Bring in more firewood the easy way.

[jejeosborne]

I was bringing in another 10 day supply of firewood into the garage today and happen to snap a picture of my setup. I purchased 20 of these baskets this fall at a liquidator facility for $10 each. Today I was able to measure their capacity since I loaded two of them from wood I stacked this spring before I bought them. They each hold a half a face cord with the pieces averaging about 20 inches in length. I have loaded tires and a 500 lb box on the back. This black locust being double row stacked and mounded in the basket is all that I would want to put my B7800 through. I had to bring this rack through the woods and down a pretty steep hill. Thank god for 4wd or this load will take you for a ride. Yes my rops was up and belt fastened. My third picture shows the pass thru door in my garage that I place the wood through directly to the fireplace.

 

[MrJimi]

I like your tennis balls

 

[Ford850]

The baskets look handy. Do you intend to stack and dry the wood in them too? What's that hanging from your barn, a bell?

 

[xlr82v2]

Looks like something made from an old oxygen cylinder...

I agree, a bell?

 

[tony123]

That's sharp!

 

[JSR LLS]

Nice place you have there and Nice firewood system!

 

[rtdiggr]

Now that looks like it would make your life easier. good job and nice house.

Shane

 

[Tig]

Very nice system. Pass through doors are great to cut down on time spent handling wood.

 

[elalexander]

Great job JJ. A beautiful place for sure. One thing I want to ask though: In the one picture the pallet of firewood looks to be in front of the door leading from the garage into the basement/living area? In case of fire this door isn't blocked is it?. Hey it's just the VFD in me. Each and everyone of us that burns wood/coal should go over our EDITH drills with our family members.

EDITH is an acronym for "exit drills in the home" Most likely the web searches will produce some results or your local VFD will answer any questions you may have.

But hey JJ, A really great set up. I take my splitter in one trip then go back. After looking at your pics I may be able to do a one trip thingy .

 

[jejeosborne]

elalexander,
The blocked door is not the entrance into the living area. It is an access to the back of our fireplace. The space was going to be wasted area since our fireplace is set at an angle inside. I figured why not put a door there when I drew up our blueprints. This way I can inspect the flue pipe and get to the mechanicals if need be.

Ford850
You nailed the thingy from the barn. A bell made from an oxygen cylinder. My dad has a machine and fabricating shop and that was a Christmas gift one year. It will hum for a long time. I will get a better picture today possibly. I have started to split at the tree and stack it in the baskets to dry. I think with the 20 baskets, I will have enough to make it a season. Another great thing is that these baskets are also wire on the bottom and are stackable. Each basket is rated for 4000 pounds so they should never fail me.

I appreciate the compliments. I have gained a lot from this site and don't often get to contribute ideas back.

Jeff

 

[jejeosborne]

Well it isn't raining now... so I took my coffee out to snap the pictures sooner than thought. I had to force on the flash so they are a little white washed. The bracket is stainless so I didn't paint that. I wish the baskets were too . I took a close up to show the way they can stack and the fold down gate on the front.

 

[bigshovel]

I like the fork system, appears to be quite simple. Think i'll make a set.

 

[Grand_Pooba]

My nieghbor does the same thing with wooden farm totes (about the same size). He loads them on his flatbed trailer and takes it right into the woods. The wood stays in the totes to dry stacked two high. Nice system.

 

[elalexander]

Good idea with the access door Jeff. Your setup looks great.

 

[Luke_theDrifter]

JJ...I concur, NICE set up.

I have a small time firewood business, but know how they big operations run, same thing you have but on a bigger scale, very nice!

 

[sandman2234]

I have a couple of those fold up baskets around here, that came loaded with aluminum when my old boss sold his shop. We figured the scrap pieces would bring some good change in, if he needed fast cash, which he did.
I sure would like some closer pictures of the working parts of that bell. I have a couple of old cylinders that I was going to make pipe out of, but would rather make a bell so the wife can aggravate the neighbors when she needs to get my attention and I am out in the woods. How loud is it?
David from jax

 

[smfcpacfp]

This is how I bring in my firewood the easy way:

 

[oldhippy]

At the National Ornamental metal Museum in Memphis they have three cylinders on a rod that are different lengths. These are attached to a main rod and has a wheel on the end of the rod. When you turn the wheel it rings all the cylinders, sounds good. If you are ever in memphis this museum is well worth the visit. They rotate displays in the museum and have a modern working blacksmith shop on the place.

Like the firewood baskets.

big dan

 

[Bill Barrett]

This is scary, I use the same baskets. Also have a big bell I made from drop 7 ga. steel.

 

[jejeosborne]

sandman2234,
My dad owns a fabricating shop and built this for me as a Christmas gift. I can tell you that it is loud and continues to ring for a long while. I don't know exactly how he put it together other than there is a large heavy steel ball attached to a chain. He fabricated the loop on top and the "guts" will come out the bottom by releasing two set screws with collars on the center shaft on top.

One thing I have to do this spring is to modify the bell so that the wind will not swing the bell and cause it to ring on its own. It takes a strong wind to make it ring but that strong wind always seems to happen at 2-3:00 a.m. More than once I have had to get out of bed and tie off the bell to the water hydrant under it. For some reason my wife has never offered to do this task. . I am now in the mental design stages of how to alter the design of the bell so that a second operation must be engaged to ring the bell. My initial thoughts are a rubber sleeve on a spring that must be first pulled down to expose the ball. I invision pulling the rope as you swing it to initiate the ring. Any ideas?