Firewood handling / storage/ drying

[Rwhiteheadfirewood]

Hi lads. At the moment I cut and split or process outside into a pickup or Ifor Williams then back into my shed and chuck it off onto pallets to dry out before reloading at a later date into bulk bags on my skid steer forks. Was wondering wether to process / split into ibc cages or spud boxes then store in the barn to dry then either deliver in them or re bag or loose load. Just cuts one or two lots of handling out. Would appreciate advice / ideas. Regards rob

[gdh]

We cut into potato boxes then use a box rotator to tip into the pickup for delivery. It works well for us but it depends how much you want to invest.

 

Alternatively you could cut directly into vented bags.

[Rwhiteheadfirewood]

I tried vented bags and didn't like the way they stretched. I like the idea of spud boxes and you can find them for relatively little cost (£20 a piece used )

[gdh]

Yeah I'm not a fan of bags. We paid £60 for our boxes but that was new with double bottoms. You can get used ones cheap or ibcs much cheaper but we thought the boxes were safer to stack and they're bigger.

 

If you want a box rotator to tip boxes you'll need a decent sized loader because they are heavy.

[Rwhiteheadfirewood]

Yea I deliver 90% of mine in bags as its a known quantity or I do 3 different size loose loads. I only have an old skid steer so a box rotator wouldn't be a plan. Are the ibc cages any good or should I go for the spud boxes? Thanks for your input rob

[gdh]

It's more personal preference I think. Ibcs are cheaper and a bit smaller. Potato boxes are a bit bigger and can be broken (but rarely - our 160 have had a couple of thousand tons in them and I've only replaced about 5 planks).

 

We went with potato boxes because they can be stacked up to 7 high if needed and they're more stable in general. Nothing wrong with ibcs though and there's some good deals on them.

[inthewoods]

Ibc's every time! Easier to store & manoeuvre if kept inside (if your shed isn't that big). Kept Outside - cut the container in half & put on top of logs for a roof.

Plus if you sell by the cube it's quicker to count & load

[SbTVF]

IBC's have better air flow if you want to dry them quicker. Also don't need as big a loader to turn them over.

 

 

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[gdh]

This is how we do it; cut into boxes, put them in our drying shed, stack them and tip into the pickup if it gives you any ideas.

[jamesmerriman7]

Wot u charging for a box of hardwood/softwood this year gdh...