palletized wood.

[The Haymaker]

I always find nests but never occupied nests after I move them into the garage.

Why stay in a filthy old nest when they have your cozy couch and cupboards?

 

[beenthere]

Here is pic of moving more wood out of the woods today...been drying for nearly two years.

Had to add some weight to the front end to hold it down Last pic is next years wood supply, cut, split, and palletized last year.

 

[flyingcow]

BeenThere,
Thats a big load of wood. i'm assuming as long as you went easy, they did not fall down?

 

[Fxfymn]

We have used pallets for years. I tried adding uprights of 2x4's, sides, etc and soon discovered they were more trouble to stack around than they were worth. Just stack it carefully with alternating layers and it'll stay there.

For me the weight of the wood is the limiting factor for my 3430 Kubota. I can stack it a lot more weight on a pallet than it can lift. Judging by your signature that shouldn't be an issue for you.

 

[beenthere]

I have the same experience as Fxfymn.
I'll admit that I split the wood in a way that it is easier to stack (and stay put). I avoid making pie-shaped pieces for the corners, and now mostly stack 6 layers of wood, and store them for drying 2 pallets high.
For the top limb wood that isn't split, I stack on pallets assembled with "sides" of pallets to hold the wood. That wood is for early season and late season. Prolly amounts to 1/7 of the volume of firewood.
Always looking for a better way to put up wood. Get lots of good ideas from fellow TBN'rs here.

 

[spo307]

maybe use light gauge chicken wire, wrap over the top u nail to skid.

 

[bdeboer]

Ok, here's my setup i use a pallet but i bought a hog panel wrapped it around the pallet wired it shut. works great just split have the wife and mom stack and move to the next when full. i have a fill hole next to the fireplace and just have the kids transfer when the bin is empty. only problem is it is real easy for dad to come up and snag a pallet, he knows where i hide the key.

I know this an older post, do you have any pictures. I have some hog panels and would like see a picture.

Thanks,

 

[MAYOR8020]

:thumbsup::thumbsup:HI I HAVE USED 40X48 PALLETS FOR YEARS. woops! put one on ground then 2 for sides nail it on w/ nailer then use a pc of 2x4 for top spreader bar. i only use 1 pc in middle and they work real good. i put up bout 13 face and each box holds 1 face

 

[guyd]

We have tried - for the first time - using pallet strapping (the plastic strip stuff) to hold the neatly stacked logs onto a pallet. Our ground is rough, and hilly in places from stacking / storage area to house.

So far seems to have worked - apart from the field being so **** wet (in the UK) that I cant get through it to collect the blasted things - having to handball it...

 

[jas67]

I have a much smaller tractor than the rest of you (B7610), and use 1/2 pallets as bases (24x42). I use 4 2x4's cut to 48" to make two sides, and then box in the top with 2x4's to prevent spreading. I stack all the same direction, and the 2x4's keep them from falling off. This works great for keeping the wood contained to the pallet just moving them around with the tractor, but I'd like to be able to load some of these off-site and transport with a trailer when I cut & split wood at a remote location. I know that the stacks would just tip over off the pallets (remember, 24" in the one direction, so I'm making a single row of 18" long splits). I was thinking maybe one ratchet strap to tighten them down to the pallet, and then something to stabilize the top of the stack to the 2x4 frame. If I can successfully do this, it would be great. I'm very happy to be able to handle the splits only once at home, but I have couple cord of already cut, but not split wood available to me at a friends property about 10 miles from my place. If I split it and palletize it on site, that will be a lot less handling than stacking it loose on the truck and trailer, and then unloading it piece-by-piece at home to split, and then stack on the pallets. Plus, as an added bonus, any mess left behind that isn't worth taking for kindling can just be left on the ground in the woods.

 

[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.