36 totes full + some

I'm horrible at posting often. I get too rapped up in work and forget to post my wood hording progress. But hear it is.

This is how I used to stack on pallets and move them with the dingo. These are the first to burn, 17month seasoned, mostly Russian olive and some other wood mixed in.
This is the rest of 13-14 wood, seasoned 17months, 18 totes full.
These 18 totes have been split this summer and will be 14-15 wood.
Hears a broad photo, Hard to get it all in there.. There's a pile to the right by the splitter that will keep growing tell I go get some more totes.
Hears another wide view.


By my estimation/ calculation I think it takes 4 totes to make a cord??

My goal is to figure out how many of these totes I'm going to use per winter, on average.
And to have the whole side from the fence to the shed full of totes double stacked and double deep.

Think I'll have any drying issues stacking these this way?? It's in full sun and loose thrown??

Let me know what Ya'll think, Pat

The owners manual says it will lift 800lbs but I think it will lift more than that. Pat

I get them for bringing the guy a pickup load of wood about once a year. I cant turn that down.. It saves lots of time not stacking the wood and I get so many odds and ugglies that its just easier to throw it in these bins.. They don't fall over ether. Pat

Yeah I try to keep those lie locks cut back off the back of the wood crates! And yes they are just loosely thrown in there. Pat

The little fork is a toro dingo tx420. Its got the forks, bucket, brush grapple, and brush mower. It's a mini walk behind skid loader. I have yet to get it stuck in snow. I just plow out the heavy snow with the bucket and then it works fine. I get all the totes from a guy who does spray foam insulation and his insulation compounds come in those totes. He just trades me a pick up load of firewood for as many as I want.

Yes the dingo moves them fairly well. I just move them up close to that window between the two pallets, and then I have a shoot I just open the window and stick the shoot through the window to a woodbox. And yes the totes are supposed to be expensive but this guy just gives them away. I have seen that same tree blind made out of four stacked totes/cages and that is a very cool tree blind!

I'm pretty sure I got very lucky to find these basically for free! All I've done is trade him some wood maybe two cords for this 36 totes! And he is happier than ever! Now that I think of it I'm not too sure that the chemical that comes in his totes makes it nonrefundable and non-core refundable so to speak!

Thanks everyone for all the great compliments!! Russian olive hear gets big, 30+in, I'm going to give it a try and see how it burns!!