RNG resist the urge to get another container, just stop accumulating stuff. That reminds me I need to expand my attic floor area.
Oh, I get it: Do as I say, not as I do.
The new container would only be used for firewood, which I see as a finite resource. There's a temporal nature to it as well, as wood already on the ground, and to a lesser extent the standing dead wood, is already starting to decay. I threw out a LOT of insect and mold damaged wood while I was splitting. It's also very likely that the next fire to come through will incinerate everything that's dead, along with taking out lot of live growth due to the huge fuel load now on the ground. Use it or lose it.
I'm also not getting any younger, and by the time I'm in my 80s it's likely I won't be able to wrestle wood like I can now. Any older than that, and I'm likely not to have any further need for wood heat, but might have eternal heat, for that matter.
I use about 2 cords a year, so that's 30 - 40 cords. I can get 13 cords in a 40' shipping container, so that's about 6 years/container.
Then there's the math. At $250/cord, I can get $3300 worth of firewood in a 40' high cube shipping container. And I'm reasonably certain that it would survive even the worst wildfire that could reach the property. I can get a wind & water tight grade container for $2800, including delivery. So that would save me $500/container. And right now I've got $1400 burning a hole in my pocket that the head honcho sez I need to use to stimulate the economy.
But looking at it from the other direction, all that felling, bucking, stacking, and all that cutting and welding for the pallets, is only saving me $500/container.
