How to Keep Your Firewood Dry For Free - IBC Totes
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- Опубликовано: 10 июн 2023
- In this video I take my first whack at breaking down IBC tote bladders in to various different roof structures designed to keep my firewood protected from the elements while it dries outdoors. I go over the pros and cons of each design and give you my opinion on the best option.
Great job showing all the options to make roofs for these totes!
Great job finding these totes my man!
The IBC cages/pallets are so useful for things like firewood or field stone! I found a local company that sold them, but when I purchased them, I made sure they kept the bladder... that way I don't even have to worry about disposal. Very happy with my tote cages
I wish I didn't have to deal with these bladders and all the crap that comes with em. I get these for free for the most part, so have to take what I can get. Lucky you.
Great job
I just got some IBC's for firewood and luckily this just popped up on my You tube! Thanks for the ideas.
You're welcome, I have learned a few tricks since this video. I'll put a sequel out as soon as I get my next shipment of totes. Happy splitting Will.
it's nice of you to have provided us with alternatives or options pertaining to IBC totes I like your style in not wasting resources.
Thanks for watching David. I just cut some more totes yesterday and tried something new. If you cut the sides of the totes instead of the tops and bottoms you can avoid having the valve and cap on your roofs. Wish I would've tried that method in this video
@@ForestHogOutdoors yes I see what you mean but sometimes we did things thinking it was the best at that time only to find out we could do it better the other way. This is what the old folks say learning from experience.
@@davidignacio3009 truer words have never been spoken.
Nice job Cam, try cutting out the sides of the bladders instead of the top and bottom. You avoid the cap and the valve that way. Once in place they will also rest on the front edges of your cut out section providing a slight pitch for the rain. You will have the center part as waste but pretty easy to cut up and dispose of. The side panels serve as a great spot to write the species and date split/stacked.
That is what I did. Works out better
Genius! I'm new here, can you tell?
I do this too on my cuannel
I'll take a look my man. Thanks for watching
Just starting to burn wood this year. I have a line on free 330 gallon totes. Diagonal cut is the way to go. I'm thinking about mounting the bladder with hinges. May help on those windy days. (Carpenter for many years and have an attic full of hinges and hardware of all sorts). Flip open for loose stacking. Close and stage to dry and when ready place on deck for burning. I like the valve. I'm thinking it can allow some ventilation when drying. I'm all in. Thanks for putting forth the effort. Good video.
Thanks man, I think you're on to something with the hinges. Free 330 totes, you lucky son of a gun! I have actually been turning the totes on their sides and cutting off the flat tops. Cutting the larger side allows the plastic to make it over the top rail of the tote when covering and sheds water off the wood instead of onto the sides of it. Much like the diagonal.
All in on the pitched roof design
Pitching a tent just thinking about it.
Big fat thumbs up.
Thanks for watching buddy
Great video 👍🏻👍🏻. New subscriber here. I prefer cutting 10" trays from the sides of the 330 gallon tote's tank and throwing the center section with the valve and cap away.
What do you do with the 10" trays my man?
@@ForestHogOutdoors
I use them for IBC covers and catch trays for wood scraps that come from the splitter. It's been working out great for me.
That's a great idea man. I'm going to start doing that as well.
Those panels are pretty handy to write species and date split, a la Jake & Chris, on.
Thanks! I didn't see that video from Dude Ranch but I figured they could come in handy. That's why I left the second one on.
Once you cut the top and the bottom off that square white plastic cube, I have an idea what you can do with it. Put round holes in the sides, fill up with bunched-up newspaper, good soil and organic matter and plant potato seed in them. Grow potatoes. Seriously. It works. Maybe sell the white cubes to a nursery. (Let them wash them out!) I like what you said, "we can't be wasting stuff". That's true. We've been wastrels for far too long.
I'm a lady who has just come on your site. I see you only have guys so I hope you are okay with me being on here. Do you have madrone trees in whatever state you are in?
My name is Julie and I'm in California, South Lake Tahoe.
Julie it's very nice to meet you and thank you for watching! I don't get too many females watching with the nature of my content but you are certainly welcome and I thank you for taking interest. I do not have any madrone trees over here in Western New York, but I tell you what we do have is potatoes. We have 100 tomato plants this year and the yields have been massive. They'll be the staple of every meal for the next few months.
Any issues with the pitched roof flying off? Did you weight or tie them down?
Actually yes, we just had a heck of a wind storm blow in that had gusts up and over 70 mph. Lost a couple tops. It's hard with the height of the pitched roof to get a bungee cord up and over the top of it. I have since changed my mind on my favorite IBC bladder top cover and I'll film another video explaining it as soon as I get my next shipment.
@@ForestHogOutdoors Looking forward to it.
How long does plastic last before the plastic starts to get brittle or does it ever?
That plastic bladder will outlive me. It is very thick and rigid plastic that holds up to abuse. I used a corner as a roof cap on a duck coop that is holding up well despite being bent when opening and closing the coop everyday. No issues thus far, will keep you posted if anything changes.
If you are in snow country, the pitched roof is better than the flat top as the sun will warm the plastic and shake off the snow. Same with rain. With the flat tops the snow will pile on top and collapse the plastic. Just saying...
Words of wisdom right there. I'll have to see how these do this winter to choose the final winning design.
hi there well what works for you is the best . i think i am the only one that cuts different , dont know how to explain just what i do but after trying several ways works really great for me , if interested i will try to find a video # john
Thanks John, how do you cut them differently. A viewer told me to cut the sides of the tote instead of the top and bottom and I wont have to worry about the valve or cap being in the way.
@@ForestHogOutdoors hi there i found 2 old videos #589 and # 778 . there are more but couldnt find them , i also cut the racks so i can stack the wood higher . you can see that some in 589 , hope it helps john
Ill check them out man thanks.
Like the triangle roof overhang you get that with the 330s not with 275s so much.
interesting @@markhowes126
The trick is to only burn that stuff at night so it doesn’t give off any black smoke.
Haha I had no idea that the smoke was only black if you burn it during the day. Thanks for the tip brethren.
Yeah they are tough to cut even with the Diablo blades. Wood blades work better than metal blades
Yes I noticed a difference when I made a switch to the wood blade with larger teeth. Also the angle that I was cutting at made the biggest difference. Where are you in the ADK's my man?
@@ForestHogOutdoors Boonville, how about you?
@@adirondackwoodsmanI'm outside of Buffalo but I have a place up there in Woodgate. Be up for the Woodsmen Field Days in August.
@@ForestHogOutdoors haha, we are halfway down Woodgate road, about a mile in on a private road.
@@adirondackwoodsman I'm over on Bear Creek, small world!