How To Store and Dry Firewood
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- In today’s project, we’re taking a look at firewood storage and seasoning/drying. We’ll touch on firewood bulk bags and which type work better than others. How they are filled with splitter and conveyor, moved with tractor or skid steer, and stored with covers. We’ll also look at indoor storage inside the barn, specifically the firewood cribs. Talk design, filling and unloading with the conveyor. The moisture meter makes an appearance to check some older wood in the barn. Grab your favorite beverage and come along for the tour.
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Another great use of mini bulks!
I held off on bags for so long because of the cons. Lifespan of the bags and increased overhead but I’m a believer now. My business has grown enough I just found stacking wood such a choke point for me. It’s so draining of time and energy. The bags pay for themselves from increased efficiency. No way I would go back to stacking.
Couldn't agree more. They have been a real game changer for us. Appreciate you watching!
Of the seven wood yard channels I frequent,yours
Is in the top three that I favor,
Because of your firewood methods and the quality and your attention to detail with your video making skills.
The other factor is that your paradigm is like no one else's,
Very similar end result though.
Wishing you continued success,
We appreciate the time and effort that you take to share your wood yard adventures.
A lot of people don't have the money for bags for splitters for tractors a lot of us just got a couple of chainsaws a pick up and/or a Van an ax or 2
Just replied to your other comment, but I'll address this one for continuity. I never implied anyone had to use bags. I'm in the firewood business, using bags is the best option for that business. I arrived at that conclusion through many years of trial and error, and learning from others in the field who took the time to mentor me. I'm sharing my knowledge of what works for me, in hopes of mentoring someone else and saving them the trouble. I won't ever apologize for having and using nice equipment, I earned it, but that doesn't mean I'm belittling anyone who doesn't have that equipment. If you were my neighbor, I'd gladly loan you my splitter, tractor, or pick up an axe and help you split your wood. Again, appreciate you watching!
Really appreciate your kind words Jean. It's a struggle to get my work done, and film a quality video. Even more of a struggle to edit (office work is not my strong suit). The positive feedback from subscribers like you keeps me going. I'll keep putting out the content, you keep watching 😎
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Mike I understand your perspective.
There are those that jump in to You Tube videos w/o doing the home work necessary to provide informational , instructional, entertaining and helpful presentations .
Money doesn't make the world go around, there's a gal in Canada that uses a sledge/axe that
Makes good vids.
No where near as in depth in content, but still a hoot to watch.
Best decision I have made so far is to use the log lift bags. Huge time and back saver. Customers love them. The investment pays. Guys can start small. I charge a deposit get most all back and reuse them. I am reusing them for the fourth time now and none have I taken out of service yet. I set my bags up with t-post and a post-pounder. Keep it, simple sweetie. Carpe diem!
That's been our experience as well. Love hearing it working out for other folks. I actually retired my first Log Lift bag this week, it was from 2017. Started to tear as we were loading, tied it up with paracord and finished the delivery with no issues. I like your idea with the T posts, will have to give that a shot. Really appreciate you watching!
I see many people use IBC totes (bladder removed) and cut an access door on one side for easier stacking. The larger ones (330 gal I believe) hold one standard face cord of neatly stacked firewood. If you have a tractor or piece of equipment able to move a full tote of green (unseasoned) firewood, then this method is pretty good as it minimizes the number of times you have to manually handle the firewood.
The IBC totes work great. We went with the face cord bags, because that is the unit of measure we sell most. The wood comes off the conveyor and fills the bags, without any stacking needed. Then the machines take it from there. Thanks so much for watching!
I am just making wood for myself right now but I plan on selling some this fall. I have lots of ibc totes but I think even if I charge a deposit, customers will end up keeping my totes. I think the log lift bags would eliminate part of that problem because they work great for firewood, but not a lot of other things so hopefully the customers would return them. It's good to know you can get a few seasons out of them.
That's awesome, I wish you the best of luck in your new business. The bags almost always seem to find their way back to us. I think a lot of the time, seeing the empty bag actually reminds folks to reorder wood, which is great. Thanks so much for watching!
