That's great. . . . But also That's one crazy heavy duty pallett!!! Unfortunately I doubt I could do that with the ones I find near me 😅 they only have the tons of planks on one side, and then the bottom side has only 3 reinforcing planks.
Perhaps try to find a local pallet factory. They sometimes have a pile of discarded pallets that they might let you take. Otherwise theres always the option of using more than one pallet.
Try pocket holes when you do it. His workmanship is great, but if you want a longer term last project, pocket holes are the way to go. Especially on planters, since they will be in the elements.
Also, in addition to your fantastic build I'm going to wrap the inside with plastic, add a thin layer of expanded clay and a drainage hose just below the clay level. That was an advice from a friend, supposedly it retains the moisture and all the excessive water goes down so the roots won't get soaked. Will see how it works...
Great work, the best and simplest way I've seen so far. I'm doing exactly the same right now, but before I start putting together the pieces I have one (maybe stupid) question: why don't you attach the side cuts to front and rear in order to maintain the equal lenght of those for the bottom? I have got just a multitool, so in my case the less cutting, less work and less error. Maybe it could affect the structure or something? Maybe it doesn't really matter? Anyways, thanks for the great video 👍
Hello Diane and thank you for your kind words. The box on the front is not really for anything specific but will fit seedling pots nicely or something similar.
Love the video. Assuming one would line the box with landscaping fabric...or is there tomething better? Any idea how long will the wood last with soil in it?
Hello pat, untreated the wood will begin to fail after 2yrs based on personal experience. I use ronseal fence life on most projects which has kept wood solid for me anyway for 4yrs now and counting.
Thank you for your design. You K.I.S.S.ed it! Other than the screws, this was a free build! Curious as to why you didn’t add drainage holes. Is that because the bottom boards weren't that tight/board imperfections? I'm keeping this video!😊😊😊
Thank you so much for your kind words. Yes you are spot on, there were small gaps in the wood that were just right for sufficient drainage without the compost washing out too. If the boards were a tight fit then drainage holes would definately have to be made.
Hello possibly a stupid question but if the boxes have the short planks on the inside of the long planks, then surely when I put the 4 long planks on the bottom later on, they will be slightly too long... did you have to trim your 4 planks to make them fit? As the length of the sides internally is reduced, by the width of the short planks (maybe only a few centimetres). Hope this makes sense! Cheers for your video though, I still plan to try and follow this!
Yes if you're fitting them internally from a set of planks equal in length then you will have to shorten them by the width of each end wall which was 18mm per wall in the case of this build.
@@ourkilkennyhomestead2006 OK cheers that makes sense. Do you reckon you could get away with just 3 on the bottom by the way, with spaces in between instead of 4 next to each other, or would the gaps be too big? (I intend to line mine with some kind of empty compost bag, or similar..)
@@procs no probs, don't think you'll get away with removing one bottom plank as the gaps would be around 2-3cm and the soil would fall through. It could be done however if you fitted a porous liner of some sort inside the box.
Can you think of any downside of screwing the sides on the other way around? So the small sides are on the outside, rather than in between the front/rear? Would save having to saw the longer ones slightly to length?@@ourkilkennyhomestead2006
Love your planter!!! I have a question about your pallet fence. How do you keep it upright from falling over? I know the sides must be attached to each other but it’s not just standing along is it? Thx❤❤
@@ourkilkennyhomestead2006 it’s the pallet fence next to the pallet grow bed you made. When you said your son helped you move next to fence? Lol I did that too but I have pipe going down to ground but with the wind I have the pallet fence is falling over..🤷♀️
@@susanwrigley3094 hi, the few pallet fences I've made are kept up by 2x4 braces or in the case of the small single pallet fence I made little angle supports which can be seen in my vertical pallet planter video. I am slightly confused however as they're not visible in this vid and I don't speak in it either.
My bad.. I feel like an idiot now! Lol I watched one video and then yours came on next on auto play and I think I was thinking of last vid when I asked questions! I’m sorry but I loved yours too! And subscribed 😂
Hello, the instructions are designed to be universal as pallets come in a wide variety of sizes. If I give the specific measurements that the pallet in the video was cut to, they may not be correct for the pallet that you get to make your own. Thanks for watching.
