.
Jun 21 2009 11:37PM
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prontocuts.com
Posts: 5244 - Karma: 42
Honestly 2x4s arent expensive at all....
Jun 21 2009 11:37PM
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.SimonB.
Posts: 1959 - Karma: 713
true, about $3 for 8ft, but still i payed $0
Jun 21 2009 11:39PM
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KennyC
Posts: 1922 - Karma: 46
thats sick im going to lowes from now on...
Jun 21 2009 11:52PM
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ski-swagga
Posts: 5276 - Karma: 219
show us the finished product, when your done. what are you planning to build?
Jun 22 2009 12:02AM
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VT_scratch
Posts: 8786 - Karma: 6,254
you get the free turf there as well?
Jun 22 2009 12:04AM
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.SimonB.
Posts: 1959 - Karma: 713
an urban drop-in for my DF and probably some mtn biking ladders. I have about 5 more pallets at home, so i have more than enough.
Jun 22 2009 12:05AM
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Legion
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looks like a sketchy ride home

Jun 22 2009 12:06AM
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Funnel
Posts: 7815 - Karma: 1,531
haha, I would not have driven behind him with that load on the car.
Jun 22 2009 12:11AM
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mike_e
Posts: 2419 - Karma: 3,066
Let me know if you need some assistance building whatever the fuck you want to build
Jun 22 2009 12:19AM
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steezymceasy
Posts: 38 - Karma: 11
thanks for the heads ^
Jun 22 2009 1:13AM
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DangerToes
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I was contemplating how to get wood for a summer set-up today, and then i decided to cut down 2 trees. FOR FREE
Jun 22 2009 1:21AM
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ski-swagga
Posts: 5276 - Karma: 219
haha good one.
Jun 22 2009 9:44AM
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ataraxia
Posts: 903 - Karma: 117
what a bargain!
Jun 22 2009 10:41AM
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Aaaron.
Posts: 11817 - Karma: 903
same here.
Jun 22 2009 12:09PM
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GKO
Posts: 1467 - Karma: 1,410
no homo i hope
Jun 22 2009 1:09PM
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Federation
Posts: 430 - Karma: 17
When is the next session? I'm leaving for vermont in about a week.
Jun 22 2009 1:20PM
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*steeze_is_good
Posts: 2886 - Karma: 721
8 feet of 2x4 is 12 where I live. turf is 1.80 per square foot and pvc is 25 for a 12 foot long one, home depot is gay
Jun 22 2009 1:23PM
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prontocuts.com
Posts: 5244 - Karma: 42
jeeeez I paid around 6 bucks for 2 10 footers
Jun 22 2009 1:29PM
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Wilsooon
Posts: 321 - Karma: 62
theres a construction site near my friends house, I went through a couple of the big construction dumpsters and found a fully assembled set of stairs. its 3 steps and it needed one screw to be used.  Me and my friends use it to get up to the top of our drop in. We also found a bunch of shit to jib in the dumpsters.
Jun 22 2009 1:37PM
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fsscott
Posts: 4684 - Karma: 114
oh sick!
i'm definetly headin out one of these days!
Jun 22 2009 1:48PM
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Dr.DRE
Posts: 246 - Karma: 270
Bargain world!
Jun 22 2009 1:57PM
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skiEER
Posts: 4089 - Karma: 79
nice loading job
Jun 22 2009 6:04PM
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.SimonB.
Posts: 1959 - Karma: 713
make sure you buy the gray pvc, way cheaper, its a little more brittle, but where i live, it doesnt ever get too cold
Jun 22 2009 9:36PM
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Marissa.M
Posts: 450 - Karma: 61
Yeah, same. What a snag though. Have fun with it dude.
Jun 22 2009 9:51PM
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finnajon5
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snag and a half, good call ima have to check out some shop, i was planning on grabbing some of those things on your roof from some construction site, see if they have extras
Jun 22 2009 9:53PM
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Triple_Strum
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To the guy who complained about 2x4 prices: you must have been looking at the wrong tag, either than or you were looking at really nice treated wood.  A regular stud (i.e. an 8ft 2x4) is $1.96 at home depot.

And to the guy who tried to be clever about cutting down a tree for free: do you have a free wood processing plant too?  Or were you going to hand-shave that puppy with your economy sized boy-scout knife? :)

To the author: that's what I'm talking about.  Way to be resourceful.  You can build anything from 2x4s

Jun 22 2009 10:12PM
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Spacekroft
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hahaha i love the picture.
Jun 22 2009 11:23PM
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DangerToes
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Ha, no I just cut it up, right now its triangular shaped, I used the bottom portion as the three main posts, just sunk them in the ground half a meter and have been using the top parts as the supports connecting the three. I happened upon some other scrap wood from a destroyed deck i found on craigslist as well. The trees were already dead for you environmentalists as well, there was a disease that went around our neighborhood so my neighbor paid me 20 bucks to take her dead trees to make room for the live ones to grow in. Be resourceful kids.
Jun 23 2009 12:50AM
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.SimonB.
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Definitely! When i get some 2x4s there is no stopping me!
Jun 23 2009 11:50PM
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Mr_Orange
Posts: 1024 - Karma: 154

put up pictures when your done you got perfect runin ramp material

Jun 23 2009 11:57PM
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*teh-steeze*
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wow. thats sik
Jun 24 2009 12:30AM
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Uncle.Badness
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you lucky dog
Jun 24 2009 9:36AM
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