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How to get firewood up stairs?
Hello all - second to my last thread about getting wood into a
basement, I also have to get wood up 5 stairs into my ground level living room. Generally I have 2 wheel barrows, one up the stairs and one down, and I throw the wood up and then wheel it into to house in that one. I need around 2-3 cords a winter in the living room, so its quite a few loads. The ramps I've seen in Norther Tool are around $1000, so they can toss off. Hence I'm looking for ideas. I can put a ramp up the stairs but it has to be light enough to move out of the way easily. Thanks for any tips! Dean |
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"dean" wrote in message oups.com... Hello all - second to my last thread about getting wood into a basement, I also have to get wood up 5 stairs into my ground level living room. Generally I have 2 wheel barrows, one up the stairs and one down, and I throw the wood up and then wheel it into to house in that one. I need around 2-3 cords a winter in the living room, so its quite a few loads. The ramps I've seen in Norther Tool are around $1000, so they can toss off. Hence I'm looking for ideas. I can put a ramp up the stairs but it has to be light enough to move out of the way easily. Thanks for any tips! Dean Motorcycle loading ramps. Harbor Freight Co. Less than $100 WW |
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Yeah I thought of those, but pusing a wheel barrow of firewood is quite
hard up a steep ramp, I've tried it before. I want something at least 16' long. |
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dean wrote:
Yeah I thought of those, but pusing a wheel barrow of firewood is quite hard up a steep ramp, I've tried it before. I want something at least 16' long. So use two plywood panels. Rip to width desired, bolt a short length of 2x4 on each side at the join. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
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dadiOH are you saying make a plywood ramp 16' long with just 2x4 sides?
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I bought two black rubbermaid 45 gallon trash containers with wheels
(#1345). I fill one with small pieces of wood and the other with large pieces of wood. Then it is easy for me to drag them up my 3 steps into my house similar to the way you would drag a hand truck up steps. And they don't seem to be too heavy to me when loaded with wood, but after installing my 450 pound wood stove, anything would seem quite light! The added advantage of these containers is that they have lids, so they keep hitch-hiking bugs inside the container. They don't look very attractive sitting in my living room, but they are quite functional. Trash containers on wheels... http://www.arhomecenter.com/user/cat...roductId=18768 "dean" wrote in message Hello all - second to my last thread about getting wood into a basement, I also have to get wood up 5 stairs into my ground level living room. Generally I have 2 wheel barrows, one up the stairs and one down, and I throw the wood up and then wheel it into to house in that one. I need around 2-3 cords a winter in the living room, so its quite a few loads. The ramps I've seen in Norther Tool are around $1000, so they can toss off. Hence I'm looking for ideas. I can put a ramp up the stairs but it has to be light enough to move out of the way easily. Thanks for any tips! Dean |
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Bill - do you find them a bit deep to reach into? Sounds like a good
idea though. |
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The trash can idea... I can't reach the bottom 6 inches or so, but can
tip it over and use a stick to get the rest out. But when it gets that low, it is time to refill it anyway... "dean" wrote in message ups.com... Bill - do you find them a bit deep to reach into? Sounds like a good idea though. |
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Awhile back I used one of these for a few years:
http://www.northlineexpress.com/deta...D~5CV-WC20.asp Worked very nicely up and down steps, for me, with the lengths I was carrying. HTH, J |
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Froogle search for "firewood carrier" revealed:
http://www.northlineexpress.com/deta...&kw=5MM-LCR-24 http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w..._ite =Froogle http://www.pointshop.com/Mall/Catalo...000045133.html Canvass carrier, with a couple handles. My parents have one, and it sure makes it easier to carry wood to the fireplace. -- Christopher A. Young Do good work. It's longer in the short run but shorter in the long run. .. .. "dean" wrote in message oups.com... Hello all - second to my last thread about getting wood into a basement, I also have to get wood up 5 stairs into my ground level living room. Generally I have 2 wheel barrows, one up the stairs and one down, and I throw the wood up and then wheel it into to house in that one. I need around 2-3 cords a winter in the living room, so its quite a few loads. The ramps I've seen in Norther Tool are around $1000, so they can toss off. Hence I'm looking for ideas. I can put a ramp up the stairs but it has to be light enough to move out of the way easily. Thanks for any tips! Dean |
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Stormin Mormon wrote:
Canvass carrier, with a couple handles. My parents have one, and it sure makes it easier to carry wood to the fireplace. Careful they don't confuse that log on top of your pencil neck for a stump. |
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Lol I carry around 5 big wheel barrows full of wood! Doing that by
canvas carrier is gonna take a REAL long time! |
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dean wrote:
Hello all - second to my last thread about getting wood into a basement, I also have to get wood up 5 stairs into my ground level living room. Generally I have 2 wheel barrows, one up the stairs and one down, and I throw the wood up and then wheel it into to house in that one. I need around 2-3 cords a winter in the living room, so its quite a few loads. The ramps I've seen in Norther Tool are around $1000, so they can toss off. Hence I'm looking for ideas. I can put a ramp up the stairs but it has to be light enough to move out of the way easily. Thanks for any tips! Dean This is fun, if living room is at ground level, you shouldn't have 5 steps up to it. You planning on stacking it in the living room? How about the upstairs is that your next question, do you need 2-3 cords up there also? |
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George go take a hike will ya and stop posting in my threads. I am
genuinely asking these questions. My GROUND floor is up a few steps at the front entrance, but its still what I call the ground floor. Don't be so dopey. Dean |
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