Shorts and uglies

[mass_burner]

OK, I have about 20 cu ft of these. Does anyone have an uglies/shorties bin?

 

[STIHLY DAN]

yup, I have 2 of them. 4x5x8. good for the shoulder season, wood fired grill, and the little stoves.

 

[mass_burner]

yup, I have 2 of them. 4x5x8. good for the shoulder season, wood fired grill, and the little stoves.

how is it constructed?

 

[Beer Belly]

I have a big tote for the shorties, and put the uglies on top of the stack

 

[Woody Stover]

I've got a pallet bin, but I've got some chain-link fence and I'm thinking I could make a couple parallel sides about two feet apart and fifteen feet long. Wind would blow through the wood pretty well with that setup...

 

[gerry100]

shorties and uglies go to the top of the stacks

 

[mass_burner]

Yes, I've got a good amount of hard maple twisted knotty pieces that are gonna burn well. Think I'll pickup a few pallets and hammer together a bin.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Awhile ago I asked this same question, and some of these fellas put up great pictures of the bins that they had for what I call "chunks". Maybe someone smarter than me (which is most!) can find it and pull it up so you can see it

 

[HDRock]

Chunky monkeys and uglies ,go in the free crates I scored

 

[Fred Wright]

I place oddball pieces on top of the stacks. Use most of 'em to weigh down the plastic sheeting. As the stack is depleted they go in the stove.

 

[woodsman416]

Shorts and uglies go in a pile next to the outdoor fire pit where they are all consumed in due time.

 

[mass_burner]

Shorts and uglies go in a pile next to the outdoor fire pit where they are all consumed in due time.

oh no, these are too good for that, all are hard maple twisted knotty pieces.

 

[Mischa Shashumshkavich]

it's prob. not the right thing to do, but whatever shorts/ chunks/ uglies (my old neighbor calls them ''creepies'' (?),that i have leftover after putting what i can on top of the stacks, i toss em inbetween the rows....I usually have two rows stacked on those black plastic pallets(get from work for free) and i leave about 1 ft. between the rows....the pallets are nice becacause they are all the same size,are very light and durab le.....but i eventually would like to make a bin just for the creepies

 

[gerry100]

the knotty,twisted unsplitables do take longer to completely season than splits

 

[Mischa Shashumshkavich]

the knotty,twisted unsplitables do take longer to completely season than splits

...i prob. have approx. 4 pallets worth of knotted/shorties/and just plain unstackables.....if i do build a box for them, it sure is gonna be fun retrieving them.....

 

[bassJAM]

I used to put them on top of my stacks, but soon found out I still needed more room Crotches and shorts was one of the driving factors to start stacking in holz hausen/mieten's. All my splits stay on the outside, and the uglies are hidden away!

 

[Mischa Shashumshkavich]

I used to put them on top of my stacks, but soon found out I still needed more room Crotches and shorts was one of the driving factors to start stacking in holz hausen/mieten's. All my splits stay on the outside, and the uglies are hidden away!

.....i like the holzhausen way, but i need my creepies and short uglies to dry by winter...which is why i'm second guessing putting them between the rows...back to the drawing board i guess

 

[macattack_ga]

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/short-stumpy-splits-how-to-store-stack.127066/#post-1717616

 

[mass_burner]

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/short-stumpy-splits-how-to-store-stack.127066/#post-1717616

hmm, i like that cage idea, that's how I made my tomato cages, just a round cylinder wired together. guess I could just nail it to a 4x4 pallet.

 

[Paulywalnut]

I banish them until they straighten up, and then I burn them.

 

[Mischa Shashumshkavich]

I banish them until they straighten up, and then I burn them.

.....where do you send them to get straightened out? i have some unruly little buggers that could use a good exile.... for thier own good...

 

[Paulywalnut]

Or if they season first they're history.

 

[Mischa Shashumshkavich]

i'd like to have a bin for uglies, and also a good way to store kindling.....i was thinking of using some rebar tying wire from work to tie up some bundles of kindling...

 

[HDRock]

i'd like to have a bin for uglies, and also a good way to store kindling.....i was thinking of using some rebar tying wire from work to tie up some bundles of kindling...

Pallets are free , make a bin, simple

 

[HDRock]

the knotty,twisted unsplitables do take longer to completely season than splits

no they don't, they actually dry faster, in the right environment