From about 1985 till 2005 my 'hobby' was collecting old pallets from the local aerospace giant.
Some of the stuff was 5 ft by 10 ft 3/4" Baltic birch(rudder pallets from Ireland). and 11 ft 2x8s (cowling pallets from CA) and occasional 24 ft 2x12s (tubing crates) For some reason, after 2005 they started chipping it all vs. putting it out for salvage, probably liability aspect.
Anyway, in 2011, built a 1600 sq ft house for under $8000.00 with all the 'scrap' wood.
Biggest task was to document the EU markings on the plywood to satisfy permit folks that it was better than US grading to comply with IRC grading specs..
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