We are selling mostly green firewood but are starting to aquire IBC totes to store the wood off the ground fill them loose and wait to dry.. I have some log lift bags aswell that we are going to start using more often to help season the wood for our last minute shoppers..
Love it! There's always the last minute folks. What are you paying for the totes these days? They've gone crazy here recently.
@FoxfireProjects 50 bucks each then gotta get them here
I rather stack mine up I have two rows by my old corn crib.
Perfecto!💪💪🔥🔥🔥👍
hi, I've had 1m3 bags for 10 years, now the last year I've started with 1.5m3 and 2m3 bags, I put a metal roof over them so they also get air from everyone. also has small bags of 40 liters and 250 liters. then drive bi myvke loose in wagon after tractor, mvh sweden
Great to hear! They seem to really be catching on. Where do you purchase the smaller bags? We are looking for a smaller bag for customers that want smaller amounts of firewood. Thanks so much for watching!
I’m really liking these bags. Next is a small boom truck. How many face cords do you sell a year ruffly?
They work really well. Cumulatively, we deliver around 300-350 bags a year. Always appreciate you watching!
to check the moist of a piece of firewood first split it in half then check the split face, not the end grain.
You taught me something today! Didn't know that. Will split a piece open and see where it lands. Appreciate the heads up. Thanks for watching!
Another great video!! Hey question, how come you don’t stack the wood in the barn into the bags so you don’t have to double lift? Also what do you prefer plastic or wood pallets ?
Thanks so much! The wood in the barn is mainly super small split cooking wood. We just don't have room for so many bags at this location, so we fill the barn. There's enough margin, given the higher price for the cooking wood, to cover double handling. Plastic pallets are great, but nearly impossible to find for free these days. We have many wood pallets leftover at my day job from deliveries to the shop, so most of the time I end up using those, just to get rid of them. Appreciate you watching!
Where do you order your log lift bags from? I’d like to order some to try out and see if I can make them work for me, I like how simple it is
We order from NNZ.com. They have locations around the world, check their website to see which is closest to you. They've been running about $15-16USD each shipped for small quantities. Appreciate you watching!
How do you like them . ?
Love them! We’re on our sixth season with them. Still using several of the original bags. They’ve been a real game changer for us. Thanks for watching!
@@FoxfireProjects kind of expensive?
@@mowdan77Not too bad. $12 a piece last time we ordered.
How much do you charge per bag?
Anywhere from $150 on the low end for boiler/campfire wood, to around $400 for Apple cooking wood. Appreciate you watching!
hello from the Netherlands .
thanks for the video .
Sincerely Hollandduck
Hello from the US. Thanks so much for watching!
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A lot of customers will be buying wood from you when it’s barbecue season,
It's almost time. Warmer weather and the smell of smoke from the bbq smoker 😎 Always appreciate you watching!
You are up there with the best I've seen on TH-cam for firewood processing and delivering
Thank you so much for such high remarks. Really means a lot. Appreciate you watching!
Lots of people don't want to spend the money on firewood bulk bags
Never implied you had to use bags. See second half of video. Process and store your firewood however you like, this is how I do it. Thanks for watching!
@@FoxfireProjects whatever
P.s.
I left out the fact that there are 16 channels that do 50% of their vids very poorly.
I can't believe that they even watch them prior to posting them
Hi. Good video. I have the same method but I put a pallet on top between the wood and tarp for an air space. 👍🪵🔥
FANTASTIC idea! Going to try this on my 4 bag stacks, as the tarp sometimes gets a low spot in the middle and collects a puddle of rain. Thinking a pallet underneath may prevent as well as allow additional air flow. Thanks for watching!
Good morning! What are you paying for the log lift bags? We sell them and was wondering if we could provide you with new log lift bags in lieu of some advertising. Let me know. 57O 69O 4O51 thx AJ
Hey AJ. Good to hear from you. We are between $12 and $13 per bag depending on if printed with logo or not. Sitting on a couple pallets worth at the moment, but would love to explore options in the future. Appreciate you watching!