@@InTheWoodyard Chris! Thank you! What can I say. I’ve watched your channel for years and I’ve been interested in doing it since you moved woodyards and started doing it! If its good enough for the cord lord himself, I’d be silly not to give it a try 🤣
Man I'm gonna be late to the game, but I think folks will be happy when they see my mountain of wood😂😂. Piling is so much easier and saves so much time!!!! I like the metal stakes and fencing idea. I'm learning so much from everyone on youtube!!!! The answer is always more!!!! So happy for you brother, such a great guy doing amazing right now. Stoked to see where the future takes you 💪💪 stay safe man🍻
@@LogCabinFirewood that means a ton Jack, you’re one of the channels that got me started 💪 I’m excited to see how high I can pile this thing and what it all looks like come next November. Cheers 🍻 brother
@@davidself3169 yeah man UA-cam is where I go to learn! It’s like a million heads all working together! I’ll definitely do an update video when it’s piled full and I’ll also do a video next year to show how it’s held up! Thanks for stopping in as always David!
@@TwinCityFirewood thanks Jacob. I’d love to load more totes and I have 8-10 ready but this is so much faster! Once I get ahead I’ll get my personal stash of totes filled up 🤙
That bunker will hold a lot of wood and allow air and sun to penetrate the pile. That's some nice looking wood. I would recommend the black wire ties. They have UV protection.
Hey Britt. Great video. I've been thinking about piling loose... this video makes me want to try it. It's great to establish a relationship with a good tree service! - Dick
@@oldguyfirewood Like many have said it works great for some and others tell me it’s gonna mold… well I’m gonna find out haha. I think it’s definitely the way to store wood if you get heavy sun and wind. Probably not the best way to store wood if you’re surrounded by tree lines! Thanks so much for watching Dick, and early congrats on reaching your next goal of 10k!!
Great video, I subscribed. The pronunciation of the (German) name "Holzhausen" would be Holtzhausen. In German, the "z" is pronounced as "tz" or "ts" A tip for your firewood bunker. Get some tensile wire and tie the tops of your opposing t-posts together with that, That way you prevent the posts from bending out, and you can fill the bunker higher to a peak to improve rain shedding. Chris from "in the woodyard uses that tensile wire to keep his pallets from falling outwards, so it does work. I agree that the fence on the inside should be the stronger solution.
@@dropshot1967 Welcome and thank you! Also thank you for sharing that, that’s awesome to know. I’ve never really heard anyone pronounce it, in fact most people have never heard of it when I tell them I did one!
@@nebraskawoodstr Thanks Mike! I’m the king of finding short cuts and 15% of the time they work out for me 🤣🤣 we will check back in on this bunker in a year and see if I’m still singing my construction praises or cussing them 👊 thanks so much for being here!
@@RobertVogelgesang thanks for watching Robert. Easy grab pallets are a huge win. My neighbor owns a business and gets plenty of them. I am lucky in that regard!
@@TravisDoesFirewood ill take that compliment because you’re intros are awesome! I just went and checked your podcast with Bob and it sure is! I don’t even remember what I used to make this thing. I tried so many generators online before I got it figured out. Maybe CapCut?
@@montenewman Thanks for watching Monte. This is a Wolferidge pro 28c. It’s their compact commercial line, cycle time was the main reason I fell in love with this unit! 6.5 seconds out and back.
Posts are much stronger one direction than the other direction because of the difference in tensile strength and compression strength. If the posts bend they need to be closer together or slanted inwards or braced with a tension wire.
@@jakebredthauer5100 thanks Jake! When you say one direction, which direction are you referring to? I assume the traditional way where the posts are on the inside? My posts aren’t bending at all just some bowing on the netting (mainly because I didn’t pull it tight enough. With this application my posts felt like the strongest point and the attached fencing always felt like the weak link which is why I built this one this way. More posts would surely be better but at 7 dollars a post and over 100 for a 100 ft roll of fencing these bunkers can add up quick!
