Shorts and uglies

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OK, I have about 20 cu ft of these. Does anyone have an uglies/shorties bin?
 
yup, I have 2 of them. 4x5x8. good for the shoulder season, wood fired grill, and the little stoves.
 
I have a big tote for the shorties, and put the uglies on top of the stack
 
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I've got a pallet bin, but I've got some chain-link fence and I'm thinking I could make a couple parallel sides about two feet apart and fifteen feet long. Wind would blow through the wood pretty well with that setup...
 
Yes, I've got a good amount of hard maple twisted knotty pieces that are gonna burn well. Think I'll pickup a few pallets and hammer together a bin.
 
Awhile ago I asked this same question, and some of these fellas put up great pictures of the bins that they had for what I call "chunks". Maybe someone smarter than me (which is most!) can find it and pull it up so you can see it ;lol
 
Chunky monkeys and uglies ,go in the free crates I scored
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I place oddball pieces on top of the stacks. Use most of 'em to weigh down the plastic sheeting. As the stack is depleted they go in the stove.
 
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Shorts and uglies go in a pile next to the outdoor fire pit where they are all consumed in due time.
 
Shorts and uglies go in a pile next to the outdoor fire pit where they are all consumed in due time.

oh no, these are too good for that, all are hard maple twisted knotty pieces.
 
it's prob. not the right thing to do, but whatever shorts/ chunks/ uglies (my old neighbor calls them ''creepies'' (?),that i have leftover after putting what i can on top of the stacks, i toss em inbetween the rows....I usually have two rows stacked on those black plastic pallets(get from work for free) and i leave about 1 ft. between the rows....the pallets are nice becacause they are all the same size,are very light and durab le.....but i eventually would like to make a bin just for the creepies
 
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the knotty,twisted unsplitables do take longer to completely season than splits
...i prob. have approx. 4 pallets worth of knotted/shorties/and just plain unstackables.....if i do build a box for them, it sure is gonna be fun retrieving them.....
 
I used to put them on top of my stacks, but soon found out I still needed more room Crotches and shorts was one of the driving factors to start stacking in holz hausen/mieten's. All my splits stay on the outside, and the uglies are hidden away!
 
I used to put them on top of my stacks, but soon found out I still needed more room Crotches and shorts was one of the driving factors to start stacking in holz hausen/mieten's. All my splits stay on the outside, and the uglies are hidden away!
.....i like the holzhausen way, but i need my creepies and short uglies to dry by winter...which is why i'm second guessing putting them between the rows...back to the drawing board i guess
 
I banish them until they straighten up, and then I burn them.
 
I banish them until they straighten up, and then I burn them.
.....where do you send them to get straightened out? i have some unruly little buggers that could use a good exile.... for thier own good...
 
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Or if they season first they're history.
 
i'd like to have a bin for uglies, and also a good way to store kindling.....i was thinking of using some rebar tying wire from work to tie up some bundles of kindling...
 
i'd like to have a bin for uglies, and also a good way to store kindling.....i was thinking of using some rebar tying wire from work to tie up some bundles of kindling...
Pallets are free , make a bin, simple :)
 
the knotty,twisted unsplitables do take longer to completely season than splits
no they don't, they actually dry faster, in the right environment
 
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