Great stuff.. It takes a little bit of weight to keep it in place, more than I thought since it's so heavy to begin with... I have single row stacks though...
I can see that you also have your stacks on a hill. That sure does add another challenge to stacking! Nice pile for sure!
Yes they are and it does have its challenges... I don't have many flat areas on the property. Your stack pictures are impressive.. It looks like your wood is cut a little longer?
I've been using it for several years with great success! I put large rocks on the perimeter about every 4-5' or so, and also use drywall screws with fender washers every so often along the top edge where it folds over the sides of the stack to secure it to the wood. I learned the hard way during Hurricane Sandy several years ago that the wind can lift those large sheets of rubber up quite easily when it wants to.....lol Gonna buy some more of it at the salvage place here in the coming weeks.
I cut 'em at 26" for my "gasser" inside wood boiler. Never considered the labor savings of a longer split until now looking at some of the beautiful stacks I see here….. at 16"-20" normal stove wood size!
I'd love to buy two cargo shipping containers, but them up on blocks out in the field, vent the top and bottom, paint them black and pack them full of wood. Betcha oak would season in a month or two during the summer in one of those!!
that would be great. could get 20 cord in a 40' sea-can. I might get thrown out of Scotch Valley if I do that. I'm already the village idiot.
I got ahold of some a couple of years ago for a friend of ours who does roofing. He is residential but he had a friend who happen to have some that was looking to get rid of some. You do need to put something on as we did find it will blow off.
I use it. Can’t think of anything better. I try to make my stacks a lot smoother on top than I used to. No crevasses between the two stacks. That’s it. Needs weight to hold it down. For now I’m just tossing my older decayed pallets on top. Get a few more years use out of em. Oddly enough it seems to me the heavier/thicker rubber roofing blows more than the light/thin rubber. Doesn’t make much sense but that’s how it’s working for me.
I got a chite ton of it when my building at work got re-done this summer. I cut pieces to fit my "super cords" (as my wife calls them). I cut and folded up the rest to manageable sizes and have them stacked in the woods
Been using rubber roofing since I grabbed a bunch in 99. Works great for the wood pile and also used some for the roof of a deer blind (go figure)! Stays in place with just some chunks of firewood on top here and there. Like Backwoods Savage says though, the sagging spots in it usually fill up with ice (freeze thaw cycles) and its a pain to deal with those. But, better that those metal roofing panels, by far! I used the metal panels back in the 90's and it a wonder I didn't decapitate or amputate myself!
I use reclaimed rubber roofing too. Clean(er) side down, dirty side up, the weather washes the dirt off. I put scrounged plywood scraps under the rubber to level the top, and use granite cutoffs (from kitchen counter manufacture) to weigh them down. It's a little stiff to fold over in freezing weather.
