Firewood pallet

Massey convert · Jun 14, 2023

I saw pictures of someone's homemade pallet for storing wood but don't remember what thread it was in. I've gone through the last 400 pages of "Tractors and wood" without finding it. It may have been in a different thread. I don't remember.
The design used one and two inch lumber, the side boards pulled up and out for storage. Whwere there would be one runner on the bottom edge of a conventional pallet, this had two with space between where the outside "walls" fit.
If the original poster or someone else who knows where I can find the posting, I's sure appreciate if you could help me find it again.
Thanks

bcp · Jun 14, 2023

This one:

Building firewood rack from pallets

I've been using pallets like this for 10 years or so. The first pallet racks I made were built so I could take them apart and break them down flat as I used the wood. I still have the first ones I built this way and they work well but are too much work and cost to keep making. Can't beat pallet...

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Bruce

bcp · Jun 14, 2023

Pallets rot quickly here. I made these with 2x4's and they have held up well after 14 years..

BX quick attach and Pallet forks from AI2

But the BX with clamp-on forks won't lift one if the wood is not dry. It was always a bit unstable anyway. I now use them with carryall style forks on the 3-point.

Bruce

Massey convert · Jun 15, 2023

Thankyou Hunt4570!
During my search I've had the pleasure to read some of your posts. You and others on this forum are a great help in sharing your experiances and opinions. We will probably never meet, but if we did, I'm sure it would be a pleasure on my part.
Xavier

Massey convert · Jun 15, 2023

bcp said:
Pallets rot quickly here. I made these with 2x4's and they have held up well after 14 years..

BX quick attach and Pallet forks from AI2

But the BX with clamp-on forks won't lift one if the wood is not dry. It was always a bit unstable anyway. I now use them with carryall style forks on the 3-point.

Bruce

bcp said:
Pallets rot quickly here. I made these with 2x4's and they have held up well after 14 years..

BX quick attach and Pallet forks from AI2

But the BX with clamp-on forks won't lift one if the wood is not dry. It was always a bit unstable anyway. I now use them with carryall style forks on the 3-poin

Massey convert · Jun 15, 2023

Bruce,
Thanks for your reply! I like your design. It is so nice to have this forum as an aid in finding solutions to problems by great people like you!
Xavier

MIkeWard · Jun 22, 2023

Might have been me...
I was looking at what others on the forum were doing with firewood and did not see any racks made this way. The stone quarries use a similar setup, although it's smaller to handle large flat stone. I thought I'd modify it for firewood. Just add a couple of 2x4's to a standard pallet. Cut some slots for uprights and you're done. I figure each pallet holds a little less than 1/4 cord of wood. They come apart for storage and are mostly free.
Thought someone else might use them too!

Mike

MIkeWard · Jun 22, 2023

I make them differently now. Still have some of the original ones left after all these years

another thread

Massey convert · Jun 22, 2023

Good thinking! I like the idea, The pallet supply around here has been scant, unless you are willing to buy new ones.
I do have a ton of rough cut lumber from windfalls that were too nice to burn that I will build pallets, and your design of firewood boxes.
Thank you for response!
X

Aquamoose · Jun 23, 2023

Try ICB totes? The plastic tank is cut diagonally and holes drilled at the ends to accept wire ties to allow it to be fastened on top to shed the snow. I cut a notch on one end (other side of this pic) to allow me to reach in easier.

Massey convert · Jun 23, 2023

I think IBC totes are probably the best option and a great investment for someone looking at a long term of using them.
Being ultra frugal, I just wont spend what the market demands.
I like the winter scene in you picture, the mittens demonstrate the cold like nothing else. Enjoy the rest of the summer, I will.

deezler · Jun 23, 2023

IBC totes for sure. Search far and wide until you find a pile of them for cheap, or even free. I got 12x at $25 apiece, then 8 more for free a couple years later. Then you have firewood storage totes for life.

I used spiffed up wooden pallets for my first few years of firewood storage and delivery to the house. They all rotted and fell apart eventually. Way too many nails in pallets to be losing around your property when the pallet inevitably starts to break down - never again for me.

PhysAssist · Aug 2, 2023

We have and use plastic pallets found for free at the local electronics recycler.

We split our wood onto them into used grain bags [pallet-sized] sourced for free from a feed factory, which although they're not great for evaporation, but if you put dry wood in them and cover them, it stays dry.

bg71361 · Sep 2, 2023

I started with the homemade version, still in use,k and have added IBC totes.

2515R Dude · Sep 3, 2023

Here is my solution, extremely easy to use. When i need it, i just bring it close to the back door of the house.
Some of them i got for free, some for $20
The 275Gallon ones is enough for 3 weeks, the 330 gallon i don't know yet, i just loaded them this summer. They are 2025 stock.

shooterdon · Sep 3, 2023

For about four years I have used IBC totes. Paid less than $30 each for them. I made my top taller than the previous poster and get 1.4 face cords of wood in them.

Much better than pallets in every way. Over 15 years, they will cost me $2/yr. I am cheap but not too stupid. Just the fuel to find pallets and the constant hassle is not worth getting “free” pallets. And I will not waste my time “improving“ a pallet that will rot away.

The downside is my pallets weigh about 2000 lbs when filled so a tractor with good loft cap is needead.

Last year I tried firewood bags that hold a face cord loose filled. Not a bad option either.

nyone · Sep 5, 2023

I did firewood pallets for a few years. They just rot to quick as hardwood needs about 2yrs to properly dry. At that point the pallets are prety much rotted. Your also left with a bunch of crap pallets to get rid of.

ericm979 · Sep 5, 2023

275 gallon IBC totes hold about 1/3 cord. It's about .38 cord by measuring the volume. 1/3 is close enough given that it depends on how you stack them. That's to the top of the cage. The ones in the 2515r Dude's pic that are higher than the cage are probably 1/2 cord or a little more.

My Branson can just pick up a 1/3 cord tote full of wet hardwood. A half cord might be too much. It's a ways from where I store firewood to the house so I bring up a single tote at a time with the tractor.