My husband is great and has always been so supportive of me and all my animal ideas no matter how outrageous they are. I recently decided that I wanted to raise my own pigs and he was, of course, on board. I did tons of research on fencing and how to do it as cheap and effective as possible. I came across some video's and picture's of pallet fences and thought it was a great idea. For about a week I drove all around my town looking for pallets behind businesses, constructions sites, dumpsters etc. When I found some, I asked if I could have them and more often than not they were more than happy to give them to me. At the end of the week I ended up with about 35 pallets and a heck of a lot of scrap wood. The pallets were all in great shape and very sturdy, not to mention FREE!!
DH and I went to the hardware store to buy a few supplies ie. screws, nails. While there we realized we had to buy something to attach the pallets to each other. Our first idea was hinges but they were $7.99 a hinge and we would need about 40 hinges. We were NOT going to spend $320 on hinges alone. After speaking with the salesman he told us he had a box of 30 hinges in the back that a customer had returned unused. He said he would sell them to us for $2.00 a hinge. SOLD!!!
After we bought some lightweight t-posts for stability, a couple of sawhorses, and the screws we only spend $156.00. We still need to buy the electric fence and the piglets but so far I think we've kept it pretty cheap.
Stayed tuned for Chapter 2: The Piglet Arrival
Here are the pics:
Pallets
More pallets
We laid all the pallets out in the square shape. 5 pallets long and 5 pallets deep.
Pics of the hinges.
The hinges worked great for the corners
First side done
Hubby working hard
Almost done. Putting last pallet on.
All squared up!!
Putting t-posts in for added stability
DH and I went to the hardware store to buy a few supplies ie. screws, nails. While there we realized we had to buy something to attach the pallets to each other. Our first idea was hinges but they were $7.99 a hinge and we would need about 40 hinges. We were NOT going to spend $320 on hinges alone. After speaking with the salesman he told us he had a box of 30 hinges in the back that a customer had returned unused. He said he would sell them to us for $2.00 a hinge. SOLD!!!
After we bought some lightweight t-posts for stability, a couple of sawhorses, and the screws we only spend $156.00. We still need to buy the electric fence and the piglets but so far I think we've kept it pretty cheap.
Stayed tuned for Chapter 2: The Piglet Arrival
Here are the pics:
Pallets
More pallets
We laid all the pallets out in the square shape. 5 pallets long and 5 pallets deep.
Pics of the hinges.
The hinges worked great for the corners
First side done
Hubby working hard
Almost done. Putting last pallet on.
All squared up!!
Putting t-posts in for added stability
