Where do city dwellers store their wood out East?

I'm in a suburb here - I'm not sure of the official size of our lot, but it is somewhere around 1/3 acre if I remember right. We have some 'common woods' behind the house where four properties come together and it has been left wild - it gives the illusion of lots of space. Basically is making it really hard for me to find a legal place to put a shed since I have to watch out for property lines. Where do I stack my wood? Well, I have a series of stacks along one edge of my property that is "next years" wood. It is stacked tighter than most would do - on pallets, and about 5.5-6' high as I have to make the most of the space. Then I have my main stack next to the driveway. Funny thing there is that this stack that is the current year stack is actually on my neighbor's property but the way the ground is landscaped you would never know looking at it. We both know and I have their permission so it is all ok - at least until they move or get upset with us and I suddenly have to move 4+ cords of wood in a hurry... ug.

I process my wood on the end of the driveway and when logs are delivered they go on the lawn. I plan to stack the 2-year out wood in the back woods (the common zone) and try to keep it all on my property or at least close enough for "plausible deny-ability" so nobody will care. The space back there isn't used by anyone and all neighbors have said I can harvest if I want so I hope a few stacks won't bother them either.

Yes I have lots of incentive to keep everything neat and clean as well as to keep the smoke down. I use brown tarps when I cover and do my best to square off the piles. When I process wood I pay attention to the hour of the day and clean up the mess each time so nothing piles up. Whenever I find ants anywhere I treat for them with gusto and eliminate then asap with ant bait. Since nobody around me burns I expect it would not take much for someone to complain and I then might find myself facing the town with whatever BS they can throw my way - that is the greatest risk I see in this since right now all my piles are visible from the street.

I had a wood stove customer in center city Philly - we had to haul the woodstove up using an electric overhead winch they keep on their 3rd floor porch. They also made a couple cradles and that is how they got their wood upstairs. That is probably a good way to bring up wood, pellets or other heavy items....just never stand underneath a load because these things are not fail-safe.

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I had a wood stove customer in center city Philly - we had to haul the woodstove up using an electric overhead winch they keep on their 3rd floor porch. They also made a couple cradles and that is how they got their wood upstairs. That is probably a good way to bring up wood, pellets or other heavy items....just never stand underneath a load because these things are not fail-safe.

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I've wanted to figure out a way to install an overhead winch to get wood up to my deck. Only problem is I don't have a good place to secure it. Sure would be nice to not have to carry it all up the stairs (all 22 of them). I'd love to figure to figure out a way to load up a wheelbarrow at the stack, secure it to a platform then winch it up and unload it at the top.

I know, there are lifts out there - I found a couple for sale, but they are a bit too expensive for my tastes. I'm thinking more like securing a swing arm to the side of the house to hang the winch from then pull it up and swing it over the railing (or make a gate in the railing if necessary). I sure would hate to have such a thing break off the house though if it wasn't properly secured and/or strong enough for the load.

I wouldn't do it , but If I had no more room except for my living room and hallway( I have a wife...never gonna happen) it sure would beat having to run out of wood half way through winter and paying the oil man. Maybe I am just cracked you tell me.[/quote]

Glacial - You said, "Tell me", so here it is...You're cracked. Welcome back though! I thought they ran you out of town.

Built racks today for the front yard. Just gonna build a little roof on the top. These are 8'x4'x2' and there are 4 of them total. The racks behind the gate I plan to go 5' tall.

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Built racks today for the front yard. Just gonna build a little roof on the top. These are 8'x4'x2' and there are 4 of them total. The racks behind the gate I plan to go 5' tall.

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Looks good Hareball!