Corn crib for storage?

Might be stacked pretty high. LOL
No idea, Never had a corn crib. But it should work, good air circulation.

May be able to tear one down & make several 7 foot tall ones.

Matt I think it's a good idea. Should have good airflow - give it a shot.

I think corn cobs "flow" a little better than splits, but what do I know, I never had a corn crib. the splits might get hung up trying to remove them.

The old cribs around here are either horizontal slats or wire mesh. Not that wide so I think splits might get stuck (think bridging is a stove/boiler). If they do fall down it would make a great repurposing of a farm relic.

Built for the same purpose. To air dry the moisture out of a valuable crop. The sides will definitely hold wood. Corn on the cob puts more pressure on sidewalls than wood splits. The floor might be worth running a check for load capacity.

I've seen it done, they used an elevator to fill it with shortish splits. Side-pressure was a non-issue. Unloading didn't look too bad, they used a walk-in wheelbarrow and toppled the pieces down with a long handled home brew pick thingy. Probably should have had hardhats. Ain't child labor great!

A corn crib should be Ideal for wood seasoning.

PastorMatt said:

Has anyone ever tried using an old corn crib to store and dry their wood? Covered on top to stay dry and strong sides mean you can't collapse outwards. Open design means constant air movement. Obviously there would be drawbacks: access, overstacking, etc. Thoughts?

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Worry not Pastor and welcome to the forum. That corn crib will work ideal. We have a neighbor who also uses one.

There are many around here that use them for firewood. They stack along the outer sides and leave the center open so they have access to the wood.

PastorMatt said:

Backwoods Savage, do they fill it totally full or only around the edges? I had also thought about building a holz hausen but without the vertical wood on the inside since that seems to inhibit the omni-directional airflow. Instead I was thinking about using stiff fencing and t-posts in the center to allow better airflow while keeping the holz hausen look.

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Usually fill it as high as they can reach. Wood is fairly well seasoned before they fill the crib but now I stand corrected. He quit using it as he put up one of those carports you see for sale lots of places. He has an OWB so fills that now. He is one of the rare breed with an OWB who actually lets most of his wood dry good before burning it in the boiler. Most use green wood but I wonder how much wood he'd use if he did that. I think he went through over 10 cord last year; maybe 12.

My memory is pretty bad, but quite some time ago I think I remember a member posted a pic of using a metal mesh corn crib for his wood . . . said it worked OK if I'm remembering right, except that he just loaded it willy nilly without stacking so some of the wood would get hung up and then come toppling down all at once.

I grew up in mn an we had lots of corn cribs there. Since then I always look fot them but there are none out here in wa state I would love to get a round one that you could take apart in sections an drag it home an fill it full of wood I would use an old elevator. The wood would dry great in there because we have very low humidty out here. But I will have to dream about it till I find one Tom

Corn Crib is Perfect!