Shipping crates are great source of free wood.(Country conversation & feedback)

COUNTRYSIDE: I subscribe to and really enjoy your magazine! I have some info that may be useful to others who have a number of building projects, like I do! My wife and I own an outdoor power equipment store and also are avid small scale poultry and rabbit raisers. We sell commercial grade zero turn mowers at our store and they are shipped in large wooden crates. The crates are made of rough-cut lumber consisting of 2 x 4 and 1 x 4 lumber. We have built many pens for the