Unloading Firewood Bags - Getting the Wood Out 

Stay warm. Can't wait to see you back making firewood.

I used to work at a very large printing plant while I raised cattle, sold firewood, and grew 200 acres of hay. When the printing plant closed, I was able to buy all the 4’X5’X4’ steel tote bins (over 200 of them) they used for scrap paper handling, for all the wood block storage, processing, selling and storage of firewood. Keep and eye open for any printing plant to close, and buy up these sturdy steel cans with heavy wheels on them, and fork lift pockets, for wood production. 🤠👍

Shifty, we have had no 0° temps yet. One thing i did with seed bags was in my fork i cut a hole to fit a 2" or 2-5/16" ball. This way when you grab that strap, it holds against the ball. When you dump the bag, the ball prevents it from coming off the forks. Nice video. See you on the livestream.

That didn't work out too bad!! They seem like they keep the wood inside fairly dry! Stay safe my friend!!

Interesting video. Thanks for trying something new. I don't think the bags would work for me.

The bags seems to me add work. But what do I know I'm just a old morningwood chucker.

Dan, don’t ya hate hearing about the morgans? You are the real thing. You actually burn wood in a furnace. Plus you have a better looking Mrs.

Yikes on the temps up there 👆. Good morning and have a great day, the coffee is hot and we have a snow day today!!! I will be loading up my firewood rack today.

It's only in the 20s here in pa but it snows every other day or so. We had almost 2 feet of snow 2 weeks ago. Sometimes I don't which is better snow or freezing cold!! Stay warm everyone 👍👍

I did see an example of how to dump the bag that worked and was duplicatable on the Shaver Specialtes channel. He just did a video on several generations of bag racks. Hope that helps you. Firewood is work, it’s nice to shave some handling steps out when possible.

Successful bag removal! Trial and Error! Now you see why my building height is so high! Take Care and Stay WARM! 🚜🪵👍🏼🇱🇷

Appears your injured hand has healed and the fact you seem to be blowing through wood rather fast. I believe your shed was full just a few videos ago. Luckily you have plenty in the wood yard. Stay safe and warm.

I used to handle my firewood 6 times before it producing heat to the house. No more. I split and stack in IBC. Haul to boiler and in it goes from the tote.. I only handle 2 times. Period. I have 30 IBC totes which gives me ten full cord. Keep up the good fight.

It will be interesting to see how well that Oak seasons in those bags. Stay warm Shifty!

A ceiling mounted come along or winch could upend your bags pretty quick. If you think the structure could support it

I like the video. But, I thought you were going right through your roof while lifting the bag. Haha. Hey, I got my Back 40 sticker and it looks real good on my log splitter. Thanks Dan. I'm officially a woodhound. Lol

Wow too COLD for me, I like the Bags maybe for storing seasoned wood, I hope you are still keeping track of the Cord count for year, you must have burned a lot so far with Ice Age you are having now. Stay Warm

good video

I liked the old method of stacking the firewood in the shed. 👍Stay Safe and Warm!

I see where The Morgans are using those bags, he splits and uses a conveyer to fill them. Hey Dan, put your paper note into a zip lock bag to keep it dry. Why not just use the forks on the bottom of the pallet, and tilt the whole load. You might save the bag from ripping. Stay Warm and Safe in the Wood Yard.

Great vid again. Been chilly here in parts of UK...🤣🤣.....got down to minus 5 but Scotland minus 22. Next week we will be warming up to more normal temperatures, almost double figures during the day. We typically burn wood here for 6to7 months of the year.

Tks for showing how they unload. Pretty swift-y answered my question. Thanks buddy 👍

Nice demonstration of the bags. I like the idea of them for storage.

An engine hoist mounted on the ceiling, with a set of chains and hooks would unload those bags pretty quickly. If you wanted to do it manually, you could use a heavy duty pulley with a block and tackle or maybe even hook up a block and tackle with a winch. Something to think about while you’re watching the vortex freeze everything except your spirit.

Well getting down to the last 4'×8' pile of wood i have left in my shed. Going to have to did into next years supply 😒 luckly i have some ash in supply. Ready for warmer temperatures 🌡😎

Outdoors with the Morgans and Hometown Acres use conveners off the end of the splitter to fill the bags. Check it out.

Thanks for sharing!

I like your new video the moming you did a really good jop look like it clouds it clouds here too good jop the moming buddy

Seems like the best way to save from all the work dumping the bag with the tractor would be to not use the tractor. Thanks for the vid!!

