Holding a tarp down on the woodpile.

When I went to town today, I saw a tarped woodpile with a unique way of holding a tarp down. Unfornately I did not have my phone along to take a picture.
They had gallon milk jugs, filled with water or maybe an anti-freeze mix in them, hanging from each eyelet. I hadn't seen it before and think it would work pretty good.

 

People do that with above ground pools all the time, at least around here they do.

 

My neighbor uses the old pig iron window weights tied to the eyelets.

 

I use bungies and the eyelets on the tarp. I'll run a screw in a split to get the anchor spot for the other end of the bungie.

I only use a tarp at my patio stack. Pretty much at least. Because tarps suck

 

Yup I seen any sort of container even rocks tied to eyelets, pretty common round here.

And I agree tarps suck but I keep buying them. I have a collection of torn wind shredded tarps

 

I use window weight to works well

 

This.

 

Weights tied to ropes straddling a stack, can hold down whatever top cover you have deployed. That is, if you don't have any uglies to toss on top

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I've seen filled jugs, bricks, cinder block and old tires tied to tarps.

 

I have used bricks for many years. Worked less than desirable. They were not hanging, but on the ground with the ropes cinched up. Now have old tin roofing on this year's burn stack. Working better so far than the tarps.

 

My longest run which is about 3.5 cords are tarped for top cover. Ill use punky wood typically but snow works awesome. Ill have snow on the stack for 5 months a year. Once snow is on them it often doesnt leave until the stack is all used up.

 

Wait...your supposed to put a tarp over your wood pile???

 

When I used tarps I used log chains laid over them to hold them down.

 

I use tire sidewalls on my heaphausen and some wood on top .

 

I've used water jugs in the past to hold down tarps, you don't need antifreeze. They water just freezes solid, still works. But I'm now using my wood roof/open sides top covering,

 

I just rolled up the edge of the tarp and rammed a wood screw with a washer on it right through the tarp every 2 feet or so. That's next year's pile of course. This year's is in one of those portable shed / tent things. Open 2 zippers, roll up the door, and you're in. There's no snow in there at all, and if you're splitting kindling, you're sheltered on 3 sides plus a roof. This is the first year I've had one, and it's been worth every dime and the time to put it up.

 

Bit the bullet and invested in tin. Best move I ever made!

 

I'm trying something like this. I tie 2 water bottles on the ends of a rope and drape them over the tarps. Works pretty good for where my wood stacks are. My house and fence block some of the wind so I don't know how well this would work in a more open space. I would suspect that the tarps would get pretty thrashed. We did have 40-50 mile an hour gusts in Nov and they didn't budge so... I am starting to realize that nothing beats a woodshed. Here's what I'm talking about.