Those posts are called T-posts and they are much weaker than wooden posts. Posts are always put on the outside of the wire so when the animals push on the fence they don't pop the staples out as fast. If you push on a post the front of the post is in tension and the rear of the post is in compression. The knobby side has more material to resist the tension. Why not just use pallets for the side and no posts? IN THE WOODYARD does it like that (UA-cam). Chris uses wire to tie pallets to each other and another wire for a brace inside the bunker (diagonal). I would put the vertical pallet on top of the floor pallet so the vertical pallet does not rot as much. The pallets on the ground should be overlapped a little bit to give more airspace for ventilation. Keep the bottom fence wire 6 inches off the ground so it does not get rusty as quickly. There is no reason to set it on the ground. Another method you could use is the wire mesh you have with wooden posts tied to the pallet for the bottom and a wire brace at the top. You could cut parts of a tree to make these posts much more cheaply instead of purchasing. Also this method would avoid making holes in the ground. To fasten a wire around a post I recommended this method. 1. Go around and over the wire and up next to the post (inside the loop). The wire will be pointed up. 2. Pull the end of The wire away from the post, over the wire so it is pointing down. 3. Bend it under the other wire that is going away from the post. Keep bending just one turn. The wire will be bent back and horizontal. It may not look good to you but don't do anything else. Just try it. These three simple bends will tighten a little bit when the load is applied but they will not unwrap. I think 12 gauge wire would be strong enough for the brace and other uses. What I mean by a wire brace is a wire from the top of the post down to a pallet inside. The pile of wood holds the pallet up one direction and the wire holds the pallet up the other direction.
@ yes these tposts 20 years ago were about 3 dollars but fwd two decades and it can get pricey! Pallets are a very cheap idea but the main reason they work so well for Chris ITW is because he is in the plains up in Michigan. If you look at where his bunkers are built and turn the camera 360 degrees you can’t see a single tree line. He gets nothing but wind and sun all day long. His drying conditions are completely different than mine. I’m 20 feet off a tree line while I definitely agree that not stacking wood is a pretty smart thing for most people a lot of people saying that it will mold in the center are saying that because it does for them where they’re at. Pallets up front wasn’t exactly the aesthetic I was going for but above all else it would have decreased air flow compared to this fencing, which is something I have to worry about that Chris does not! As far as tension and compression go I can’t see anything I’m using these for (mainly wood) ever bend one of these tposts no matter how it’s placed but what you’re saying definitely makes sense in regard to the rigidity of the post. And yeah with a pallet wall you would definitely have to run a wire brace but with tposts I’ve never had to do that. I hammer these things almost 2 Ft in the ground with a driver and since I’ve made the one in the backyard, those posts haven’t budged, bulged or bowed. Only flexing or bulging comes from the netting that just isn’t pulled tight when wrapping the fence. I’ll see what gauge wires I was using initially to tie the fencing to the tposts before I got annoyed with it and switched to these zip ties. They’re cheap and they’ve held a massive heap in my backyard with zero issue!
Climate is a big factor in the growth of fungus. If your climate is warm and wet you may be in trouble. Other people may have already done the experimenting. Another plan that may work better to reduce the risk of molding is to use that welded wire mesh in a circle on a pallet. Let the wood drop in there loose. It will dry better loose and in smaller containers. Vertical pallets inside the pile would increase ventilation and not affect aesthetics. If the pallets were put on concrete blocks instead of on the ground, that would increase ventilation.
@ vertical pallets inside is an excellent idea and you’re absolutely right, you’d never even see them. I live in North Carolina so it’s hot here but not super wet. My oak bunker in the back has been doing well thus far but only time will tell. It’s definitely a learning curve that is very specific to one’s climate.
@@roadking8337 hey Roadking. I think the camera angles as well as the way the wood is laying is probably just playing mind tricks, I cut all my wood with a marker (either the perfect stick or the mingo marker) to 16 inches. Out of that entire pile you may find 50-100 pieces that are 15 inches and you may find 50-100 pieces that are 17 inches. My margin for error is +\- 1 inch, but by and large 95% of my splits are 16 inches. My woodstove will hold up to 24 inches and the people I sell to I tell them 16inches plus or minus an inch. Anybody that needs it smaller than than 15 is going to have to ask for a custom cut. Thanks for the comment!
@@JordanSmith-us9sb good question Jordan. I honestly have no idea, I’ve added some pallets and multiple trailer loads since this video. Right now I think I’m sitting about 3-5 cord out there. I think in this video I had dumped 5-6 of my trailers so maybe 1.5-2 cord? Maybe more. Once I get done I’ll make another video and do the math!!
