IBC Totes - Stacking & Storing Firewood The Easy Way
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2024
- Today we try to quantify how much time stacking firewood in IBC Totes saves you
Link for Hometown Acres gear below
teespring.com/hometown-acres?...
Link for SawHaul
www.gearhaul.com/?ref=HOMETOW... - บันเทิง
![Is My Firewood System Complete? [Incorporating IBC Totes With My Firewood Process]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/X5lbxu6GUrk/mqdefault.jpg)
Link for Hometown Acres gear below
teespring.com/hometown-acres?pid=2
What size are those IBC totes, I notice that some have 5 rings around them and some have 6 rings around them.
If you place the baskets (uncut) under the log splitter feed you can save another touch, and the wood will dry better. Sure each basket will hold a little less, but the time savings and better airflow would be worth it.
I do all processing behind my house. I’m designing a conveyor through my closet of my new home that leads right to wood stove in living room. No carrying. It will be waste high, no stooping. My stove will be elevated also like it is now.
Seen a guy cut the bladder diagonally to make roofs for the totes, these are definitely a game changer for firewood.
I started using those cages years ago!! I would chain it to the forks then dump it directly in the truck. Only difference I stack it rite of the splitter. Glad you're using them!!!
Hi Adam - it's Big Rodders in Ireland. I've two ideas for your consideration. In future, cut the tote tank diagonally to achieve a 45 degree pitched roof. Drill a vent hole at the apex on each of the two vertical sizes to facilitate airflow. This system has two advantages - there's an air gap above the wood so condensation shouldn't be a problem and, crucially, you get a bigger roof area as the roof fits over the cage so that no water drops onto the wood. Secondly, why not tip the wood directly from the conveyor into the tote. I accept each tote would hold less but the extra air gaps would facilitate seasoning and you would save yet more time. The Scandinavians say that as a rough rule of thumb to gauge the effectiveness of the seasoning process that a mouse should be able to run thru it easily.
Yeah so I’ve found that stacking I can get about 20% more wood in the baskets and right now I have a limited supply left. If I find a new supply of baskets where I’m not worried about running out I would definitely just have the conveyer throw them in. Then I’d be down to just 1 touch bringing them in the house and they would season better/faster like you said
love the mouse reference
Great video and explanation of the immense time/work savings when utilizing IBC totes. I place them one at a time into the attached garage with the tractor then bring the tote close to the door leading into the house with a pallet jack (cab tractor is too tall). From there its about 15 steps away from the stove insert (no stairs).
Excellent excellent firewood logistics!
Nice, thanks. I'm getting my Titan forks tomorrow, I live 3 miles from a tote/container seller and I have 10 wooded acres to harvest wood. Firewood (and Bacon) are King. - N Idaho -
Take a drink every time Adam says “touch.”
I touch myself whenever he says Eastonmade. This video was a disappointment.
That is a good way to die of alcohol poisoning. Lol
I just happen to have a glass of 🍷 in my hand watching
I tried this with water and almost drown....
Great video once again! i know its not easy keeping fresh content but you're doing an awesome job...I love the ibc concept for firewood. It's helping me reduce the touches. thx!
Great way of thinking Adam. Coming from the injection molding world to now working in a lumber yard, reducing the number of times you handle something, the more money you make. Time is money in factories so I totally got your train of thought. As for firewood, I have a limited area of where I can store firewood during the summer months so I take wood directly off my trailer, split it next to my trailer, wheelbarrow it to the rack, then from the rack to house on a wood cart. Great video by the way, I truly enjoy your videos. Reminds me of Eric on Life inFarmland. Hope he is doing well. Have a great day Sir.
Moral of the story...stop touching your wood so much. 🤔 (couldnt resist)
Touching my wood right now. 😊
Thanks for sharing with us Adam .👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Really great video. So smart to use part of the plastic bladder as a “lid” to cover the wood. Thanks for sharing. -Ed
Thanks Ed
Great explanation, Adam. Loved the video.
Thanks Buddy
Good video. I’ll definitely be picking up some of these totes for firewood
Super informative video! I knew that the totes saved me time but I never took the time to do the actual math on how much is saved! Also love the shirts!
