Building a no-tools-needed firewood rack
A good, stable, easily-movable, cheap firewood rack is a thought-provoking project. This is what i have used for years and it works extremely well.
It holds a face-cord of heavy, wet wood with no problem.
This is what you need:
2 or 3 concrete blocks
2 landscape timbers
2 2x4s - 8 or 10 footers cut in half...pressure treated.
total material cost about 15 bucks
I think the pics say it all but some tips:
- place 2 concrete blocks holes up on a stable surface, 3 if support needed in center (not often).
- place timbers across outside edges of blocks
- place 2x4 pieces in holes in blocks. If on dirt put a few
rocks in holes first to drain water from 2x4' ends.
- its designed so the 2x4's are leaning out at the top. is
very strong like this. the last pic shows my new double rack. one more block but 4 less 2x4 pieces and stronger because of center blocks. if you enlarge the last pic, you can really see how much weight this set-up will hold. and i could put a lot more on it but its over my head..hahah
I cut a piece of plastic tarp about 4' wide and 10' long to cover wood... i take a couple of holed bricks and tie lite 3' rope from one to the other and lay over tarped ends to keep tarp on in wind. all of this works really well together. rack gets stronger with more wood and is very stable. everything comes apart to move to another spot or put in storage (or use for other projects). Rack is high enough off ground to blow leaves from underneath or spray for bugs. Its nice to be able to easily move a woodrack as sometimes the ground under it becomes unstable and the rack will lean. Or sometimes you just find a better place and moving individual pieces is so much easier than moving the whole rack at once.
A good, stable, easily-movable, cheap firewood rack is a thought-provoking project. This is what i have used for years and it works extremely well.
It holds a face-cord of heavy, wet wood with no problem.
This is what you need:
2 or 3 concrete blocks
2 landscape timbers
2 2x4s - 8 or 10 footers cut in half...pressure treated.
total material cost about 15 bucks
I think the pics say it all but some tips:
- place 2 concrete blocks holes up on a stable surface, 3 if support needed in center (not often).
- place timbers across outside edges of blocks
- place 2x4 pieces in holes in blocks. If on dirt put a few
rocks in holes first to drain water from 2x4' ends.
- its designed so the 2x4's are leaning out at the top. is
very strong like this. the last pic shows my new double rack. one more block but 4 less 2x4 pieces and stronger because of center blocks. if you enlarge the last pic, you can really see how much weight this set-up will hold. and i could put a lot more on it but its over my head..hahah
I cut a piece of plastic tarp about 4' wide and 10' long to cover wood... i take a couple of holed bricks and tie lite 3' rope from one to the other and lay over tarped ends to keep tarp on in wind. all of this works really well together. rack gets stronger with more wood and is very stable. everything comes apart to move to another spot or put in storage (or use for other projects). Rack is high enough off ground to blow leaves from underneath or spray for bugs. Its nice to be able to easily move a woodrack as sometimes the ground under it becomes unstable and the rack will lean. Or sometimes you just find a better place and moving individual pieces is so much easier than moving the whole rack at once.
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Many thanks!
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Thanks again!
Nessesity being the mother of invention,couldnt have done much better.
Great ible!
My complements.
i got a kick out of your comment and thanks for posting it. sometimes simple works pretty good.