Planer tells the tale

[SawyerTed]

One of my best customers uses small drying sheds similar to the drying rack Bill built. His tin is on posts and is essentially a hinged roof he can lay back out of the way for loading.  

Then he wraps his loaded drying shed in landscape fabric.  It breathes but tends to shed water and snow. The landscape fabric also shades the lumber from any sun that may filter through his shaded locations.  

He's got five or six that are 4'x8', 4x10 and 4x12.  IIRC, he uses ratchet straps instead of weight.  

[Wlmedley]

Ted,I like the hinged roof idea . I'll have to think on that for a little bit. The design committee has already overwhelmed me with ideas and I'm kind of a slow thinker. I could possibly hinge a roof off the side of the shed. At this point I'm not really interested in sawing large quantity's of lumber but what I do saw I would like to be the highest quality I can produce. With my mill I'll never be able to cut a large amount of lumber but I can cut good lumber. Figuring out how to dry it without ruining it is my next challenge. Here's what I have so far although I did add a couple ratchet straps. If I had a FIL it would be alot easier but if a frog had wings he wouldn't constantly bump his butt.