Posted by Stretch Wrap Supply on Apr 8th 2014
Whether you bundle firewood for sale for for your own personal use, stretch wrap is the most preferred way to bundle your material. Choosing the right wrap is very subjective and there are many options, but the information below should help you determine what will work best for you.
What size stretch wrap do I need?
What gauge stretch wrap should I use?
Ultimately, this is a very subjective question, but there are some guidelines that can be used. The typical application for stretch film is holding together boxes of product on a skid weighing typically over 1000lbs, so the wrap has to be able to stretch tightly to hold the load together during the shipping and handling processes. That is not the case with firewood bundling, where the bundles are small, typically moved by hand, and weigh only a few dozen pounds at most.
For these reasons, we recommend our Extreme 789 hand wrap. This hand wrap is thinner and less expensive than a traditional 80-90ga film, but has comparable strength when it comes to holding your bundles together. It has the cling you expect with a standard gauge stretch wrap and will resist the minimal puncture potential presented by firewood.
What are the best tools to use to wrap the firewood?
For bundling film we have three handle options:
With hand wrap, there are a couple of options.
One is our Eliminator bundler. The Eliminator allows you to easily wrap bundles as large as 24" x 24" x 24" and up to 70lbs and it supports stretch wrap between 10-15" wide.
Another option is the Little Nelson Bundling Film Dispenser, which works on 3" core bundling film between 2" and 6" wide. It is a heavy-duty, ergonomic alternative to the plug-in handles that come with most bundling film. It features a built-in braking mechanism which allows you greater control over how much stretch you want to apply and where.
Please contact us with any questions you may have and if you'd like to try samples of our Extreme 789 hand wrap, available in widths of 12", 15" and 18" or any of our other hand wraps or bundling films.
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