Labor-Saving Firewood Racks

Labor-Saving Firewood Racks WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 28-4-4 To save time and eliminate handling firewood any more than is necessary, Ken Pehovic, Ocqueoc, Mich., designed and built a number of racks from treated 2 by 4 lumber and salvaged electrical conduit. "Each rack holds about a half face cord of wood. It takes one person about 15 to 20 minutes to fill a single rack," says Pehovic. Pehovic heats his home with a large wood stove. He buys 8-ft. logs by the semi load from local suppliers and processes them in his spare time. During the heating season, when wood is being used, he uses loader forks to pick up a rack of wood and move it from the storage area about 100 ft. away, to a spot close to the house for final use. He can move four or five racks in just a few minutes. "Without the racks, I'd spend an awful lot of time just moving wood around by hand," says Ken. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ken Pehovic, Coventry Berries, 15012 Balsam Lane, Ocqueoc, Mich. 49759 (ph 989 734-4990; fax 989 734-2794; email: berryworks@core.com).

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