Fabrication complete

[Lumber-Jack]

Looks sharp!
I second sticking some sort of concrete pads under the base legs, mainly to keep the metal out of the dirt and help prevent it from rusting.

 

[bogydave]

Ah Ah AWESOME !
Great top cover, off the ground, great air circulation, makes it perfect
Buying or CSS'ing your own wood to fill it?

 

[Kevin*]

Ah Ah AWESOME !
Great top cover, off the ground, great air circulation, makes it perfect
Buying or CSS'ing your own wood to fill it?

Ive got css in crates at work thats dry and drying. Should be able to move 1 crate per day(1/5 cord per)

 

[bogydave]

Ah Ah AWESOME !
Great top cover, off the ground, great air circulation, makes it perfect
Buying or CSS'ing your own wood to fill it?

Ive got css in crates at work thats dry and drying. Should be able to move 1 crate per day(1/5 cord per)

New shed, & dry wood to start filling it
It gets better & better .

Great planning !

 

[firefighterjake]

Very nice.

 

[Craby]

Can you add some gussets &/or diagonal bracing to a couple or all (4) of the vertical tube posts in the back? May help keep it from racking/wobbling.

In steel buildings I've seen gussets made from welding steel plate or tube to make a triangle in the corners, and the bracing made from all thread rod anchored to the gussets w/ turn buckles in the middle to tension up the slack.

Also, can you close off the open ends of the horizontal tubes? If not they may collect water & rust out.

Where is/are the gutter down spouts? Are they dumping onto the wood fence or onto a splash block?

 

[Kevin*]

Can you add some gussets &/or diagonal bracing to a couple or all (4) of the vertical tube posts in the back? May help keep it from racking/wobbling.

In steel buildings I've seen gussets made from welding steel plate or tube to make a triangle in the corners, and the bracing made from all thread rod anchored to the gussets w/ turn buckles in the middle to tension up the slack.

Also, can you close off the open ends of the horizontal tubes? If not they may collect water & rust out.

Where is/are the gutter down spouts? Are they dumping onto the wood fence or onto a splash block?

I was thinking about gussets but after I got finished it was pretty stout. If it was somewhere where it would see high snow or wind load I would have added it but I'm on postage stamp lot with houses all around.

I also was going to close off all the open tubes but I just got tired/lazy, no excuses there. I figured it will probably stay with the house since I built the hearth and installed the stove I would imagine most buyer's would want to keep it. Also if I move I would move to a larger lot where I could do single or double rows instead of the 3 rows like this rack it made for. I think it will take many years to rust out.

Gutter down spout is not on yet. that's the next stage, which is a pair of 55 gallon white plastic drums for water storage to feed the grass and plants which have yet to be installed in the yard. Going to build a rack to hold the drums and sit next to the firewood rack.

 

[Shadow&Flame]

Looks sharp! I second sticking some sort of concrete pads under the base legs, mainly to keep the metal out of the dirt and help prevent it from rusting.

Have to agree...need to get the legs off the ground a little.