As an Operations guy, I relate -- every time someone "touches" anything, whether product, FP&A, anything, it's an opportunity to induce error. Humans are humans, and contact with anything adds expense. This looks like a great idea, and maybe I need to start building IBC Totes inexpensively. Great channel (new subscriber), very articulate and high-value content, and great music too. Thanks.
Thanks Michael. Glad to have you here
Looking good Adam great information. 👍
When I was a kid we had our wood burner in the basement. We would bring trailer loads of wood from the wood shed and had a window at the back of the house that we could remove and we had a chute made out of sheet metal that we could stick through the window opening and then I would feed the wood off the trailer and my dad would catch it off the chute and stack directly below. A load was about a half cord. In hindsight it worked pretty well, of course as a kid I thought it sucked, perspective changes with age. Of course there wasn't outdoor burners back then and If i were a younger man that's what I'd have now set up in a shed like Dan from Back 40.
I have a new way to store wood at my hunting camp now!!! Thanks for the idea.
Just bought 6 of those totes , thanks for the great video
Great ideas. Thanks for the video.
I don’t have a firewood operation currently. But I’ve accumulated 300 pallets for free,…and most are 40x48. Since watching this video and some firewood/IBC tote videos,…I’ve looked around and found a ton available at $15/tote. I’m definitely gonna consider picking up a trailer load to use. This is definitely the way to go, when storing firewood.
Thanks Adam.
Love the vids 😍😍😍
Great info.
Great video
Thank you for making this AWESOME video! My 2032R deere is spec'd to pick up 1356 lb 24 inches off the ground, but that is with the weight of the bucket as well. Forks attachment may be a little less. I should be good to go!
Great Video Dude
Thanks!
cheers mate this help me a lot
Good idea in general and I agree the totes are great. Seen them here in Germany for the same use. I´m not so sure if the missus is happy with the totes in front of the porch. It doesn´t look very beautiful. If you would put one tote on the porch on the side and throw a nice green cover on top, it would look much nicer.
I've figured a way to only touch it once. I have a splitter attachment on my backhoe. So I split it while sitting on my butt and drop it into the IBC loose stacked. Place the full IBC on a pallet which is on wheels on my rear deck. Easily push the IBC to my backdoor which is right at my Grate room. Single touch when I bring it in to be burned.
hi there once again a good video . i been telling people this for years but most are set in there ways . and even made a few videos on splitting wood an easier way buy getting rid of there log lifter . doesn't sound wright but the ones that listened say they would never go back .it is kind of how many steps you take to split your wood . you do need a loader of some kind with forks and a bucket .i am not sure it wound work with your splitting setup . been making wood boxes for years before tote came along but got 20 to give them a try . they work almost as well as the boxes of me . i stack mine higher and do the lids a bit different . wait till you get a wood boiler . my wood goes from the splitter into a box then to dry then to the boiler door . you are doing good at evolving your wood system . see you friday john
I've been using these for years. One of the things I stopped doing was stacking. I load the IBC tote without stacking. It wont hold as much wood but I feel it's worth not doing.
Love the IBC tote idea. Im seeing it alot lately. Problem is, totes are at a miniumum, $75 each around me. Id need at least 12 (for a years worth of wood) then more to stay ahead of the game. I think places are getting wise to the wood people using these and see a major money making idea.
I always figured it took me around 20-30 minutes to stack a half cord. With my dump truck I process wood directly in the truck and tip it right next to where I'm stacking it then it comes into the house armloads at a time. If I had a big barn or a coverall I would dump it in the barn and leave it in a pile and grab it as needed. My friend has a 40x80 22' high coverall I would love to set that up I could easily get 100 cord of bone dry wood in there just piled 5-6' high
I like the bags, can catch wood right from splitter. Keep them on pallet.
