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[concordprof]

I'm considering purchasing a prefab carport to keep my under. I'm also thinking about a gravel base. Des anyone store their wood on gravel?  If so, what are the pros/cons? 

[slimjim]

Stack it on pallets to keep it off the dirt, better air circulation as well as not in the mud.

[gainerspot]

Pallets are what I was planing on storing my wood on also, Its free and some of the softer woods will not rot as fast.  I was planning on building my own wood storage area, It will be cheaper, stronger, and the size that I want.  Not to mention I get to build another structure.  I was thinking about adding a butchering station on the side of it.

[Steinacher Sales]

concord,

If your putting down gravel you do not need anything else. Gravel works good if thick enough, in the spring thaw it can get soft too.

Greg Steinacher
618-401-0726
www.midwestoutdoorfurnace.com

[ITO]

 Pallets are a pain when they are new, hard to walk around on but after some time they bust down and fill in with pieces of bark and wood debris. Gravel would probably be ok but will fill in with the wood debris over time also so I don't think I would waste my money on it. If you have good drainage and find some pallets that have thinly spaced slats I would go that route. Mine had pallets 10 years ago but it would be hard to find a pallet remnant now but that's ok the wood chunk flooring works just fine.

[gainerspot]

 

[Pinehouse4]

I recommend gravel, it always dries fast, is easy to walk on, easy to get a flat stacking base and does not rot. The wood chips dry fast and can help start a camp fire etc.

Also easy to set you chopping block flat!

Bob

[mlappin]

That sure is a purty stack of wood

[Steinacher Sales]

That takes a lot of time to do that.

Greg Steinacher
618-401-0726
www.midwestoutdoorfurnace.com

[Pinehouse4]

Thanks guys. I always feel good inside when I look at my wood pile.

Bob

[slimjim]

PRIDE in your independence, NICE

[concordprof]

Thanks for all of the replies. I did use pallets this year but I'm installing a 16x21 carport and wanted to have something I could walk on. My only concern was whether the bark off of the wood mucks up the gravel too much.

[MattyNH]

Pallets def work!..But they can be a pain as I delt with them....I recommend crushed stone as i have it in my pole shed..I don't think  id use gravel for the base of the shed..What do you mean with the bark off , mucks up the gravel?

[MattyNH]

I recommend gravel, it always dries fast, is easy to walk on, easy to get a flat stacking base and does not rot. The wood chips dry fast and can help start a camp fire etc.

Also easy to set you chopping block flat!

Bob

looks like you have crushed stone for your base like me..def not gravel..

[Pit Crew]

I put asphalt grindings down with pallets on top of that. Boiler and wood are under carport.the wood is just stacked two rows on each side and the middle is open to back in spliter and wood trailer. No walking on pallets. Have other buildings to keep more wood in untill needed.