. .. I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time and got a 10 by 12 piece free. .Rubber roof is thick and heavy and it woild take one heck of a wind to lift it. You can buy a 10 by15 piece from roofing supply house here in mass for $75..
You were lucky. Good find!
But It's not like Craigslist has freebies like that all the time..
And perhaps you are talking about different stuff than I am thinking.
A piece large enough to do his job, of the stuff I refer to as rubber roofing
would be a lot more than 75 bucks..
As for the wind, good luck. We've seen sheets of OSB fly off
in the winter like leaves...
I would not recommend your particular application to the original poster.
It may work great for you, and that's cool.
He is storing his without the factory covers or wraps.
If you don't cover the stack 100%, and keep them off the ground, you can plan on
throwing away a lot of pellets. (IMO)
What I would suggest, is when you go after the pellets, cut the shrink wrap off,
exposing the cover from the factory. take the cover off, and load your pellets.
When you get the second load, which should be the pallet.. make sure you take the pallet.
Put all of your pellets back on the pallets, put the covers that you saved back on.. You own it, why not...
Buy a $17 tarp, and some $1.65 cent cement blocks, and cover 100% of your stuff, and weight
the tarp down.. on the ground
Remember.. the bags are NOT water tight.. they WILL get wet, and you WILL throw stuff away
if you don't cover them well..
You are probly spending over a grand for your pellets. Don't skimp on the protection.
We buy about 2000 tons. For the winter, we cover the tops with plywood, and then tarps with tires on top,
and this is in addition to the factory wraps..
Where his will be exposed to rain before snow, I would NOT leave the sides exposed to the weather..
But that's me.
Wet pellets SUCK!
Pardon my French.
Dan