Confirmed a source today, will be getting wood.

A tree service guy who lives two blocks from me is going to start dropping off loads of bucked hardwood on my gravel driveway starting some time next week and will be going on until I choke on it. So far, he has hooked up no less than three of my neighbors with all they could eat until they begged him to stop.

One option I have is to stack up pallets underneath cedar, pine, and elm trees along one edge of my property that borders my one neighbor. I would have to continue to cut low branches from those trees to fit the stacked wood under the trees. I like this option because it would place a solid sound barrier in between my neighbor's house and mine.

That place is always going to be dark. There is some air movement, which is nice, so I got that going for me. There really is no other way to make that space pay rent for me.

Is this a good plan? Dark, cool, cheap, probably dry, and some air movement. There is a woodshed on the property that can hold three cords so there is a secondary location I can move wood to that I would burn the next year. Airflow is better, sun is better, space is much more limited.

Thank you for your thoughts.

Edit: I messaged the mods to delete the other thread. I apologize, this was my mistake.

Of course, I'm going to take free bucked hardwood until I'm drowning in it. I guess what I'm looking for is the best practice for CSS in less than desirable locations. Should I double up on pallets in places known to be a little damp? If I store along a foundation wall, should I put a pallet behind the wood and against the wall to keep from absorbing dew? I don't know what to ask, this is all so new to me. Last summer all I had was a tomahawk and a bunch of wood left by the previous owner of the house. I'm just trying to figure out how to not get my foot wedged into a bucket.

What questions should I be asking myself?