I agree, definitely better than touching a piece of wood three or four times before it goes into the stove. That's funny you mention mulch / landscape type places. The first twelve totes, I bought from a huge mulch company four or five years ago in Columbus. I called them a few months ago about getting some more, and the price has about doubled.
I should of bought more when I got the others, live and learn. I'd like to get get to close to thirty or so totes full of wood. If something were to happen and I wouldn't be able to cut wood I'd be set for a few years.
One of my many summer jobs was helping on my father's surveying crews, and at least one of his customers was a large waste hauling company, who operated regional and national-scale transfer stations. I remember surveying at one facility where the equipment moving around us was so large you'd think it a miracle the operator could even see us, way down below him. Tires that seemed two stories tall, at least in my teenage memory. Downright frightening.
That shed is not going to build itself!Newbie here. I've taken a lot of inspiration from folks on this forum and have set about building my own 8x24 shed along the fence line shown below. Timber arrived this morning
Going through ideas for a wood shed and it’s been a few years of use for you but how well does the wood season packed that tight in there?
Dude, if all we wanted to do was to keep our wood dry, we'd toss it in the garage or put it on pallets covered with tarps. Building a wood shed is a project, an opportunity to overbuild a simple structure, to buy new tools, to try out new carpentry approaches, to leave a mark on the hillside for eternity (especially if you way overbuild it!). Personally, I'm pretty darn proud of myself each time I step into my new wood shed, and I do that a couple of times a day! Talk about a regular ego boost!
Fantastic! How wide are the bays, are the pallets sitting directly on the ground, and did you use any sort of bracing in addition to the back pieces?
Making some progress...Starting to fill the wood shed that I built last fall. The two bins on the left hold scrounged wood from my property and a neighbor's, the one on the right was a full cord delivered by a local guy. His price of $200 delivered was just too good to ignore, and the delivery measured exactly one cord. (I'm getting three more cords from him) I thought each bin would hold roughly a cord...looks like stacking high will allow me to fit almost a cord and a half in each...
I'm so glad I built this shed...it's a game changer...the 2x4 racks and tarps was getting really old. Oh...and my wife helped me stack yesterday. I must have done something right.
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That's a really interesting idea, thanks! I've got a couple of clear tarps for the front, so it won't be *too* ugly.
Put your old Trans Am up on blocks in the yard on the other side of the house, and she'll never even notice the wood shed!That's a really interesting idea, thanks! I've got a couple of clear tarps for the front, so it won't be *too* ugly.
I think I'll stick a remote temp sensor in there, and then compare moisture content with splits from this one and from a bin on the other side of the storage shed. Very interesting...
Now...how do I explain this to my wife?
