We have dropped a couple of different oak trees in the last month and as I have a fireplace insert, I need a place to store this sudden abundance of firewood.
My son was in town for the Christmas break, so he and I went into the shop, used some material that I had on-hand and put together a 5’X10’X1′ firewood rack. It is 12″ off the ground because that seems to be the magic number to keep rats and mice from moving in under the wood pile. The steel is left over from a project and was already paid for with that job.
It is 1″ square tube with .188″ walls. The gussets are ones that I had left over from my own builds and an off-road bumper build I did last year. If I were to buy the steel today, take into consideration the wire and MIG gas, and the gusset costs, it is probably a $160 rack, not including our time. This was my son’s first lesson in MIG welding as well, so getting to do this with him was a double bonus!!