Stacking Question

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wendell

Minister of Fire
Jan 29, 2008
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NE Iowa
Been a while since I've been around but have a question I'd like some help with.

As you may recall, my backyard is really shady and as I learned this past winter, where I was stacking my wood is not going to work. Too much shade and not enough wind so even after 3 years, I had too many sizzlers and my glass would cloud up even with a perfect install.

I'm looking to put my 2015/16 wood in a different spot where it can be stacked single row. To do this, I've got 3'x3' pallets I would like to use in 2 10 pallet rows with 22" wood stacked in two rows on top of it.

My question is will, during the 4 years of drying, will the stacks begin to lean and fall over considering that the wood will be stacked to the outside of the pallet leaving 14" with no weight on it.

I'm concerned that over that much time, they will eventually begin to lean as the weight of the stacks pushes down, causing the stack to tip over.
 
Interesting question. I just scrounged split and stacked half to 3/4 cord mulberry. I stacked it on a pallet, alternating the splits. It has shrunk and the stack fell over.
 
Well, it depends on the quality of your pallets. I get some that I can stack directly on w/o sagging (these are usually Oak pallets). If I have a pallet made out of pine, I run scrap 2x4s the opposite way of the "slats" for more support. You also want the pallet itself sitting on firm ground which may require some shims.

Good Luck (and post pics when you're done) ;)
 
I stack on pallets in that manner. 18" logs - 2 wide and about shoulder high.

One thing I like to do at the end of the pile is drive steel fence posts in the ground, and then slide a pallet down over them to provide support at the end. Here's a pic - it's really not leaning - honest! ;) Firewood at Lot.JPG
 
The pallets are really nice all oak ones. What I'm concerned about is the ground underneath slowly sinking with that much weight to the outside and no weight to the center.
 
You can stand the pallets on end and make sides, mine sunk a little but I did my best to level the ground beforehand.


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