Carrying your own firewood

[Nay-DMAX]

Just looking to see what others do we are going away in March for 6 nights and will be taking the ozpig and need to take our own firewood.  Just wondered when people carry firewood when travelling what do you cart it in?  We will have pine offcuts and the other wood will be precut to ozpig size so not big pieces to carry.   

[scarps]

I use 2 of these
My Trackabout has 4 jerry can holders. As soon as I can find another 2, I'll have a matching set:-)

[Buster3931]

When we go anywhere we usually have a bag of small off cuts just for quick starts in the mornings.

More to get rid of these off cuts from home.

Buster

[gunna]

Last trip to birdsville had a about a dozen bags of wood on the basket
didn't burn much to dam hot lol

[SteveandViv]

I use 2 of these
My Trackabout has 4 jerry can holders. As soon as I can find another 2, I'll have a matching set:-)

Ha Ha, clever 

[DannyG]

We are the same as gunna, Hesion bags on the roof rack or on the front rack on the camper.

[krisandkev]

We use a cheap one of the following tool bags.  Easy to carry and store.  Holds a surprising amount of cut wood for our Ozpig. Kevin

[Black Diamond]

I use 2 of these
My Trackabout has 4 jerry can holders. As soon as I can find another 2, I'll have a matching set:-)

Great idea mate

[Nay-DMAX]

Thanks for the replies I was thinking perhaps a bag like KrisandKev.  We have used the milk crate it is not too bad but wood doesn't stack in it all that well.  We don't have a roof basket but on this trip might have a spare jerry holder.  Who knows what the weather will be like hot/cold if we light the ozpig then we usually cook on it too so would need enough to keep it going for that luckily it doesn't use heaps of wood.

[D4D]

We use a cheap one of the following tool bags.  Easy to carry and store.  Holds a surprising amount of cut wood for our Ozpig. Kevin

Good idea and I have the perfect bag for that too!

[MDS69]

I cut up a few pallets from work into approx. 400mm lengths. These were then packed into the jerry can holders on the side of the CT and also into milk crates. On the side of the CT was perfect as we don't really carry jerry cans unless very remote so essentially it is a wasted space and the milk crate was also perfect for handling and carrying.

[fridayman]

I've bolted a piece of checker plate onto my campers toolbox, and then fitted 8 tie down loops so that I can strap wood onto the toolbox. I tend to carry larger pieces because they are quicker to load and unload. I haven't checked the drawbar weight, but after thousands of kilometers across all terrains I've not had a problem yet.

[GUEY]

Thanks for the replies I was thinking perhaps a bag like KrisandKev.  We have used the milk crate it is not too bad but wood doesn't stack in it all that well.  We don't have a roof basket but on this trip might have a spare jerry holder.  Who knows what the weather will be like hot/cold if we light the ozpig then we usually cook on it too so would need enough to keep it going for that luckily it doesn't use heaps of wood.

For timber that is easy to pack (no wasted space) I normally take old hardwood stud cut to around 400 to 500mm. Easy to split for kindling, burns hot and hard.
Depending on how we are travelling I stack it on the floor in the back of the Patrol or spread out on the floor of the camper where it keeps the weight down lower.
I get a good supply through house renos at work but if you have a look around any older house renos you can get a pretty good supply.

[Nay-DMAX]

For timber that is easy to pack (no wasted space) I normally take old hardwood stud cut to around 400 to 500mm. Easy to split for kindling, burns hot and hard.
Depending on how we are travelling I stack it on the floor in the back of the Patrol or spread out on the floor of the camper where it keeps the weight down lower.
I get a good supply through house renos at work but if you have a look around any older house renos you can get a pretty good supply.

We get the pine off cuts from partner's work (trusses and frames) and usually carry precut wood that we get for home fire but keep smaller bits aside for the ozpig all cut down on the saw bench but usually where we go there is some wood available so don't have to carry much. We don't have room inside the trailer to just lay it out think it might be bags and the crate in the back of ute.

[Isuzumu]

We to have an Oz Pig and carry timber in a solid box in the back of the ute, also have the chainsaw with us so when we can top up we do.

[Malcur]

I too have an ozpig, and on short trips can fit a bag or plastic box in the Prado. On longer trips I carry a couple of plastic boxes (bought at Bunnings) on the roof.

Mal

[Footy Shorts Shane]

I use pallets or fence posts as well, cut down to the width of a beer carton. Stack it tightly in the carton and tape them up. 2 boxes of timber lasts a while and fit perfectly in an ozpig (bush pig in our case  )

Easy to stack and load crap around them too. The Missus doesn't seem to think it lasts long though. "Yes dear, it's all fire wood. All 7 boxes." 

Shane.

[gronk]

This.....plus a plastic tub in the rear of the 4wd..

[speewa158]

So whos missing 2 jerry cans in transit . Scarps might be somebody worth having a chat to . Try interviewing him with a large stick . lt wonk get you anywhere but somebody will enjoy it                       

[scarps]

Great idea mate

thnx, I traded a camp chair for two old jerry cans. Pretty good deal I reckon

[speewa158]

             l think lm on to something here 

[Barrabart]

I use pallets or fence posts as well,

Just a heads up mate if you're using treated timber...... CCA treated timber isn't the best gear to be stuffing about with or burning...... here's a write up on the stuff i just quickly googled on the net, I'm no expert on this stuff, just know that it's not real good for you........


http://www.uow.edu.au/~sharonb/cca.html

[2010banditsa]

our chook feed comes in good hesian sacks, i use those on the roof rack. I generally only carry split redwood for good burning as i find i can usually find a few sticks here and there to get it going, its the decent long burners are the problem.

[speewa158]

Went to Tunnel Bend  past Sheepyard Flats after new year . Fire wood was very thin on the ground close to camp , but on a drive there was plenty to be had 

[Robin Miller]

We often carry firewod, mainly because we have easy access to lots of really good stuff and usually carry it in garbage bags but only put a nights supply ( 5kg approx) per bag because the bags rip ) .

Recently however we have taken some of the pre-packaged sawdust based compressed logs -  around $1 kg from Bunnings but down to 60c on special in new year.

These are pre-wrapped and very compact for what they do.

Usually when we take wood its because camping spot may have special requirements like low impact - and usually we take a small fireplace to use it in (cut off end of a beer barrel).

The other issue then becomes how to contain ashes which might still be warm and here the commercial logs have less residue and are easy to manage.