ok guys cheap i mean cheap woodsheds

[husky455rancher]

ok as you can tell i wanna make a wodshed but im damn near broke. have any of you got real creative? i can get a million pallets if i want lol. i dunno if its worth the trouble that way anyway. i usually have some to stack the wood on thats maybe a bit o kinlin.


anyway what do you guys got and any idea on cost? i use prolly 3 cord or so a year maybe a bit more. id venture to say i have 3 years worth of wood so far if not close to it. so a covering of some sort other than a blue tarp would be nice. thanks, Mike

 

[CharlieG]

I like my blue tarp .

 

[gink595]

Call the local electric company and see if they give away their old or broken telephone poles, our elec. CO OP does. There are your free posts and maybe beams, then run #### grade 2x4 for your girts and find some corrugated steel for a roof, or put sheathing up and buy a couple SQ. of shingles. I think you could get by purty cheap.

I would do this setup, but I have (3) open walled bldg.s in excess of 100', I'm not short of storage.

 

[husky455rancher]

cool electric company should give me something. theyve been bending me over for years. i remember a couple years ago them sending out a letter saying they were gonna riase their rated 25% i was like :censored: :censored: :censored: but their the only one around. you buy it from them or you dont get it

 

[Jkebxjunke]

cool electric company should give me something. theyve been bending me over for years. i remember a couple years ago them sending out a letter saying they were gonna riase their rated 25% i was like :censored: :censored: :censored: but their the only one around. you buy it from them or you dont get it

only 25% ? not bad... the other local utility not the co-op im on raised the rates 55%.. in summer

 

[Stihl051master]

One other cheap way to go if you can find one is a big, old drain culvert. It might be tough with the price of scrap, but the county used to give them away or get off of them super cheap. It's not the classiest looking setup, in fact it's super redneck, but it would hold a lot of wood, keep it covered, and allow airflow from 2 sides. Maybe you could paint it up like a dinosaur or giant beaver or something to impress the neighbors.

 

[gink595]

Maybe you could paint it up like a dinosaur or giant beaver or something to impress the neighbors.

Just paint it pink and let the weeds grow up around it and let the neighbors imaginations stew.

 

[urhstry]

Cut down some 6" trunks and use them for the poles and grab some 2x4's for the rest of the structure and add a tarp. The snow may be your problem but if you can find something else for a roof, you may be set. And once you get the money for a nice shed, burn your old one next season.

 

[wdchuck]

You've got a decent saw, just mill what you need out of soft maple, or a conifer, and make what you want.

Using pallets like building a house of cards works too.

 

[ziggy2b]

Just and idea

Take small 4-6" diameter logs about 15-20' long and make and x with them. store your wood in the bottom leave the top open for air flow and tarp up what you can from the bottom... If it's a long winter you can always burn your long logs..

 

[aandabooks]

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$354 holds 10.5 cords and am using free pallets for the floor. Could have been cheaper if I hadn't opted for steel roof.

 

[Ductape]

My problem is......... no matter how cheap of a shed i build, the town will tax me as though its a really, really nice one !


So...... i stick with my wood stacked on free pallets, covered with my free lumber tarps.

 

[logbutcher]

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$354 holds 10.5 cords and am using free pallets for the floor. Could have been cheaper if I hadn't opted for steel roof.

If I knew how to use the new digicam and had the savvy to download here, you could see a less than $100. woodshed. Google "woodshed" for plans. Free: Spruce poles, scrap cuttoffs from a freind's mill for the semi-open sides, pallets for the floor.
Expenses:
2x4's for the roof frames, pole supports (deck stuff), corregated fiberglass roof. Total 7 years ago was < $100. and a day of my work. About 20' x 8', holds near 7 cords stacked tight and lovely to gaze at...often.opcorn:

 

[leon]

ok as you can tell i wanna make a wodshed but im damn near broke. have any of you got real creative? i can get a million pallets if i want lol. i dunno if its worth the trouble that way anyway. i usually have some to stack the wood on thats maybe a bit o kinlin.


anyway what do you guys got and any idea on cost? i use prolly 3 cord or so a year maybe a bit more. id venture to say i have 3 years worth of wood so far if not close to it. so a covering of some sort other than a blue tarp would be nice. thanks, Mike

Ok you can buy a portahut or a clearspan fabric shelter and not be taxed as they are not permanent shelters.

both these folks are on the internet

opcorn:

 

[Jkebxjunke]

check out www.farmtek.com they have fabric shelters and some cheap ones.. be sure to look at the closeout section.

 

[TJ-Bill]

If you google woodshed or cheap shed theres a link for build some from pallets, amazing what you can do with good pallets.

I made mine for about $50 not including the floor but you could use pallets for that.

The newer section holds about 3.5 cord. Really if you wanted to you could build the whole thing for cut trees.

 

[icthruu74]

I've seen chicken coops build from free pallets...

 

[cjcocn]

Those portable shelters may be your best bet.

They are relatively cheap and (like was said already) do not count as permanent structures so will not drive your taxes up. A 20' x 10' filled with wood stacked 6 1/2' high will hold the 10 or so cords that you have. Those free pallets will keep the wood off the ground so you should be able to get it done for under $200.

 

[myzamboni]

I've seen chicken coops build from free pallets...

Knock yourself out: http://summerville-novascotia.com/PalletShed/

 

[2FatGuys]

My "woodshed" was almost free. I picked up some pallet racks from a salvage yard by trading some labor doing small storm cleanup. These racks are 6' tall. I put a pallet on the lowest position (to stack on) and another pallet on top (to support a tarp with snow load). I then picked up some of the CHEEP tarps at Harbor Freight (yeah... I know they'll disentigrate in 2-3 years... so what.. they cost $4 each). Each section of pallet rack holds 3 16" rows, 6' high by 8'6 wide, totalling 1.5 cords per rack. It keeps it off the ground and allows air flow on all 4 sides and from the bottom.