D8Chumley
Minister of Fire
Yes they are, I'm a little jealous! And x3 or 4 on the cribbed ends. My stacking technique has improved along with everything else associated with burning wood since I found this site. Things are getting better every year
What happened to my stack!
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tsquini
Minister of Fire
Paulywalnut
Minister of Fire
When a stack starts to lean forward I get a couple of pallets and with a friend push the whole stack backwards. It works every time. It tough to control a 7 ft high stack. I have a few 5ft, when it start to dry out 7 ft is going to tumble
Yep. "Crib" the ends of the stack. I just read Eric Sloane's "age of barns" and I wanna say he labeled that config cribbing too.
mass_burner
Minister of Fire
Crap, that loud sound I heard last night was one of my stacks falling down. It was the only one on level ground. I could have paid extra attention to the 3 on unlevel ground and just phoned this one in.
English BoB
Minister of Fire
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.
Great stacks - how much ? and how long will that last ?
mass_burner
Minister of Fire
Well, I guess it's the best possible outcome. I tested a larger hard maple split from the fallen split at it came in just shy of 25%. Burned that split this morning and it burned fine.
Another positive, the stack fell into my cart.
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