Need a box of some kind to store uglies. I like the totes you can take the plastic out and cut to use as a top and the steel frame can serve as the cube to hold the wood. If I could find those cheap, I'd get more. I have lucked up on two. One free, one was $20. Other than that, all around this town, a charity puts out steel 'cubes' for local stores to throw their cardboard and the charity picks it up periodically to recycle. They are made of a heavy gauge steel, might be galvanized. It's maybe 4x4 inch or 6x6 inch 'mesh' and the whole cube is about 6x6 ft. square. The side panels reminds me of fence panels we used to use on the farm. Anyone know of a webpage that shows how to make such a 'cube?' No lid needed really. Without seeing what others have done, how would you cut (if they are not the right size for your cube), and then affix the panels to one another? Use baling wire, lol? Zip ties? Would need to be decently strong. Good thing about some totes is they have slots in the bottom you can stick a forklift into and move the cube around if you have a tractor.
I made tomato cages out of the fence pannel you are talking about. Used a bolt cutter at first then moved to a hand grinder with a cut off wheel. To link sides I used the chain threaded quick links. I will look and see if I have any pics.
I made tomato and pepper cages from a 150' roll of 8"X8" mesh used for concrete. I had a bunch left over so I made a 8'X 12' corral for uglies. I had processed 6 yard trees resulting in about a cord of uglies. It's a good investment if you are in it for the long haul. If you can find cheap IBC totes snap them up.
If your talking those fence or cattle panels I would just cut them with a grinder and weld them together. Sent from my moto g(7) using Tapatalk
I make four sided cubes out of pallets, scrap boards etc. I stack shorts in front and fill with nuggets. Most of my normal length uglies get noodled to regular size and mixed in or on top of stacks. Sometimes ill use them to weigh down tarps, plastic, metal etc.
If you can find small pallets, try those. I made big ones in the past but wish I didn’t make them so big because it’s hard to reach in to grab a bunch. Make it more accessible my point. 4-5 foot deep pallet box can be cumbersome to use.
T Jeff Veal, will the wood dry in a barrel? You drill holes in bottom? No top or use a top? Crates will certainly work, might be cheapest solution. Could find Pinterest or other pics of how to build a wood bin, etc. by reinforcing the pallets. Yes, it would be nice to not have them so deep you can't easily reach in to the back to get wood chunks.
I cut the bottom of the drum out, take out plugs in the top and flip over, cover with metal roofing panels. Seems to dry well in the heat we have down here.
Trying to envision exactly what you describe... are you saying end result is that the barrel is inverted, and with the new bottom (the former top), the only thing open is you removed the two plugs, and the new top (the former bottom) is totally open, but it's covered with metal roofing? If so, very little air flow? If that summary is correct, surprised it dries and kind of flies in the face of much we talk about drying. Or do you think the metal of the drums generates heat that helps dry the wood? If that's the case, I suppose black barrels would be best! If condensation is no issue.
You have it correct, the metal doesn't fit tight, so as the drums get hot must help cook it. Never had a problem so far with moisture. Wood isn't totally green when we put it in the drums either. I have had some 2 yrs old, burned great. We have a tube stove, not a CAT, too.
[QUOTE Crates will certainly work, might be cheapest solution. Could find Pinterest or other pics of how to build a wood bin, etc. by reinforcing the pallets. Yes, it would be nice to not have them so deep you can't easily reach in to the back to get wood chunks.[/QUOTE] just make it 3 sided, then on the open side put a couple boards across down lower that you can reach over
