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chopped · Oct 21, 2013

I found this pretty interesting.

Mobile wood rack system for a wood burning boiler - YouTube

A few things that wouldnt work, I doubt My tractor would push the wood racks. Even with grease. And then add to it some ice or snow.etc.
But I like the concept.Id think a winch or some sort of screw mover would be good thing to add to this.

chopped · Oct 21, 2013

Here is one of mine. All used Lumber and most of the nails andscrews are used also. Total cost is .60 cents for new screws used.lol

JerryK · Oct 21, 2013

chopped said:
I found this pretty interesting.

Mobile wood rack system for a wood burning boiler - YouTube

A few things that wouldnt work, I doubt My tractor would push the wood racks. Even with grease. And then add to it some ice or snow.etc.
But I like the concept.Id think a winch or some sort of screw mover would be good thing to add to this.

If you notice, a couple of their 'ricks' of wood are already leaning over. Would be a big mess if one of them fell over and domino'd the rest, especially about Feb 1st when the snow is deep... [

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Joe Blackeby · Oct 21, 2013

Neat idea, well thought out....
But I think his count is light.
Dry wood is gooder. Cheers!

Ken45101 · Oct 22, 2013

That's neat although I suspect he wishes the shed was a little taller so that the track loader could get under it. I have the same wish, sigh. But his pusher rod is a good idea, I might have to try something like that.

(Where do you get pieces of rr rail? That's not a common occurrence around here. )

I like the little sheds too but I don't have that much scrap lumber.

We have one of the low cost car ports that we use for wood storage and I build half cord racks that I move from the splitting area to the storage area and ultimately right into the garage with the skid steer. I too don't like the idea of restacking the same piece of wood multiple times.

beeforty · Oct 22, 2013

(Where do you get pieces of rr rail? That's not a common occurrence around here. )
You can use angle iron with the corner up like they do for rolling gates and use V-groove wheels. OOps finally got to watch the video. Thought he had wood on carts with the rail which is what I thought about doing, just slope your rail so it rolls to the end.

BethelHntr · Oct 22, 2013

That is clever.

330T · Oct 23, 2013

My current method has developed from when i was the main wood cutter, stacker, hauler, and fetcher as a child. When my wife and I built our house i knew I didn't want to stack and move wood several times like i did as a child, and I dont have any available child labor So I came up with this plan.

I worked for a manufacture that got in raw part in collapsible wire baskets (almost like a dog cage) that are moved by a fork truck. When assembled you can stack them on top of each other. I purchased a few of them and when cutting up a tree I cut it, split it and drop it into a waiting basket. I then move the basket full of wood into the bard for storage. Once winter comes i move them one at a time to the back of the house right next to the door near the wood stove.

I dont have any pictures of the staked wood in the barn I'll get one some time and post it but here is a pic of the basket i use.

The beauty is I only lift each log twice, from when its cut, on to the splitter. Then from the basket into the fire.

Brimfield · Oct 23, 2013

I built a 16'-8' lean-to . It's made with pressure treated 4-4rs and culled pressure treated decking. The sides are various scrap left over from building and the roof is metal roofing that was rejected from a special order at the HD. The customer spotted a small hole in one section and cancelled the order.

Ken45101 · Oct 23, 2013

The basket is a good idea, especially since you can stack them. I know one guy that uses the wire frames from the 250 gallon plastic liquid containers. Those are good if you have a source of them cheap enough. Of course with a four sided basket of any sort, it's quite a reach to get to the wood on the far side bottom.

I've just made mine out of 2x wood, with 4x4 skids on the bottom and one side open for easy access. More expensive than using pallets but stronger and mine hold a half cord. I load them from the splitter and move them into the storage shed and then right into the garage when I need the wood.