palletized wood.

[Skyco]

Good comments about transporting the wood with minimum handling. I just got back into the wood burning habit this year with a new EPA insert. The electric company here has just put in for a 10% increase, that and the tax credits available pushed me back into it.
Now the transport- my wood lot is 125 miles away. I brought home several tons to split and stack. Then it occured to me I'm basically hauling a lot of worthless water weight bringing home green wood at considerable expense for fuel, wear and tear etc. So I'm looking at palletizing it where it is then hauling it home when it has seasoned and lost much of its weight.
The problem is I can't load pallets without the tractor, and it has to go home on the trailer it came on along with the wood....
I'm trying to minimize handling, I can always stack green wood there, when seasoned toss it in my dump trailer for the trip home, and I don't need the tractor...but that is a lot of work

 

[flyingcow]

First of all, good comments on this subject.

Skyco,
I either buy or have someone haul my wood from about 90 to 100 miles away. It's hauled in treelength. Works for me. 90 miles costs me about $35 a cord. Drop anywheres from 10 to 12 cord per trip. Works for me, but............

 

[The Haymaker]

First of all, good comments on this subject.

Skyco,
I either buy or have someone haul my wood from about 90 to 100 miles away. It's hauled in treelength. Works for me. 90 miles costs me about $35 a cord. Drop anywheres from 10 to 12 cord per trip. Works for me, but............

That price is amazing. Mine would come from within a town away, and the absolute cheapest is 85 a cord. Year before last I paid 120 a cord. Tree length.

 

[flyingcow]

That price is amazing. Mine would come from within a town away, and the absolute cheapest is 85 a cord. Year before last I paid 120 a cord. Tree length.

That was trucking alone. Sometimes, if you have the means to pile trees up longlength and have someone truck 'em to house, it would be easier, maybe.


But i just got about 10+ plus cord delivered this morning, $35 for trucking and the rock maple was $60. $95 for this type of wood is good for me. Not big rounds, nice load.

 

[Skyco]

I just split and stacked a bunch of white oak. Can't get a lot on a pallet and still pick it up with the FEL and my forks on a BX24. Stacked green wood until it barely picks it up. Will be interesting to see how much easier it gets as the wood seasons and loses moisture. Then I can add wood to the pallet to bulk it up and still move it.
BTW I have managed to acquire 3 plastic pallets, they seem like they will be great as termites won't eat 'em sitting on the ground. Haven't tried them yet but I'm a little concerned the tops may be too slippery, allowing the wood to slide off if moved roughly.

 

[SpringHollow]

i stack my wood etc on plastic pallets - they are very slippery. When moving things that are sitting on plastic pallets, i often strap it down.

Ken

 

[MNBobcat]

I used light angle iron and took it 5 feet high on 32 x 48 (Euro) pallets --- they were free.

I used an angle on each corner and then at the top, I ran a piece of angle all the way around. Then on the narrow ends, I ran two verticals, splitting the 32 inch width into three equal spaces.

The first two I built, I bolted everything. The next year I built a couple more, after having bought a welder. All four are going strong 5 and 4 years later.

Do you have any photos?

 

[kebo]

The company I work for buys a lot of heavy castings and metal parts from overseas and most of the time they come shipped on metal pallets with angle iron uprights on each corner, and an angle iron rim (lip) around the top. I think some of them also have flat stock welded in the sides to keep boxes from busting open on the sides. That kind of pallet would be ideal for firewood if you could get ahold of a bunch of those being sold for scrap.

 

[jgrreed]

Has anyone used plastic warehouse wrap to hold the wood on the pallets?? I did this last winter and it holds nicely, but I'm kinda worried about air flow, condensation, etc. Especially if the tops of the pallets of wood are open to the rain and snow.

Thoughts??

-Jer.

 

[jake98]

Call me lazy, but I decided to heap it outside this year. I'll stack it in the loader, then next to the stove.