Holy crap! I'm giving a NordicTrack treadmill to my friend for free...I'm going to have to rethink that...
Jon, I know you've seen these pictures many times but just reading of your situation and looking for other ideas, would something like this work? If so, your added cost would only be if you had to purchase something for the top covering. And although we just throw some uglies on top to hold down the covering, one can also use wire and some weights rather than putting something on top. That would make it look the best. And as far as using t-posts, that is just one more thing you don't need and will look better without them. I apologize that most of the pictures were taken before any cleanup had taken place. And one more thing, some folks say leaves and junk get into their wood piles but we don't have that problem at all.
Whoops. I forgot that I was going to mention a simple set of rollers (conveyer) if you want to get the wood under the porch. Bad part is this would not be motorized but you could fix that!
Gorgeous stack Dennis. Those are always a pleasure to admire. Where I have a small lot, I am trying to keep the wood along the perimeter or in out of the way places to keep what open areas I have clear. The area of the recent stack could get another cord put there next to it. The t-posts and tarps are fine. Where I buy a good part of my wood, there is not a lot of square blocks for cribbing the ends. We have lots of young 'uns running around between family and friends and I need to keep the stack ends secure to minimize a falling hazard on them. I think my goal is trying to make handling of the splits under the porch easier. I did source a garage door opener and set of guide rails today. I will be in the planning stage now.
That sounds like fun fishingpol ... looking forward to pics as you go along. You gonna do a kinda powered cart on rails up and under the porch?
Ha, trying to be a cart converter are ya? Garage door motor with a long chain on it. Use the rails as guides and screw some Azek onto it to make it wicked slicker. Then weld some small dogs every few feet to the side of a chain link so it does not get all festered up in the drive gear. Hopefully the dogs will catch the splits and send them down the line. I have to get to the innards of the opener as it goes about 10 feet and then stops. Hit the button again, and it reverses. I have to pickle the motor up figure how to make it continuous drive in one direction. I have the day off tomorrow, so I can wait till then to get zapped. The drive motors are pretty powerful according to the garage door guys. It should move splits along without issue. I can practice my hack welding, but rain is in the picture.
