Ok after using my gasification OWB I built for the last 3yrs.I have just put all my wood on skids and tarped it.I decided I wasn't doing it again this year.I waited till the last minute to start though.out of cash and time but things are coming around.I had my tool partner at work give me eight 8x16' skids used for moving conveyors by his own millwright company to move conveyor on.They are 4x4 posts with 3/4" plywood on top with 2x4 stringers across the bottom 4x4s.These are built real nice and will last for a long time.I am placing 2 of these skids for 8x32' platform for wood storage.The building will be 10x32' with 8' tall back wall.plan to give it a salt box style front.three door openings in the front to make it easy to load wood.I am building this with all salvaged materials so far to save money.
Hopefully things will progress more this week.might not get much done tomorrow as my son has his Demolay meeting tomorrow. I will definitely take more pics.This will probably be a slow build.
As HD said, getting the pallets for no charge is a big savings right off the bat. I wonder if you disassemble some of the pallets that it may give you more use of the materials for the building portion of it.
That's exactly what I'm doing. I started with some old posts out of my stable and a few treated boards.I needed taller posts so I unassembled one so far.Hopefully tonight after work I can break another one down and get some more posts in the ground.
That will be a nice setup and is exactly what I have. Mine is 32 feet long and 8 feet wide. I stack 7.5 feet high and so it olds almost exactly 15 cords. It is pictured in my cover photo. Happy construction!
That's what I'm going for Greg.I want to get all my wood up by the OWB and not have to deal with snow and rain and mud . unfortunately my wood is not going to be all seasoned this year.I haven't been able to get ahead but this will be a big help in the future.
A couple of misc things I learned if interested: 1. If structurally possible, might want to leave open on three sides as the wind does a great job seasoning on mine, even though I have it packed pretty tight. 2. I used green zinc coated metal for my roof, and man does it get hot in the summer. Might help season out your stack if you can do a dark roof. 3. In the early days, I had a hard time getting ahead, but I burned through 2/3s of the lean to then took the time to rotate everything forward at the end of the season and from then on I have been able to keep reasonably seasoned wood. Almost everyone has an opinion as to how far you should split wood down for OSBs, and whether or not wood with some greenness does better in establishing a coal bed. Cant say I know the science, but I do split the wood down to help it season and improve how much I can pack in stove, and just figure that seasoned wood is more efficient in burning than green. Hope it goes well! Greg
Greg Thanks for the tips.i have been torn on how tight to close it in.i have all this 3/4" plywood coming from these shipping skids that I had planned to use them, but I do agree that it needs air flow to dry the wood. I will be putting a metal roof on it probably in the spring.Ill get tar paper on there and it will have to do for now.ive done that before. I agree about dry wood.my OWB is a gasification unit I designed and built. They only seem to burn best with dry seasoned wood.when it's wet and green I usually have to run it in bypass.
I agree with Greg on keeping 3 sides open to assist in drying the wood. No worries about snow or rain coming in sideways. The wood won't soak it up. As I've stated many times, wood is not a sponge....unless it is punky.
Been working 12 hours all week.Son and I stripped down another skid last night when I got home from work.So tonight when i got home i managed to dig another post hole,and set another post.Not worth taking any pics though.Wife plans to pick up 2x6 rafters for me tomorrow and a few girt boards too I hope.I got another 12 hour day tomorrow ,and then just regular 8hrs saturday and sunday.So hopefully I can get something done this weekend
Nice looking start. Gotta love free materials- I built my baby wood shed (it only holds a cord, it's more of a glorified rack ) out of totally free lumber. Ironically, someone had dumped it in a field behind my local Home Depot. Hauled it home, took out the nails, and put it to use
Just looked at the forecast for the weekend of Oct 4, 41 for a high so snow may be just around the corner.
Yeah I am under the gun and the stress of it all is killing me.Plus I'm working lots of O.T. to pay some unexpected big bills.Everything happening at the wrong time.Ill get through it all somehow.
Yeah that was a good score! Nice wood storage to boot! Gotta love getting free materials to get what you need done.
Build it open on all sides that way you get max air circulation and then can alternate burning from each end. Saves having to re arrange @ the end of each burn season.
