My 3PH Carry All

[dillo99]

I just use the pallets, and stack about 1/5 of a cord of split wood at the splitter.
Then stack the loaded pallets two high for two years storage and seasoning.

Then use the forks to run a pallet at a time of seasoned wood into the garage for the wood boiler.

The first pic is stacked higher than I normally stack but didn't lose any and the only investment is a free pallet. The second is more normal size and have been doing this method for 4 years. The third is how I use three pallets to stack limb wood (too small to split) for drying and transporting.

That is an impressive load of wood. My trail from the barn is winding and bumpy...I don't know if I could move that without ending up with a mess.

 

[beenthere]

I do have a ballast box on the 3ph and don't load the pallets like that anymore. Got carried away and just wanted to see if I could make it the 1/8 of a mile to my garage. It worked but I was inching along pretty slow.

At times, I lift double stacked pallets but have to pick up the ballast box on my front blade for counter weight.

 

[Haywire]

How heavy is that box full of chain like that?

Ian

P.S. going for a second try at Lowes in a bit.

 

[tommaple]

I think I have come up with something that will work, and when not in use will come apart with pins and hang flat on the barn wall. It will be not as high, but two stacks deep. It's raining today, and will be cold and snowy tomorrow. Probably won't get to it till next week. Will post pics when I get it finished and all the kinks worked out.

Ian

I think you're on the right track - stack the wood in two rows and not as high.

The suggestion of using wire fencing to hold the wood in place also makes sense. Ideally three sides would be fixed and the fourth side removable or hinged for easier loading and un-loading.

Keep us informed of your progress, I'm learning a lot of do's and don'ts on hauling firewood.

My goal is to split the wood, put it on a pallet and then from that point use the tractor and pallet forks to put it in the field for seasoning/drying. When it's time to put it in the shed or burn it, it's just a matter of using the tractor and forks and putting it on the porch next to the door where the stove is located. No putting it in a trailer, stacking, putting it in a trailer again and re-stacking on the porch. Will only need to handle it twice.

Tom

 

[beenthere]

How heavy is that box full of chain like that?
........

Not all chain, but full of washed gravel rocks. The chains are just on top as my "carry-all". A couple felling wedges, bungie cords, odds-n-ends.
Good luck at Lowes.

 

[Haywire]

Good luck at Lowes.

Lowes... :confused2:

I had a master plan. Get all my running around done before going for the lumber. I look for a basket to put the small stuff in. Come to find out they got rid of them all. Don't want a shopping cart since I'm getting the lumber cart so I just carry the stuff. I stop at the hardware, set my stuff on the counter to get it together and write all the numbers on the bag. Turn around to pick my stuff up and... yep... shleprock put it away again. Luckily it was right around the corner. He apologized when I asked him where my stuff was and said that the cashiers always dump returns on the counter and he automatically puts anything away that appears there.

LOL

 

[Haywire]

Ok, this is what I ended up with for the firewood rack. It pins together with door hinges so it can come apart and stack flat. The back I rigged so it will swing open. Not the best, but it works. A buddy of mine welded 1/4" rod to the hinge pins so I'd have a handle for removing them but it's not working out, they're too tight and under some bind. It's a PIA to pull them. I think I am going to replace them with some big nails to make them easier to pull.

It doesn't sway all over the place, but it doesn't hold as much wood either. Good tradeoff.

Ian

Oh, pic 2... as soon as I drill the holes, it will pin to the carryall.

 

[tommaple]

Nice job, how many will you be making? Will you store the wood in it or just use it for transport?

You could take the hinge pins and lightly grind them with a fine grinding wheel to allow them to slip in and out more easily.

Another way is to coat the pin with coarse valve lapping compound and put it in a drill chuck and spin it into the hinge. Of course the 1/4" rod would need to be removed first.

 

[Haywire]

It's just for hauling from the wood shed up to the house. I have a rack on the front porch that holds about twice what that carrier does. I usually refill it before it is completely empty, so between that and the bucket, it should be enough for a one trip fill.

I need to find an ol time hardware store that sells nails by weight instead of by the box. A 40d nail would make the perfect hinge pin diameter wise and it's long enough to bend the top 1.5" over for a handle. I need 8. Will never use a whole box of them in 10 years.

Ian

 

[dstig1]

Why not just buy a piece of steel or alum rod stock from the "metals" display at HD/wherever? Cut to whatever length you want and bend over a handle. Should cost $2-3 and take 5 min to make a couple of them. Plenty of size so you should be able to find what you need.