IBC Totes

[tomplum]

Same here. Prices they ask are nuts.

Fortunately i got one from my fertilizer supplier WITHOUT a bladder () for free.

I used it to make a storage cage for welding gas tanks.

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Consider the idea stolen! Actually for firewood to come up to the house. Too simple.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

About to go today to pick up 4 or 5. A guy about an hour from me is selling them for $25 each. WITHOUT bladders! Perfect!

 

[farmeratheart]

About to go today to pick up 4 or 5. A guy about an hour from me is selling them for $25 each. WITHOUT bladders! Perfect!

I would love to find that deal ... a little closer to home.

Frank

 

[deezler]

About to go today to pick up 4 or 5. A guy about an hour from me is selling them for $25 each. WITHOUT bladders! Perfect!

Get more than you think you'll need! As many as fit on your trailer, at that price.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Get more than you think you'll need! As many as fit on your trailer, at that price.

Unfortunately my trailer is only a 5x8. I think I can get 3 or 4 on the trailer stacked and 1 or 2 in bed of pickup. I already have 3 with bladders at my property. That should be plenty. I am not a 3 or 4 cord/year wood burner like you fellas up in the Great White North. SE TN does not get nearly as cold.

 

[deezler]

Sure, I neglected to consider your location in my response. But still, if you have more, you can fill them all up whenever you produce a big batch of firewood, and then never have to move the wood again (by hand, anyway) until you're ready to burn it. I got 12x totes on my 6x12 trailer, stacked two high. Unfortunately I didn't expect to burn through all 12 totes in a winter (sometimes do, sometimes don't - still have 9 full ones for this winter... we'll see).

 

[shooterdon]

Here is how I do firewood:

Less plastic to dump, more capacity and provides weather protection.

 

[OldMcDonald]

Provided you obtain tanks that have not contained anything too nasty, and do not need them all for firewood storage, then why not have some fun with fish and vegetables? Do what this Aussie bloke did How to Build an Aquaponic System - Chop & Flip IBC Build - YouTube

I followed his basic idea but used surplus wine fermenting tanks.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Here is how I do firewood:

Less plastic to dump, more capacity and provides weather protection.

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To be honest after seeing Don's idea I wish mine came with the bladders!! Great idea! But complete totes with the bladder are $35 to $50 around here. Then you run into the nasty stuff/cleaning issue. So I will deal.

What are some ideas for weather protection on these things for the folks who lack bladders? I find that just laying a tarp over it does not work because as you pull wood out the tarp loses support. I want a stand alone structure (which is why I love Don's idea). I think I am going to make a very light gable roof that attatches to the top of the cage and use 6 mil plastic or some of that clear poly roofing. Any other ideas

I was able to get 6 totes on my truck and trailer (forgot to take a pic), that should do me for a while!!

 

[deezler]

Looks like I don't have a pic handy. But I store my IBC totes in an 8-pack, 2x4 configuration. In the middle of the stack, I have two old sheets of scrap plywood standing vertically. Then over the whole thing goes a 10x20 carport cover/tarp. The white one that is only $99 from harbor freight. The poles and supports gave up and snapped after the first few windstorms, but the tarp cover has held up pretty well. It has grommets all around the perimeter, so the original little bungie-cord loops that came it it work well to lash it down onto the tote frames. And the center plywood sheets hold the top up high for plenty of airflow underneath, and it sheds water and snow well.

I also have a couple pieces of 4x4' zip OSB sheathing that I can throw atop the totes individually for rain protection if they are left out in the weather somewhere. The primer coating on zip sheathing makes it last for years!

The next plan, hopefully this year, is to put up a basic metal carport that I can store them all under. Want maximum airflow for more rapid drying.