Moving wood

I loaded 6.5 cords in to the garage. All it takes now is a couple loads a day in to the house. That bin is 12 ft deep, 9.3 ft wide and its stacked 7 ft high. Plus the 1/2 cord to the right.

bsruther said:

Wheel barrow works best for me to fill up the rack outside the back door which is about a 30 ft. walk. I think it all depends on how far the wood has to be moved. I also hook the utility trailer to the golf cart, fill it up and back it into the attached garage.

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bsruther, Please contact me about your MTD log spliter.I am thinkingb about buying one and wanted to know how your 8 ton was holding up .Thanks Bob [email protected]

If you have a FEL, then how about filling up one of those bulk tote sacks?


They're cheap, easy to fill & empty, hide the wood, they breath, shed water (mostly), and most I've seen come with a sort of lid to keep the snow off. And they should hold near half a cord, give or take.

wldm09 said:

I loaded 6.5 cords in to the garage. All it takes now is a couple loads a day in to the house. That bin is 12 ft deep, 9.3 ft wide and its stacked 7 ft high. Plus the 1/2 cord to the right.

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That's not a garage. That's a hangar

Manatarms said:

Papadave,

Not sure if you have a tractor or skidsteer, however there's an interesting thread on a tractor forum about moving wood around in boxes constructed of used pallets....basically they're using 5 pallets and nailing them together to make cube...one for the bottom, 3 for the sides and one for the top. Leave one side open for loading. The box is then wrapped in poly for protection from the elements. When you need wood you just go fetch a cube and move it up to the house. I may try this system myself to see how it works.

-Mark

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I think your talking about Obed post on TBN. If not he has done just that, but from your discription it sounds just that way. Fellow TBN member here if so, same name there for me.

I bring a truckload into the basement each weekend. That lasts for at least a week. I back the truck up to the basement door and carry in armloads during commercials of football games. That way I can see the game and not get any flack for not getting any work done - best of both worlds!

I used to carry wood into the house each day but I do not like to do that anymore. Some days I am sick, tired,lazy, or all 3!

I use an old "safety man basket", with expanded metal welded on the back and sides, which I cut to fit between the porch columns. Loaded it will hold 0.5-.75 cord and can be lifted with forks on the tractor allowing easy access to add to the stacks on the porch. I'll try to remember to take some pics.

I do it red oaks way, truck load into the garage and fill up my bins (almost a cord between the two) and then at night when the dog wants to go out and play I wheel down a few loads into the house. I dont do it between commercials in football games, Id miss too much important action.

I have my drying area and back door accessible by my s-10 and small atv cart, but have seen a few of my farmer friends move wood in big apple bins with their tractors.
Hmm.... sideways apple bin on wheels? - fill, dry and move without restacking.. .

Bob Hickey said:

bsruther, Please contact me about your MTD log spliter.I am thinkingb about buying one and wanted to know how your 8 ton was holding up .Thanks Bob [email protected]

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Wow. This old thread was brought back from death!

Welcome to the forum Bob.


There are several of us on the forum who own MTD splitters. I think most of them are 20 ton, like the one we have. We've had it over 20 years now and split well over 200 cord of wood with it. Only problem so far was the knot which holds the handle on the rope starter came untied. Simply re-tie and all was well. It is beginning to use oil but the way I look at it so far is that oil is cheaper than metal.

Also, the 20 ton does everything we need to split. That is the splitter in my avatar.

Backwoods Savage said:

Wow. This old thread was brought back from death!

Welcome to the forum Bob.


There are several of us on the forum who own MTD splitters. I think most of them are 20 ton, like the one we have. We've had it over 20 years now and split well over 200 cord of wood with it. Only problem so far was the knot which holds the handle on the rope starter came untied. Simply re-tie and all was well. It is beginning to use oil but the way I look at it so far is that oil is cheaper than metal.

Also, the 20 ton does everything we need to split. That is the splitter in my avatar.

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What?? I think you somehow responded to the wrong thread with a quote?

Clemson, this thread was started in December, 2009.

My parents moved wood about the easiest way I can think of...they had me an my brother do it and never raised a finger...
Funny how much I used to hate doing it and here I am still doing it...

Backwoods Savage said:

Clemson, this thread was started in December, 2009.

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PapaDave said:

I've been contemplating putting up a shed next year...

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I thought that Dave had built that shed. I was wondering if he was perhaps starting another one. You miss a lot if you don't read the fine print

It will be a Mancave extraordinaire by the time you are 90. I'd like to reserve one of the better heated recliners close to the big screen if I may