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Many Home Depots have their own rental available, at a relatively reasonable rate. They are likely to have pickups designed to handle 4' x 8' sheet goods. With an 8 mile trip, you can probably load up …

Unless you have absolutely no alternative, don't use drywall anchors for anything more than a few pounds. Screws into studs is the way to go. … If your wall does not have wood studs - e.g., if it is drywall directly over a brick or block wall then you will need do something different - but then your typical drywall anchors won't work anyway. …

TL;DR Drywall Nails/Screws You should check to be sure, but I'm fairly certain what you are seeing are the drywall nails (generally in older buildings) or screws. … You can verify in a few ways: Magnet (unless you have metal studs, but even then the screws will have a much stronger attraction to the magnet than the studs because the studs are behind 1/2" of drywall …

Cut drywall to match the open space and screw it to the wood. Patch and paint. Note that this can be quite involved depending on the finish quality desired. … Wood Outside Patch the hole in the drywall, just enough to be reasonably smooth. But doesn't need to look perfect or be painted, etc. …

The mount itself will hold the heads of the screws, so you don't have to worry about them going into the plaster or drywall. … A good mount often comes with multiple sets of fasteners for drywall + studs, drywall by itself (though I don't recommend that) and masonry. If you use the wrong fastener, it will not be secure/safe. …

You could use almost any wood that happens to be the right thickness. Multiple pieces even - e.g., multiple layers of plywood. However, I would definitely use screws rather than nails. Nails will hold …

Drywall is perfectly fine. Tile would be even better, but drywall is normal behind a cooktop and is in fact relatively fire resistant. … But painted drywall is fine. …

Forget the mud. Sand, patch little bits with wood filler if needed, prime and paint.

Based on location, I suspect they are nails that have gradually worked their way out just a little bit, possibly painted over after that without banging them back in (which seems strange, but strange …

If you've hit a protector plate, STOP. It is possible to get through, but you definitely don't want to do that, because the protector plates are there for very important reasons. The other problem is …

I wouldn't worry about it. That's similar to a kitchen cabinet full of dishes. Perfectly normal.

I am pretty far from a drywall expert (quite bad at it actually...) but you definitely need drywall on that end cap. … If you have to trim it yourself then you might as well use drywall, which is much easier to cut to size. …

With drywall you typically cut it with a knife or a drywall saw. It doesn't hold together except at the full thickness with both paper sides intact. …

Cut into the drywall. Poke around a bit to make sure there are no other cables or plumbing in the wall cavity. …

Thickness of bracket + 1/2" (drywall) + ~ 1" screw, so typically between 1.5" and 2" screw. Longer would be even better except that there is always a concern of wires through the middle of studs. …