Wood is tarped to help keep thieves away. Wood is stored at work, and I'm not here on the weekend. Had a dude poking around at my pile yesterday, and he seemed to like what he saw. My issue is that I don't like tarping wood and shading it from the sun. Thoughts?
Can anyone from the road driving see your pile? I use to put the clear moisture plastic that contractors use in houses that worked well and the sun would beam rught thru it
It is a trade off, the sun is the power that dries and the rain can completely negate it. As for thieves, they deserve bad karma. This is a really good compromise for coverage. http://www.ysbw.com/Clear-Heavy-Duty-Plastic-Greenhouse-Tarps-s/104.htm. Thanks to Stinny for the tip.
That ash is so white it practically glows in the sun. I like that maple, oak, and pine turn very grey.
Is all your wood stacked at work, or do you haul it home? Piled and tarped like that is no good for drying wood
When it comes to sticky fingered thieves I would definitely cover it. Exposed wood at a place of business thats closed nights and on the weekends is a no brainer for the bad guys. Too bad you couldn't get it out of there.
All wood stays at work. I have a wood burner at work only. Only gas stove at home and furnace of course.
I'm going to take down a pine tree and cover that wood and put a bunch of big logs about 20 feet from the pile to block thieves from pulling up with a 1/2 ton and loading up. If they have to carry the wood too far, they are too lazy.
I ought to sit out there with a shotgun and wait for the scoundrels. 12 gauge at 50 yards isn't deadly but it stings.
agreed - at least the tarp says this is off limits. Hard to say "i thought this was free" when covered. Signs also help. I prefer the more low key baords with nails or spikes arround remote piles as deturant (sp). As long as i remember where they are...
Sweet idea, but I'd somehow end up getting sued. The boards can be buried with 4 inch nails sticking up. Should do a great job when they are hospitalized of ending their day.
If that pile is close to a building with a power source, you may want to just spend $100 and get something like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Zmodo-8-Cha...eillance_Security_Systems&hash=item541067d3c7 4 cameras and a DVR, all you have to do is mount the cameras, and wire them back to the DVR (Digital Video Recorder) unit. Plug the DVR into the power and just forget about it, it will record by itself and overwrite as needed, should be able to store about 14 days worth of footage on there before it will start to overwrite the oldest files. Then, if you need it, you can just hook a monitor up to the DVR and play back the footage you need to look at with the included remote. You could even bring the DVR home with you and plug it into your home computer screen or laptop if you ever have to review the footage. Least you would have them on camera. I have all my wood on camera.
