Stacking firewood on pallets outside

[jasult]

Nice looking stacks.

Has anybody ever been able to get a hold of plastic pallets for free or next to nothing? I would like to use plastic pallets instead of wood since they should last forever. I just have a feeling that plastic ones are hard to come by.

I picked up about 30 of these for free from pallet contractor that loss lease where he worked out of.
Property owner asked me where he could dispose of them and I had the right answer.

 

[Somesawguy]

I stand pallets up on the ends and screw them to the one's on the ground with 2 x 4"s. My stacks ain't the neatest but it gets the job done. I can get all the pallets I need at work for free and usually pick through them for sturdy hardwood pallets of the same size.

I like the pallet end idea you are using. Making ends with firewood takes space, and it can be tough to find pieces that will work well.

 

[kyle1!]

Nice looking stacks.

Has anybody ever been able to get a hold of plastic pallets for free or next to nothing? I would like to use plastic pallets instead of wood since they should last forever. I just have a feeling that plastic ones are hard to come by.

In the Des Moines area someone on CL was selling plastic pallets for $15 each. Not exactly cheap but affordable.

Brian

 

[sam-tip]

I made pallets from a old deck that we took down. Just park it next to the splitter and then move it next to the boiler when dry. Stack it once and burn.



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[memory]

I picked up about 30 of these for free from pallet contractor that loss lease where he worked out of.
Property owner asked me where he could dispose of them and I had the right answer.

We have a few of those that we use for pumpkins in the fall time. Since they are used for pumpkins, I can't use them for wood. I would have figured that they wouldn't hold up to the weight of wood, I don't know which is heavier, pumpkins or firewood.

I wish we could come across something like that, those things are not cheap if you have to buy them.

 

[stihl362]

so far my pallets have lasted 2 years but most of them are breaking which is my fault cause i threw a couple logs on them but if theyre treated right they could last a while. anyways i get them for free so it doesnt matter if i go through them pretty quickly. I got about 20 or so real solid oak pallets from a garden center near me these ones should last longer

 

[pickupporter]

I use wood when I run out of these plastic ones, these are sweet.
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[WesternSaw]

Some real good ideas for using the pallets for firewood.Thanks Guy's! If I missed hitting anybody with a LIKE to your post I'm sorry ,just in a bit of a hurry right now.No hard feelings intended.
Lawrence

 

[confused8122]

How's this for stacking on pallets, and next to
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[Sterff]

I never understood the whole pallet thing. I stack my piles on 1x6s from my neighbor's old deck and it has worked fine this way.

 

[Rob1276]

I use wood when I run out of these plastic ones, these are sweet.
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Is that a 140 you have there

 

[pickupporter]

Is that a 140 you have there

No, it's a 112H, late 60's I think, got it used, got the loader used, I had to weld up a new sub frame to mount it on the tractor. I wish it was a 318, the loader is a little big for it and beats up this tractor too much.

 

[peterc38]

I never understood the whole pallet thing. I stack my piles on 1x6s from my neighbor's old deck and it has worked fine this way.

What's there to understand? it's not rocket science. Lots of guys have access to free pallets and use them to stack wood on to get it off the ground and promote good air circulation and drying. You use 1 x 6s for the same reason, there is no one "right" way, the main thing is to get it off the ground.

 

[K2Orion]

Nice splitter. I looked through your webshots album. Is there a build thread anywhere?


To the OP.
I stack on pallets. I cut my firewood to 16" so I get 2 rows per pallet. I stack about 6' tall. I criss cross stack the ends so no T posts here.
I am planning a ZERO $ Wood Shed build and plan to continue to use pallets for the floor.
My problem with the pallets is my woodpile is on a slight slope. About 1' height difference from end to end. So I have to shim the pallets with bricks, blocks or whatever. Then the weight is concentrated on the points and even the sooper dooper pallets I have start to collapse. I need to level the ground under my pile.

 

[Jawallace81]

Here's mine pallets are 96x30" and I picked up a old dog lot chain link fence. The pallets are sitting on old landscaping stones and the fence is supported with t post

 

[zogger]

Here's mine pallets are 96x30" and I picked up a old dog lot chain link fence. The pallets are sitting on old landscaping stones and the fence is supported with t post

Nice and neat, very nice!

 

[greengiant]

I really like that vertical chain link versus mine which uses pallets vertically! (and under)

 

[Jawallace81]

I needed the extra height

 

[Erik B]

Here's mine pallets are 96x30" and I picked up a old dog lot chain link fence. The pallets are sitting on old landscaping stones and the fence is supported with t post

Will you be putting some kind of covering over your wood?

 

[Jawallace81]

I will after the summer