Firewood Rack

[OkieG]

The problem: Trudging out in the wet and cold for firewood.

Once the weather turns nasty, it's no fun bundling up, getting shoes wet/dirty to go across the yard to get an arm load of firewood.

The solution: A rack to hold a supply of firewood that can be kept close to the house.

The local steel scrap yard had all the angle iron and rebar for the job.

[OkieG]

A little welding, wire brushing and a can of spray paint, and viola...the frame is done.

[OkieG]

Old 2x6s are layed in place for floor boards. They're held off the ground by the short pieces of angle iron welded across the bottom of the frame.

[OkieG]

Finally, positioned near the house for easy access and armed with ammunition.

OkieG

[DUMBDOG]

How much wood does it hold, I have four cords sitting on my deck right now for the winter?

[OkieG]

DumbDog,

Hello. The rack is 6' long and just over 3' tall. It was designed to fit against the six foot wide brick wall pictured in the photos. The height was determined by what was available in the scrap yard at the time. No reason why you can't build longer or higher....or smaller. I built a smaller version last season, but decided a bigger one was in order. So, I built the one pictured over this weekend.

There are about 2 cords of firewood in the back yard, stacked between trees. My goal was to have a supply nearer the house to draw on during our cold snaps...then refill the rack between the cold snaps and so on throughout the winter.

I believe you could build just about any size of rack you want, or build multiple racks of a convenient size.

OkieG