Home-Built Firewood Racks
We have a wood-burning stove in our shop. We cut wood for it throughout the year. Most of the wood comes from fencelines and edges of woods that we trim up. In the past, we would cut the wood, then split it and load it into a pickup, and then unload it again someplace to dry. Then after it's dry, we'd wheelbarrow it over to the shop to burn.
Last year we eliminated a lot of handling by building firewood racks so we only have to handle the wood once. The racks are simply three wood pallets nailed together. The bottom pallet is 6 ft. long. We nailed a 4-ft. pallet to either end. A 2 by 4 nailed between the two pallets about 3 ft. up in the back braces the ends.
We can move the firewood racks with our 3-pt. mounted forklift. So we can haul them to the woods, fill them up, and then store the wood on them for drying. They work great. We especially like that they keep wood off the ground. (Scott Marbach, 7088 N. 600 E., Decatur, Ind. 46733 ph 219-724-3559)
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Home-Built Firewood Racks WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 25-2-34 We have a wood-burning stove in our shop. We cut wood for it throughout the year. Most of the wood comes from fencelines and edges of woods that we trim up. In the past, we would cut the wood, then split it and load it into a pickup, and then unload it again someplace to dry. Then after it's dry, we'd wheelbarrow it over to the shop to burn.
Last year we eliminated a lot of handling by building firewood racks so we only have to handle the wood once. The racks are simply three wood pallets nailed together. The bottom pallet is 6 ft. long. We nailed a 4-ft. pallet to either end. A 2 by 4 nailed between the two pallets about 3 ft. up in the back braces the ends.
We can move the firewood racks with our 3-pt. mounted forklift. So we can haul them to the woods, fill them up, and then store the wood on them for drying. They work great. We especially like that they keep wood off the ground. (Scott Marbach, 7088 N. 600 E., Decatur, Ind. 46733 ph 219-724-3559)
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