slf-uk 914 #1 Posted December 15, 2014 Over the years I have tried a number of ways to reduce the effort involved with firewood movements and the latest is a shed on wheels. The time between Christmas and New Year is about the only time I get for projects and this was my project last year. When a few friends first saw what I made they could not stop laughing and thought I was mad. So before I add a picture to the post I will try to justify my madness. I tend to work long hours, have two small kids and all the heating/hot water in our house is from a woodburner. In the winter I was finding that I would get home from work, help with the kid’s bedtime routine, collect the next days wood and then go to bed. I had tried a number of things over the years to reduce the time moving wood and this has been the most successful as the wood handling is at a minimum. I move the trailer shed to my wood store once a week, fill it, drag it to the back door of the house and then we can just use the wood as we need it. Anyway enough trying to justify it, here a picture of the loaded trailer shed heading back to the house. The trailer shed has to go over boggy ground so it has lots of nose weight and I always pull it with a strong tractor. It is not unusual for it to sink into the ground a number of inches as it is being pulled. It is interesting to watch the ground move. I keep meaning to weigh it full to see just how much it weighs full. Iain 4 nigel, rotoscytheben, Ian and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 1,900 #2 Posted December 15, 2014 Fab idea! Is it a shed, is it a trailer? It's neither, it's a shailer... 3 slf-uk, Triumph66 and diggerjames reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 4,458 #3 Posted December 15, 2014 Not a daft idea. I have a similar thing. Though mines a cage on wheels. About 8ft x 4ft x 2ft. Rescued it from the scrap at where I used to work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 642 #4 Posted December 15, 2014 Good idea Iain. I see you are using a strong tractor to tow it 2 slf-uk and Triumph66 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slf-uk 914 #5 Posted December 15, 2014 Fab idea! Is it a shed, is it a trailer? It's neither, it's a shailer... I like that. I is now called my shailer Good idea Iain. I see you are using a strong tractor to tow it From past experience of failures I have come to realise that the only strong tractors I own are Bolens , it's just a case of which one. When it gets really boggy I move over to one with diff lock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pmackellow 2,738 #6 Posted December 15, 2014 Looks like a very good idea to me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neil 524 #7 Posted December 18, 2014 Great idea lain , I have a similar set up too , only I use a small garden trailer as a portable work bench which I fill up with tools . Great idea Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian 2,417 #8 Posted December 18, 2014 No need to justify anything Iain, you built it to do a job which by the sounds of it, it does the log job very well It reminds me of an old shepherds hut.. Good for camping around the garden in during the summer when it's not full of logs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
