The thread subject line is mis-leading. I'm a-thinking that there's lots of playing around going 9n with those totes.
I think I’m going to turn one tote into a brush fire extinguisher which will be mounted to a trailer. I’ve seen adapters to convert the spigot to a garden hose thread
That's my point exactly. If he is buying them by the thousands, can you imagine how little he has in them? Buy low and sell high! With the right dump trailer, sell firewood in the cage, slide it off the trailer at the buyer's house, pick up their empty and move on. Reduces the "how much wood did I get" or the "the last load was larger than this load". Reducing your handling even more!
I'm not sure about specifics, but the company he works for (not owns) gets mulch dye in them, to turn wood chips they make into dyed mulch. The company is huge. I doubt they care about the empty containers, so he probably asked if he could keep the money if he sold them. If he asked for more money, they'd sit longer, his boss would probably get pizzed, and he'd have more no shows and tire kickers. If you're moving them by the hundreds, its probably easier for him to sell them cheap and get rid of them, as new ones are always coming in. Hence the discount if you buy more to give incentive for people. Pretty smart really. I have no interest in selling firewood, but imo you could get premium money for toted wood.
It was really cold and windy today. I pushed through and got 7 of the totes filled. Left to right, shorts & chunks, Pine, Pine, Pine, Maple, shorts and chunks, Maple It really didn't take to long to fill one up. I'd say within a half hour. The Pine from yesterday filled one tote, with one round left over, as well as some shorts and cookies. Tractor had no trouble lifting a tote of green wood. This one was Maple. You guys and girls are gonna laugh, but I made these to remind me what wood is in the tote, and when it was filled
Not making fun here, looks smart to me. Saves on playing the "guessing game". Edited to ask: Can you cut the bladders and stretch them over the top third of the cage thus making a water proof lid and allow air through the bottom 2/3rds?
These totes are sometimes scroungable. I have a farmer friend that gives them away for the hauling. If you know anyone working large acreage it’s worth asking if you can collect their spares.
At those prices I wish I had a way to market them. I know where there’s a building full for free, just come get em. I got to go get me a half dozen or so so
I got three more totes filled with Maple. 10 total so far. I hope to get another 3-5 done over the long weekend.
the answer is no. the "bladders" are made of hard plastic. HDPE, IRRC. almost the same plastic as a 5 gallon bucket. so they don't stretch. very clever idea though.
When you said bladders I was thinking rubber like an old hot water bottle (wonder if that should go in the thread of kids know what it is). So, can you cut it so it sits like a capital A and fit over the sides and have ends also?
Got 2 more cages filled from a big dead Cherry I took down. 12 cages filled so far. I was hoping to get 3-4 done today, but I had a couple minor setbacks. Broke a chain, and lost a bar nut.
I got about 25 of those last year, thinking I was going to make it easier to move my wood around. Next think I knew they were all piled 7-8 feet high and I was using them as book ends for 8-9 feet high stacks. They don't call it firewood hoarding for nothing...
Nothing worse than losing one of your nuts! Still got some nice wood processed despite the set backs.
Had an endless supply of em a few years back at work and never had a use for them except given to a guy down the road who ended up being a total duck. They want $1200 deposit now, so dont even look at them.
For those who have used the IBC totes, what did you do with the plastic jugs of bottles as they call them in the industry? I cut up about 20 with a chainsaw and fed them into the municipal recycling dumpster, little by little. This was a pain, but since the bottles had industrial oils in them, I wasn't sure what else to do with them. If they had bee food grade I can think of 101 uses for gardening / landscaping / drainage.
