Best Firewood Storage! 3 Reasons I Use IBC Totes
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Published 2021-12-07
1 Mobility
2 Ease of stacking/organizing
3 Airflow to season wood faster
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Published December 7, 2021
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0:00 - intro
1:03 - Firewood storage
1:50 - Moving IBC totes
2:33 - Preparing for firewood
3:17 - I can't stack firewood
4:40 - Easy to stack nicely
4:56 - Splitting and stacking
7:56 - Nice stacking results
9:26 - Airflow for seasoning
9:56 - 2/3 of 1/3 cord
10:30 - Moisture level
11:30 - Mobility, stacking, seasoning
12:01 - Leave a comment
All Comments (21)
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Finally! Someone else using a reciprocating saw and not an angle grinder. Those angle grinder guys must have extra time on their hands 😂. Do what you want, but you can cut that top bar off. You’ll hit your head a time or two and wish it wasn’t there. I fill mine to the brim and no loss of support. Good show! Thanks for sharing!
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I got twenty 330 gallon totes about 2 years ago. I love them. My Kioti will easily lift a full tote. I like that they fill up fast, so you can make yourself small daily goals on filling X amount of totes.
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Great system for organization of stored firewood.
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Good evening Sir, that is very good reasons and you can also had that it is easier to cover up them too 👌👍😉 Full watch and keep warm Sir Cheers 🍻
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Those totes make you into a master stacker. I was never a huge fan of neatly stacking my firewood, took too much time. However I do appreciate those folks that can stack a good looking row.
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Been using ibc totes for 2 years now and they work well for ehat we do. Our personal wood goes in them, but it's getting hard to get them around here. Amber doesn't want to see ours either haha. Great video
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When I had a Kubota BX, I cut the totes in half horizontally. Then put the top half on a pallet and screwed down using pipe straps. That way I could overfill both ends, store more wood than a single cage by itself, and still move around with a tiny tractor.
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Chad, As I approach feeling the age that I am… I am warming up to the idea of using totes. Had I thought about it in my last job, I could have gotten all the IBC’s that I wanted. We had a cooking oil supplier that went out of business… we had almost a hundred old beat up totes that no one would exchange. A hog farmer bought all of them for $5 each to haul water and feed in. If only I knew then what I know now. PS: Cherry is heavy but, try filling one with green white oak! Thanks buddy.
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Nice Job , I have 21 of the totes. Kubota L3540 w/forks. New subscriber today. One year minimum on seasoning Cherry for me.👍
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I actually thought of you yesterday. Someone on FB marketplace was selling IBC (275 i believe) locally here for 100 bucks each! Apparently he sold 24 of them in the matter of hours... crazy!
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I have no problem stacking but don't like doing it (waste of time). The IBC is the way to go. If you loosely stack the IBC more air will get to the splits allowing them to dry quicker. That would probably be a full IBC for you which you could pick up possibly.
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The IBC totes look like they work awesome for firewood. Eventually I may get a couple totes, they would be great for me to store stacked black nursery pots.
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Love the IBC totes! We have been using them for firewood for years!
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They also make transporting them easier. You don't have to worry about walking a mile* in cold weather or snow to get more wood. *A mile is an exaggeration of course, but some people may have yards that big. 😊
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I find with my tractor I can’t lift a full ibc tote of stacked wood. So I just toss the wood in the tote loosely and it speeds up filling them and they have a lot of airflow. The load is lighter and when it’s full I know when to stop do I don’t overload the tractor
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Why don't you locate first IBC unit where you want to store the wood when it is 3/4 full and then top up from the second IBC then 3/4 fill the second one and relocate it with the first one. Means you have stored more wood this season. Interesting show
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I just throw the logs into my IBC cages, dry way faster than stacking. The key is finding an open windy and sunny spot for the IBCs.
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You've got your system down, Chad. Good tips!
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I cut the top rung on the totes also. Doesn't hurt the tote and makes it much easier for loading and unloading.
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3 great reasons to use totes