Hey Britt , nice bunker and some good splitting . Have you checked out Lens keeping Busy . He builds the round firewood piles . He built a firewood castle last year . 👍🏻🪵🇺🇸
@@inthebackyardwithdel438 yes I got into the holshausen stuff last year. I built a huge one and I found him subsequently. He does some pretty wild stuff. I love it.
Good job Brit!!! Nice wood work right there!!
@@InTheWoodyard Chris! Thank you! What can I say. I’ve watched your channel for years and I’ve been interested in doing it since you moved woodyards and started doing it! If its good enough for the cord lord himself, I’d be silly not to give it a try 🤣
Man I'm gonna be late to the game, but I think folks will be happy when they see my mountain of wood😂😂. Piling is so much easier and saves so much time!!!!
I like the metal stakes and fencing idea. I'm learning so much from everyone on youtube!!!!
The answer is always more!!!!
So happy for you brother, such a great guy doing amazing right now. Stoked to see where the future takes you 💪💪 stay safe man🍻
@@LogCabinFirewood that means a ton Jack, you’re one of the channels that got me started 💪 I’m excited to see how high I can pile this thing and what it all looks like come next November. Cheers 🍻 brother
I like how you kept everything plain and simple. Great job 👏
@@dwaynedee529 I really appreciate the feedback. Thanks so much for watching and your comment Dwayne!
That's my wood guy! I just subbed. Didn't know you were on YT. 💪🏻🌳
@@Impwerk hahaha that awesome!!! I don’t do much marketing here, although I just had some stickers made! I’m glad you found me!!!
Beautiful Bunker, Buddy…!! Hope it works out well for you in the blazing sun ☀️ next summer…!!
@@kenskuts thanks Ken! Yall will be the first to know 🤝
Crunch time for getting that oak split! No finer words have ever been spoken.
Yessir we gotta be sending out that dry dry next fall 👊💪
I appreciate it when people share their mistakes so we can all learn
@@davidself3169 yeah man UA-cam is where I go to learn! It’s like a million heads all working together! I’ll definitely do an update video when it’s piled full and I’ll also do a video next year to show how it’s held up! Thanks for stopping in as always David!
I like the bunker!
Good looking oak wood Britt!
@@TwinCityFirewood thanks Jacob. I’d love to load more totes and I have 8-10 ready but this is so much faster! Once I get ahead I’ll get my personal stash of totes filled up 🤙
That bunker will hold a lot of wood and allow air and sun to penetrate the pile. That's some nice looking wood. I would recommend the black wire ties. They have UV protection.
@@johnhaug5527 UV is something I didn’t think about! Especially in the NC summers. I’ll look into adding a few of those at least, thank you!
That looks like fun.........
I'm glad your wife puts up with your shenanigans as well😂
@@WilleysFirewood the real MVP of the operation, no doubt 💪. After 15 years together, she knows what she signed up for 🤣🤣
Hey ol buddy I appreciate the video,oaks looking good
@@jessejones9830 thanks for watching!! I’ve been adding to it all day today! I’ll do some updates as it grows.
Good deal been working on mine across the mountain from ya,in East TN.lol
Hey Britt. Great video. I've been thinking about piling loose... this video makes me want to try it. It's great to establish a relationship with a good tree service! - Dick
@@oldguyfirewood Like many have said it works great for some and others tell me it’s gonna mold… well I’m gonna find out haha. I think it’s definitely the way to store wood if you get heavy sun and wind. Probably not the best way to store wood if you’re surrounded by tree lines! Thanks so much for watching Dick, and early congrats on reaching your next goal of 10k!!
Chris in the Woodyard used 17 gauge electric fence wire for holding his pallet bins. I think Tractor Supply sells it.
@@jefftaussig7373 that’s good to know. I know there’s something a lot better than the two rolls of stuff I have. Thanks for sharing that!
Nice bunker! I’m curious how the oak will dry in it. Take care Britt👍👍
@@outdoorsinthe608 I’ll keep you posted as I’m watching your mixed hardwood experiment as well!
Great video, I subscribed.