Jamie, there is no such thing as a standard size for pallets, it changes on different continents. Euro pallets, US pallets, Ireland has its own size too. Best thing for you to do is grab whatever pallets you can locally and get stuck in. 👍
Hello, thanks for watching. I don't use nails tbh, they come loose. I used 4x30 screws for the boards and 6x 50 screws for the legs, If memory serves. I might not be 100% spot on there as it was over a year ago now but if you use screws around those sizes itll be perfect for you.
I'll share with you two places guaranteed to have free pallets for you. 1: any local farm, they'll be happy to get rid of them. 2: a pallet factory or repair business. They'll be happy to give away any not worth repairing and will have a literal mountain of them set for disposal. Happy hunting Steve 👍
@@ourkilkennyhomestead2006 Did you line it with plastic, if not, it is only a matter of time, less than 12 months, the bottom WILL fall out. Would love to see an update video. The design is not bad (with a few modifications). I appreciate the video, it's always nice to see people actually building things in which I wish I would make the time to build, so thanks!
@@catwinkler-Thor "What is my problem?", my problem is that wood and moist soil do not last long before the wood surrenders. I am not going make a video to prove the Earth is round, nor will I make a video to prove that wood will rot after prolonged contact with moist soil....these are all known facts.
Imagine seeing a guy tear a pallet apart and then saying “no pallet is like that” because none of yours are…😂😂 yet I have about 10 in my yard almost identical to that, and he obviously had at least one (see in the video he took it apart) But carry on
I was looking for this comment. I just built one very similar to this without the 4 long planks covering the whole bottom. Instead, I installed the 3 support beams and stapled very narrow holed chicken wire to the bottom and added some weed barrier on top of that. Drainage issue fixed.
This is by far the best I have watched so far; it is clear and so easy to follow. Thank you
Hello, thank you and glad you enjoyed it.
Dude, cool video😎🤙 Simplicity is key. Thank you🤜🤛
Excellent video. Complete and succinct. Well done.
Thank you
Awesome video!! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you.
Bravo!!! Perfection...no bending to plant, great video!
Great video. Exactly what I needed and better design than the others I’ve seen. Gonna give this a shot this week.
Thank you. Hope the job goes well for you.
Love it! This is exactly what i was looking for. Thank you
You make it look so simple. Brilliant Mike fair play.👍
Thanks a million.
PERFECT!! Thank you!!
Hope the build goes well for you!
Great way to use pallet, loved the front section as well to grow something else in the front.
Thank you, glad you liked it.
Or a storage for your gardening tools❤
Best I've seen easy-to-follow thanks
Very well made video, thank you
really useful, well done.
Beautiful! Thank you! ❤❤❤ the best video found
Thank you. 👍
Nice job. 😀
thank you very much for the video, very simple and easy to make
You're most welcome, thank you very much for watching.
Wow. Great video. Thank you
Thank you too!
Real nice work Thank you
Hello, thank you very much and thanks for watching.
Perfect thank you❤
Great video. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you for watching 👍
Sencillo y brillante
Einfache Erklärung! Schaut stabil auch, vielen Dank!
You are very welcome. Thank you for watching.
That's great. . . . But also That's one crazy heavy duty pallett!!! Unfortunately I doubt I could do that with the ones I find near me 😅 they only have the tons of planks on one side, and then the bottom side has only 3 reinforcing planks.
Perhaps try to find a local pallet factory. They sometimes have a pile of discarded pallets that they might let you take. Otherwise theres always the option of using more than one pallet.
I'm trying this today. Never built anything before in my life, but I have the pallets and your video. Hoping it goes well :)
Try pocket holes when you do it.
His workmanship is great, but if you want a longer term last project, pocket holes are the way to go. Especially on planters, since they will be in the elements.