Good explanation. I think about how many times I handle the wood and wonder how to lessen that. I don’t have a big tractor and forks so I have to move mine by the bucket load. Thanks
I move my firewood in a similar method with a pallet with sides. I would also add that time saved increases exponentially the longer you have to stack. To stack a pallet or 2 I do well, but to do much more than that the old back is not happy. It seems that I can not go at the same pace for a whole day any more
Thank you
I like using the IBC totes also. They are just expensive around me. Most of the time they are $75.00. I got lucky and got 2 for $25.00 each. The other thing to note is move them when the ground is dry. If you're like me with filled rear tires the yard gets tore up when its wet. That was a good through video. Thank you for posting.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it and yeah you definitely gotta watch the yard carrying that much weight
Interesting number crunching.
When my family room was built, I put an outside access next to the fireplace. From the outside, I can put 3 days worth of wood in a bin next to the fireplace. Not only is it a big time saver, very little dirt is tracked through the house.
That’s a great idea
Completely agree. Stacking wood is one of the most time consuming and unnecessary component of the process. There are way too many other youtube channels that seem to be stacking all the time.
And this is when. You make a big shed door on the side of house. And bring the IBC tote inside the house lol
I need to figure out a way to do that. Would be awesome to have the IBC tote inside the house
@@HometownAcres well not only that but it’d be one step less
Put a fancy double shed door and insulate it. Drive that bitch right to the stove
I park my ibc's in my attached garage and haul wood into the stove from there.
GREAT VIDEO
I JUST GOT 14 IBC TOTES
I save $30,000 a year doing it the old way. No tractor, no Axis, no IBC baskets, NO WORRIES 👍🏼😎😎😎
Also, free work out 😜
Awesome video Adam, thanks.
With the setup I have now I could still be splitting wood at 80 years old haha. Machinery is saving my back
If you have a strong back you'll be in good shape rest of the life that's for sure.
I use tractor and totes but I don’t buy new totes and a new tractor every year....🤷🏼♂️
Have you ever thought about deliver firewood in those IBC totes? I plan on getting into the firewood business next year. I just bought a Kubota L3901, and am on the hunt for a dually and a bigger trailer than the tandem i have now. I am thinking about delivering the wood pre-stacked in IBC totes and charge a deposit/rental fee on the totes until i get them back. People would save a ton of time stacking wood and i think it might be a good selling point.
Nice Tee,
Thata a huge time savings adam!!!
Yeah if you think about it. 11 hours of doing nothing but stacking. Kinda crazy
@@HometownAcres it is for sure. I noticed a huge difference doing bags for the house this year
You did a really good jop today buddy i like your new video today good jop today buddy
I bought my hoodie 🤩🔥🔥
Thanks for the support. If you’re into this kind of stuff the logo is actually pretty cool on a sweatshirt in my opinion haha
I'm hoping you can tell me the approximate weight will be loaded ibc tote. I have a smaller tractor with the bucket forks
1/3 cord of wood (depending on species) is roughly 1500 lbs + whatever the tote weighs (probably 100-150 without the plastic). I have a backhoe with bucket clamp-on forks, and I use heavy-duty wire containers/bins to do this (IBC would have been better, but I didn't know that when I bought these). My totes are the ones used in factories to move metal parts around (probably 500 lbs each). I move them around full of wood (2000 lbs) with my clamp on forks and my Case 580C backhoe, but I use chains at the far top side of the container ran to the top of my bucket to support the load. As you know, clamp on forks make it hard to load the pallet on the forks because you can't see what you're doing with the bucket in the way. I plan to use a cheap automobile backup camera on the loader bucket. Put the camera on the bucket (only when needed) and then I can see what's going on up front (not my idea, I stole it from a forum!).
Other than dried and canned food here is no better investement in these times than firewood. Heating and cooking ability are two of the most important things there are. You can't store much other heat (oil, propane, natural gas, coal) ahead affordably to avoid price increases. You can, however, store YEARS of wood ahead to secure your future against the lunatics in control these days.
Interesting dynamic in the comments over here, compared to Outoors with the Morgans. I wonder why. I thought this was interesting information, well presented. Thanks.
So glad to see that hometown acres has some swag. I honestly have been waiting to by a shirt or something for awhile now lol. Looking forward to the next video..
Thanks for the support Justin!
