Satellite Dish Wood Shed

Satellite Dish Wood Shed WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 32-3-44 An upside down satellite dish and a couple of cattle panels can be used to make a nifty wood shed, says Jon Bell, Lyons, Colo., who made use of an 11-ft. dia. satellite dish. "I get a lot of compliments on it from my neighbors." The wood shed measures 9 1/2 ft. high at the center. The 8-ft. high walls are formed from two cattle panels, one above the other, and wired together. Bell used bolt cutters to remove the top horizontal wire around the perimeter and then inserted the remaining vertical wires through holes that he drilled into the satellite dish. The cattle panel walls are stapled to a wooden doorway which has a plywood "hallway" on each side that extends 3 ft. inside the shed. The walls and hallway provide support for the firewood, which is stacked all the way around the building in three concentric layers. The wood rests on wooden pallets set on the ground. "It's a handy way to keep a large quantity of firewood handy without taking up a lot of space," says Bell. "It holds six cords of wood which is a full winter's supply for us. It worked so well that I made three more for additional storage. The satellite dish keeps rain and snow out, and the cattle panels provide enough ventilation to keep the firewood dry. "I load firewood into the sheds from the outside toward the center until there's very little room at the center. Then I stack the center full, too. During the winter, I take wood from the center first and then work back toward the outside. "The doorway is 28 in. wide which is a little too narrow. If I were to do it over I'd make the door a little wider so I could walk through comfortably with a load of firewood. Also, I'd use 2 by 6's instead of plywood to make the hallways so they'd be a little stiffer." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jon Bell, P.O. Box 344, Lyons, Colo. 80540 (ph 303 747-2611).

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