Lots of good ideas-the corners are really all that need attended to-I turned mine down and covered with a couple layers of duct tape-the galvanized is tough to bend, regular colored roofing not so much
I cover with metal. My stacks are as high as I can reasonably toss a heavy green split up on to (over head level). You'll need to add some weight to the metal, it will blow off until it get a foot or so of snow on it for the winter. But that presents another problem...... uncovering your stacks
My stacks are 16' long and covered with 12' strips of left over roofing material and some used roofing to cover the remaining 4'. Rain was coming in so I quickly threw up the 12' sections of new stuff. I intend to cut the 12' sections in half. My thinking is, as I remove wood I could remove the uglies from the top and slide the roofing back as the coverings start to droop. If we get a lot of snow, it may be a problem. Try and refine. The tarps just weren't getting it.
If you have plenty of smaller branches that are fairly straight, I bet most of us do, why not just cut a saw kerf in each piece so it will fit over the edge of your cover. The round shape of the branch would make a great protective edge for your head to hit. I used a table saw to cut a kerf on some large diameter dowel that I had on hand to make replacement handles for some of those 5 gallon buckets that have wire handles, you know, the kind you get from HD, Lowes or Menards with their name printed on them. Now, when the plastic grip breaks up from age I just slip one of those dowel pieces over the wire and it feels better full of water than when the bucket was new. I do jamb something into the kerf cut to keep it from falling off. In my case I use the buckets to refill aquariums and I just use a piece of air tubing as my handle retainer.
That's why I like tarps for the wood I'm using through the winter , I don't think tin would work very well as the stack shrinks , for long term seasoning tin would be great ,if I could ever find some cheap enough
I agree. I tried it last year with long sheets... terrible to deal with when you're pulling wood. Roofing is fine for long term top cover as you said. Call local builders and ask if they sell cover sheets.
What are these cover sheets, something like tarps or sheet metal or? I have a single row stack, with OSB on top then taped, that doesn't work very well, for pulling wood but it's not to bad because it's only 2 ft wide
They're usually just another piece of tin that has an imperfection from the factory or a return. Sometimes it's just a color variation. Some tin companies use plastic sheets or wrap. Don't use those.
I got some used rubber roofing and tried that as well. I have the same if not more trouble's with it blowing off. It's also very heavy and awkward to get on a high pile. I am becoming less concerned (anal) about complete coverage, the wood seems to always be dry when I pull it to move to the house no matter what, at least here with our weather conditions.
+1 A wood port here Some places temporary top covers just don't work 1st winter with the shed, high winds even blew part of the roofing off 50 mph winter wind here is called a " breezy day" !! Tie the metal down well !!
I'm lucky it that respect , trees all around block the wind pretty good and we don't get as much wind here
I need to build a wood shed and have been giving it much thought. I have been thing about building several portable covered wood racks. I could fill them as needed and move them to the house with the skid steer. I started moving some wood to the barn this year. So far, the drying hasn't worked as planned. The wood is just marginally cured' 19.5 to 20.5% on the MM. I have a stack of this wood up by the house for shoulder wood. I figure by next year I could move my good wood to the barn and load the racks when I need some more. Tying down the metal we will try it. In the past, I would tie the tarps to some bricks and toss some uglies on top. The tarps would balloon up like a parachute, tossing the uglies off. Trying something different this year.
I'm thinking of making mini sheds from pallets ,If I remember right , I think Chvymn99 has something like that and NH mountain man
Yea , I hear you. Been there, I used water/ice filled jugs, bungees , rope, parachute cord Eyelets ripped out, jugs broke/ leaked....ropes, cords bungees broke I was years with tarps before I had the time & $$ for the shed but after I built it, I can't believe it took me so long. Best I ever got (before the shed) was with pallets on top, then a tarp for better air circulation. But the tarps would still get torn , shredded & tangled & snow drifted I still find threads of the blue & grey tarps in the "down wind" woods now & then, Portable covered racks sounds like a good project Fun to engineer & build
My next to house storage is just two vertical pallets with plywood on the backside, and a metal expanded metal roof that I input rubber roofing material on top....
