Big Pipe Works Great For Storing Firewood

Big Pipe Works Great For Storing Firewood WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 31-1-19 A big 8 1/2-ft. dia., 20-ft. long corrugated metal pipe makes great firewood storage, says Don Ickes, Osterburg, Penn. "I buy the pipe from a local company that makes road culverts and field drains. The pipe has some defects in it so I'm able to buy it cheap," says Ickes. "I paid about $200 for the pipe five years ago. It's cheaper than buying a commercial storage shed. It should last a lifetime, and it definitely won't blow away in high winds." Over the years Ickes has purchased four different pipes for storing firewood. He uses a trailer to haul them home and a backhoe loader to set them in place next to his farm buildings. In one end of the pipes he stores wood slab rejects that he gets free from a local pallet maker. He cuts the slabs into 20-in. long pieces and uses them for starter fire material, because they're real thin and dry. "Some of my neighbors have purchased oval-shaped pipe that has a flat bottom. That way they can drive a small tractor inside the pipe and use it as a storage shed. Even round pipes like mine are high enough that you could put a foot or so of dirt in the bottom and still have enough clearance to drive a small tractor inside," notes Ickes. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Don Ickes, Rt. 1, Box 300A, Bowser Road, Osterburg, Penn. 16667 (ph 814 276-3353 or 814 285-8542; dickes@Bedford.net; www.eaa-aircraft.com).

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