I had an idea to make a mobile wood rack to bring wood in for the stove. In the past I've use a wheelbarrow and bins about the size of a pallet but 4 or 5' tall open on two sides, moved with pallet jack or forklift.
This time I wanted it to be real easy to fill so only one row deep with supports on the ends.
Take up less useful room so one row deep fits along the wall pretty good, better than a 4' square pallet.
Also wanted it to hold more than a wheelbarrow.
Nothing fancy, used leftover lumber to try out the idea. Found two new wheels and tires for a forklift on eBay quite cheap and made an axle shaft, the wheels already had bearings in them.
It's about 20 or 22" deep and 5' or so long and tall.
I didn't expect it to be very stable in the driveway off the concrete, and sure enough it isn't. Most of the time though I can keep it on concrete from wood pile to stove. First time it didn't exactly tip over but about half the firewood fell out the front... now I use a ratchet strap over the top before moving it. There would be very little risk of tipping at 1/2 or even 3/4 full. It can also be real heavy, so not good on inclines which is fine here.
I've filled it several times now and it's working great, I'm real pleased with the design and size. Eventually I'll make a neat looking and more functional steel tubed frame to replace the wood but probably not anytime soon.
It will hold a full 8' pickup bed load of wood. Randomly thrown in the pickup slightly humped over the rails without trying real hard to stack or keep them from falling out. A well stacked or fully piled truck load would obviously be more than that.
Anyhow, seems to work for me, the idea might possibly work for your wood moving/storing situation too.
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This time I wanted it to be real easy to fill so only one row deep with supports on the ends.
Take up less useful room so one row deep fits along the wall pretty good, better than a 4' square pallet.
Also wanted it to hold more than a wheelbarrow.
Nothing fancy, used leftover lumber to try out the idea. Found two new wheels and tires for a forklift on eBay quite cheap and made an axle shaft, the wheels already had bearings in them.
It's about 20 or 22" deep and 5' or so long and tall.
I didn't expect it to be very stable in the driveway off the concrete, and sure enough it isn't. Most of the time though I can keep it on concrete from wood pile to stove. First time it didn't exactly tip over but about half the firewood fell out the front... now I use a ratchet strap over the top before moving it. There would be very little risk of tipping at 1/2 or even 3/4 full. It can also be real heavy, so not good on inclines which is fine here.
I've filled it several times now and it's working great, I'm real pleased with the design and size. Eventually I'll make a neat looking and more functional steel tubed frame to replace the wood but probably not anytime soon.
It will hold a full 8' pickup bed load of wood. Randomly thrown in the pickup slightly humped over the rails without trying real hard to stack or keep them from falling out. A well stacked or fully piled truck load would obviously be more than that.
Anyhow, seems to work for me, the idea might possibly work for your wood moving/storing situation too.
