Great set up Engineering was well thought out !: Ramp, Metal edges, deflector boards ...>>>> Need to show the filling process. Love the access to the basement.
rottiman... Giz would end up on the flat bottoms, before the sides were up, every time I was in the shop of downstairs workin'. I think she got used to the box on the front of the quad and it smells the same... dutch... I would if I knew how to get it to YouTube. Grizz schooled me on it, but... Not much to these boxes anyway. They roll in and out and 3 sections of one side come off, for unloading, as the load of wood gets used up. basod... the plan is to roll one right beside the stove, pull the top "hatch" on the long side... grab n go into the stove. As the wood get used up, keep pulling those panels off. I built a coal bin like this at the old farm and it worked pretty well. bigbarf48... tho it prolly wouldn't end well... if Giz was down there when I threw a split in, she'd clamp it in midair, shreeking all the way to the quick stop... Smokinpiney... was using the first rolling firewood bin I remember on FHC (pretty sure), tho there may be others. I think his was made of the HD plastic which I bet holds up better than plywood. Hoping these work out.
Lessee... ramps lifted by a HD winch lowering the JD down into the basement... commercial exhaust blowers for the fumes... use the bucket down there to "plow" all of my honey's stuff into a corner to make room to move around... it's doable PD... ...
Your "hatch" set-up came to mind too. Gravity workin' for us instead of against... love it! When I'm ready to bring in some wood (there's a little down there now) I'll get a few pics. Would like to do an album of my lil stump to stove op then.
Pretty clever Stinny, I was thinking of making a similar bin so I could roll it to the door and toss my firewood in, I have the casters and wood but not sure where to get those iron sides you used for support, where could I get those?
Thx. Stole the idea from the web and SP. Really like wheels. Not sure which of the 2 places I used "iron" you mean? The angle coming down one side is steel (with the holes) and is used to capture the 3 sections I remove to get at the wood and not so much for strength. There's a 3/16" bolt/pin at both ends of all 3 of those sections, thru the angle, the plywood and the 2x2 blocking behind... to keep that side of the box ends from pushing away from the logs. I got those steel angles at Home Depot. The ramp angles are 1/4" x 3" x 3" aluminum that I had in my junk stuff. I cut off 2" on one side (with my benchsaw... works great) and rounded the edges with a grinder. I'm hoping my casters will hold up. They're 4" so they roll perty good.
LOL, I can just imagine your grand kids in there w Giz....... I had to google bilco a few weeks ago when it came up, now I wish I had one. Too Cool Stinny !!
grew up calling them the bulkhead - not that many of them are water tight. Stinny either removed his stairs or has another access point, because they are handy for getting big stuff into a basement
yeah normally there is a set of stairs in there with basically metal doors(they overlap on top) but always rust out around the grout edges and leak. They make a nice root cellar -potatoes, onions, cabbage, squash and what not store very well in them during the winter
Very cool Stinny. Nice work man. I was not imagining that when you were discussing it. Hope it works great for ya!
Looks like a great system!! Awesome work man!! That plywood will take some abuse - just make sure the bilco doors don't leak on it and it will be fine for years I bet.
And in case any of you missed it (basod ?), here is Stinny 's previous post, where he *ahem* dealt with the stairs that used to be there... http://firewoodhoardersclub.com/forums/threads/firewood-addiction-7-step-program.6324/ That thread was a hoot! One of my favorite threads ever by any member here!
Hehehe... those steps were bad Shawn. I couldn't wait to get them outa there. And, as we all know, burnin' wood is the ultimate "fix"...
Nice idea. I use a couple of furniture moving carts and large totes to get wood from the entry way steps across living room floor to stove. Saves my back and tracking a mess on the floor. I think the totes hold 150-200 lbs. Gets me through a few cold days. My furnace room was built around the idea of easy wood handling.One direct access window to attached wood shed. Another window access to outside stacks.
