New Pallet Woodshed during the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend

[maplewood]

With so much rain here in Eastern Canada this summer, my softwood got a bit moldy and didn't dry very well.
So I decided to start putting my softwood under some sort of cover. I could have just covered the ranks with
some old tin roofing I have, but decided instead to build a little pallet woodshed. It has been an amazing
weekend weather-wise. Perfect for this project. Sunny, slight breeze and about 25C.


I had a couple of large pallet / crate pieces, about 7.5' x 5', for my base and roof. I used 40" x 48" pallets
for the walls: stacked two together, 80" tall, with 2"x6" on the outside to keep them straight and rigid. The
shed will hold about 1.2 cord. Three ranks, about 4" apart.

I had some softwood splits by my hardwood stacks that I brought over in my tractor bucket. Just a little poplar
and fir that my dad and I cut off my own property.

It's half full here, and I put the tin roofing on. It's done - just what I wanted. All used materials. Total cost: $0.

My dad and I will probably build one more similar shed this fall. We've got some more white birch, fir and two
14" thick poplars to cut up before snow flies.

 

[maplewood]

We cleaned up a little brush while we were at it. Before:

After:

 

[cre73]

Looks good, all that wood your next one better be pretty big!

 

[Ken S]

Looks good and I especially like the price.Happy Thanksgiving to you.

 

[Got Wood]

I just built a "no cost" pallet shed too. Gotta get the camara out to share.
Great job!!

 

[DanCorcoran]

"All used materials. Total cost: $0..."

Must've taken forever to straighten all those used nails!

(Sorry, couldn't resist. Great job.)

 

[bogydave]

360° of air circulation, keeps the rain & snow off the wood, easy access, snow shovel ready.
"White lightening" in the jug to warm you up?
Great woodshed!
Good job

 

[raybonz]

That wood shelter came out great and even looks decent! Great job and nice pics!

Ray

 

[steeltowninwv]

building is sweet....u gotta tell how u tied the pallets together....

 

[golfandwoodnut]

I like it, it may be a little redneck, but all this wood stuff is a little redneck.

 

[maplewood]

Thanks for the comments.

Cre73: I had a large shed about 6 years ago, 26'x16'x8'hi. Could put about 18 cord in it, with decent spacing. But it came down in a big snow storm - that's where I got my "free" material. Since then I've let my hardwood stay out in the elements, and my softwood wasn't a problem. Both got wet, both dried off and dried out. This year, with all the extra rain, my softwood didn't dry out well, but the hardwood did. That's why I built this shed - to keep the water off the softwood, and to let it keep working at drying out. Next year I plan to build a large garage out of logs where the original wood shed was. It will be 26'x32'. I'll have some room in that for all my softwood, plus some hardwood. It's quite a large project compared to the pallet shed!

Ken & Dan: The $0 was a simple goal. Yes, I actually did straighten some used nails, but I admit I did use some unused ones that were left over from building my house. Maybe I should have said, "no new cost, just stuff I had paid for already for other projects".

Got Wood: Yes, please post pics! I admit I'm showing off a little here with my pics, but I also wanted to show how it could be done for little to no cost. I've picked up so many ideas from Hearth.com, and I wanted to show my "tricks". Let's see how you did it!

Ray and Golf: I like both your sheds. I've looked closely at them for roof pitch, bracing, etc. Mine is facing south-ish, and will catch some good sun and a breeze.

Dave: Sorry - it's just Adam's Ale.

Steel Town: I had sketched out the shed and expected to just slide a 2x4 down the inside of the two pallets for each wall, and screw/nail them to the two outside 2x4 in the pallet. But one of my sons had scavanged all the 2x4 out of my scrap wood pile, and I only had some rough cut 2x6 left. And then I realized that I wanted the pallet wall 80" tall x 48" wide, and then the 2x4 in the pallet were turned sideways, that plan fell through. So I just nailed some 2x6 to the vertical outside of the pallets, and it is as strong as I could have hoped.

I am heading to work, and I'll detour a minute to take a little peek at the shed again (it's on my sister's 6 acres, next to my 6 acres).
"Vanity, vanity, all is vanity."
Happy burning.