@@Hrackoewhat are pocket holes? Please describe so a person that doesn't normally build anything
Useful way to dismantle pallet,and brilliant use for it. Thumbs up from me. 👍
Thank you very much.
What is the front part of the box for?
@@FirstnameLastname-en1im anything you want it to be for.
I make that around 16 planks from one pallet. I have a pallet in front of me. It has 11.
Get the same pallets used in the vid, they're every where if you look.
Also, in addition to your fantastic build I'm going to wrap the inside with plastic, add a thin layer of expanded clay and a drainage hose just below the clay level. That was an advice from a friend, supposedly it retains the moisture and all the excessive water goes down so the roots won't get soaked. Will see how it works...
Great work, the best and simplest way I've seen so far. I'm doing exactly the same right now, but before I start putting together the pieces I have one (maybe stupid) question: why don't you attach the side cuts to front and rear in order to maintain the equal lenght of those for the bottom? I have got just a multitool, so in my case the less cutting, less work and less error.
Maybe it could affect the structure or something? Maybe it doesn't really matter?
Anyways, thanks for the great video 👍
What is the narrow box for along the front? I LOVE the build!! Best I've seen ESPECIALLY since you included measurements :)
Hello Diane and thank you for your kind words. The box on the front is not really for anything specific but will fit seedling pots nicely or something similar.
Love the video. Assuming one would line the box with landscaping fabric...or is there tomething better? Any idea how long will the wood last with soil in it?
Hello pat, untreated the wood will begin to fail after 2yrs based on personal experience. I use ronseal fence life on most projects which has kept wood solid for me anyway for 4yrs now and counting.
alot of effort and time to break down each pallet
Thank you for your design. You K.I.S.S.ed it! Other than the screws, this was a free build! Curious as to why you didn’t add drainage holes. Is that because the bottom boards weren't that tight/board imperfections?
I'm keeping this video!😊😊😊
Thank you so much for your kind words. Yes you are spot on, there were small gaps in the wood that were just right for sufficient drainage without the compost washing out too. If the boards were a tight fit then drainage holes would definately have to be made.
Looks great. What kind of screw did you use? And size?
4X30mm and 4x50mm self tapping.
Most pallets I have know have never come apart that easy and the wood never looks that good.
Guess you should have tried harder.
What is the height from ground? I saw the box itself is 120cm x 40cm x 40cm (ie 48” x 16” x 16”).
Thanks.
? What is your measurments for the 6 planks and for 6 planks of the side?
120cm front and rear (long sides)
40cm left and right side
I can't find any pallets that look like this. Mine are a lot smaller
Hello possibly a stupid question but if the boxes have the short planks on the inside of the long planks, then surely when I put the 4 long planks on the bottom later on, they will be slightly too long... did you have to trim your 4 planks to make them fit? As the length of the sides internally is reduced, by the width of the short planks (maybe only a few centimetres).
Hope this makes sense! Cheers for your video though, I still plan to try and follow this!
Yes if you're fitting them internally from a set of planks equal in length then you will have to shorten them by the width of each end wall which was 18mm per wall in the case of this build.
@@ourkilkennyhomestead2006 OK cheers that makes sense. Do you reckon you could get away with just 3 on the bottom by the way, with spaces in between instead of 4 next to each other, or would the gaps be too big? (I intend to line mine with some kind of empty compost bag, or similar..)
@@procs no probs, don't think you'll get away with removing one bottom plank as the gaps would be around 2-3cm and the soil would fall through. It could be done however if you fitted a porous liner of some sort inside the box.
Can you think of any downside of screwing the sides on the other way around? So the small sides are on the outside, rather than in between the front/rear? Would save having to saw the longer ones slightly to length?@@ourkilkennyhomestead2006
@@proc5315 doing it the way you suggest could result in the sides falling off in a year or two.
Love your planter!!!
I have a question about your pallet fence. How do you keep it upright from falling over? I know the sides must be attached to each other but it’s not just standing along is it?
Thx❤❤
Hello, which pallet fence is that?
