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Make It Easy:  Bringing in firewood  |
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 16 2010 : 04:31:52 AM
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Since hurting my back, this chore has been left to my BF. However, there are times when he is not here due to work, so I am left to the task. So, in order to bring it in without any back problems I needed to find a good solution that would work in any weather.
My mini garden cart to the rescue! It is very small, used to go between the rows of my garden as I weed. Metal, sturdy and it cannot be overloaded either. Saves my back, allows me to wheel it right into the house next to the stove ( it's in our basement) and simply dump the wood in place. 
Joanna #566
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Suzan
True Blue Farmgirl
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suzanne
duncannon
pa
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2010 : 09:53:02 AM
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| We use the wheelbarrow as our is placed similarly - but I must say DH does it all...I rarely need to bring it in. |
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2010 : 1:43:00 PM
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That's a great idea Joanna. We have a log tote from LL Bean and it's okay. My husband usually brings wood in but I like to help him out when I can. (meaning when my back or shoulders aren't hurting :))
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2010 : 6:19:24 PM
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Hubby splits, stacks, totes, and lights the firewood in our house. What a blessing! But I can start a fire too when needed. After he goes to bed, I go out on the back porch and bring in a log at a time. We have had so much good fireplace weather this year! It is burning as I type!
Joanna - hope your back heals and that your pain is gone soon! I know what that is like!
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Edited by - jpbluesky on Feb 16 2010 6:20:12 PM |
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Feb 17 2010 : 08:26:09 AM
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Wheelbarrow has been my way of bringing in firewood since my sweet man passed, but I've always been one to do what is needed to be done , and not wait for someone else to do it for me. I can/do cut, split and stack firewood myself, and will continue as long as my body will allow,lol.
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3318 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3318 Posts |
Posted - Feb 17 2010 : 09:04:32 AM
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We use our wheelbarrow too!
Also, a few years ago at a local rummage sale I spotted what looked like a small open air ARK of all things--a pretty good sized one at that and very unique looking made out of hardwood. I bought it for $10.00 and put it against one short kitty corner wall next to our Vermont Casting woodstove in the living room. Ta...Da...it holds a large cache of wood enough to last us a whole day and into the evening. Lugging the darn thing all the way to the van my DH kept grumbling but he's not grumbling now!
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Melody
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2010 : 5:00:11 PM
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I keep at least a cord at a time on my front porch, and when I need to fill my woodbox inside, I use a old "radioflyer wagon", it works perfect, holds just the right amount and then my G/sons can help load/unload and pull it in. which they love to do for me. from the big wood pile out by my garage/shed, I use an ATC with a trailer, can move a 1/4 cord at a time and it can come up right beside my porch for easy unloading.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
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Ms. Hannigan
True Blue Farmgirl
57 Posts
Shari
Middle
TN
USA
57 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2010 : 9:15:31 PM
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I too, use a wheelbarrow. We live on a VERY steep hill, and of course, the woodstove is in the basement, but the drive where wood is dropped off is one story up! (we drop 1 story in less than 12 ft) Hubby splits, the girls help carry (11,8,7) and I stack it under our deck on the bottom level. On days I'm hauling by myself, I can load 10 pieces in the barrow and get it down the hill w/o hurting my back or losing any off the side of the hill. It's slower going than hubby's breakneck dash down the hill, but we girls need to work smarter not harder!
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
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Rea231
True Blue Farmgirl
139 Posts
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Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 06:00:31 AM
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Ugh!!I think that is one of the worst jobs for me, but I also use a wheelbarrel. It works well if there isn't 2 foot of snow to push through. Gotta love Michigan!
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
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homsteddinmom
True Blue Farmgirl
441 Posts
Brandee
bullard
tx
USA
441 Posts |
Posted - May 20 2010 : 1:52:38 PM
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we found a wood hauler at lowes. It was on markdown and it looks alot like a furniture dolly but with a front on it to hold the wood on! I love it!
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brandyanne
True Blue Farmgirl
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Debra
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momdrinkstea
True Blue Farmgirl
180 Posts
Elizabeth
Ozark
AL
USA
180 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2010 : 9:49:19 PM
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We use a used plastic kids wagon (like Step 2 or Little Tikes),
it's lightweight but sturdy, and its big wide wheels go right over snow,
and even inside the house if need be. In the winter, we use cheap plastic
kids sleds to drag the wood out of the woods, they go up and down hills and
are easy to pull across snow!
You can find them cheaply at kids consignment/resale shops.
