When i saw the weatherman saying we could get a couple inches of rain per hour, i went down to the local Tractor Supply and bught a new tarp. At least two thirds of my pile was covered by a tarp with no holes !!
Some free advice from ole Ductape, for those of us that are on a budget :
Go down to the local lumber yard and make friends with the guys that work in the yard. My FIL has a man on the inside, and the guy NEATLY removes the plastic tarps that cover the lumber when its trucked there. The guy neatly folds them up and gives them to my FIL when he stops in there. They are light duty, and won't take alot of abuse, but the price is right !! :biggrinbounce2: We use them to cover our pile of split wood before its stacked.... the splitter ...... you name it ! Credit to my Father-in-law on this one.
To keep the tarps over my wood, i recycle plastig jugs like the ones my Arizona iced tea comes in...... or milk jugs. Just fill them a quarter full (filling them will split the jugs when the water freezes) with water and zip tie them through the handle and the eyelet on the tarp.
At least 2/3 of my wood pile stayed dry last night...... looks like i have a few leaks in my old tarp over the other part of my pile. No surprise, since it rained so hard with the leftovers from the hurricane......... i actually thought that by midnight, my house might float off it's foundation !!
