What happened to my stack!

Maybe a pallet collapsed and the rest gave way?
we all had it happen, sucks.

firefighterjake said:

Never heard it called that . . .

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1750 said:

I've never heard it called this either, but that's what I do, too.

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what do yinz call it? lol thats what we call it here cuz thats how the dutcheys do it.

I am here to make everyone feel better about their stacks...




Had a storm roll through about 2 weeks ago with sustained winds of 15 and gusts to 40. I have about 6 cords of wood stacked up out back and had about 3 cords of it get blown over. Took me about 6 hours to get it all cleaned up and the blocks that broke replaced.

mustangwagz said:

what do yinz call it? lol thats what we call it here cuz thats how the dutcheys do it.

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Never really had a name for it to be honest since just about everyone around here that stacks wood does it this way . . . never even knew about T-bars until I came here on the site.

I guess if I had to give it a name I would call it Criss Cross . . . Lincoln Log Style . . . something like that.

mustangwagz said:

what do yinz call it? lol thats what we call it here cuz thats how the dutcheys do it.

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My dad called it "cribbing" the ends. I've heard that term used in other places, and if you search that term on the web you get pictures and links of what I'm talking about -- even links right back to Hearth.com! https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/full-cribbed-stacks.126087/

I crib the end of my stacks. I do it when I bring it up to our covered back porch and in my drying stacks. But I still back them up with t-posts.

Z33 said:

I am here to make everyone feel better about their stacks...




Had a storm roll through about 2 weeks ago with sustained winds of 15 and gusts to 40. I have about 6 cords of wood stacked up out back and had about 3 cords of it get blown over. Took me about 6 hours to get it all cleaned up and the blocks that broke replaced.

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Oh Oh, man, that's really painful.

This is one reason I prefer Holtz Holden's

CTFIRE said:

This is one reason I prefer Holtz Holden's

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Because those never collapse, right?

CTFIRE said:

This is one reason I prefer Holtz Holden's

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OK, might have missed this one . . . have heard of holtz hausens, holzmietes and even heaping hausens . . . but this is a new one on me.

I tell ya . . . I'm learning all kinds of vocabulary here these days.

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Gotcha . . . I really thought you had a new type of holz stack going on there for a bit . . . now I'm a bit sad . . . I was hoping to see a new take on the old holzmiete.

Man if that happened to me I would be tempted to burn it all right there on the spot

It fell over

Z33 said:

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Had a storm roll through about 2 weeks ago with sustained winds of 15 and gusts to 40. ...

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lol - we call that a mild spring day!

Do you have a squash court on the other side of that green board ?

i have seen a few people on here lay a length of wood (4x2 for example) between the rows at different intervals when stacking. The wood spans the rows stabilising them... I have recently stated doing this and was blown away by how strong the stacks are....im pretty sure I havent explained it that well, so if someone could help clarify that woudl be great, but i wont stack wood any other way any more.

Soundchasm said:

My woodshed is in a fenced in section and the front row was getting a serious lean, so I went to look closer. Saw a few pieces on the se is safe.....ground and thought what the heck? Didn't take too long to figure my canine gal (bit of a tomboy) was pulling splits out off the BOTTOM of the 7' tall front layer. She was after mice or chipmunks or snakes or whatever. Straightened it up, happened again, repeat several times.

She's not gonna' get hurt because I'm keeping it low. But she's never more alive than when she's on a scent. So I'll work with her on this one.

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Newf here does similar. She starts taking them apart from top down. No mouse house is safe.....

We generally put in "studs" every 4 feet or so, rather than having 16 foot long unsupported piles. And/or cribbed firewood...

Hmmm? It sounds like I'm the only one here that has never happen.
I've had my stacks lean forward slightly after months (years) of drying, but never actually fallen over.
Looks like the weakness was in the middle of the stack, maybe you need to put an extra vertical support in the middle. I'd be a little PO'd if I restacked that wood and it happened again.

Maybe an earthquake hit?....

Lumber-Jack said:

Hmmm? It sounds like I'm the only one here that has never happen.
I've had my stacks lean forward slightly after months (years) of drying, but never actually fallen over.
Looks like the weakness was in the middle of the stack, maybe you need to put an extra vertical support in the middle. I'd be a little PO'd if I restacked that wood and it happened again.

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I'm not a wood expert but your variety of wood looks a lot easier to stack and in larger pieces at that.(compared to OP).

I've never had one fall over but I normally only stack them about 4' high and 16' long. I have them on super heavy duty pallets from the local mining company. So 3 pallets wide and four pallets long. Stacking oak, elm, hickory and ash is not an easy task after splitting(well save some oak).

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I'm not a wood expert but your variety of wood looks a lot easier to stack and in larger pieces at that.(compared to OP).

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You are probably right. I'm a bit of a wood snob that way I guess, I like straight grained wood for that reason, and I'm a bit anal about having all my splits the same size. In fact we have lots of apple wood available in my area, but I don't like to take it because of all the branches and uglies. However, the one stack directly behind the bike in the picture does have some branches and irregular shaped pieces I ended up with from a maple tree and a walnut tree I pruned.
They say there is the same amount of BTUs per pound in every type of (dry) wood, meaning a given piece of oak will have exactly the same BTUs as a given piece of cottonwood providing it weighs exactly the same and is exactly the same moisture content. However the oak piece will be smaller and take up less space.This is important because you'll be able to get more BTUs in a given space, be it the woodshed, or the stove. The same can be said for wood that is irregularly shaped shaped pieces of wood. Apple wood may be high in BTUs, but if it's in irregular shaped branches it's really no better then pine or cottonwood for the volume you can fit into the stove or woodshed.

Those are some gorgeous stacks, Jack.