Labor-Saving Firewood Pallet System

Labor-Saving Firewood Pallet System WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous “My pallet-based firewood system was inspired by other firewood pallets I’ve seen in FARM SHOW  Some of them were quite fancy but I made mine on the cheap ” says Dennis Strahle Eagle Mich     The firewood pallets he builds are closed at one end and open at the other A home-built 3-pt mounted fork is used to move them around He uses 4 pallets -  one for the bottom and 3 for the sides   The sides are wired to each other at the top and bottom corners and also to the bottom pallet  A single wire strand extends across the top at the open end to keep the sides from springing out too far   “I use electric fence wire because it’s tough yet easy to handle ” says Strahle  “It takes a little practice to wire the pallets securely ” He says his pallet firewood handling system results in much less handling of firewood  “I load wood into pallets for drying and storage and then unload it directly into my outdoor stove ” Strahle built extensions for the 3-pt fork and drilled a hole in them so he can tow his log splitter to the woods   “I place the splitter next to the open end of the pallet then load the split wood on to the pallet ” says Strahle “I don’t want the pallets to freeze to the ground so I sometimes set them on top of a regular pallet ”  He protects the pallets with plastic covers that are stapled to the side pallets and to the firewood   The ends are left open  The plastic keeps rain and snow off     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Dennis Strahle Eagle Mich ph 517 626-2303; dendiesel66@gmail com

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