Best deal I ever got at Harbor Freight last saturday. I parked on the side by the warehouse door and dumpster. Going in I noticed a lot of pallets and thought I'd look them over when I left. I asked a guy about them and he said I could have one or two pallets only because they sell them but he said I could have all of this other pile I wanted.
What it was, were the odd shaped pallets that air compressors and other heavy items like that were bolted to, not a traditional pallet. I took 4 of them, each one consisting of 2-3 pieces of 4/4 alder 8" wide x about 36" long, some thicker but narrower of the same stuff, but the prize was:
each one had 2 main ribs of 36" of solid red oak 4x4. It is good looking wood too.
My wife was all embarrassed by me digging in the "trash" but I explained to her that I netted about $50 worth of wood and using one of the oak pieces, I can make her cool bandsaw candle holders I've been wanting to do.