The pronunciation of the (German) name "Holzhausen" would be Holtzhausen. In German, the "z" is pronounced as "tz" or "ts"
A tip for your firewood bunker. Get some tensile wire and tie the tops of your opposing t-posts together with that, That way you prevent the posts from bending out, and you can fill the bunker higher to a peak to improve rain shedding. Chris from "in the woodyard uses that tensile wire to keep his pallets from falling outwards, so it does work. I agree that the fence on the inside should be the stronger solution.
@@dropshot1967 Welcome and thank you! Also thank you for sharing that, that’s awesome to know. I’ve never really heard anyone pronounce it, in fact most people have never heard of it when I tell them I did one!
Yep I love it…toss it right in the yard haha. I’d be getting slapped around just thinking about it haha. Great job brother 👊
@@ShermanLawncareAndFirewood 🤣 she resisted as long as she could. She wanted a cat I wanted 20 cord piled high in the front yard…. Win win
Nice bunker explanation. Take care just subbed.
@@nebraskawoodstr Thanks Mike! I’m the king of finding short cuts and 15% of the time they work out for me 🤣🤣 we will check back in on this bunker in a year and see if I’m still singing my construction praises or cussing them 👊 thanks so much for being here!
i am lucky enough to get all the pallets i need from my work, i go 8' wide 4' long and 6-7' high, it works just fine for me!
have a good day
@@RobertVogelgesang thanks for watching Robert. Easy grab pallets are a huge win. My neighbor owns a business and gets plenty of them. I am lucky in that regard!
Go go go brother! Btw, your intro is very similar to my podcast, ha keep cuttin'.
@@TravisDoesFirewood ill take that compliment because you’re intros are awesome! I just went and checked your podcast with Bob and it sure is! I don’t even remember what I used to make this thing. I tried so many generators online before I got it figured out. Maybe CapCut?
Nice!
What type of splitter is that. Very good cycle time
@@montenewman Thanks for watching Monte. This is a Wolferidge pro 28c. It’s their compact commercial line, cycle time was the main reason I fell in love with this unit! 6.5 seconds out and back.
Posts are much stronger one direction than the other direction because of the difference in tensile strength and compression strength.
If the posts bend they need to be closer together or slanted inwards or braced with a tension wire.
@@jakebredthauer5100 thanks Jake! When you say one direction, which direction are you referring to? I assume the traditional way where the posts are on the inside? My posts aren’t bending at all just some bowing on the netting (mainly because I didn’t pull it tight enough. With this application my posts felt like the strongest point and the attached fencing always felt like the weak link which is why I built this one this way. More posts would surely be better but at 7 dollars a post and over 100 for a 100 ft roll of fencing these bunkers can add up quick!
Those posts are called T-posts and they are much weaker than wooden posts. Posts are always put on the outside of the wire so when the animals push on the fence they don't pop the staples out as fast.
If you push on a post the front of the post is in tension and the rear of the post is in compression. The knobby side has more material to resist the tension.
Why not just use pallets for the side and no posts? IN THE WOODYARD does it like that (UA-cam). Chris uses wire to tie pallets to each other and another wire for a brace inside the bunker (diagonal). I would put the vertical pallet on top of the floor pallet so the vertical pallet does not rot as much.
The pallets on the ground should be overlapped a little bit to give more airspace for ventilation. Keep the bottom fence wire 6 inches off the ground so it does not get rusty as quickly. There is no reason to set it on the ground.
Another method you could use is the wire mesh you have with wooden posts tied to the pallet for the bottom and a wire brace at the top. You could cut parts of a tree to make these posts much more cheaply instead of purchasing. Also this method would avoid making holes in the ground.
To fasten a wire around a post I recommended this method.
1. Go around and over the wire and up next to the post (inside the loop). The wire will be pointed up.
2. Pull the end of The wire away from the post, over the wire so it is pointing down.
3. Bend it under the other wire that is going away from the post. Keep bending just one turn. The wire will be bent back and horizontal. It may not look good to you but don't do anything else. Just try it.
These three simple bends will tighten a little bit when the load is applied but they will not unwrap. I think 12 gauge wire would be strong enough for the brace and other uses.
What I mean by a wire brace is a wire from the top of the post down to a pallet inside. The pile of wood holds the pallet up one direction and the wire holds the pallet up the other direction.
