writes:

Why do they use such good wood for a pallet? I always figured they
were throw-away wood. Now I know why they are so @)#(! heavy.

Around here most pallets are made from junk trees, like cottonwood.
If someone's making pallets out of oak, they must be using the scraps
that weren't good enough for anything else, or logs that were too
crooked to make a long enough board. A good oak log is worth way too
much as quality lumber to be using it for pallets.


--
Aaron