My firewood stuff

[Tirediron]

thought that I would post a few picks of what I have developed for taking care of my firewood supply
The Chinese tractor and 3 pth skidder, the second picture kind of shows the load carrying brace to the main hitch, so that the 3 pth hydraulics dont' have to take the shock of skidding the log.

 

[elkhound]

you have fantastic set up !

i have a boxblade set up with drop hooks welded on to drop choker chain in to pull logs. i have 3 metal wire milk crates on top to haul chainsaws,chains,splitting mauls etc. with me.

 

[Tirediron]

the roll way, crane and the buck rack, splitter, ditch witch low impact skidder/ hydraulic power unit

 

[Tirediron]

storage/ drying
rear detail of 3pth skidder arm, if it is set on a log, the angles keep the log centered and you can lift the log and buck it,
the mini forwarder/ dump trailer

 

[Tirediron]

the only thing that was bought new, was the trailer, and the husky 372, the rest is repurposed , and or came home broken and was repaired
also link to my pedal saw thread, if interested Tirediron pedal powered bucking saw

 

[Tirediron]

Forgot the bucher tm850 / jacobsen G4x4plus and the pedal saw

 

[Tirediron]

I posted my pedal powered bucking saw in off the grid power, Tirediron pedal powered bucking saw
and that post links to the origonal video Naekid put on his youtube channel

 

[hashbrown]

I posted my pedal powered bucking saw in off the grid power, Tirediron pedal powered bucking saw
and that post links to the origonal video Naekid put on his youtube channel

I remember that

 

[Tirediron]

I have made more changes to my system, so that the wood gets handled a few less times, I will post more picture when I get some taken, showing the steps, and where, what I think that I have improved, and my second chinese tractor that I bought for parts which I got running, so now I need to find another parts tractor.

 

[hashbrown]

The wood stove is putting out this morning!

 

[Bacpacker]

The wood stove is putting out this morning!

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I'd have to open a window or 2 upstairs

 

[hashbrown]

I'd have to open a window or 2 upstairs

Slider has been open all day

 

[Tirediron]

The updates to my stuff , the claw on Hubie 1 made from crap I had laying around. 20 inch pipe cutoff, which I cut in half both ways, hinges are 2 inch chain , hss pieces, and the pins came form a friends junk that I helped him clean up

 

[Tirediron]

The buck rack on its trolley , staying with my theme made from salvage

 

[Tirediron]

The buck rack moved to the splitter throat

 

[Tirediron]

the ramp into the basement

 

[Tirediron]

the rack on the hand truck , a really cold day worth of wood, 15 minutes from swinging the log lengths from the roll way to taking the ramps out of the door,

 

[Tirediron]

The rest of those 2 seven foot logs on the second rack. I only put my hands on the wood, one to swing the log onto the buck rack, 2 to roll the bucked wood onto the splitter, 3 to take the split off onto the rack. (of course there are multiple chunks) and finally when the wood goes into the stove or onto the rack in the house,

 

[lonewolf]

my firewood stash is all scrap timber, there is so much about that I just literally pick it up as I walk around.
dont need it until the power goes off post SHTF so it just increases and increases.

 

[Tirediron]

My new mission is to improve the buck rack so that I don't have to reach thru the splitter throat to get the next log .
All said I think that I am way ahead of the cookie cutter processor and handling the wood 4000times before it gets to the stove. Still a few more improvements to make,

 

[viking]

My new mission is to improve the buck rack so that I don't have to reach thru the splitter throat to get the next log .
All said I think that I am way ahead of the cookie cutter processor and handling the wood 4000times before it gets to the stove. Still a few more improvements to make,

That's just the multiple times warming that cutting, splitting, stacking and taking inside of firewood gives people, the only part I don't care for is when it's raining really hard and I have to cover the firewood on the way into the house to keep it dry.

 

[Tirediron]

That's just the multiple times warming that cutting, splitting, stacking and taking inside of firewood gives people, the only part I don't care for is when it's raining really hard and I have to cover the firewood on the way into the house to keep it dry.

I still get warmed up a couple or 3 times, the bonus is it doesn't take much time to do a fridgid days worth of wood, and my shoulders don't hurt for the rest of the day

 

[zoomzoom]

the only part I don't care for is when it's raining really hard and I have to cover the firewood on the way into the house to keep it dry.

I use (8) Rubbermaid totes to bring wood in the house.
I'll load them up and set them outside the door. I then bring in what I need. Keeps the wood dry and for the most part, keeps the scraps and any bugs inside the container.

 

[Magpie]

We do the same; move turf and wood to the forge by the garage in old tubs and boxes - its nearer the house, than when we are feeding the animals, just drop them inside.

 

[Tirediron]

I used Rubber maids for years , they worked great, except for the multiple handling thing, In cold weather I burn about 4 of the size posted by Zoom Zoom above. they keep the mess to a minimum. One of the problems that I had with them is if the wood was a little damp it didn't dry much in the tote.

 

[zoomzoom]

Agreed on dampness. For that reason, I don't fill the tubs unless I'm going to use them within a day.

 

[Pearl]

I have two large canvas firewood bags, they hold about 80lbs of wood each, and one heavy leather bag. Fill and carry inside!

 

[Cabin Fever]

I use (8) Rubbermaid totes to bring wood in the house.
I'll load them up and set them outside the door. I then bring in what I need. Keeps the wood dry and for the most part, keeps the scraps and any bugs inside the container.

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We don't store any firewood in the house. What we do is, on nice days, we just stack a couple weeks of firewood on our roofed porch right next to the sliding glass door. When we need a log or two of firewood, we just slide the door open, grab a stick or two of firewood, bring it through the door and walk two steps inside the house to the woodstove.

 

[Tirediron]

I am very happy with my rack system, I can just slide them off of the hand truck if I want, and I slightly modified a garage creeper to be able to roll one easily

 

[Cabin Fever]

I am very happy with my rack system, I can just slide them off of the hand truck if I want, and I slightly modified a garage creeper to be able to roll one easily

Good system....it you have an attached garage.