If you have a roof rack and a decent rope.. Bungee fasteners are NOT a possibility. Max load is about two pallets, and be ultra-sure they're not going to slip sideways as you round a corner at getaway speed.

The other one, if you have a tow bar on your vehicle, is to borrow a trailer that's wired for night travel (two-wheeled contraption with a tow-bar used for hauling loads of, say, bark mulch. Not huge. About the size of a Japanese car or smaller. Don't know what you call them.) You should be able to haul about half a ton, but do check the tire pressure first! You'll need a hydraulic jack to change a wheel if one is punctured while you have a load on. (Been there...)

And on your way home, be sure to drop some pallets off at my house! LOL!

A hatchback is great for this, but they don't mske them too much any more. My old Escort had a hatchback and she could haul much more than anyone ever guessed. My 2001 Focus has rear seats that fold down, but is not a true hatchback. More's the pity!!

Vetivert, thanks for the ideas. I was game but, when I went there to try, the pallets had already been hauled off! ::gasp:: They must have taken them away themselves, or had a dumpster change and threw them in, too. Oh well, my back was hurting, I didn't really need to be lifting them anyway.

Of course, that's not to say that I won't try it if I see some more pallets, lol......

You've got to be quick in the city, or someone like me will come by before very long.

I'm always prepared to make a fortuitous pickup and keep several kinds and lengths of clothes line from the dollar store in my car 24/7, along with strapping tape, duct tape and bunjee cords. I also often have a few empty boxes in the back seat. For some large things, I go home and get the old piece of carpet from under the porch to protect the roof of my car, but flattened out big cardboard boxes work almost as well if time or distance are factors.

TIP: Some items need to be tied through your windows as well as to the back and front of the vehicle.

Dumpster Diver Cum Laude
LOL!

Seriously, though, I think that at a construction site, those pallets were probably owned by the company that delivered some supplies and maybe even had a deposit on them. They were probably just set aside for pick up and not being trashed. I know that's usually the case around here.

Then I am really glad that I didn't get to them before they were gone!

just pick some up myself back of a fishing tackle shop by the bins I called in the shop asked the onwner he was clad that i would take them , said save him getting rid told me infuter just help my self , ive notice lots of small buissness with pallets i just ask sometimes yes some times no now ive got a regular supply of pallets for my allottment . trouble is transporting them i had to break them apart to fit in my car , what a pain , i think I might try the roof rack idea