What size are those IBC totes, I notice that some have 5 rings around them and some have 6 rings around them.

I touch myself whenever he says Eastonmade. This video was a disappointment.

That is a good way to die of alcohol poisoning. Lol

I just happen to have a glass of 🍷 in my hand watching

I tried this with water and almost drown....

Yeah so I’ve found that stacking I can get about 20% more wood in the baskets and right now I have a limited supply left. If I find a new supply of baskets where I’m not worried about running out I would definitely just have the conveyer throw them in. Then I’d be down to just 1 touch bringing them in the house and they would season better/faster like you said

love the mouse reference

Touching my wood right now. 😊

Thanks Michael. Glad to have you here

Thanks Ed

Thanks Buddy

Thanks!

I need to figure out a way to do that. Would be awesome to have the IBC tote inside the house

@@HometownAcres well not only that but it’d be one step less Put a fancy double shed door and insulate it. Drive that bitch right to the stove

I park my ibc's in my attached garage and haul wood into the stove from there.

With the setup I have now I could still be splitting wood at 80 years old haha. Machinery is saving my back

If you have a strong back you'll be in good shape rest of the life that's for sure.

I use tractor and totes but I don’t buy new totes and a new tractor every year....🤷🏼‍♂️

Thanks for the support Justin!

That’s a great idea

Completely agree. Stacking wood is one of the most time consuming and unnecessary component of the process. There are way too many other youtube channels that seem to be stacking all the time.

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it and yeah you definitely gotta watch the yard carrying that much weight

Yeah if you think about it. 11 hours of doing nothing but stacking. Kinda crazy

@@HometownAcres it is for sure. I noticed a huge difference doing bags for the house this year

I haven’t tried them. I’m not sure if I like that the sides aren’t rigid

Thanks for the support. If you’re into this kind of stuff the logo is actually pretty cool on a sweatshirt in my opinion haha

I honestly think mine is the smallest you could get away with. It’s a 35hp compact tractor. If you went with a sub compact you’d only be able to fill the baskets about halfway I’m guessing

My friend has a Kioti CK2610, his tractor can lift a full tote of fully seasoned wood (2 years) but freshly cut is just over half a tote.

I cut them diagonally so they’re peaked and they’ll fit over the cage. Drill some holes and tie them on top the cage for some weather proofing.

No. The basement is convenient once it’s down there but it is very time consuming getting it there. And where I have the wood stacked now won’t be too much of an inconvenience

@@HometownAcres I was gonna fix my bacement for the same and decided against it a long time ago. I used to pile it behind the garage. It was always a mess. Snow drifts and wet wood. Stacking it in the shed is a pain at the time. But real nice in the winter. Lol. We just pack it in as needed arm load at a time. When it get real cold I'll take the tractor and pile some on the patio. I can run out in my socks and get an arm load then.

Only one way to find out. Get one and fill it up. If it works then buy more. If it doesn’t just fill the one you have 3/4ths full

@@HometownAcres LOL I was thinking the same thing LOL Just wondering to know what size your tractor was.

It’s a Kioti ck3510. Loader lift capacity of 1,800 lbs. the baskets probably weight 1,400 lbs or so

@@HometownAcres Thank you so very much for this information and I think I should be able to lift a tote but I don't think very high. Again thank you so very much for responding to my questions and giving me this information!

I have a l3800 as well, but I randomly toss wood in the totes. The tractor has no problem with totes loaded that way as I go through 30 a year. I don’t stack the wood because I operate on a hillside and the extra weight makes the tractor unstable while transporting.

True. But I got a limited supply of totes right now so I’m trying to maximize the wood I have in baskets. You get about 20% more wood when you stack it vs loose thrown from what I’ve experienced

1/3 cord of wood (depending on species) is roughly 1500 lbs + whatever the tote weighs (probably 100-150 without the plastic). I have a backhoe with bucket clamp-on forks, and I use heavy-duty wire containers/bins to do this (IBC would have been better, but I didn't know that when I bought these). My totes are the ones used in factories to move metal parts around (probably 500 lbs each). I move them around full of wood (2000 lbs) with my clamp on forks and my Case 580C backhoe, but I use chains at the far top side of the container ran to the top of my bucket to support the load. As you know, clamp on forks make it hard to load the pallet on the forks because you can't see what you're doing with the bucket in the way. I plan to use a cheap automobile backup camera on the loader bucket. Put the camera on the bucket (only when needed) and then I can see what's going on up front (not my idea, I stole it from a forum!).

Boy I don’t know if I have it in me to buck logs with a cross cut saw haha

@@HometownAcres I talked my grandpa into it one time when I was about 10, because I thought it would be "fun". After about 6 rounds, we fired up the old Homelite and finished up..

Depends on where you live. I’ve seen anywhere from free to $25 to $75 per basket

Wasting time drives me nuts so I’m always thinking about it haha