Firewood carrier

[JerryK]

Just welded up a new way to haul firewood around my property. The box's inside dimensions are 5.5' W, 4.75' H, 3' D. Going to line the bottom with treated 2 by 8's, and back and side with 1/2 plywood. It will allow me to carry a little more than one and a half face cord at a time, and will shorten the time it takes me to bring the wood out of the woods to stack in the woodpile, then transport it into the barn to burn during the winter. Attached is a picture of it with my home made boom... : )

 

[woodchuckcanuck]

Interesting design. Around these parts it seem smost folks similar thing just use a pallet and either crate it in, or cage it with rebar mesh. Your's should last a long long time

 

[rd_macgregor]

I'm guessing that a full cord (128 cu.ft. stacked) of wet hardwood probably weighs two tons or so. I built a box on a TSC carryall (1000 lbs rated) that will hold over a half-cord if I load it full up. My Kioti DK45S hauls it just fine, but I worry about carrying double the rated load of the Carryall!
You may also find that your tractor can't lift your wood carrier if it is fully loaded!
Your home-made cage looks beefier than my Carryall, but you may need to load the FEL bucket, too, or you'll have inadequate steering weight left on the front tires.
BOB

 

[bpattie]

great design. I built some forks for the bucket this Summer and used them to carry out logs in 12 -16 foot lengths, depending on how tight it was driving them out. I then cut them to firewood length on the forks, at most of it. Cutting a waist level sure beats stooping over. I cut them right at the splitter so I lessened the number of times I had to handle each piece. worked well for me.

 

[kkesler]

I cut a pallet in half, then use 4ft. 2x4 to attach the two halves together. 5 of them add up to ~1 cord. I pick them up using the carryall on the back of my 2230, then back them under the porch.

 

[JerryK]

I currently stash about 10 facecord into my 40 by 80 barn in the fall. Most of this was moved into the barn by wheelbarrow or pickup bed/trailer. I am moving the area I store my wood stash farther down in the valley, and will use the new carrier to bring in the wood several times during the winter. I will still store 3 or 4 facecord inside, but I am thinking of getting another tractor and will be needing more room inside to store toys. This new carrier, is only 3 feet deep, so it will cut down on the leaning over to grab wood like in a truck bed or larger trailer. Besides, gives an old retired fart something to do. Raining too much so far this fall to start cutting, may have to cut some next spring. We have had one of the coldest/rainist summer/falls on record up here in Michigan. Get your snow blowers ready.................

 

[JerryK]

Here are finished pictures, before I take it out in the woods and bounce it off a few trees. I made new wider roads to the back of my woods this spring, but I will still have to carefull in a few spots, and watch the loading with green sugar maple/beech, especially in the hills. But, I'm retired, so I can take my time....

 

[smfcpacfp]

Looks like a nice welding project. I just use the FEL.

 

[Johndeere3720]

I would get one but all the firewood is within 20 feet of the shed. I haul the wood out of the woods with my little craftsman trailer when we do get to cut down a small tree or two.

 

[z0lt3c]

That's a real nice job. I was a little lost when looking at the first pics w/ the boom pole, looks much better on the 3pt. How much did it cost in materials when said and done?

This must carry 2x or 3x more then a 60" bucket but you need to manually unload it at the woodpile?

You should combine your cage w/ the other posters pallet insert and you have a complete solution!