wood storage advice please !

[stephen44]

Ok - so I'm cutting my first load of wood - starting pretty late I know - But I've only just decided to bite the bullet and get an OWB. - this is the result of the first week - using the amazing Stihl ms260 pro !!

great fun !!! - P.S. feeling really proud that this was all done with only 1 chain - sharpening myself as I go - dealer really did give me a great lesson !!!

at the moment it is just stacked on pallets - whilst we get -'r-done ! - so it can dry for this winter - fortunately a lot of the wood is early season felled and is pretty dry already! - and it was free !!!! - nice to have an arborist as a friend !!

which brings me onto the subject of the post. all my money has gone into teh OWB, installation and chainsaw and PPE.

how would you protect this wood - just cover in tarps for the winter ?

would one of those $600 car ports help at all - or will it just get as wet with rain blowing in from the open sides.

I was thinking of building a pole barn - but the cost is very high for the projected 10+ cords I think I will need to store.

Ideas please !

thanks

Stephen

 

[Blowncrewcab]

I'd just let it dry out in the open for the summer, Then Tarp it for the winter. I think it dries better out in the sun and wind. then once it's dry and the rains are going to be regular go ahead and cover it.

 

[CharlieG]

Split it and it will dry faster.............

 

[sdt7618]

agree, get out there with a mual, split it, stack it and leave it alone till the fall, then just tarp it to keep the rain off, but leave some room for air to flow!

well done on the saw choice, love my MS 260!

 

[stephen44]

Split it and it will dry faster.............

agree, get out there with a mual, split it, stack it and leave it alone till the fall, then just tarp it to keep the rain off, but leave some room for air to flow!

well done on the saw choice, love my MS 260!

but - i thought burning rounds in the OWB is better - or are you saying it would be if it was dry ?

 

[aandabooks]

They are better to burn in the OWB. The problem is if you're rounds are too wet you are defeating the purpose because you'll be loosing BTUs cooking off the excess water. So split the wetter pieces and leave the stuff that was dead standing alone and use it later in the winter.

 

[blackdogon57]

Loading Rounds

You consider that loading long heavy rounds into the OWB can be very difficult. I like to throw a couple of big ones on the bottom on top it off with smaller (split) stuff.

I don't cover my boiler wood at all. I store it loose in wooden bins and move it to the boiler area with tractor as I need it. If you don't have a tractor your trailer looks like it would hold a week or two worth of wood.