Three racks like that would handle a full cord of delivered firewood. With an average length of 9’, you can store 9x3.5x1.5=47.5 cubic feet, or about 0.37 full cords – roughly a third of a cord. Your 4’ long ends let you stack about 3 ½’ high. For example, say you make your rack of 8’ long timbers, the distance between the tops of the ends is 10’, and you cut your wood 18” long. Divide the result by 128 to get the number of full cords you can store. To determine how much your rack will hold, multiply the height of your wood stack times the average length (average the top and bottom lengths) times the length of your wood (in feet). A face cord would contain 4x8x1.33=42.56 cubic feet, or about 1/3 of a full cord (42.56/128). A “face cord” is a single stack of wood 4’ high, 8’ long, and as deep as the length of your wood. Measuring wood – a cord of wood is a tight stack 4’ wide, 4’ high, and 8’ long, containing 128 cubic feet (4x4x8). Reading comments, I sense some lingering questions. What a great design! I don’t think I’ve seen so many builds on any other Instructable. hahah, i love the sound and smell of a wood fire. so then you can stroll along your long woodpile on that chilly night and pick just the right piece for that beautiful fireplace. And it gives you lots more room to separate different kinds of wood or dryness or s very handy having a longer rack and you will appreciate it. If you have the room and the need, build a double length rack.you use less than twice the material. Make sure when building the rack that the end upright 2x4's are facing right.you get more strength if the wood is on end and you dont need the width there. and they are plenty heavy enough to keep the tarp on in a wind or rain.and no ties to make or adjust or remove. then i take holed bricks.you know the cheap bricks with three holes in them.and tie a light rope from one brick to another.about 4 feet apart.and just drape one of these "bolas" over each end of the tarp.i use three on a double length rack.the tarps overlap in the middle and the brick holdown works great and they last forever with no maintenance.my kind of tool.hahah. I take a piece of standard 8x10 plastic tarp and cut it longwise into two strips.the wood still needs to get ventilation and this only covers the top and a bit on each side. Nothing is set in s just an easy, inexpensive way to make a solid, long-lasting rack that you will appreciate. You can add your ideas to it to make it work better for you. Its great to see a lot of people have built the rack and are having success. Ok, this is some years later and just a couple comments: One more thought: if you use 8' 2x4s, if you cut them in half at a 45 degree angle, you get more length and also the angle will help them drain at the top.Īnyway, once you have set this rack up and used it a bit, its one of those things that you just grin each time you look at it and wish other things you make would work as well. Or sometimes you just find a better place and moving individual pieces is so much easier than moving the whole rack at once. Its nice to be able to easily move a woodrack as sometimes the ground under it becomes unstable and the rack will lean. Rack is high enough off ground to blow leaves from underneath or spray for bugs. everything comes apart to move to another spot or put in storage (or use for other projects). rack gets stronger with more wood and is very stable. i take a couple of holed bricks and tie light 3' rope from one to the other and lay over tarped ends to keep tarp on in wind. I cut a piece of plastic tarp about 4' wide and 10' long to cover wood. and i could put a lot more on it but its over my head.hahah If you have any doubts about whether or not this works like i say, just read a few comments from other members, real people just telling it like it is. if you enlarge the last pic, you can really see how much weight this set-up will hold. one more block but 4 less 2x4 pieces and stronger because of center blocks. if you find the 2x4s are spread too wide, you can tap them closer together on a full rack as there is not that much weight on them. its designed so the 2x4's are leaning out at the top. If on dirt put a few small rocks or pebbles in holes first to help drain water from 2x4' ends. place timbers across outside edges of blocks with all width of each timber completely on block. total material cost about 20 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). This is what you need: 2 or 3 concrete blocks 2 landscape timbers 2 2x4s - 8 or 10 footers cut in half. It easily holds a face-cord of heavy, wet wood with no problem and is very stable. This is what i have used for years and it works extremely well. Building a no-tools-needed firewood rack A stable, strong, easily-movable, cheap firewood rack is a thought-provoking project.
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