This is the modified hay elevator - ribbed steel side rails were added to keep the split firewood travelling safely up the conveyor.
Here the elevator is in place, attached to the side of the corn crib. It is driven by an electric motor and lifts the firewood up and into the crib, which now holds wood rather than corn.
This picture shows the trailer load of firewood backed up to the elevator which allows the operator to move wood from the trailer to the storage bin with a minimum of effort.
All in all, it is a well designed system. Farmall, corn crib, trailer, elevator - all working to the benefit of the gentleman farmer who will remain warm this winter thanks to some ingenuity, a lot of hard work, and the presence of oak wilt.
And, cropped for clarity, a classic Chevrolet pickup earns its keep up on the farm, too.
Excellent work, AllenS - I imagine you are using wood heat as you read this - it's cold even down here in Dixie.
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Hold it - upon further review I realize that it's one thing to get the firewood into the crib, quite another to remove it without being crushed to death in the resulting wood avalanche.
Please explain, AllenS!
I'm stacking the wood around the inside of the crib. It's very stable.
That farm is SUSPICIOUSLY clean!
Yo! I seen your crib. You think I could use that machine to get small bales of “agricultural product” up through a two storey window into a crib? How about miscellaneous merch still in boxes. Asking for a friend.
How many cords of wood can that crib hold? That would keep you warm for a long time!
It's Mad Max for firewood.
It's a cool looking setup and stable is an understatement. I've never seen a foundation like that under a crib, and this one has some soul in it. One rock at a time and the right place for each one. If a corporate farm manager asked didn't that take a lot of time? You could say yeah, but what's time to a rock? - Good job!
Now you should get busy and build a nice conveyor belt to move the wood from the crib to the fireplace.
ribbed steel side rails were added to keep the split firewood travelling safely up the conveyor.
The ribs service the wood in this carnival ride; for its pleasure.
@AllenS: May we assume that the crib has a lock to prevent theft by local meth cookers?
Evi L. Bloggerlady said...How many cords of wood can that crib hold? That would keep you warm for a long time!
Related question: How much do cityslickers around there pay for a half cord of wood?
I'll take a couple more pictures to show why I'm using the corn crib. Plus, I already have about 2.5 cords in the basement of the house.
Me too - except I call that wood "joists".
That reminds me, I used to work with a couple of guys who pronounced that word "joy-stees". They were both EEs, so they had been to school, but they were truly backwards when it came to construction words and techniques.
That's beyond cool.
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