Hi Dan...I was wondering how soon you were gonna get that wood moved away from the driveway. The boss may even offer to help load the empty bags up!...LOL. If I had a loader, I would consider bags myself. Enjoyed the video!

The bags are pretty neat way to reduce touches, but doesn't seem like they hold that much when just thrown in loose like that.

Thies bags look tough

The Morgan bags have mesh side open so you can see what's in them

I think to empty them by hand is faster, if your roof was higher it would work. Keep warm as I send more cold air your way. Colleen Farm Adventure is sending to me also.

hi there well i would have to say getting wood to your boiler is a handling night mare .dont know how to help you out . you are smart and will come up with a easyier way . the handling is what eats you up . might be time for a wolf ridge convayor . now with those bags . could you have a conveyor drop the wood right next to the boiler . split into the loader bucket dump in conveyor then to the boiler . just trying to think of something to help . by the way where do you get those great looking pallets . be cool but stay warm john

TIM from Canada I am surprised that you have not built yourself some sort of a box to put your word in instead of throwing it on the floor.. it would be easy enough get yourself 5 pallets... put the one pallet on the floor and put the IV around it so it is a box with the one pallet P in the floor and you can use some sort of award strips to hold everything together....

That's a lot of wood for a couple weeks

They seem a little clumsy and cumbersome but if they’re cheap enough, work ok, and last a while... I guess.. Are you still keeping track of consumption on the wall?

It sounds cold. Do you plug your tractor in before starting it or just the glow plugs?

Just a work in progress

I'm shooting for 2/3rds of a cord burned in 10 days at this rate, maybe more. I'm burning some premium (it really is) poplar so it is only lasting 56% as long as premium oak. Yeah if one needs to dump out the storage, the bags at least potentially have more options to get the job done with those straps at the bottom, but you would need more vertical room and maybe a way to get the pallet out of the way so you could quick clip the bottom straps to a short chain running to the back of the pallet fork. And make sure the cinch is tied back out of the way so it doesn't get under the wood coming out and cinch itself up as you lifted the dumped bag. I wonder if you can lift high enough to still tilt the pallet forks down enough into something like a trailer? Maybe you'd be limited to just doing it out in the open on the ground; which defeats the purpose of putting firewood in the bags in the first place! I'm thinking IBC totes would work best for me just for my odds and ends pile because it doesn't stack and what's left now is covered in ice and snow and hard to get at even though it's on concrete. The big snow bucket works pretty good but similar to your situation, it's kinda too big to get under the roof to dump out really close so it goes on the ground a bit further out than it should.

Bags look more of a pain that what their worth!

Interesting. I know you will work this out if anyone can. Maybe tilt the bag and dump it into the shed from the outside when you are putting it in? I would also concrete the whole floor and make it one level for next year.

Maybe I missed it but does anyone know how durable the bags are under normal use? Can you reuse them 2, 3, 4 or more times?

What are the bags made of???????

How did you end up fixing the carryall? I think bags, in the final result, will be more of a PITA than they are anything. Time will tell. Good video.

Color code, mark the bags? Farmers have to mark wrapped bales somehow.

it will get colder

Bags look like a pain in the @$$!!!!!

-35 here this morning, you guys are in a heat wave, lol.

I will stick with IBC totes .....

Hi Dan - it's Big Rodders in Ireland. I'm either missing a very obvious point or perhaps the cold has gotten into your brain! Why introduce yet another wood handling step by emptying the bag? Why not just fill your boiler straight from the bag and save a heap of time and energy. Two other ideas, I have a quantity of short ropes so that when I fold a bag I tie it, thereby making further management of it easy. Secondly, spray a reference number on each bag, have a 5 X 4 card for each and record on that whatever you want - wood type, split sizes, when split etc. so you can stocktake from the comfort of your highly organised office. Now get into the house, have a coffee (perhaps even an Irish coffee) and warm up.

be careful that you don't move the wood around so much that you wear it out.

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I don't know why you don't just unload the wood straight into the stove as you need it. Why go to extra effort.

Morgans are just a commercial to sell product he doesn't spend his own money on anything which makes him disingenuous. Thats why I quit watching his channel

So basically, don't waste your time, effort and money on bags! Not made for firewood guys. Cut, split and stack!

Boy the bags seem like a pain in the ass to empty