@@ourkilkennyhomestead2006 it’s the pallet fence next to the pallet grow bed you made. When you said your son helped you move next to fence? Lol I did that too but I have pipe going down to ground but with the wind I have the pallet fence is falling over..🤷♀️
@@susanwrigley3094 hi, the few pallet fences I've made are kept up by 2x4 braces or in the case of the small single pallet fence I made little angle supports which can be seen in my vertical pallet planter video.
I am slightly confused however as they're not visible in this vid and I don't speak in it either.
My bad.. I feel like an idiot now! Lol I watched one video and then yours came on next on auto play and I think I was thinking of last vid when I asked questions! I’m sorry but I loved yours too! And subscribed 😂
@@susanwrigley3094 no worries, glad you found us. Best wishes from Ireland.
Did you finish it with anything?
Ronseal, however the individual can protect the wood with any suitable product of their choice.
What kind of screws were those?
wood screws
Can you post the exact measurements for cutting the pieces?
Hello, the instructions are designed to be universal as pallets come in a wide variety of sizes. If I give the specific measurements that the pallet in the video was cut to, they may not be correct for the pallet that you get to make your own. Thanks for watching.
what size pallet is that? also can you show video of standard size pallet but build with the height of this one?
Jamie, there is no such thing as a standard size for pallets, it changes on different continents. Euro pallets, US pallets, Ireland has its own size too. Best thing for you to do is grab whatever pallets you can locally and get stuck in. 👍
Is the wood treated?
This is awesome! What are the approximate dimensions of yours?
120cm x 40cm x 40cm
USA dimensions, please. I can google it but why should I if you can just say it at the get go. 😅
@@siempretexican66 why should he accommodate for your laziness? 😅
47.25 inches x 15.75 inches x 15.75 inches is what his came out to be. I can measure mine when I get home if you'd like.
@@siempretexican66You’re too lazy to Google simple dimensions but you think you can make this?? 😂
What size nails did you use?
Hello, thanks for watching. I don't use nails tbh, they come loose. I used 4x30 screws for the boards and 6x 50 screws for the legs, If memory serves. I might not be 100% spot on there as it was over a year ago now but if you use screws around those sizes itll be perfect for you.
So many people are doing pallet projects nowadays that pallets have become scarce and hard to find.
I'll share with you two places guaranteed to have free pallets for you. 1: any local farm, they'll be happy to get rid of them.
2: a pallet factory or repair business. They'll be happy to give away any not worth repairing and will have a literal mountain of them set for disposal. Happy hunting Steve 👍
Your a loser
No way the bottom of the box will hold the hundreds of pounds of weight from soil and water without falling out.
No way you have a clue what you're talking about as its been planted in and working perfectly for months now in all weather.
@@ourkilkennyhomestead2006 Did you line it with plastic, if not, it is only a matter of time, less than 12 months, the bottom WILL fall out. Would love to see an update video. The design is not bad (with a few modifications). I appreciate the video, it's always nice to see people actually building things in which I wish I would make the time to build, so thanks!
What is your problem? You do a video to prove him wrong 😂
@@catwinkler-Thor "What is my problem?", my problem is that wood and moist soil do not last long before the wood surrenders. I am not going make a video to prove the Earth is round, nor will I make a video to prove that wood will rot after prolonged contact with moist soil....these are all known facts.
Hundreds of pounds 😂😂😂
This was completely useless. No pallet is like that
Except for the stack of pallets that I had at the time and are freely available worldwide. It's not the vid that's useless m8, it's your attitude!
Imagine seeing a guy tear a pallet apart and then saying “no pallet is like that” because none of yours are…😂😂
yet I have about 10 in my yard almost identical to that, and he obviously had at least one (see in the video he took it apart)
But carry on
Exactly. My pallets have missing & broken boards are various sizes, but video is still helpful for general design. I just used more than one pallet
What about the drainage..
I was looking for this comment. I just built one very similar to this without the 4 long planks covering the whole bottom.
Instead, I installed the 3 support beams and stapled very narrow holed chicken wire to the bottom and added some weed barrier on top of that. Drainage issue fixed.