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countrygirl10
True Blue Farmgirl
50 Posts
Ellen
Lower Lake
CA
USA
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Posted - Sep 15 2010 : 9:08:10 PM
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This discussion got me thinking early about what I'm going to do this year.
I have stairs and getting older, I don't want to haul wood up the stairs every day. I have a dolly that has 3 wheels on each side for going up stairs. I think I'll attach a box on it and put the wood in the box.
Thanks for helping me start thinking about this. If anyone has other ideas, I'd love to hear them.
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Cherime
True Blue Farmgirl
1222 Posts
Cherime
Wasilla
Alaska
USA
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Posted - Sep 16 2010 : 06:34:12 AM
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For those with a close Walmart a small luggage card is a good deal, around $20. I put of couple of xtra bungee cords on it and haul a fair amount on it and it has larger wheels rolls good in the snow. I have to stack, split and haul my own since DH died. But I always better at splitting than him I just have an eye for it. For the real big stuff I get out the maul and wedge.
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
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Posted - Sep 16 2010 : 10:47:53 AM
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In the winter I use a plastic sled with a rope to pull I have even been know to ride it to the basement.
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countrygirl10
True Blue Farmgirl
50 Posts
Ellen
Lower Lake
CA
USA
50 Posts |
Posted - Sep 16 2010 : 11:38:04 AM
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Cherime - Thanks for the suggestion. That would be a lot lighter than the dolly.
Diana - When I read your note, I wished that I got enough snow to have a sled! Whee!!  |
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Cherime
True Blue Farmgirl
1222 Posts
Cherime
Wasilla
Alaska
USA
1222 Posts |
Posted - Sep 16 2010 : 12:12:05 PM
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That luggage cart hauls a lot, big dog food bags, wood, large plastic tubs with groceries in them, etc. I have a million uses for the thing.
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countrygirl10
True Blue Farmgirl
50 Posts
Ellen
Lower Lake
CA
USA
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Posted - Sep 18 2010 : 12:48:26 AM
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Hi Cherime(by the way that's a beautiful name)
I think I will check that cart out. My husband passed away in 2003 so I've been doing the hauling since then. I have help cutting the wood, but I do most of the splitting. It sounds like you do the same. I'm lucky to have enough on my place to cut by just trimming and thinning out areas. Nice oak, manzanita & pine. I'm very blessed.
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Cherime
True Blue Farmgirl
1222 Posts
Cherime
Wasilla
Alaska
USA
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Posted - Sep 18 2010 : 12:22:56 PM
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Hi Ellen, sounds like we are pretty much in the same boat. Now and then the good wood fairy has stopped by my place and dropped off some wood. I never found out who that good wood fairy was But I sure asked the Lord to bless them mightily. By rearranging the bungee cords you can haul most anything on that cart. It has been a God send. My daughter used to take all our stuff to the Wed farmers market in the summer and we even hauled tables on a cart. I have a lot of trees on my property but can't do much with them as they are too big for my little electric chain saw. My property is also very steep from the houses down and it makes things a bit to dangerous to try cutting with that little saw. I usually buy or am given wood by generous people. Helps a lot.
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rachaeltolliver
Farmgirl in Training
35 Posts
Rachael
Petersburg
VA
USA
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Posted - Nov 16 2010 : 11:01:14 AM
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| Until we moved we have a wood furnace we had to cut, split & stack our own wood. My husband always joked about the fact that he had bought me my own chainsaw so I could cut wood along with him to speed it up but we found that a wheel barrow works great to move wood just make sure it's not plastic. We had gotten a plastic one with 4 wheels that made it half a season & then broke on us but we also got a small trailer that hooked to the back of our riding mower that we could throw a bunch of wood on & that was wonderful & was about $50 at agri supply. |
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countrygirl10
True Blue Farmgirl
50 Posts
Ellen
Lower Lake
CA
USA
50 Posts |
Posted - Nov 17 2010 : 11:18:42 AM
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Great ideas. I love the paper bag one Kris!
I don't think I'd be able to get away with not having a wheelbarrow. I use it for so much. I do use it to move my wood to the stairs to take up and I think I've solved that problem for awhile. At least until I get so old that I can't climb the stairs!! 
I'm hoping next year to get a wood shelter put on the back of the house where I don't have the stairs to contend with. |
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Make It Easy: Bringing in firewood |
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Bringing in firewood
My BF works out of state or in the southern part of our state and can be gone for a week or so at a time. . . leaves me with some of the chores. The wheel barrel is a good idea. 
thank goodness my honey is going to bring in a bucket load later today ( that's a tractor bucket load