Box for firewood?

[Bubbas Boys]

Guy down the road has a box trailer off a truck he said I can have. It is 20 ft long and 10ft tall I think. Has end opened with no door. I was going to store hay in it, but have been wondering about firewood. It would be great cover but with having solid sides would that be a bad idea for the drying of it. We heat with only wood so wood is a big part of our lives out here.

[Silvercreek Farmer]

Do you cover your wood now? Wood needs good air circulation to season well. It might be better than nothing, but I would prefer open slat sides on my wood storage.

[TnAndy]

You gonna haul the wood in, then haul the wood back out ? Seems unhandy.

Also, not going to dry well with just one end open....just not enough ventilation. You'll get moldy wood.

I use these home built sheds....they hold 3 1/2-4 cords, work great:

[Le Petit Norman]

Originally Posted by TnAndy

You gonna haul the wood in, then haul the wood back out ? Seems unhandy.

Also, not going to dry well with just one end open....just not enough ventilation. You'll get moldy wood.

I use these home built sheds....they hold 3 1/2-4 cords, work great:

Every time I see a picture of your wood shed I always wonder if you move them when full, seems like a great way to cut split the wood were you feel the tree and bring this back home, just also seems like a lot of weigh for the skid and the potential to damage the soil. Really interested by your experience as loading unloading stacking take way more energy than just loading.

[TnAndy]

I have 4 of them now. One I keep set up at the saw mill site permanently because I run into a lot of cutoff pcs, logs that end up as firewood, and slabs. The other 3 will be set up in various area around the property I'm either thinning or clearing.

No, don't (can't) move them full....4 cords of hardwood weighs in the 6 ton range. Even if I had something that would haul a loaded shed, the shed itself probably wouldn't handle it. Unloaded, I throw a chain around the posts, and hook to the tractor....moves pretty easy.

Not hard to stack in them if I get the splitter close, like in the photo. To unload, the first couple ricks I simply put the bucket on the tractor which has a tooth bar, work up under the rick down low, tilt the bucket back, and let it fall in ! I never even get off the tractor. (how's that for lazy)

The lower stuff, I do have to load. I either use the same bucket (it's a 2/3yd bucket).
Or I pile it on this flat bed wagon and back it in the basement.




Typical start-of-winter stack in the basement: (about one shed).
From there, is goes on a special dumbwaiter deal I built that lifts it to the first floor where we use most of it.

[Bubbas Boys]

Ok, thanks. That was my worry about the air moving. Right now we just have a cage built but no top over it, so we cover with a tarp. I will not do it again this way next year, I have went through 3 tarps with the winds we get here. Have to have a solid roof this year!

[Bubbas Boys]

How long do you let it season outside before you store inside?

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

Originally Posted by Bubbas Boys

Guy down the road has a box trailer off a truck he said I can have. It is 20 ft long and 10ft tall I think. Has end opened with no door. I was going to store hay in it, but have been wondering about firewood. It would be great cover but with having solid sides would that be a bad idea for the drying of it. We heat with only wood so wood is a big part of our lives out here.

if it is free , why not , cut a door in the front that will add plenty of ventilation and let you load from both ends

My shed is 8x12feet with 4 4x4" posts 2x4 framed roof with steel on it , bracing on the sides and back, mine never moves it sits about 25 feet from the back door enough that I can pull between the house and the shed with the truck and trailer and put the splitter between the trailer and shed and split and toss right in then I take a minute to straiten up the pile into stacks , pallets sit on the ground to hold the wood off the ground it holds about 3 1/2 cord that is enough to get us through the winter , I cut mostly standing dead wood , if I have the shed loaded by memorial day it is good to burn by November , having a hard roof over the wood makes it dry so much better than a tarp ever did

[TnAndy]

Originally Posted by Bubbas Boys

How long do you let it season outside before you store inside?

A year usually. Filled one this fall that will go in the basement next fall.

I just finished the last two of these sheds a few weeks ago, so my plan is to have 2-3 years or more worth of wood cut ahead, so in the future, time in the sheds will move to 2-3 years.

[COWS]

You would be loading the box with wood, not packed green hay. The sticks of wood will have plenty of air space between them to dry out. So what if it takes a little longer to dry out? It will be helpful not to have to handle the wood so much.

COWS

[tamarackreg]

You'll want both ends open to have access to the oldest wood in it without having to remove the old stuff and replace it twice.