Nice video thanks. I see that you repurpose the top section of the bladder for a cover. Getting rid of the remaining portion of the tote would be a challenge for me. Any suggestions?
I know what i would do, use that conveyor to put it right in the tote. You will get half as much wood in the tote, but who cares? Its one less time handling when you get old, you will appreciate that ! 😁
Hey Adam I'm sold, I just picked up 8 totes.
Your not tossing it in the basement anymore? That 2 touches.
I bring the logs to the doorway of the wood shed. split mine in that doorwa of my wood shed. Toss it in and stack it. That's 2 times. I then carry it to the house to as neede to burn. That's 3. Wood shed is just outside our patio.
The totes would take up to much room for me. Totes work good for you because of where you store them.
I will add I could have a problem with bugs where I keep the wood if I didn't do things to control them. Looks like you have no worries with that. I get snow. The wood shed fixes that though.
Good show man.
No. The basement is convenient once it’s down there but it is very time consuming getting it there. And where I have the wood stacked now won’t be too much of an inconvenience
@@HometownAcres I was gonna fix my bacement for the same and decided against it a long time ago.
I used to pile it behind the garage. It was always a mess. Snow drifts and wet wood. Stacking it in the shed is a pain at the time. But real nice in the winter. Lol. We just pack it in as needed arm load at a time. When it get real cold I'll take the tractor and pile some on the patio. I can run out in my socks and get an arm load then.
When I had my quad I took my splitter and trailer to the woods. When I brought the wood out it went straight to the racks beside the garage where I burned it. That was at my old place here at the new house the wife doesn't want the wood stacked near house so more steps.
What do you do with the tanks that were in the cages? I started doing this for wood storage, but I'm running into what to do with the plastic tanks.
I cut them diagonally so they’re peaked and they’ll fit over the cage. Drill some holes and tie them on top the cage for some weather proofing.
Question for you
Do you see a difference in the wood with the covered totes compared to the uncovered? I’m trying to decide if it’s worth cutting the ibc tote to make a cover over the wood or not.
Adam have you ever done a video on wood boilers? Interested to know if you use one and if not why not?
Great video, what do you think about the firewood 1/3 cord bags? I have been collecting IBC totes, just expensive to get in AK.
I haven’t tried them. I’m not sure if I like that the sides aren’t rigid
I'd be interested to know the moisture content on the wood when they've been sitting outside in an IBC crate with just the cut off top of a bottle over the top?
That's a great idea to do. But it amazes me the number of youtubers that can afford the 10,000's of dollars on moving machinery.
You need to make a hinged door out of some of your deck railing and place the firewood rack right on top of the deck. That way you wouldn't have to go up and down the stairs with wood.
Called double handling in construction 👍
Reduce one extra touch- put the tote under the conveyor and let it loose stack in the totes. It will be less wood per tote but you never touch the wood to stack ever!
True. But I got a limited supply of totes right now so I’m trying to maximize the wood I have in baskets. You get about 20% more wood when you stack it vs loose thrown from what I’ve experienced
Hey Adam,
Ideally how much would can fit on a normal size Pallet along with the walls on the side?
Have you tried the holz hausen vs the totes or traditional stacking for faster dry times?
Just a wild idea here, what if you don't cut that top rail of the frame of the IBC tote, but cut out an opening for loading and unloading on both sides of the tote. Risk of bumping your head a lot, but, don't need to orient the tote for access to the opening so often.
Thanks for the video - smart! Where do you get those totes from? How heavy are they? I see you have an L series orange tractor, I have a smaller 2 series green with 1,000 pounds lift to full height but 400 is the forks themselves...
How much does the 1/3 cord weigh in the IBC tote?
Tractors, chainsaws, hydraulic log splitters, and IBC totes sure beats cross cut saws, axe splitting, and manual labor. I think it'd make a good video to show the time gap between the "way it used to be" vs modern tech to simply burn wood for heat.
Boy I don’t know if I have it in me to buck logs with a cross cut saw haha
@@HometownAcres I talked my grandpa into it one time when I was about 10, because I thought it would be "fun". After about 6 rounds, we fired up the old Homelite and finished up..
