Firewood storage

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JMER817

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I'm planning on building a firewood bin for the garage. Thinking of putting it on wheels so that I can move it around as needed. Maybe make a couple shelves in it for kindling and newspaper. Not sure how big I want to build it yet, maybe a half or full face cord? Wood is used for supplement heating. Would like to see pics of how others store their firewood!
 
   / Firewood storage #2  
Probably not what your looking for, but this is how I store my firewood.
Put the forks on and swap out the tote bins when needed.


 
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I like the concept. I was thinking of putting fork openings in it too. Makes it nice for reloading
 
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Mine is all in the basement. All 20 face cords of it. Wood is my primary heat. The oil furnace is only for when I go out all day.
 
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Probably not what your looking for, but this is how I store my firewood.
Put the forks on and swap out the tote bins when needed.



How much do you figure they weigh loaded? and Where did you get them?
 
   / Firewood storage #6  
Weight would depend on what type of wood. Hardwood or softwood.

But if memory serves me right, those tote things are 250 gallons. That is equal to ~36 cu ft. Or about 1/4 of a cord. Average hardwood is 3200-3600#/cord dry. So if packed tight, should weigh 800-900# loaded.

AS to storage ideas, just how much do you burn in a winter?
 
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Weight would depend on what type of wood. Hardwood or softwood. But if memory serves me right, those tote things are 250 gallons. That is equal to ~36 cu ft. Or about 1/4 of a cord. Average hardwood is 3200-3600#/cord dry. So if packed tight, should weigh 800-900# loaded. AS to storage ideas, just how much do you burn in a winter?
not sure how much wood I will be burning yet. I'm just planning on supplementing, probably just weekends and a couple evenings during the week.
 
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Just make sure that you store the wood so that mice cannot nest in the stack.

For a year or so, I used wood pallets to stack firewood. I would stack the firewood near where the tree fell and tarp it to keep the wood dry. Our back porch has a large roof overhang and I place the pallet of wood under the roof overhang. This was great since the wood was mostly out of the weather and it was easy to get a load of wood for the wood stove without getting wet if it was raining or snowing. The problem was mice. :mad:

Mice would nest in the wood, either before I moved the pallets, and/or afterwards. They would then hang out next to the back door to the house and eventually sneak inside when we went on to the back porch. :mad::mad::mad: It took weeks to clean up the mess they made and years afterwards I found dog food they mice had hidden in the clothes washer. :mad::mad::mad:

I no longer "palletize" the firewood. I stack firewood in various places and then bring it to the house in a big wheel barrow that has enough wood to burn for 1/2 or a full week depending on the cold.

Later,
Dan
 
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Our firewood is stacked about 50-75 yards from the house.

I'll put enough wood in the Gator's bed for a week (depending on how cold it gets and other things). At most, there might be 1/10th of a cord in the house (attached garage) at any one time.

As dmccarty wrote....mice (and insects...spiders, especially) can be a problem.
 
   / Firewood storage #10  
I'm kind of like Roy. My stove is in the basement and I have a simple wooden rack outside the walkout door that holds less than 1/4 cord. The rest is in a wood shed away from the house and I bring the wood over in the tractor loader.
 

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