Opinions Wanted

I have been wanting something like this for years. You could load a lot of wood outside, wheel this inside, and have a day or two wood inside with all the mess and snow melt contained. Was thinking that I would put a board cut to size on the bottom to give strength and prevent cracking from wood dropped in. Uline sells these and I've gotten their catalog for years.

I guess I'm wondering if there are any unforeseen pitfalls like durability issues that would prevent me spending this kind of $$$... Front door is about 34 inches wide, so I'd have to be careful there.

http://advancedhandling.theonlinecatalog.com/products/industrial-poly-box-trucks/hut-14/

 

This ones about 5 cubic feet which would hold about 150+ pounds of wood or 2 day's supply. A cord is 128 cubic feet, and I'm assuming about 4,500 pounds a cord, and wood not perfectly stacked in the tub.

http://advancedhandling.theonlinecatalog.com/products/industrial-poly-box-trucks/hut-17/

 

If the wood is wet or snow covered won't the moisture stay in the tub? On what surface are you going to roll that? It won't roll on my wet lawn. Seems like it would keep the mess to a minimum.

 

I think it isn't waterproof cause the casters go through the bottom of the tub. On this one, I think it is waterproof.

http://plastic-bins.apluswhs.com/cube-trucks/poly-bulk-trucks/

I would roll this outside onto cement outside my door, unload my wheelbarrow into this, and then roll it back in and out of the way...then when I needed wood, I could roll it into the stove area.

Nothing worse than not having wood inside when it's wet or snowing. I hate cleaning up after wood mess on the floor of the stove room. The idea was to keep the mess in the tub.

 

Sounds good!

 

Bought one today. I'm going to silicone the bottom where the casters poke thru and put a cut to fit plywood sheet to protect the bottom.

http://www.uline.com/Product/ProductDetailRootItem.Aspx?modelnumber=H-1954

 

Good idea on the poly wheel tub, I know a few guys in here that are basement woodstove burners use them for trips from the drop (area) to stove. You could get a couple of days worth in them. GLO

 

Here's what I got. Price including shipping was ok. Should hold several days firewood inside and dry. I'm going to silicone the hardware on the bottom for waterproofing and cut a board to fit to distribute the weight and reduce impact of logs being dropped in.

 

I see tubes.

 

plywood with some holes in it

 

Big tubes...and nice speakers....somebody is into serious hi-fi and appreciates the good stuff.

 

It has rivets on the bottom ( I thinks that what I'd call the fasteners). With plywood on top of those rivets, there will be a small gap anyway between the plywood and the tub bottom for water to collect. I like your ideas and thinking through the water situation...

 

I live at my office desk. And I do like good sound.

 

Here's my old padded room at home that was later converted to a nursery. The foam did reduce reflections and that room sounded awesome.



Here's some glowing tubes for tube fans.

 

The speakers look very familiar. Are the amp and speakers Decware?

 

Aside from one pair of Magnepans, I buy all speakers from a small company in Kentucky...Tyler Acoustics. The black amp at home is a Classe 300 watt and the tube amp is 1962 model year Harmon Kardon Citation putting out a respectable 60 watts. That doesn't get used often since tubes overheat the space in summer. I have a 100 watt PS Audio amp driving the office speakers most of the time.

 

I thought that was a Citation. I've heard good things about Tyler speakers but have never heard them.


Got some tube equipment here too. Same summer heat issues.




These guys are in the closet for the summer. They need to wait till it is cold out. They are little space heaters drawing 1000w.

It's a ST70 for the summer.



(Hijacked thread w/o mention of beer, this must be a FHC first.)

 

Exactly what I thought when I started reading this. Watch it now - someone is going to pick up on the B*** word.

 

Sorry guys. Didn't mean to derail with off topic hobbies. Back to firewood.