@ yes these tposts 20 years ago were about 3 dollars but fwd two decades and it can get pricey! Pallets are a very cheap idea but the main reason they work so well for Chris ITW is because he is in the plains up in Michigan. If you look at where his bunkers are built and turn the camera 360 degrees you can’t see a single tree line. He gets nothing but wind and sun all day long. His drying conditions are completely different than mine. I’m 20 feet off a tree line while I definitely agree that not stacking wood is a pretty smart thing for most people a lot of people saying that it will mold in the center are saying that because it does for them where they’re at. Pallets up front wasn’t exactly the aesthetic I was going for but above all else it would have decreased air flow compared to this fencing, which is something I have to worry about that Chris does not!
As far as tension and compression go I can’t see anything I’m using these for (mainly wood) ever bend one of these tposts no matter how it’s placed but what you’re saying definitely makes sense in regard to the rigidity of the post.
And yeah with a pallet wall you would definitely have to run a wire brace but with tposts I’ve never had to do that. I hammer these things almost 2 Ft in the ground with a driver and since I’ve made the one in the backyard, those posts haven’t budged, bulged or bowed. Only flexing or bulging comes from the netting that just isn’t pulled tight when wrapping the fence. I’ll see what gauge wires I was using initially to tie the fencing to the tposts before I got annoyed with it and switched to these zip ties. They’re cheap and they’ve held a massive heap in my backyard with zero issue!
Climate is a big factor in the growth of fungus. If your climate is warm and wet you may be in trouble. Other people may have already done the experimenting.
Another plan that may work better to reduce the risk of molding is to use that welded wire mesh in a circle on a pallet. Let the wood drop in there loose. It will dry better loose and in smaller containers.
Vertical pallets inside the pile would increase ventilation and not affect aesthetics. If the pallets were put on concrete blocks instead of on the ground, that would increase ventilation.
@ vertical pallets inside is an excellent idea and you’re absolutely right, you’d never even see them. I live in North Carolina so it’s hot here but not super wet. My oak bunker in the back has been doing well thus far but only time will tell. It’s definitely a learning curve that is very specific to one’s climate.
Right out in her front yard 😂 🪵
@@TheGrumpyHogheadBBQ hahaha…. She should have known better than to give me the green light on stacking in front yard 🤣
@FoothillsFirewood While it's a hobby, it generates money! Most other hobbies only deplete funds.
@ that’s the entire goal of this situation is to acquire equipment and grow the hustle with ONLY money made from the grind!
Why all the different lengths won't fit that in wood stove
@@roadking8337 hey Roadking. I think the camera angles as well as the way the wood is laying is probably just playing mind tricks, I cut all my wood with a marker (either the perfect stick or the mingo marker) to 16 inches. Out of that entire pile you may find 50-100 pieces that are 15 inches and you may find 50-100 pieces that are 17 inches. My margin for error is +\- 1 inch, but by and large 95% of my splits are 16 inches. My woodstove will hold up to 24 inches and the people I sell to I tell them 16inches plus or minus an inch. Anybody that needs it smaller than than 15 is going to have to ask for a custom cut. Thanks for the comment!
How much wood do you have in the bin so far? I have been stacking mine. But I'm thinking about making a bin.
@@JordanSmith-us9sb good question Jordan. I honestly have no idea, I’ve added some pallets and multiple trailer loads since this video. Right now I think I’m sitting about 3-5 cord out there. I think in this video I had dumped 5-6 of my trailers so maybe 1.5-2 cord? Maybe more. Once I get done I’ll make another video and do the math!!
Is your trailer pink so you can find it anywhere? Especially when the kids take it.😂👍
@@DanielAtkinsFirewood hahaha dammit…. Welcome back to foothills firewood, my names Britt and today we’re gonna paint a trailer…. Let’s get it 👊
@FoothillsFirewood : dont beat yourself up too bad. In the Woodyard has pink on his tools so he can find it easier
Hey Britt , nice bunker and some good splitting . Have you checked out Lens keeping Busy . He builds the round firewood piles . He built a firewood castle last year . 👍🏻🪵🇺🇸
@@inthebackyardwithdel438 yes I got into the holshausen stuff last year. I built a huge one and I found him subsequently. He does some pretty wild stuff. I love it.
@@FoothillsFirewoodthanks Britt, nice to see someone else in this wild journey, it takes a long time but always gives back 😍, love it 👍🚜
Thanks Del
@ yes sir my friend .