My grand father always thold me I'm transpiring tree times with firewood ones cutting it second prosessing it and third burning it
Great video! What would be the smallest tractor to use to lift that tote? Don’t have a tractor yet but a compact tractor I think would be to big for my property. Iam thinking sub compact. Thank you!
I honestly think mine is the smallest you could get away with. It’s a 35hp compact tractor. If you went with a sub compact you’d only be able to fill the baskets about halfway I’m guessing
My friend has a Kioti CK2610, his tractor can lift a full tote of fully seasoned wood (2 years) but freshly cut is just over half a tote.
great video ty how tall are you?
How do you get rid of all the left over plastic from the IBC totes?
What do you do with the plastic liner from the tote?
Can you do a review on your f150?
Adam , can you perform some kind of religious ceremony worshipping the firewood ?
I see many folks with tractors and IBC totes,
All seem to move the with front forks,
What would it take to use the rear 3 point lift on a tote ,
I. I. U. C. The rear 3 point will almost always lift as much as the front forks
Just wondering
How's about putting the tote under the hopper for zero touch, but massy stack? You have many totes or you could buy more? Just an idea.
I see tar residue from the cut out tops is.therr place.wherr you can a good. Deal for these IBC totes ?also.i noticed you left the balck plastic.sleeves on the bottom.just wondering if that makes a difference cause I threw mine out . Thanks
Does it contain one face cord ? And do you place a wooden pallet underneath so the tote will not rust while it’s drying ?
Save your self even more time by not stacking in the basket. Just elevate from splitter, straight into basket. Use the bladder to extend the height of the basket (remove top and bottom of bladder, and attach to top of basket with wire,screws,zip ties, ) that weigh you can get same weight of firewood in basket without stacking
Great video! I have been thinking about getting some IBC totes for our wood but I have been wondering if my tractor a Kubota L3800 would handle the totes full of wood.
Only one way to find out. Get one and fill it up. If it works then buy more. If it doesn’t just fill the one you have 3/4ths full
@@HometownAcres LOL I was thinking the same thing LOL Just wondering to know what size your tractor was.
It’s a Kioti ck3510. Loader lift capacity of 1,800 lbs. the baskets probably weight 1,400 lbs or so
@@HometownAcres Thank you so very much for this information and I think I should be able to lift a tote but I don't think very high. Again thank you so very much for responding to my questions and giving me this information!
I have a l3800 as well, but I randomly toss wood in the totes. The tractor has no problem with totes loaded that way as I go through 30 a year. I don’t stack the wood because I operate on a hillside and the extra weight makes the tractor unstable while transporting.
👍🏻😎
Where do you buy the IBC totes?? Been doing it the way you used to and never again. I need like 20 of them lol
Can you dump the whole basket?
you know, if you had a wide enough patio door, and put the ibc down onto a dolly, you could roll the entire thing indoors :)
Where do get the ibc totes? What's a go price
How much to the totes cost ? Great idea
Depends on where you live. I’ve seen anywhere from free to $25 to $75 per basket
What does one of these weigh on average?
Taking it out of tote or taking out of pick is the same so that’s 2 more, so total 3 not 2 instead of 5.
That’s great if you have a tractor and a forklift, it would kind of be cheaper to hire a servant
I m so glad I have a small efficient home. The scale that you consume wood is a bit foreign to me. So much time and effort. At what point is it no longer cost effective to heat with wood. If you were to pay yourself how much would you pay yourself an hour to to make a cord of wood and place it at your back door?
It’s not about saving money on heat. I do it because I like wood heat better than any other form of heat. And I enjoy cutting and splitting wood. It’s great exercise and a good hobby
@@HometownAcres I m a fan of the hobby too. I’m glad I don’t do it on your scale. I enjoy the challenge of making it efficient, fun and rewarding all at the same time. And i think it’s cool to do it with 6 face cord a year. At a out of pocket cost of 800 bucks that gets me 20 face cord in hard wood log form.
What size/ brand tractor is this?
Approximate weight with wood?