It's amazing Phil cos the bricks look like they are piled on the back, but yet they come out in a pattern, that I seem to seem to recall is named 'Poynton Gullible'. I bet the pallet comes out as a fence!!! :smilewinkgrin:
How about a notched trowel like 24" wide with double wide teeth at ends and one in middle- laying down 2 11" wide beds of mud- cross back over at a right angle and set all your pieces with clean grout lines-
There's a similar one on the market. http://youtu.be/DETTnvRFcwc
Plus Tile Eze used to make a powered thin set spreader, but can't find one on Youtube.